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Day 23: A song from the 80s
Second choice, same WOC. +1
Second choice, same WOC. +1
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PearlyDewdrops
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Day 23: A song from the 80s
ESG - Dance
As a black, all female band from NYC that was taut, minimalist and funky, few people recognised them in the glitzy overproduced 1980s. However, as hip-hop and acid house needed ever funkier grooves to sample, their tunes were plundered and their influence has far outgrown commercial success. But they'd rather have had the money. I once read that UFO was one of the most sampled songs ever but I want to swivel my hips, so here's Dance.
Sorry, the video cuts the song short. (Those women never get the full respect.)
ESG - Dance
As a black, all female band from NYC that was taut, minimalist and funky, few people recognised them in the glitzy overproduced 1980s. However, as hip-hop and acid house needed ever funkier grooves to sample, their tunes were plundered and their influence has far outgrown commercial success. But they'd rather have had the money. I once read that UFO was one of the most sampled songs ever but I want to swivel my hips, so here's Dance.
Sorry, the video cuts the song short. (Those women never get the full respect.)
PrettyLilPussy19
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Day 23: A song from the 80s - WOC
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Imagine 8 yo trying to learn these dance moves. Ok actually ... no, don't imagine that please.
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Imagine 8 yo trying to learn these dance moves. Ok actually ... no, don't imagine that please.
curious_slut
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Day 23: A song from the 80s
Very happy this hadn't been picked already
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan
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Very happy this hadn't been picked already
+3
morelikeasong
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Day 24: A song from the 90s
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
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Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Chloe_Harper
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Day 24: A song from the 90s
Say My Name - Destiny's Child
Came right in at the end of the 90s, barely made the cut, but I still sing along loudly to this song everytime it comes up on one of my playlists.
WOC +1 = 4
Say My Name - Destiny's Child
Came right in at the end of the 90s, barely made the cut, but I still sing along loudly to this song everytime it comes up on one of my playlists.
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Day 23: A song from the 80s
Smooth Operator - Sade
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Smooth Operator - Sade
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aussiegeekygal
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Bullshit. Not one kangaroo mime....
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Day 24: A song from the 90's
She had such promise. A strong voice. A strong vision. Hell, Prince wrote a song about her. Dionne Farris entered the music consciousness as one of the primary singers in the hip hop group Arrested Development. Unfortunately, the way the group was organized had only Speech and Headliner signed artists, and everyone else was paid a set fee as session players. As their popularity grew, with the tours being extended, and Dionne being moved to the forefront, this caused tension as she thought she deserved to be contracted as well. This came to a head one night, just before they were going on stage at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, with an argument that included, according to Speech at least, Dionne throwing a chair at him before quitting the band. When the group was accepting their two Grammy Awards in 1993 for 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of..., an album she had a large part of, Farris was watching from home.
She started working on her solo album, which was nominated for its own Grammy in 1996. But her follow-up fell into the wonderful world of "creative differences" with Columbia, who then dropped her. For Truth If Not Love was shelved for over twelve years before she distributed it independently through iTunes. She put out other albums since, but none of them have really done anything. She never made the impact her talent and accolades seem to say she should have.
This wasn't her hit, but the whole Wild Seed - Wild Flower is just damn good, and this has such an interesting, almost a capella feel.
"Before I am black
Before I am woman
Before I am short
Before I am young
Before I am African
I am Human"
"Human," Dionne Farris (1994)
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She had such promise. A strong voice. A strong vision. Hell, Prince wrote a song about her. Dionne Farris entered the music consciousness as one of the primary singers in the hip hop group Arrested Development. Unfortunately, the way the group was organized had only Speech and Headliner signed artists, and everyone else was paid a set fee as session players. As their popularity grew, with the tours being extended, and Dionne being moved to the forefront, this caused tension as she thought she deserved to be contracted as well. This came to a head one night, just before they were going on stage at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, with an argument that included, according to Speech at least, Dionne throwing a chair at him before quitting the band. When the group was accepting their two Grammy Awards in 1993 for 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of..., an album she had a large part of, Farris was watching from home.
She started working on her solo album, which was nominated for its own Grammy in 1996. But her follow-up fell into the wonderful world of "creative differences" with Columbia, who then dropped her. For Truth If Not Love was shelved for over twelve years before she distributed it independently through iTunes. She put out other albums since, but none of them have really done anything. She never made the impact her talent and accolades seem to say she should have.
This wasn't her hit, but the whole Wild Seed - Wild Flower is just damn good, and this has such an interesting, almost a capella feel.
"Before I am black
Before I am woman
Before I am short
Before I am young
Before I am African
I am Human"
"Human," Dionne Farris (1994)
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Wand3rlust
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Day 24: A song from the 90's
Lauryn Hill - Doo wop (That thing)
Lauryn Hill - Doo wop (That thing)
aussiegeekygal
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Day 24: A song from the 90's
Rhythm Of The Night - Corona (Olga De Souza is a Brazilian powerhouse)
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Rhythm Of The Night - Corona (Olga De Souza is a Brazilian powerhouse)
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Day 24: A song from the 90's
You Gotta Be - Des’ree
You Gotta Be - Des’ree
Whiskeyjack
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Day 24: A song from the 90s
This song gets stuck in my head inexplicably often.
1996 - "Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
This song gets stuck in my head inexplicably often.
1996 - "Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
Wand3rlust
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I nearly chose this one... good tune.
PrettyLilPussy19
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Day 24: A song from the 90s
Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls - TLC
Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls - TLC
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