pump up the jamz (mander.xyz)
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[–] 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

The 1989 Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam.

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    Pump Up the Jam is an anagram of 'Jump Up the Pump'.

    This song was played five times in a row at the funeral of director Stanley Kubrick.

    Techtronic's home planet, Earth, consists of 70% water.

    If you isolate the individual drumbeats from this song and arrange them in a circle, it unlocks a cheat mode that allows you to pass through solid surfaces at will.

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    When Pump Up the Jam was first broadcast, audiences feared it was real, and that jam would be pumped into their homes.

    The lyrics give clues to the location of a buried golden hare that has never been found.

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    Technotronic got their name by combining the word 'techno', meaning a sort of dance music, and 'tronic' meaning 'tronic'.

    The original 12-inch release of Pump Up The Jam came with a free horse.

    At 7.16pm on December 28th 1879, Dundee's Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it. 60 passengers lost their lives.

    Other musical acts whose names begin with 'T' include The Cure, The Isley Brothers, and The Velvet Underground.

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    It shouldn't be overlooked that the initials of the song as PUTJ, which was the Myers-Brigg personality type (problematic-unfettered-thoughtful-judgemental) of the lead singer who was combating Foot-In-Mouth disease at the time.

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