Dissect DJs - Culture Beat - Mr. Vain

Episode Date: September 3, 2020

We keep it in the mid-90's club scene with one of our favorite dance mixes of our youth w/ this Culture Beat classic - and try to determine who is "Mr. Vain"? And why is he so "Vainy"? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What on everybody? Dysk DJJ. What's going on? Castiz. I know what I wanted. I want it now. I want the Dysk Dijs. Because I and Mr. Vane.

Mr. Vane, what the fuck is she talking about? Now, from the title, it sounds like she's a heroin addict. What? And she just wants her vein. That is an aggressive. what you did? No, not at all. Mr. Vane, are you talking about veins like in your arms?

Yeah. That's a V-E-I-N. And what we have is a Mr. V-A-I-N, which is actually probably a much more prominent thing that we deal with in society. Whereas, I don't know what, Mr. V-A-N is. Somebody that does a lot of curls, and they're just like, yeah, check them out. Oh, you see the belts. Yeah, look at that. What is V-A-I-N?

somebody that has great vanity that wants to look at themselves in the mirror a lot that wants to make sure that they look perfect in every picture that they take do you want me to pull up the definition no i just don't like the fact that this entire time in my life i thought she was talking about mr vain and yes i thought it was like man that was very vainy have you is possibly okay wait a second talk to me on the low is this something you're doing just for the podcast or something that you actually thought. No, did. I've never seen the name V-A-I-N. I always thought it was V-E, whatever the fuck V-D is, Mr. V-A-D, vainy guy, like it's like a superhero or some shit. Well, then my next question has to be that, did you ever hear the term vain with the V-A-I-N?

No, I never thought of vanity whatsoever. I'd never, never put that together. But you've seen the word before, though. I know vanity. I know Vain. I know what you mean. You know what you mean. I knew as you were describing it.

I was like, I know what he's talking about. And he's right because according to the title, it says V-A-I-N. I just never. All right. So, she says, call him Mr. Raider. Call him Mr. Wrong. Call him Mr. Vane. So actually, I'm just not realizing that this is the girl speaking about the guy.

So no wonder it's called Mr. Vane because it's like her referencing the guy that she's into. So, yeah, that this is all making sense. I don't know what Mr. Raider is. Like, what is he into the... The Raider fan. The Oakland Raiders? Yeah, he's a raiders. Is that a saying?

Or loved Indiana Jones. Or it was the... It was actually probably the L.A. Raiders at this time. Call him Mr. Wrong. Call him insane. Which is like, now she's kind of throwing barbs out there. And then she says, he'd say, I know what I want, and I want it now. I want you.

Because I'm Mr. Vane. which See this is why I always thought it was a heroin addict Talking about him wanting heroin Because he wants He knows what he wants He wants it now He wants you

The needle I'm Mr. Vane He's the Vane Asking for the heroin And it's just like Now I don't know what heroin is It's way darker

I didn't realize that heroin Actually put you to sleep I always thought heroin Did the opposite And did what Coke does Or crack And hypes you up So I always thought

You could do drug like do you do you need like heroin and vein and shit but at this point I'm starting to lose my whole credibility

with the way I thought this no your credibility was lost when you thought the spelling was referring to the artery in your arm

Call me Raynor Call me wrong wrong insane Call me missing up for a chance He's down a track Who is this man

Can we look up this guy's name Who is Mr. Vane Call me Rayter Call me wrong Call me insane Call me Mr. Vane

Call me what you like Don't you call you call it's a call me down in again this man just gets into it and just well it says it was written by j supreme j supreme so maybe that was rocking with a supreme i don't know what he says but he does not slow the song down whatsoever well you know it's funny it's like in the 90s they always had that guy you didn't yeah you always had that guy for one that just like

came out of the track that did like everybody always remembers the parts of the songs that we remember like the main thing they're like i know what i want and i'm mr bha and then like we remember the beat but then they always filled out the rest of it by having some tough guy rapper come in and just like hit you with the rhymes but like cold brady cool bro bum blah and uh then it doesn't matter what they're saying at that point i was literally going over the lyrics as he was saying it i was like every line from one to the next it's a general idea but like none of these things are a full statement. As long as you call me time and again feel the presence of the aura

of the man. I know I two and I want it even more. Yeah he just comes in, you didn't even have to know that phone. He just comes in, lays whatever the fuck down on beat, on point and then he goes into the beat like, real quick. Can we just say this beat? The beat fucking slays.

Come on, man. Get out of here. Get out of here. Like if you're just having a crazy moment and you're just I gotta get it. I got to get it. I got to some energy. I got do-da-dur-d-do-do-d-d-d-da-da-da-da. It's just whoever the fuck of Mr. Vane ends, he wants you to fucking bring your energy. This was the blueprint that I think

set up not only just like that kind of 90-0 pop whole division, but like... What year was this song? Oh, oh, 1993. I got it right here. 93. Yeah, and this is super 93. Like, this actually does take me back to 93. Like, I remember being a kid and like being in my hip-hop class and I remember this song

like just doing the running man to it because yeah I was in a hip-hop class back then that's my upbringing justina this song just kind of like set in the stage for what then became sort of what basically ended up leading to that whole

the EDM vibe like that whole like the high energy dance mix like they came from this sort of like pop like shuffling hip-hop well eventually that was like what they were doing with it but like this was like the set off to what we still hear today of like high energy

dance mix. What I'm amazed by with songs like this from the 90s is if this song was playing in the club, right? I mean this song's going to make you sweat. Yeah, exactly. And there's 200 other people and if they're actually dancing they're all sweating. Everybody is

now sweating because there's no chance you're not and I'm always amazed by watching different movies like House Party, which way I should probably dissect one of those or At least the dance scene. Or three things. You've ever seen a house party?

What's the last time? I actually don't think I've ever actually watched it. It's a good one. I've just watched the house parties. The way they break it down and then living color, all the dancers are living colors. The fly girls. Fly girls. They are using energy.

Like there's so much going into that dancing that I'm just astounded. And by the way, I think I just threw you a nice couple videos. Really? because we're talking about the flag girls and shit yeah the flag girls and the other dances was the first thing I said yeah but like we need to cap it off something funny

something funny fine yeah right out that was a good time waka waka we had to watch actual video then like we had to understand okay after this we're going to dissect the scene from house party and we're making a house party

and then we're going to make a video about there we go. Up next, I'm not at Sank Dijian. By the way, if you have another type of 90s dance, like house party or the 90s fly girls, uh, call in 6664-2-6. That's the wrong number. What are they even supposed to give at this point? Just like to send a video of them doing it.

It's not the right number. 555-6-26-218-7. Somebody's getting fucked with their call. understand why she wants him to call him Mr. Raider and Mr. Wrong. Why is she making him want to call all these fucking things? Why call him Raider? Why call him wrong? Why call him Mr. Van? You're not

explaining yourself. All right, I got it. I think I figured it out. Thank you. Please enlighten me. So enlighten me. Her name is Tania Evans. Could be Tanya Evans but it's a... I think it's Tanya Evans. I think what Tanya is saying is

you know when girls are like into a guy and they're like, I'm really into him, but like, I'm trying to find all the reasons not to be. I don't think I'm supposed to be in this guy. I'm super physically attracted to him. Something about his swag is driving me crazy. But then a bunch of other girls are probably feeling this way, too. So I can't just be like all about them. So I have to start labeling them with stuff.

Call him Mr. Raider. Call him Mr. Rang. Call him Mr. Vane. Call him insane. She's calling him insane now Just because she's Conflicted with her feelings about like Why am I so into this guy? I don't know

I can't figure it out but like he must be Mr. Vane he must be Insane And I don't think that ever stopped from 1993 I think that's something that's still Happened in this day so Thanks for putting it into a beautiful Lyrical Presence

Tenia and something we still is doing How about you not calling Mr. Vane How about you call him by his name? What the hell is this guy's name? Call him by his name. Mr. Garcia. Mr. Castle, which, by the way, Castle, your name has always been epic.

That's an epic last name. Are you fucking kidding? It's better than Mr. Dane. I can tell you it's better than Garcia. Frikin Garcia, there's like 10,000 million of us, and there's way too many of us. There's illegal of us. There's, I don't like it.

There comes this fucking guy again. Ex and plenty. Listen, there's a beat. comes in for the last like, I think 32 count or something, just whew, whew, whew, whew, yeah, that's the buildup.

And at the very end, he goes, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. This, like, forget what he's talking about. Like, he got, whatever the fuck, nobody knows what he says.

Nobody knows what the fuck he says. Listen to the backbeat. This. Cass is going to play it in the background one more time. It goes, and you're like, oh, and he's like,

he's talking about S-E-X and Phil. And right when he talks about S-E-X, somehow the song goes, It has hits again. It's... Slavs so well. That's what I mean. This was the beginning of the entire techno, EDM, dance culture.

Like, this was the start of it when they realized, like... Is it the start or in the middle of it? I mean, this is the beginning of it, 93? Like, yeah, this is like... It's like if you think about... I feel like one of the earlier songs is the Sweet Dreams, the Rhythmics. Sweet dreams. No, no, that's a good one.

That's a good one. That's how I'm talking about... Sweet dream is all made of me. Like if you listen to that song, I think it's from May, like, 1983. Okay, you're right. It's like 1983. That's an 80 song. No, it's not that.

It's like an early 80 song. And it comes in and hits that, that super technical. It doesn't have a techno. It has more of a house beat. But if you're going to talk about techno, I feel like there's earlier track before this track that we're hitting. I couldn't tell you what they are Here's what I wanted to say about Mr. J. Supreme That was the most narcissistic

First I've ever heard Because I have no idea what he says right there Girls all over the world They help and pray and die for men like me Because I'm the one begotten son That breaks the mole Get a look at male and pit of me Style has never seen

That makes you want to grab and hold And squeeze real tight Who's gonna be the one to save you from yourself You want him to take a bite Please oh baby please You gotta get some Cut him in the charm out of ladies This man is way too cocky for himself

Is that what you're telling me? That's what I'm saying. My goodness. He's playing the role of Miservain. And then he wants her to fill him up with S-E-X and plenty. Is that the right last line there? Do I have that correct? That's exactly where it's gone.

Just another fish to pick the worm on the hook of my line. Yeah, I keep many females longing for a chance to win my heart with S-E-X and plenty. What a great combination of a gentle guitar along with a sick beat. doesn't where the beat finds you. Let it find you. Right here. Turn it up. That's what she wants to call you. You know what she wants. She wants it now. Sir Vane. But that's actually what's confusing about this. That is confusing. Do we do? I will tell you why. Because all this time, I've always heard this song as just her saying that she's Mr. Vane. And I was always like, why is she calling herself Mr. Vain when she's a female voice?

and I'm looking at the lyrics, and there's this very little subtle right before the chorus starts that says, He'd say, I know what I want, and I want to know. He'd say,

it says he'd say. Real quick, like real quick to the point where you're supposed to think what you always thought your whole life, but there's really a he's saying. Yeah,

and I never knew it until I read the lyrics. To you dissected. Until you dissected it today. This is what I'm saying. This is why we dissect, ladies and gentlemen, to find out, because I always wondered why she was Mr. Bain. Basically, what I hear from the song is there's a woman who is enamored with men, and he is super into himself. And no man would actually call himself Mr. Vane, okay?

So that's clearly a name that comes from the woman who's just like, like Jay Supreme is playing the role of the male voice through the mind of a woman. that I'm looking at the lyrics. It's through the mind of a woman that wants to explain a man that she is interested in, but she's skeptical of that. She's like, I don't know why I'm interested in all these things about this guy, but I feel like everybody else is probably interested in him too, so he must be Mr. Vane, Mr. Insane, Mr. Insane, Mr. Rader, Mr. Wrong, which I still understand why is Mr. Rader. But like, then she has Jay Supreme come in, which, he must be Mr. with his most chauvinistic, I'm the shit lines ever. A legendary dance jam that is hidden in a,

take a stab at men that they're into, but that they don't want to be into. So that's where I read this one. I like my original thought of the song. That's all about it. I'm kind of mad about the vanity thought, even though you're right. You wanted to be about the actual artery of a man's arm?

Yeah, I always thought this was their song about heroin. You thought something was about heroin? It was a raider. He'd call him wrong for doing it. He knows what he wants. He wants his vein. But you're clearly right. Everything you're saying is correct.

Well, it doesn't really matter who's right or wrong. The point is, it does. It does. We both have slaps to give, and we could give him. So how many slaps do you give Mr. Vane? What was that, four and three steps? Did they read, they're right? Four slaps.

Yeah. Three snaps. It's pretty good. It's like right in the brink. That feels like the ball is rolling around the room of a five slapper. Which is kind of what this is. Yeah. You're right.

Yeah. That's, I would, I would then have to agree and say, yeah, it's close. It's close to a five slapper, but I can't quite give it a five slapper. It doesn't get to five. I got to hold my standards up high. But like, yeah, this song was like my favorite dance song when I was a kid. in the 90s. As a kid growing up in the 90s, like, this is a song you just grew up with.

And you got to understand this. For those of you that are young these days and don't know what it was like growing up in the kid in the 90s, a song like this, I couldn't just go play, okay? It was the kind of thing where, like, randomly you're flipping through the radio stations and you found it, you're like, ooh, that songs do. But you didn't want to, like, over jam to it in the car with your family. He's kind of like low-key. Like, listen to it and just kind of like, not going to override because I don't want to be made fun of, but like, this is my dream. And then the song ended and the DJ came on at the end. It was like, oh, yeah, that is.

Mr. Vang, blah, blah. And then, like, you were like, I hope I hear that song again. That was all we had. That was the way music was back then. They didn't even, like, tell us where we could find the CD. And if you wanted the song that bad, you'd have to go by the CD. That was how it worked. But nowadays, if we want to just hear a dance.

dance jam like this and thank god it's like that now because i'd be over to i had to fucking spin a record every time i hear a song i want to play but like this stands the test of time as like that 90s vibe and it's set off the wave that i think leads to this day of what the entire dance music vibe is so with that if you were to take out the i from the name of the title of the song call me mr van then it would be a whole different title now this is like a song about minivans and selling like, you know. You ever get to a point in the episode where he realized that we've talked

about everything that we have to talk about and we absolutely clearly have nothing else to say. How about take out the A? All right. This is VIN? Vind number. Now this guy he goes to every car and knows all the Vind numbers of every

car. Just say next. Next!