Technically I should have deleted the 20 Gig of mp3s on it, but I... forgot. Technically you should delete them too. I'll just assume that you did, OK?
Of course I did! Would I do something like that?
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Gandalfe - Jan 23, 2004 5:16:06 pm PST #174 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 5:55:29 pm PST #175 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, Shawn, I've decided to write about Klymaxx's Meeting In The Ladies Room. It lets me write about that whole early 80s era of electro funk that overlapped with dance pop for a bunch of groups like Shalamar ("Dead Giveaway" "Dancing in the Sheets"), Cameo ("She's Strange", "Word Up"), Gap Band ("You Dropped a Bomb on Me"), Mary Jane Girls ("In My House" - one my favorites), and the Pointer Sisters hits from that Beverly Hills Cop era ("Neutron Dance").
It's interesting because it's the last era of black dance music before hip hop drum loops completely change the sound and rhythm and get absorbed into pop (mid to late 80s, with New Jack Swing). Prince's synthesizers are the abiding influence with lots of Chic guitar too.
kat perez - Jan 23, 2004 6:09:43 pm PST #176 of 10003
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Not Shawn, but I am bouncing, bouncing, bouncing in anticipation!
bon bon - Jan 23, 2004 6:18:42 pm PST #177 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Okay, Shawn, I've decided to write about Klymaxx's Meeting In The Ladies Room. It lets me write about that whole early 80s era of electro funk that overlapped with dance pop
YES! If not because of the legitimation, but just because it's such an 80s expression. Considering how hip hop drowned out most black women for the late eighties, Meeting in the Ladies Room is almost a bit rap.
msbelle - Jan 23, 2004 6:39:06 pm PST #178 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Thanks to David I will now be singing Word Up for the next week or so. I am also craving the sight of a tall fade.
It's the code word.
Sue - Jan 23, 2004 6:45:45 pm PST #179 of 10003
hip deep in pie
So, does a cover version of a song have to have been originally performed by the writer?
I have downloaded three versions of a song from the very first album I ever bought for myself, and all three were duds. I have moved on to the next album...
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 6:57:59 pm PST #180 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks to David I will now be singing Word Up for the next week or so. I am also craving the sight of a tall fade.
Larry Blackmon is your man.
Kat P., if I trade in some of my vinyl for cheap CDs I think I'll make a compilation of that early 80s dance/funk/pop stuff. I'll make sure you get a copy. (You too, Shawn.)
msbelle - Jan 23, 2004 6:59:01 pm PST #181 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue, not in my book. The original recorder of the song is who I would consider the original artist.
Sue - Jan 23, 2004 7:05:40 pm PST #182 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Sue, not in my book. The original recorder of the song is who I would consider the original artist.
...Back to the research salt mines then.
Angus G - Jan 23, 2004 8:33:46 pm PST #183 of 10003
Roguish Laird
I've finished my mix: all twenty categories covered, total timing 79 minutes 42 seconds! Is anyone else cutting it closer to the bone than that?
I don't believe in guilty pleasures either, so I'm using my selection to, er, critique the category. I encourage others similarly to take advantage of every opporunity to (1) cheat, and (2) be pretentious!