All You Need Is Love (JAMs song)
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu released their debut single on 9 March 1987. The song is a politically topical song concerning the British media’s AIDS furore. It was the first of a series of politically-charged songs to be released by the group, which would go on to release a number of other politically-themed songs.
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The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu released their debut single on 9 March 1987. The track was initially given a 12\” white label release because of its sampling of other records. The JAMs re-edited the single, removing all but a snatch of The Beatles, replacing or doctoring the MC5 sample, and rerecording the Samantha Fox vocal. This new version was released on 18 May 1987 as JAMS 23T, and was included on The JAMS’s debut album 1987. According to Drummond, the recording of 1987 was funded by the sales of \”All You Need Is Love \”. The central theme of the song was the media coverage given to the AIDS crisis. Between verses, the rhythm is punctuated by samples of former glamour model Samantha Fox as well as a sexually provocative line concerning infant mortality. Also heard is a rendition by Ring a Ring a o’ Roses children of a rhythmic rendition by the children of the Ring O’ Roses. The song is a politically topical song concerning the British media’s AIDS furore, the track was released as a limited edition one-sided white label promotional 12\”, by the JAM’s own label The Sound Of Mu.
It was the first of a series of politically-charged songs to be released by the group, which would go on to release a number of other politically-themed songs over the next ten years. The Justified Ancient of MuMu were formed by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, who were inspired by the fictional conspiratorial group The Illuminatus! Trilogy. They assumed alter egos Kingboy D and Rockman Rock respectively, and adopted the name \”the Justified Athletics of Mu Mu. They were influenced by the Beastie Boys to actually get up and do something . ‘Too true, but these colonials seem a touch wiser, world weary a bit, but not angry … ” NME revealed King Boy D’s identity as Bill Drummonds in the 28 March 1987 edition of the NME. The group went on to record several other songs, including a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “I Can’t Go for That” and a version of “I Want You Back” with a different vocalist and a different beatbox rhythm. They also recorded the song for the film Don’t Die of Ignorance, about the dangers of AIDS.
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