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Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan

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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.

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Steph L. - Oct 26, 2004 10:50:59 am PDT #5598 of 10003

I look more rad than Lutheranism

And of course, I have no clue about this "Black Velvet" business.

I'm sure you do, P-C. It's sexy, smoky, and hooky -- the best kind of pop hit, kind of a little sister to "Son of a Preacher Man," but about Elvis. The lyrics would probably help you place it.

1) I had no idea that song was about Elvis. Though I admit the only words I can ever quite understand are "new religion" and what sounds like "blackbird" but is probably "black velvet."

2) I'm a philistine in my dislike of "Black Velvet." Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice, though (like Heart), so it's a whole group that I'm slandering, not just Alannah Myles.

DavidS - Oct 26, 2004 11:25:13 am PDT #5599 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

2) I'm a philistine in my dislike of "Black Velvet." Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice, though (like Heart), so it's a whole group that I'm slandering, not just Alannah Myles.

crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes

billytea - Oct 26, 2004 11:27:07 am PDT #5600 of 10003

You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes

t crosses Divine off future Teppy mixes

Steph L. - Oct 26, 2004 11:44:27 am PDT #5601 of 10003

I look more rad than Lutheranism

crosses "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Betty Davis Eyes" off future Teppy mixes

t crosses Divine off future Teppy mixes

Bless you both.

Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2004 12:08:52 pm PDT #5602 of 10003

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Mostly it's b/c I don't like her voice. I tend to not like women singers with that kind of almost-raspy voice

Teppy, I don't like it much either, in the song I have. I like her voice during the verse, but in the chorus, it gets all raspy, and I don't like it so much. I'm not sure if I can make a blanket statement about all raspy-voiced female singers. Name some others.

DavidS - Oct 26, 2004 12:10:33 pm PDT #5603 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Name some others.

Stevie Nicks?

Janis Joplin?

Betsy HP - Oct 26, 2004 12:26:24 pm PDT #5604 of 10003

If I only had a brain...

Marianne Faithfull.

Scrappy - Oct 26, 2004 12:32:17 pm PDT #5605 of 10003

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Good one, Betsy!

Sue - Oct 26, 2004 12:49:12 pm PDT #5606 of 10003

hip deep in pie

MuchMusic up here (our MTV) is terribly snarky about Alannah Myles, but I think (hope) that's a familiarity breeds contempt kinda thing, since she got a ton of airplay back in the Black Velvet days (as CanCon).

Did you know that Christopher Ward, one of the early MM veejays co-wrote most of her music for quite a while. I think he had his own pop hit in the 70's which I'm sure Hec would recognize, if I could remember it.

However nothing blows my mind like seeing JD Roberts do serious news on CBS.

Alicia K - Oct 26, 2004 12:53:23 pm PDT #5607 of 10003

Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

"Black Velvet" always makes me think of karaoke singers who think they're teh hotness, best singers evah!!!

Because every girl I've ever seen get up to sing that song is full of cocky smugness. Like, "Yeah, man. I am teh sex. Even with my mall hair and/or belly-baring top."

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