Teachers

August 11, 2011 7:57 PM

Teachers

Paul Jonson (1, 2, 3)
DJ Funk
DJ Sneak
DJ Rush
Waxmaster
Hyperactive
Jammin Gerald
Bryan Wilson
George Clinton
Lil Louis
Ashley Beatto*
Neil Landstruum
Kenny Dope
DJ Hell
Louis Vega
K-Alexi
Dr. Dre is in the house yeah
Omega in the house
Gemini is in the house
Jeff Mills is in the house
DJ Deya
DJ Milton
DJ Slugo
DJs on the low
Green Velvet
Joey Beltram
DJ Else*
Roy Davis
Boo Williams
DJ Tonka
DJ Snow
DJ Pierre
Mark Dana* in the house
Tom Allen's* in the house
Romanthony's in the house
Ceevea* in the house
Luke Slater
Jerry Carter
Robbert Hood
Paris Mitchell
Dave Carter
Van Helden in the house
Amanda in the house Warning: Happy Hardcore
Sir Jordan's* in the house, yeah

*Could not find suitable source

posted by hellojed (30 comments total)

What is your thesis statement here?
posted by datawrangler at 8:04 PM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

and what's a Teacher without Lessons?
posted by gwint at 8:14 PM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Someone with more time than me should go through the cover versions of Teachers that Soulwax and some others have done and add comments for those.
posted by sparkletone at 8:30 PM on August 11, 2011

datawrangler, it's a song from Daft Punk's "Homework," released nearly 15 years ago.
posted by Gilbert at 8:36 PM on August 11, 2011

I always thought they were saying Guy Called Gerald, not Jammin Gerald.
posted by loriginedumonde at 8:47 PM on August 11, 2011

I'm pretty sure they're saying Dave Clark, not Dave Carter.
posted by aubilenon at 8:52 PM on August 11, 2011

Wow, hellojed, that first Paul Johnson track (the one linked to his name) if f'in' *fierce*! Nice post! (Still working my way through them).
posted by Gilbert at 9:09 PM on August 11, 2011

I spent basically a whole year doing nothing but going to school, coming home, and playing Goldeneye on mute while I listened to Homework. And then talking on the phone for a couple hours before I went to sleep. This gave me physical chills of nostalgia.
posted by penduluum at 9:18 PM on August 11, 2011

YouTube playlist.
posted by Mr. Pokeylope at 9:28 PM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

http://childrenofthenineties.blogspot.com/2009/03/jnco-jeans.html
posted by nervousfritz at 9:43 PM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

Paul Johnson's Get Get Down was the first music video I downloaded. I was somehow astounded that people would record video clips and share them online. But then I realized videos took up a lot more space than just the audio, and there was no good way to preview samples before downloading the whole bloody thing (back before YouTube, when IRC was where you got things like this).

Where was I? Oh, right. Nostalgia. Thanks!
posted by filthy light thief at 9:44 PM on August 11, 2011

quite a large house to be able to accomodate so many people if i do say so myself
posted by not_on_display at 9:46 PM on August 11, 2011

This is a hell of a playlist. Thanks!
posted by yaymukund at 10:20 PM on August 11, 2011

Lessons?!

Lessons.
posted by porpoise at 10:28 PM on August 11, 2011

Soulwax opens their 2005 remix album Nite Versions with their own list of Teachers.

barkmarket
ac/dc
monster magnet
cheap trick
the hypnotics
small faces
motorhead
tc matic
mc5
elo
CCR
t rex
van halen
pretty things
nirvana
moving sidewalks
urban dance squad
jane's addiction
grand funk railroad
sonic youth
the sonics
raging slab
guns'n roses
ainsley dunbar
zz top are in the house, yeah
the clash are in the house
iggy pop is in the house,
twig almond is in the house


red devils
black sabbath
canned heat
roxy music
supergrass
chris farlowe
james gang
killing joke
jimmy page is in the house, yeah
the crabs are in the house
kyuss in the house, yeah
the mud gang's in the house
thin lizzy
the breeders
oscar breath
millionaire
rare earth
black flag
the who
chris whitley
leaf hound
paul weller
steppenwolf
sex pistols
butthole surfers
bad brains
captain beefheart
the kinks
posted by bpm140 at 11:26 PM on August 11, 2011

Probably Ashley Beedle, rather than Beatto. Also a member of X-Press 2.

And at the end, I thought they said Surgeon is in the house.
posted by whostolethedoor at 11:41 PM on August 11, 2011

This post and that list makes me happy. Thanks!
posted by zardoz at 12:00 AM on August 12, 2011

Is this something I would have to be older to understand?
posted by guster4lovers at 12:02 AM on August 12, 2011

Love that K. ALexi track. The other two tracks on the record are great too. I had to replace that record once or twice from overuse. Fun(ny) post!
posted by p3t3 at 12:20 AM on August 12, 2011

whostolethedoor: "Probably Ashley Beedle, rather than Beatto. Also a member of X-Press 2.

And at the end, I thought they said Surgeon is in the house."

You're not alone, but I wonder if they meant this Surgeon instead of Tony Childs.
posted by mkb at 3:32 AM on August 12, 2011

more ashley beedle (of black science orchestra) - probably their most recognizable track, which lifts a beautiful breakdown bit of this track.
posted by freq at 4:51 AM on August 12, 2011

Thanks for the fixes guys! Yeah, my lyrics source was a bit dodgy, so I'd get disappointed when I'd do a search (while changing the spelling/etc) and it wouldn't come up with anything.

Mostly I made this after discovering that just about every house track ever was uploaded to YT, and I started recognizing the artist names from "Teachers", so I started going through them. It provided a nice cross-section of house music in the early/mid 90's, as well as some other gems.
posted by hellojed at 5:44 AM on August 12, 2011

Some more corrections - DJ Deya should be DJ Deeon, Mark Dana is Mike Dearborn, DJ Snow is DJ Skull, Tom Allen is maybe Todd Edwards, Jerry Carter is Derrick Carter, as mentioned Dave Carter is Dave Clarke, Ashley Beedle.

I'm not sure about the last Surgeon(?). He was good but there were other bigger Detroit names in that scene (Erik Martin, DJ Godfather, Assault); maybe Tony Childs or they're not saying Surgeon at all.
posted by p3t3 at 7:27 AM on August 12, 2011 [1 favorite]

Helluva lot better than Eiffel 65's My Console.

Sorry, I was obsessed with E65 for a few weeks in '99 after hearing that song. I listened to anything I could find, and then I realized there were better things to do with my time.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:59 AM on August 12, 2011

I guess I'm not part of the target audience. Other than George Clinton, I haven't heard of any of the people in the first list.
posted by Billiken at 9:35 AM on August 12, 2011

And Dr. Dre. But I can't name one of his songs.
posted by Billiken at 9:36 AM on August 12, 2011

Can someone give me a precis of what this post is about? I know a few of the names (Lil Louis had a top 10 hit when I was seven with French Kiss) but initially I thought it was about the Channel 4 programme.
posted by mippy at 1:26 PM on August 12, 2011 [1 favorite]

mippy: "Can someone give me a precis of what this post is about? I know a few of the names (Lil Louis had a top 10 hit when I was seven with French Kiss) but initially I thought it was about the Channel 4 programme."

"Teachers" is a track by French electronic group Daft Punk off their 1997 album "Homework" in which they call out many influential house and techno pioneers. In a robot voice, of course.
posted by mkb at 2:04 PM on August 12, 2011

thank you. I didn;t get round to getting Homework back in the day, no matter how much I liked seeing that confusing dog video, and I was combing YouTube for something else at the time. I'll come back to this post to investigate later.
posted by mippy at 3:01 PM on August 12, 2011

is it considered uncouth to walk around one's place of business singing "bald-headed scally-wag YOU KNOW THAT SHIT AIN'T REAL"? well we're about to find out
posted by facetious at 7:20 PM on August 12, 2011