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The end of your black days?

 

Yeah I had this phase where I like wanted to be black in the early teen years...don't ask. lol

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"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" - Lesley Gore

 

Great song, applicable to A LOT of situations.

Has anyone ever heard of Tim Fite?

 

I had the pleasure of going to a show at Northside Tavern the other night and this guy was amazing. His sound is almost impossible to describe. Extremely entertaining.

lately i *heart* this adorable new joy division. good live too!

 

 

i was listening to telepathe. here they are live, the sound is murky, but the music is typically hypnotic & the bonus on this one is that you can watch some girl and her supercute lazy dancing

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1aWiIniHo

 

When I clean I usually blast House Music throughout the house, but today I'm having a "slow jam" moment.

 

This was my jam back in the day

 

I love Sade!  When my ex and I split, he put this on his answering machine.  :roll: :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LljZcD07URI

 

I love that they show the old seedy, nasty gritty are of Times Square/8 Ave. & 42 Street.

 

I love this song.  Take your pic of versions

the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpf93VJxtc

 

I love Sparkle

(notice the scene editing is almost exact as two scenes in DreamGirls)  :roll:

 

And of course my girls En Vogue turned it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXkaoAUt42E

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPk5XhYb40

 

This song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYuPCV53nQ

 

Ms. Thank sang the hell out of this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6IEySWTiMU&feature=related

 

J-Lo wouldn't be J-Lo if it wasn't for Lisa Lisa. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16shEIbNVmo

 

I love me some Hall & Oates

 

The 80's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-WwRpRbrqs

 

Back in the day when Whitney could do no wrong.  Although I could never figure out why she came out with two songs about being the "other" woman.

 

Back when nobody knew Mariah was black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSd08_ceDj8

 

This song was so hot....but not as hot as the coke-head family that sang it!  But at least light skinned folks were popular for a minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3yt67fqTbc

 

My theme some song for about 5 years

 

I use to tell me ex to listen to the last 20 seconds of this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfGNxWHnMvU

 

My parents would wear this song out. Whenever my father does something wrong he plays this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armyc-N6P3c

 

This was my jam too!

 

Barry White...ump..ump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16uozeYFeKo

 

For all you General Hospital Fans

 

I'll end on Miss Patti, although I couldn't find a version where she kicks off a pump and rolls on the floor and the Queens all holla!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqF5H0MUaM

 

 

HUM and FAILURE are criminally underrated

 

my ears perked up when i would hear a song by the post-failure band Year of the Rabbit all the time on wxut, during one of those automated DJ hours. 

It's always great to find other fans of these two classic bands. It's a damn shame they didn't receive the commercial attention they deserved, but that also has led to a sort of cult following. It's like finding hidden treasure. Hum's Downward is Heavenward record barely made a blip on the sales radar, but it was one of the best rock albums of the 90's. Very few bands can do back-to-back classics on the level that Hum did. It was so crazy when Cadillac revived "Stars" last year for their car commercials (it actually made me want to buy a Cadillac). My jaw hit the floor and I immediately called up a fellow friend who likes Hum as much as I do. The song fit well with the visuals, and that explosive wall of sound complements quick edits too. It was a slick ad campaign that didn't cheapen the song:

 

I love Hum too but never got into FAILURE.  Another good band from the 90's that I feel was overlooked was Sugar, Bob Mould's band after Husker Du. I probably have a fond spot for Sugar because the album "Copper Blue" came out just as I was getting away from Classic Rock and commercial radio.

 

Love the Smashing Pumpkins, never cared for Billy Corgan (I know Billy Corgan IS the Smashing Pumpkins). "Siamese Dream" is tight all of the way through. Mellon Collie could have easily been cut to a single disc. I love "Adore" for some reason that I am really not sure of.

 

Currently I am listening to the newish Ben Folds (2008 sometime?), "Way To Normal". It is yet another break-up album from the guy. I think he is on his fourth marriage. There is a great single with Regina Spektor called "You Don't Know Me" and possibly the song with the best title ever "B!tch Went Nuts!". He opens with a song about how he fell off the stage in Hiroshima and busted his face, got a concussion and then bled all over the piano. It must be nice to have a big enough following that you can put out what ever you feel like.

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD!!!!!

 

The end of your black days?

 

Yeah I had this phase where I like wanted to be black in the early teen years...don't ask. lol

 

What is it to "be black"?  Based on your earlier posts, would it be wearing jerseys, playing b-ball and listening to Nappy Roots?  Kind of j/k and I know you did not have any racial intent, but you should choose your words more carefully.... Maybe you "wanted to be hip-hop"?

 

At least you didn't use the "W" word.

 

As far as music, I have been lately re-realizing my love for Elton John's earlier work that I had forgot when I was too cool, or too "hip-hop", to admit that I like the guy's music.

 

I really am all over the place, Otis - Rage - the Eagles - the Almond Bros - Linkin Park - Jay-Z - Alicia Keys - Aerosmith.  I just like good music and don't really care about genres.

 

I just downloaded some old Das Efx songs - brought me back to middle school.

 

The end of your black days? 

 

Yeah I had this phase where I like wanted to be black in the early teen years...don't ask. lol

 

What is it to "be black"?  Based on your earlier posts, would it be wearing jerseys, playing b-ball and listening to Nappy Roots?  Kind of j/k and I know you did not have any racial intent, but you should choose your words more carefully.... Maybe you "wanted to be hip-hop"?

 

At least you didn't use the "W" word.

 

As far as music, I have been lately re-realizing my love for Elton John's earlier work that I had forgot when I was too cool, or too "hip-hop", to admit that I like the guy's music.

 

I really am all over the place, Otis - Rage - the Eagles - the Almond Bros - Linkin Park - Jay-Z - Alicia Keys - Aerosmith.  I just like good music and don't really care about genres.

 

I just downloaded some old Das Efx songs - brought me back to middle school.

 

Well for me "being black" has always been the thing to do/be.  Besides "being black" is back in Vogue. 

 

in regards to music, Hts44121, I'm not sure how old you are, but I sense maybe later 30s.  We grew up in a time where we saw lots of varied groups/bands on MTV.  You know when video's were bad but songs were good!  So people from our era have a much range of musical taste.

I love Hum too but never got into FAILURE. Another good band from the 90's that I feel was overlooked was Sugar, Bob Mould's band after Husker Du. I probably have a fond spot for Sugar because the album "Copper Blue" came out just as I was getting away from Classic Rock and commercial radio.

 

Love the Smashing Pumpkins, never cared for Billy Corgan (I know Billy Corgan IS the Smashing Pumpkins). "Siamese Dream" is tight all of the way through. Mellon Collie could have easily been cut to a single disc.

 

+1 to all the above points.  Mellon Collie would have been my favorite by the Pumpkins if the fat was cut off. 

 

I listened to Copper Blue for the first time in a while recently, and though it wasn't a huge seller, I remember it getting fairly decent radioplay on the local alternative station.  I think it had at least 3 or 4 songs that got onto the rotation.

 

One other thought on Hum- they don't have a huge following, but it seems that a disproportionately large percent of their fanbase are musicians themselves, something I've always considered to be a mark of a good band.

Has anyone else noticed how Young Jeezy sounds like he's taking a sh!t whenever he gets on the mic?

 

 

Thanks for the visual!  :|

Has anyone else noticed how Young Jeezy sounds like he's taking a sh!t whenever he gets on the mic?

 

 

Thanks for the visual!  :|

 

hahahahaha.... that made my morning

 

As a fan, I totally agree with C-Dawg.

Lately, I haven't been able to stop listening to Bruce Springsteen.  I'm writing a particular comic book at the moment, and the majority of the soundtrack is decidedly Bruce.  At first I thought I was being ironic, but the further into the story I get, it's looking like it's pretty spot on. 

Sounds like a good comic book.

Sounds like a good comic book.

 

That's the hope.  :)

I'm going through a Seldom Scene phase lol.

^Don't get that song stuck in my head again for the 10000000th time haha.

That song is great. Eric Prydz is an awesome house DJ. I love all of his mixes.

awesome....

I am instinctively starting to listen to great summer music.  The weather is getting nice. :-)

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James Morrison: Broken Strings.  Big hit across the pond (maybe here, too?).

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So my brother got me addicted to this song.

 

Whitest Boy Alive: Golden Cage-Fred Falke Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzs_3NxEEI

 

Whitest Boy Alive?  I could tell so many jokes!  KStay2, you didn't tell us you formed a band!  :x

^How did I know you were going to say something about that? :-P

^How did I know you were going to say something about that? :P

Because you would think my account was hacked if I didn't say something funny!  :P :P  Someones got liven this place up!

And to lift you back up:

RJA: Lonely Road

 

I really didn't think I would like their new album, but after actually seeing them in concert for the first time Friday night, I figured I'd give them another try. So glad I did. They are insane live BTW.

 

Sorry for the bad quality in this one.

Somehow I missed this gem back in 1994:

 

There's an awful lot going on in that song.  We used to take songs of that quality for granted in the early 90's but that would bury anything on the radio now and probably make teenage boys cry.

 

Thanks record companies for killing the geniuses to make way for Disney's hacks:

 

A totally brilliant song.  Better than anything that's been on MTV in 10 years. 

 

Gotta love a little Fedde Le Grand ...

 

 

How about a blast from the past? We used to sing this on the bus to day camp in the 1970s.....

 

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

We sang that, too. Along with a parody of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" that ended equally abruptly:

 

Three cheers for Jones Junior High!

It's the best junior high in Toledo.

It's colors are purple and white--

(Spoken) Purple is for loyalty and white is for the fight fight fight!

For Jones Junior High I would die, bang!

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

How about a blast from the past? We used to sing this on the bus to day camp in the 1970s.....

 

well, we sang this on the bus during an elementary school field trip to the Cleveland Art Museum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2HBFdO7W0Q&hl=en&fs=1

 

 

We could never really get into this song since it's hard to do it with ethnic names.  ex: Xiomarys, Idalyz or Narcisco.

I'm loving the music in this video on the Showroom Kiefer Technic:

 

 

 

^I frickin love that song! 90's power-pop rules. most of the time.

Awesome!!!!

 

Man .. those buzzy guitars. Mmmmm .. fill my ears with deliciousness. :)

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Why is it DJ's look at me like im crazy everytime i request this song when out:

 

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I've always dug Canadian rock, i.e. the Tragically Hip, Sloan, 54-40, etc. Right now I'm really digging Matt Mays & el Torpedo (Halifax), and Sam Roberts Band (Montreal). I've seen both live multiple times and they do not disappoint. They're definitely my fave 2 right now.

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