Philomena Cunk is back with more enlightening information in Cunk on Life, a new TV special on Netflix (in the US). And along with her trademark philosophical wit is also a new batch of fun “facts” set to Technotronic’s 1989 techno anthem “Pump Up The Jam”.
“Pump Up The Jam” facts appearing around the 37min mark include:
- “Pump Up The Jam” peaked at number two in the UK and US charts on its initial release.
- It was originally composed for the title sequence of Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ.
- Friedrich Nietzsche was born October 15, 1844 in the Prussian Province of Saxony. It’s not known whether he pumped up the jam during his lifetime.
- After declaring God‘s death, Nietzsche wrote: “How shall we confront ourselves the murderers of all murderers?What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatest of this deed too great for us must we ourselves not become God simply to appear worthy of it.”
- Help I’m trapped in the edit suite. All I have access to is the Avid’s title tool. I hope somebody reads this.
“Pump Up The Jam” gets one more name check around the 44th min. As Cunk explains, “Jean-Paul Sartre was such a prolific author, writing book upon book, outlining his existentialism theories decades before the release of unrelated Belgian techno anthem “Pump Up The Jam”, which you heard earlier”.
I really hope someone checked on that editor. But speaking of checking things out, I highly recommend also watching Cunk on Earth and all its glorious “Pump Up The Jam” facts if you haven’t already.
