vagrantx
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Johnette has one of the greatest rock n roll voices of all time!! She's up there with Ann Wilson and Debbie Harry
🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵
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__Nathan1968
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Day 7 - A song that deserves more credit
ny_m_teacher
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Day 7: A song that deserves more credit
Great voice put to an iconic song.
Great voice put to an iconic song.
UnquietDreams
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Day 7: A song that deserves more credit
Hard to say that a popular band deserves more credit. But they are seen as the softest of soft rock, talc on the harness scale, pablum for the masses. But the Carpenters were one of the most talented duo ever recorded. Richard Carpenter could play almost any instrument you put in front of him. He was a brilliant composer, and a very skilled sound engineer. Karen was a fantastic drummer with a voice angles would be envious of. (She really just wanted to drum. I love that.) Not only did she have a three-octave (!) contralto range with a very powerful low end, but her pitch control was beyond amazing. Not "perfect pitch," that is something else. There are videos you can find that isolate her vocals and run them through pitch analysis, and her control is just...beyond belief. Beyond the technical, her voice reached out and hugged you like a warm blanket on a cold day. Just remarkable. There hasn't been anyone like her since.
And they wanted to go beyond the soft rock ghetto they were locked into. But in the 70s, the label had all the power and the contracts were beyond Draconian. With everything else going on in her life, she couldn't fight it. And eventually, the "everything else" caught up to her, and she died far, far too early.
Incredibly talented, incredibly skilled, but seen as the worst of AM lite pop. They deserve far more credit.
"Rainy Days and Mondays," The Carpenters.
Part of me wanted to get some of the highlights of her drum solos. But honestly? Listen to that voice...
Hard to say that a popular band deserves more credit. But they are seen as the softest of soft rock, talc on the harness scale, pablum for the masses. But the Carpenters were one of the most talented duo ever recorded. Richard Carpenter could play almost any instrument you put in front of him. He was a brilliant composer, and a very skilled sound engineer. Karen was a fantastic drummer with a voice angles would be envious of. (She really just wanted to drum. I love that.) Not only did she have a three-octave (!) contralto range with a very powerful low end, but her pitch control was beyond amazing. Not "perfect pitch," that is something else. There are videos you can find that isolate her vocals and run them through pitch analysis, and her control is just...beyond belief. Beyond the technical, her voice reached out and hugged you like a warm blanket on a cold day. Just remarkable. There hasn't been anyone like her since.
And they wanted to go beyond the soft rock ghetto they were locked into. But in the 70s, the label had all the power and the contracts were beyond Draconian. With everything else going on in her life, she couldn't fight it. And eventually, the "everything else" caught up to her, and she died far, far too early.
Incredibly talented, incredibly skilled, but seen as the worst of AM lite pop. They deserve far more credit.
"Rainy Days and Mondays," The Carpenters.
Part of me wanted to get some of the highlights of her drum solos. But honestly? Listen to that voice...
ny_m_teacher
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
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Day 8: A song you'd put on to clean
Since this was the first song I put on while I was cleaning the kitchen last night, I guess this is my answer.
"Work It" - Missy Elliott
Since this was the first song I put on while I was cleaning the kitchen last night, I guess this is my answer.
"Work It" - Missy Elliott
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
I don’t really listen to music while I clean.
But this one is cleaning related. Well, more about the cleaner than the cleaning. Still, it’s an old song from an Aussie icon.
Sadie the Cleaning Lady - John Farnham
I don’t really listen to music while I clean.
But this one is cleaning related. Well, more about the cleaner than the cleaning. Still, it’s an old song from an Aussie icon.
Sadie the Cleaning Lady - John Farnham
__Nathan1968
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
There was one that talked about bringing a bucket and a mop, but can’t recall the song. So:
There was one that talked about bringing a bucket and a mop, but can’t recall the song. So:
lavendersilk
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
This probably means "clean your house" but why not yourself?
If You Must - Del the Funky Homosapien
This probably means "clean your house" but why not yourself?
If You Must - Del the Funky Homosapien
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Day 8: A song you'd put on to clean
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Day 8: A Song You’d Put on to Clean
If anyone could get me up and moving, it’s her heavenly voice
If anyone could get me up and moving, it’s her heavenly voice
SalaciousMonkey22
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Day 8: A Song You’d Put on to Clean
Yesterday was an Olivia Rodrigo day
Not sure what today will be yet.
Yesterday was an Olivia Rodrigo day
Not sure what today will be yet.
UnquietDreams
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Stupid sexy Roger Taylor....
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Isn't she that lady who dates the football player?
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Omg, I love that song!
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A song that deserves more credit
Hokey Pokey (1953 Original - Jo Ann Greer
UnquietDreams
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Day 8: A song you'd put on to clean
When I was married, my wife could always tell when I was cleaning because Pepe and Bottle Blondes' first, best album, Late Night Betty would be blasting. They sang in a wonderful mixture of English and Spanish, mostly salsa, driven by Pepe Raphael (also a singer with Pink Martini, but who in Portland hasn't been?). The album is just pure energy, and I need that when I have a duster in my hand. But they play in many genres, and this song is one of my favorites, led by Jessica Hollyfield, with support by Nadine Stanton -- these are your The Bottle Blondes, ladies and gentlemen! And I love the history on this. @morelikeasong, I am going to violate Rule One for this, but it is necessary. If this means I burn my Second Song Pass, so be it. Or, you know, spanking...
In 1953, Georgia Gibbs released a song called "I Want To Be Your Baby," a Jump Blues song that did well enough to get her on the Ed Sullivan Show. It got the attention of Grace Chang, an actress and singer from China who had the stage name Lo Kan. Grace had been raised in China and trained as a member of the Beijing Opera until her family moved to Hong Kong when she was in her teens. There she became famous for both her voice and her comic films with some 30 movie credits. She covered "I Want to be Your Baby" in a mixture between Mandarin and English as "我要你的愛," or "Wo Yao Ni de Ai," meaning "I Want Your Love." And that is the version the Bottle Blondes sing here. It is unique, and it is lovely. I always stopped the vacuum when this one was on and just danced...
"我要你的愛," Pepe and the Bottle Blondes.
When I was married, my wife could always tell when I was cleaning because Pepe and Bottle Blondes' first, best album, Late Night Betty would be blasting. They sang in a wonderful mixture of English and Spanish, mostly salsa, driven by Pepe Raphael (also a singer with Pink Martini, but who in Portland hasn't been?). The album is just pure energy, and I need that when I have a duster in my hand. But they play in many genres, and this song is one of my favorites, led by Jessica Hollyfield, with support by Nadine Stanton -- these are your The Bottle Blondes, ladies and gentlemen! And I love the history on this. @morelikeasong, I am going to violate Rule One for this, but it is necessary. If this means I burn my Second Song Pass, so be it. Or, you know, spanking...
In 1953, Georgia Gibbs released a song called "I Want To Be Your Baby," a Jump Blues song that did well enough to get her on the Ed Sullivan Show. It got the attention of Grace Chang, an actress and singer from China who had the stage name Lo Kan. Grace had been raised in China and trained as a member of the Beijing Opera until her family moved to Hong Kong when she was in her teens. There she became famous for both her voice and her comic films with some 30 movie credits. She covered "I Want to be Your Baby" in a mixture between Mandarin and English as "我要你的愛," or "Wo Yao Ni de Ai," meaning "I Want Your Love." And that is the version the Bottle Blondes sing here. It is unique, and it is lovely. I always stopped the vacuum when this one was on and just danced...
"我要你的愛," Pepe and the Bottle Blondes.
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Day 8: A song you'd put on to clean
The song is about getting clean. It's also a song I love to sing, which I often do while cleaning. Does that count?
Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
The song is about getting clean. It's also a song I love to sing, which I often do while cleaning. Does that count?
LustfulIntentions2
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Day 7: A song that deserves more credit
I've used this space before to lament how I didn't get into Sleater-Kinney earlier in life, and listening to their earlier work just sort of reaffirms that. Dig Me Out deserved to be a bigger hit, and earlier live recordings have the urgency of a younger band, but the sound quality is bootleg as hell on those, so we'll go with this one, which still hits, especially b/c Janet Weiss if a beast.
I've used this space before to lament how I didn't get into Sleater-Kinney earlier in life, and listening to their earlier work just sort of reaffirms that. Dig Me Out deserved to be a bigger hit, and earlier live recordings have the urgency of a younger band, but the sound quality is bootleg as hell on those, so we'll go with this one, which still hits, especially b/c Janet Weiss if a beast.
LustfulIntentions2
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Day 8: A song you'd put on to clean
Really, it's whole record, b/c none of the songs are long enough to do anything but unwind the vacuum cord and plug it in.
Really, it's whole record, b/c none of the songs are long enough to do anything but unwind the vacuum cord and plug it in.
curious_slut
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
The first song that came up when I shuffled my all-purpose playlist. It's nearly time to start cleaning so no reason not to let it all play out.
Fleur East - Like That
The first song that came up when I shuffled my all-purpose playlist. It's nearly time to start cleaning so no reason not to let it all play out.
hotoldrguy
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Day 8: A song you’d put on to clean
