Return of the Mack vs. This Is How We Do It

[version]

 

[luka]

there's something boorish about this is how we do it. there's a plaintive quality to return of the mack that gives it more emotional tang and savour.

 

[version]

there's something boorish about this is how we do it.

Is that because it's American?

 

[luka]

well, not every american song is boorish but it's true that this is how we do it is boorish in a distinctively American way.

 

[version]

I didn't realise Return of the Mack was English until relatively recently.

 

[version]

I considered either swapping one of the two for Regulate or throwing it in as a third, but I'm not convinced it fits.

 

[luka]

it's a good pairing i think. this works.

 

[luka]

Mark Morrison spent some time in America growing up.

 

[version]

Yeah, I was about to mention that. Apparently he went from Leicester to Miami before coming back to the UK. I think I can hear it, but I may just be forcing it through that lens.

 

[version]

It doesn't quite sound like England. It sounds like something you'd cruise along the beach to.

 

[luka]

i mean, it's very strange. it's not a normal singing voice it it

 

[version]

It's not just the voice. It's the whole thing. I found it jarring when I finally saw the vid. I'd never pictured shots of Big Ben and gloomy British streets.

 

[luka]

Luke James 4 years ago

Still can't believe she lied to him. Evil succubus.

 

[pattycakes_]

Toughest vs. thread to date

 

[catalog]

He was a total joke but then he wasn't

 

[pattycakes_]

Mack is obviously gonna win. Its lasted longer in people's minds. Still gets attention. Timeless.

 

[luka]

yeah i know what you mean. i think in the end no one could deny the quality of the song. never troubled the charts again though as far as i know. i wonder if that song is big enough that he can just live off it forever?

 

[pattycakes_]

How We Do It hits a nostalgia high.

Mack is still future.

 

[pattycakes_]

Have to rep How We Do It, though. It meant more to me back then. The instrumental alone. The main groove that kicks in a bit after 0:40. Idk, I just picture house party of people pumping the air in time all having a fucking ball whereas Mack is more about strolling down the street looking fine as fuck

 

[pattycakes_]

Marks voice must be part of the timelessness. It's unique. Doesn't belong to a single time or place