Song Meaning of "So Get Up"

(L to R) Rui da Silva, Ithaka, DJ Vibe

The 1994 song “So Get Up” by the Underground Sound of Lisbon (a brilliant remix of Ithaka's original 1992 "So Get Up") is a hypnotic and energetic track that has captivated electronic music lovers around the world. Released in 1994, it quickly became an anthem in the underground dance music scene. The track embodies the essence of the electronic music movement of that era, characterized by infectious beats, pulsating basslines, and captivating melodies. Frequently Asked Questions About So Get Up ______________________________________________________ 1. What is the inspiration behind “So Get Up”? The inspiration behind “So Get Up” stems from the desire of the Underground Sound of Lisbon duo to create a track that would ignite a sense of euphoria on the dancefloor. The driving force behind the song was to produce a rhythm that would compel people to let go of their inhibitions and lose themselves in the music. The duo drew inspiration from their own experiences as DJs and from witnessing the electrifying effect that dance music has on audiences. 2. What makes “So Get Up” unique in the electronic music landscape? “So Get Up” stands out in the electronic music landscape due to its infectious groove, distinctive sound design, and memorable vocal and lyrics by author Ithaka Darin Pappas. The track seamlessly merges elements of techno and house music, resulting in a timeless blend of pulsating beats and euphoric melodies. Its energetic and captivating nature has earned it a well-deserved place in the hall of classics within the dance music community. 3. How did “So Get Up” contribute to the evolution of electronic music? “So Get Up” played a significant role in shaping the evolution of electronic music by pushing the boundaries of creativity and challenging traditional genre conventions. The track served as a catalyst for the emergence of a new wave of electronic music, fusing elements from various styles and paving the way for experimental sounds. Its impact can still be felt today, as it continues to inspire and influence countless artists and producers across the globe. In in home territory of release, dance music sales increased by more than 10,000%, completely transforming the music economy in Portugal, bringin electronic music as an equal mainstay among their national rock and folkloric music. 4. What is the significance of the lyrics in “So Get Up”? The lyrics in “So Get Up” are minimalistic yet impactful, reinforcing the track’s central message of liberation and self-expression. The repetition of the phrase “so get up” serves as a mantra, encouraging listeners to let go of their inhibitions and embrace the transformative power of music. The simplicity of the lyrics allows the focus to shift towards the infectious rhythm and energetic atmosphere created by the music itself. The lyrics were originally published in poem-book form in 1992. Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) recorded the first musical version of So Get Up in early 1993 with Darbis, a sound engineer Manchester. Lyricist Ithaka Darin Pappas originally wrote the poem in a cafe in Amoreira - Lisbon, Portugal before reciting the poem live on Rádio Comercial for the program "4º Bairro" (or Fourth Block). He has stated that the song is about living life the the fullest and was inspired by the death of his father which illustrated to him the firsthand the mankinds vulnerability mortality. 5. How did the Underground Sound of Lisbon achieve the distinctive sound in “So Get Up”? The distinctive sound of “So Get Up” was achieved through a careful combination of analog synthesizers, drum machines, and creative sampling techniques. The duo meticulously crafted each element of the track, paying particular attention to the balance between the driving beats, pulsating basslines, and melodic motifs. The result is a vibrant and immersive sonic experience that captivates the listener from start to finish. 6. What impact did “So Get Up” have on the dance music community? “So Get Up” had a profound impact on the dance music community, cementing its status as an anthem and influencing generations of DJs and producers. The track became a staple in DJ sets worldwide, igniting dancefloors with its infectious energy. Its enduring popularity is a testament to its timelessness and its ability to resonate with audiences across different eras. 7. Can you provide some insights into the production process of “So Get Up”? The production process of “So Get Up” involved meticulous attention to detail and a deep understanding of the nuances of electronic music production. The Underground Sound of Lisbon duo experimented with various synth sounds, drum patterns, and vocal samples until they achieved the perfect balance of energy and atmosphere. Countless hours were spent fine-tuning each element of the track to ensure a cohesive and impactful final result. 8. What are some notable remixes or adaptations of “So Get Up”? Over the years, “So Get Up” has been remixed and reinterpreted by numerous artists, each adding their unique touch to the original track. Notable adaptations include remixes by acclaimed DJs and producers such as Danny Tenaglia, Cosmic Gate, Siba Giba, Fatboy Slim, Moby, and Junior Vasquez. These remixes offer fresh perspectives on the original, further expanding its reach and impact within the dance music community. Producers for the most part have utlized Ithaka vocals far more than Underground Sound of Lisbon's music, choosing to completely recreate the sonics. 9. How does “So Get Up” continue to resonate with audiences today? “So Get Up” continues to resonate with audiences today due to its timeless appeal and its ability to evoke a sense of nostalgia while remaining relevant within contemporary dance music culture. The track’s infectious energy and captivating melodies have allowed it to transcend temporal boundaries and maintain its status as a dancefloor classic. 10. What is the lasting legacy of “So Get Up”? The lasting legacy of “So Get Up” lies in its contribution to the evolution and diversification of electronic music. The track served as a catalyst for innovation, inspiring countless artists to experiment and push the boundaries of the genre. Its enduring popularity and continued relevance demonstrate its status as a timeless piece of electronic music history. 12. What impact did “So Get Up” have on the Underground Sound of Lisbon’s career? “So Get Up” propelled the Underground Sound of Lisbon into the international spotlight, solidifying their status as pioneers in the electronic music scene. The success of the track opened doors for the duo, allowing them to showcase their talent and unique sound on a global scale. It remains one of their most iconic releases, serving as a testament to their contribution to the electronic music landscape.

In conclusion, “So Get Up” by the Underground Sound of Lisbon is a timeless electronic music track that continues to resonate with audiences worldwide. Its infectious energy, distinctive sound, and thought-provoking lyrics make it a dancefloor anthem that embodies the essence of the electronic music movement. 13. What impact did “So Get Up” have on Ithaka’s career? As Underground Sound of Lisbon specifically chose not to credit their lyricist/vocalist most audiences had no idea where the iconic voice and message came from. The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust So get up, forget the past Go outside and have a blast The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane Go out of your mind, go insane To place the you never been before Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor Because, the end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust Goodbye my friends Goodbye world I'll see you in the next life Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Ithaka Pappas __________________ by: Dino Bejamin Dino is a dj and journalist from Tuscon, Arizona. He lives with his partner and cat, "Emoji". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-so-get-up-by-underground-sound-of-lisbon/

The End Of The Earth Is Upon Us, Pretty Soon It''' All Turn To Dust, So Get Up! ©1992 Ithaka Darin Pappas

The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it'll all turn to dust So Get Up! Forget the past... Go outside and have a blast. The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Go a thousand miles in a jet airplane Go out of your mind go insane! To a place that you've never been before Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor Because... The end of the earth is upon us Pretty soon it will all turn to dust Goodbye my friends Goodbye world I'll see you in the next life Written by: Ithaka Darin Pappas ©1992 (under international copyright) Published by: Ravenshark Music/ASCAP Administered by North Music Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up#/media/File:So_Get_Up_lyric_collage_by_Ithaka_Darin_Pappas.jpg

So Get Up

 So Get Up written (and recited) by Ithaka Darin Pappas 1992 has become one of the most remixed vocal acapellas in modern history

Cosmic Gate "So Get Up" (featuring Ithaka) appears in DJ MAG

“Indeed, the amount being paid to certain DJs is really high compared to recent years, but at the end of the day, the market is regulating the price.”

Have DJs' fees got out of hand?: 

“We think it has. As dance lovers we all should stay positive about it. After all, it’s better than only hip-hop or rock on the radio, right?”

Has dance music become the new pop?: 

“Little mice, so we can spy on what the results of this year's Top 100 poll will be!”

If you could be any animal, what would you be?: 

“Should DJs use a microphone? Should they dance? Should they use a laptop? In the end it’s up to the DJ to decide what’s right, and the audience decides by showing up to the gigs.”

Should DJs do "heart hands": 

“We definitely think we have a responsibility to show EDM and drugs do not necessarily belong together. On the other hand, people are responsible for their own life and choices.”

Do DJs have a duty to speak out about drugs?: 

“We’d really like our existing rider served up by Miley Cyrus and Kim Kardashian.”

Following extensive international tours on the back of the swathe of hits that came from their late 2011 'Wake Your Mind' album, German trance veterans Cosmic Gate returned this year with new singles 'Storm Chaser', 'Crushed' and 'So Get Up' written and vocalized by California artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas). Nic Chagall and Bossi told DJ Mag it’s a matter of balancing their signature trance sound with the desire to move forward.
“It’s different styles all over again, but always with our signature that people can recognize. We don’t want to be predictable, we’d get bored doing the same things in a studio over and over.”
'So Get Up' was the first single on their new Wake Your Mind label, and it caps off what’s otherwise been a massive year of touring that’s seen them hosting festival stages in Australia, joining A State of Trance in Ibiza as residents, as well as staging several “Wake Your Mind in Concert” events, featuring guest vocalists to compliment the Cosmic Gate experience.
While the pair are supportive of the trance scene’s recent push towards old-school sounds, they maintain it won’t have a massive impact on their next album, that they’re currently working on. “We’ve been there already, and it wouldn’t feel right for us to go back to where it all started. We prefer to develop our sound by combining different styles to create something new."

 So Get Up lyricist/vocalist Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas)

https://djmag.com/content/cosmic-gate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up
https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/so-get-up/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBLu-WD9A-edU7POS6jtRig
https://www.facebook.com/SoGetUp/

So Get Up - Original Unedited Lyrics by: Ithaka Darin Pappas

"So Get Up" written and vocalized by Ithaka  - 1993

© Ithaka Darin Pappas

Ravenshark Music/Scion Four Music/ASCAP

Album: So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas

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"SO GET UP"

THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US

PRETTY SOON ITLL ALL TURN TO DUST

SO GET UP FORGET THE PAST

GO OUTSIDE HAVE A BLAST

GO A THOUSAND MILES IN A JET AIRPLANE

GO OUT OF YOUR MIND GO INSANE

TO A PLACE YOU NEVER BEEN BEFORE

EAT ICE CREAM OUR YOULL LICK THE FLOOR

CUZ, THE END OF THE EARTH IS UPON US

PRETTY SOON IT'LL ALL TURN TO DUST

GOODBYE MY FRIENDS, GOODBYE WORLD

I'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE

More information about So Get Up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up

https://www.facebook.com/IthakaBlue/


SO GET UP - lyrics and vocals by Ithaka.
Publishing: Ravenshark Music/Scion Four Music/ASCAP

See his new vocal-only album entitled
"So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas"
released by Sweatlodge Records.
https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ithaka2

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Also titled,
Ithaka's "So Get Up" vocals and lyrics have been used on tracks mixed by: Underground Sound Of Lisbon, Junior Vasquez, Danny Tenaglia, Orion's Voice, Sarasite, Committee, Public Domain, Stretch & Verne, Marcel, Fatboy Slim, Atlantis ITA, Ce Ce Lee, PC, Miss Kittin, K-Trax, High Voltage, Dyla, Mert Yücel, Eric Kupper, King-Size, Dan Robbins, Low End Specialists, Architect, Meat Katie, Phobia, Lexicon Avenue, Dave Seaman, Mowree, Sharp & Smooth, Alex Bass,  David Mimram, Phunk Investigation, DJ Zorneus, Lochness DJ Team, Maziano, Dantim, Seikos, Pathfinder, Andrea Doria & Dino Lenny, Philippe Rochard, Bart Skils, Hakan Sarigul, Derek Mari, Danny Garlick, Black Force, Armin Van Buuren, Hardwell, Cosmic Gate, Heartbeat, Bob Ray & Van Dyuk, Furio Levant, Koozah, Ben Gold, Pelari, Igor Carmo, Swing Kings,  JJ Mullor, Dani Sbert, Micromakine, Atmozfears, Acti & Antolini, TNT, Technoboy, Razat, Joseph LP, Alex Page, Feed, Lee Burridge, FuturePlays, Samir Kuliev, Armin Van Buuren, Rui Flip, Geometric Dark, Alex Di Stefano, Nell Silva, etc, etc, etc.

Thru the years, So Get Up Has been released by the labels: Armada Music [Netherlands], Wake Your Mind [Germany], Nervous Records [USA], Kaos Records [Portugal], Tribal Records [USA], Tribal Records [UK}, Twisted Records (U.S.), Twisted Records (UK), Plastic City [Germany], Sweatlodge Records [USA], Absolutely Records [Italy], Kontor records, 24 Records [Italy], Skint, Bosphorus Underground Recordings [Turkey], Chuvstvo Ritma Records [Russia], Black Hole Recordings [Netherlands], Elektrobeats Records [Italy], Forensic Records [UK], Mental Madness Records [Germany], Groove Records [Switzerland], Hymen Records [Germany], Trance Corporation Recordings [Spain], Titanic Records [Italy], Hardcore Maniacs [Spain], Party Label Unique Records [Netherlands], Desire Records [Portugal], Black Habitat Records, People Tech Records [Venzuela], HARDwithSTYLE Records [Netherlands], Subground Records [Italy], Memory Stick Records [Netherlands], Union Recordings [Poland], Supermarket Records, Orange Groove Recordings, Doctors Of Chaos Records [Italy], Next Cyclone Records [Italy], Elektrobeats Records [Italy], Digital+ Records [Spain], Bliss Point Records [Turkey], Activa Records [Italy], Afterglow Records [Germany], Sector Beatz [Switzerland], Re-Fuel Records [Netherlands], Fabric Records [UK], Dogmain Records [Portugal], PTP Records [Germany], Bit Music [Spain], Sys-X Records [Netherlands], Spot On Records [UK], Overodose Records [Germany], Lost Paradise Records, BZRK Records [Netherlands], Kontor Records, 24 Records [Italy], Skint, Renegade Hardware [UK], Melody Maker Records [Italy], Tronic [Sweden], Mole Listening Pearls [Germany], Refreshed [Germany], etc, etc, etc.

So Get Up and its derivitives have been written about by: Ariya Beitollahi, Ryan Farber, Steph Evans, Hugh Lurcott, Hannah DeuPree, etc.

For publications such as: Mix Max, Daily Beat, Insomniac, Earmilk,  DJ Maj, Mix Mag, etc

SO GET UP - Cosmic Gate (Lyric Genius)

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The lyrics of this track - and indeed the vocal itself - are by the Californian poet and artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas).

It was originally written and recorded in early 1993 for a program on Rádio Comercial in Portugal (where Ithaka briefly resided) and about a year later, he was invited to re-record it with the progressive house act, Underground Of Lisbon.

USL had much success with their version of the song, never giving vocal and lyrical credit to the creator (and claimed it as 100% 'Portuguese') even though only on one or two mixes, of over a thousand versions, is USL's music even present.

However, Ithaka's vocal & lyrics appear on 100% of the songs, but because USL released an unauthorized/un-credited acapella via Tribal/I.R.S. Records in New York (1994), this poem has anonymously permeated the dance music world and even become a kind of festival anthem.

Cosmic Gate's version brilliantly uses these profound words to an even greater impact - and larger audience. But once again, where is the vocal/lyric credit?

This is not a cover version, this is a remix of a 1993 Ithaka spoken-word poem.

https://genius.com/Cosmic-gate-so-get-up-lyrics

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Ithaka's SO GET UP Poem-Acapella Played By Legendary DJ - Armin Van Buuren

 

ARMIN VAN BUUREN (World #4 Top DJ) 

opened his historic vinyl set 

at the A State Of Trance Festival

with Ithaka's acapella poem "So Get Up" 

(Utrecht, Netherlands Feb.18th 2017)

 

VIDEO CLIP - ASOT UCRECHT

So Get Up - A Poem By Ithaka Darin Pappas

 

Ithaka : So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas

Collection of vocal poems recorded in Europe in 1993, which had been completely lost until being rediscovered in early 2017 (on a damaged cassette tape in a Los Angeles garage). These are the companion works for the iconic, So Get Up.

 https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ithaka2

Californian-born writer and vocalist Ithaka (aka Ithaka Darin Pappas) relocated from his native Los Angeles in 1992 to Europe where the artist entered of six year period of hyper-creativity. There he wrote, vocalized, created sculptures and photographed among other activities.

In 1993 he wrote a collection of poems for a daily audio segment he hosted on a program called Quatro Bairro on Rádio Commercial, Lisbon. After reciting some these poems live on Rádio Comerical in 1993, he later recorded them as a collection of demos with a producer friend in the UK.

The next year he recorded one of these poems, So Get Up, with the progressive-house project Underground Sound Of Lisbon who achieved massive international success with the track via distribution by Tribal/I.R.S. Records in New York.

Between a series of moves and career developments, the original 1993 vocal poem demos recorded in England were lost. Neither studio technician or artist could find the original, or copies.

So Get Up went on to become an international EDM anthem remixed by greats such as; Miss Kittin, Fatboy Slim. Mert Yücel, Dave Seaman etc.


Later in 2013, the song saw yet another chapter of fame when top DJ's both Hardwell and Armina Van Buuren endorsed a new version of the So Get Up rleased by German trance music stars Cosmic Gate using Ithaka's original lyrical/ vocal acapella)

Ithaka himself went on to record a series of critically acclaimed hip hop albums.

Here together on this disc are two new vocal recordings of Ithaka's iconic poems "So Get Up" and "We Are The Players" (recorded in Mexico - 2017) along with the complete collection of vocal-poem acapella demos made in 1993, some with their original proposed instrumental sketches. Please note: These are not intended to be finished songs, but instead are included to demonstrate Ithaka's early musical direction prior to both Underground Sound Of Lisbon's version of So Get Up (1994) and his own solo album, Flowers And The Color Of Paint (1995).

In the future, the artist hopes to collaborate with some of the EDM producers that have previously mixed his vocal-literary works, perhaps without even knowing who had recorded them.