Teachers

Daft Punk

Paul Jonson
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-Lexi
Dr. Dre's in the house, yeah
Omega in the house
Gemini's in the house
Jeff Mills is in the house
DJ Deeon
DJ Milton
DJ Slugo
DJs of the low
Green Velvet
Joey Beltram
DJ Esp
Roy Davies
Boo Williams
DJ Tonka
DJ Skull
DJ Pierre
Mark Dearborn in the house, yeah
Todd Edwards' in the house
Romanthony in the house
Ceevea in the house
Luke Slater
Derrick Carter
Robbert Hood
Paris Mitchel
Dave Clarke is in the house
Van Helden in the house
Armando in the house
Sir John is in the house, yeah


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    I believe it's about all the people who influenced/inspired Daft Punk. It would make sense given the title.

    ecureuilon June 14, 2003   Link
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    I've slowed the track down and pitchshifted it up to make sure but Sonds like Mike Devon to me too Tom Allen is Todd Edwards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Edwards Steevio is CVO "Chicago's Very Own" Glenn Crocker discogs.com/artist/CVO Dave Clarke is in the house not Dave Carter... also the reason why the tune suddenly plays backwards when they mention Dave Clarke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaveClarke%28techno_DJ%29 is he has been known to play things backwards

    a19vuuon October 10, 2010   Link
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    I can't believe how incredibly wrong this list is (On pretty much all other lyric sites too). This is my favorite lyric site though, so let's get it right on here. =)

    This song is actually a sort of a tribute/remake of "Ghetto Shout Out" by Parris Mitchell(He's named in the song). See: youtube.com/watch A large number of these are Chicago Djs, all of them are major influences to Daft Punk. There are only three of these people that I either didn't change or couldn't find information on.

    Paul Jonson [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaulJohnson(producer)] DJ Funk [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Funk] DJ Sneak [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Sneak] DJ Rush [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rush] Waxmaster [youtube.com/watch] Hyperactive [winamp.com/artist/dj-hyperactive] Jammin' Gerald [myspace.com/jammingerald1] Brian Wilson [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson] George Clinton [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeorgeClinton(musician)] Lil Louis [thedjlist.com/djs/LIL'_LOUIS/] Ashley Beedle [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Beedle] Neil Landstrumm [last.fm/music/Neil+Landstrumm] Kenny Dope [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_%22Dope%22_Gonzalez] DJ Hell [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hell] Louie Vega [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Louie_Vega] K Alexi [thedjlist.com/djs/K_ALEXI/] Dr. Dre's in the house, yeah [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_dre] Armando in the house [discogs.com/artist/Armando] Gemini is in the house [discogs.com/artist/Gemini] Jeff Mills is in the house [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Mills] DJ Deeon [discogs.com/artist/DJ+Deeon] DJ Milton [discogs.com/artist/DJ+Milton] DJ Slugo, Djs on the low [energyflashrecords.co.uk/catalogue/title.phtml] Green Velvet [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Jones] Joey Beltram [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Beltram] DJ Esp [discogs.com/artist/DJ+ESP] Roy Davis [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Davis_Jr.] Boo Williams [discogs.com/artist/Boo+Williams] DJ Tonka [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Tonka] DJ Snow [thedjlist.com/djs/SNOW/] Dj Pierre [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Pierre] Mark Dana in the house **NOT SURE ABOUT* Tom Allen's in the house **NOT SURE ABOUT* Romanthony in the house [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanthony] Steevio in the house [discogs.com/artist/Steevio] Luke Slater [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Slater] Derrick Carter [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Carter] Robert Hood [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hood] Parris Mitchell [youtube.com/watch] Dave Carter *NOT SURE ABOUT Van Helden [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Van_Helden] Armani [discogs.com/artist/Robert+Armani] Surgeon is in the house, yeah [discogs.com/artist/Surgeon]

    Mark Dana in the house (Sounds like Mike Devon to me, but I can't be sure) Tom Allen's in the house (Sounds like Todd Arab to me, but I can't be sure) ***Dave Carter (I'm pretty certain this is Def club, which would translate to David morales [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morales])

    Can anyone figure out the last 3 for sure? I'm also not 100% sure on Brian Wilson, but I don't know which other Brian wilson they would be talking about.

    MichielDeanon October 13, 2009   Link
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    I'm assuming all this song is is randomely naming off people who are "in da house".

    This song makes me laugh, mostly because of the vocals.

    GBMetalhead420on September 29, 2002   Link
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    I notice some of them as predominantly Funk Artists

    Mr Orangeon May 17, 2004   Link
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    It's not "Pat Melva in the house".

    It's actually "Van Helden's in the house."

    This is basically a shout-out to DP's influences.

    beau99on June 03, 2004   Link
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    Man, nothing get's past you all... Funk artists - yeah, DP really owes alot to funk, as do all electronic musicians. Like alot of their tracks, this is really stupid and simple, but still alot of fun to listen to.
    Recipe: Take a vocal track, throw one up an octave and one down, each in one speaker, a simple beat and bass synth over it and voila! It is kinda punk really - hence their name. It probably took them 10 minutes to do.

    And yes, very funky. I love those fat, swelling synths...

    but what is the female vocal sample saying? "Teeach?"

    Chinupon January 05, 2005   Link
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    I don't think she's saying anything.

    CHEESEGODon April 17, 2005   Link
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    Funk artists... yes... because as we all know, Dr. Dre is a funk artist.

    iGodon June 25, 2005   Link
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    iGod, was that sarcasm?

    I hope not, ever heard of something called G-Funk? Yeah, that was Dr. Dre.

    D4MVPon March 31, 2006   Link

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