Black Music Month: An Icon Passes
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Michael Jackson passed away today at the age of 50. It’s true, and yet I find it hard to believe.
Why I am even trying to write something, I don’t even know. The best I can do is offer the same old same old. Basically the memories come back. I’m old enough to remember when you could get a Jackson 5 record on a cereal box. The J5 Saturday morning cartoon. The Jackson 5 doing “Dancing Machine” on Soul Train, and everyone going crazy trying to do the robot dance Michael was doing. When they left Motown, leaving Jermaine behind but adding Randy. Michael playing the Scarecrow in the film version of “The Wiz.” Going solo with Off The Wall, still the best solo Michael Jackson album to me (Thriller will always be his crowning pop achievement, but I always thought Off The Wall was better). The Motown 25 performance with the moonwalk, another dance everyone tried to copy (and I could actually do it, once upon a time-now, not so much). All the videos, each one seeming like more and more of an event than the one before. And of course, the eccentricities that threatened to overshadow the once in a generation talent.
Still, looking beyond the strangeness that became Jackson’s later years, no one can deny that he was a great entertainer. From what we have heard over the years, no one would want to have the childhood he had-having been a star and pop phenomenon from an early age must have exerted unbelievable pressure on him. Yet he delivered, time and again. For over 25 years, he was a presence on the music scene, an icon that shone brightly. When he performed you couldn’t take your eyes off him, wondering what he would do next to wow you. No matter what you think of him, or how you look at him now, he was the one of the greatest entertainers of the last half century. And while many of us joked about how his looks changed, and how his life was, none of us can really imagine what it was like to be him.
Respect and prayers to his family, for no one can really know the grief they all must feel. RIP Michael Joseph Jackson. The light you gave to the world may be extinguished here on Earth, but Heaven just got a little brighter this evening.
Class Of 1984
Filed under: Black Music Month, R&B, R&B Lives, The '80s, hip-hop, music
Last year, I did a similar post to this one when I realized (after it had come upon me) that it had been twenty years since I had graduated from Washington College. Following on the heels of that anniversary, another one has arrived. This month marks twenty-five years since I graduated from high school. As I did with that post, I’ll do the same with this one. (Incidentally, it just so happens that our class will be holding a 25-year reunion later this summer, that I found out about only by signing on to Facebook). I will post a list of songs that formed a soundtrack of sorts from my senior year of high school. It is no secret to anyone that music forms the soundtrack of your life, and these songs were my soundtrack. Some of these may be your favorites, some songs you may not be familiar with at all.
I can recall being very focused that year, because I knew I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t know how I was going to do it. My mother wasn’t exactly flush with cash, and I didn’t want to burden her with my student loans so that I could go to college. So my senior year was focused on hitting the books-hard. I wasn’t a poor student, but I knew I needed to really make a good impression with admissions offices. So I worked my tail off, but I made sure to have some fun too. I almost remember my senior year as being something of a coming-out party for me, it seemed that lots of people found out that year that I could dance after my appearances at the Senior Prom and a “backwards prom” that the Honor Society sponsored. I didn’t really go out a lot in high school, owing to my shyness, so no one really knew what I could do. But one thing that really stood out was that I almost blew it. One class that I had to take and pass to graduate, 20th Century Problems (or something like that, I know it was focused on current events), required that you had to participate in class discussions. Needless to say, due to my shyness, I rarely, if ever spoke in class. This caused me to get zeroes for class participation. However, I aced all the tests, which allowed me to pass the class and graduate. I think it was after that experience (and some talking from the teacher), that helped me get over my shyness a bit.
There were some criteria that I set in making the list. Songs had to be on Billboard R&B Singles chart (thanks again to Joel Whitburn’s Book Top R&B/Hip-Hop Hits 1942-2004 for research), they had to debut between Sept. 5, 1983 and June 1, 1984 (roughly the beginning of my senior year to my graduation date) with one exception marked (***), I had to have some memory of really liking the songs or remembering them fondly, and finally, I had to have a copy somewhere in the house. So without further adieu, here is my list for the Class of ‘84 (in roughly chronological order):
- Would You Like To Fool Around-Mtume
- Break Dancin’-Electric Boogie-West Street Mob
- Real Love-Lakeside
- Delirious-Prince
- All Night Long (All Night)-Lionel Richie
- My First Love-Rene & Angela
- Stay With Me Tonight-Jeffrey Osborne
- Show Me The Way-Skyy
- Time Will Reveal-DeBarge
- Boys-Mary Jane Girls
- Wet My Whistle-Midnight Star
- Over And Over-Shalamar
- Tell Me If You Still Care-The S.O.S. Band
- We Are One-Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
- Touch A Four Leaf Clover-Atlantic Starr
- Say, Say, Say-Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
- U Bring The Freak Out-Rick James
- Baby I’m Hooked (Right Into Your Love)-Con Funk Shun
- White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)-Grandmaster & Melle Mel
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)-Michael Jackson
- Holiday-Madonna
- Joanna-Kool & The Gang
- If Only You Knew-Patti LaBelle
- Let The Music Play-Shannon
- Body Talk-The Deele
- Say It Isn’t So-Hall & Oates
- How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?-Stephanie Mills
- Popcorn Love/Jealous Girl-New Edition
- I Just Can’t Get Over Loving You-Ray Parker, Jr.
- Taxi-J. Blackfoot
- I’m On Your Side-Angela Bofill
- Joystick-Dazz Band
- Something’s On Your Mind-D-Train
- I’ll Let You Slide-Luther Vandross
- Running With The Night-Lionel Richie
- Autodrive-Herbie Hancock
- Encore-Cheryl Lynn
- Fo-Fi-Fo-Pieces Of A Dream
- Yah Mo B There-James Ingram & Michael McDonald
- Ebony Eyes-Rick James Featuring Smokey Robinson
- Midnight Magnet-Teena Marie
- You’re The Best Thing Yet-Anita Baker
- Don’t Go-Dreamboy
- Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)-George Kranz
- Hard Times/Jam-Master Jay-Run-D.M.C.
- The Payoff Mix-Double D & Steinski***
- Another Man-Barbara Mason
- Livin’ For Your Love-Melba Moore
- Plane Love-Jeffrey Osborne
- Touch-Earth, Wind & Fire
- Automatic-Pointer Sisters
- Somebody’s Watching Me-Rockwell
- One Million Kisses-Rufus And Chaka Khan
- It’s Gonna Be Special-Patti Austin
- I Wanna Thank You-Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
- More, More, More-Atlantic Starr
- Don’t Look Any Further-Dennis Edwards
- Love Has Finally Come At Last-Bobby Womack and Patti LaBelle
- Beat Box-The Art Of Noise
- She’s Strange-Cameo
- Perfect Combination-Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill
- Thriller-Michael Jackson
- Tonight-Kool & The Gang
- White Horse-Laid Back
- It’s All Yours-Starpoint
- Karma Chameleon-Culture Club
- Hi, How Ya Doin?-Kenny G
- When You’re Far Away-Gladys Knight & The Pips
- No Parking (On The Dance Floor)-Midnight Star
- Dancing In The Sheets-Shalamar
- Renegades Of Funk-Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
- Love Me In A Special Way-DeBarge
- Adult Education-Hall & Oates
- Sail Away-The Temptations
- Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)-Luther Vandross
- Just My Luck-The Deele
- Shake Down-Evelyn “Champagne” King
- We’re Going All The Way-Jeffrey Osborne
- Hello-Lionel Richie
- Miss Me Blind-Culture Club
- Don’t Waste Your Time-Yarbrough & Peoples
- You’re The Reason-D-Train
- There’s No Easy Way-James Ingram
- Love, Need And Want You-Patti LaBelle
- Jam On It-Newcleus
- Lady You Are-One Way
- Freakshow On The Dance Floor-Bar-Kays
- Fresh-Fresh 3 M.C.’s
- Give Me Tonight-Shannon
- Lovelite-O’Bryan
- Jump-Van Halen
- Change Of Heart-Change
- I’m Ready (If You’re Ready)-The Gap Band
- Shackles-R.J.’s Latest Arrival
- Let’s Hear It For The Boy-Deniece Williams
- Rhythm Of The Street-Patti Austin
- Swoop (I’m Yours)-Dazz Band
- Feel The Need-Anita Baker
- Somebody Else’s Guy-Jocelyn Brown
- I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On-Cherrelle
- Dear Lover-Teena Marie
- Jump (For My Love)-Pointer Sisters
- Rock Box-Run-D.M.C.
- Hey D.J.-World’s Famous Supreme Team
- What People Do For Money-Divine Sounds
- Feels So Real (Won’t Let Go)-Patrice Rushen
- Baby I’m Scared Of You-Womack & Womack
- Let Me Love You-Force M.D.’s
- I Can Dream About You-Dan Hartman
Just going over the list, I have so many memories: the aborted attempts to breakdance (not by me; I knew my limitations so I stuck to pop-locking); the many songs I would hear standing outside the local “grown-up” hangout that I couldn’t get into; the Luther Vandross concert (with DeBarge and The Deele) that I saw at the old Capital Centre (I still have the ticket stub-$12 to get in and we walked up and bought tickets that night); waiting for the premiere of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video; watching video after video with my cousins and friends to get the latest moves…it goes on and on. I had so much to learn, yet I thought I knew plenty about life, love, and just getting along with people. Graduating from high school was just one step in a process that has made me the person I am today.
Black Music Month: 90s Goodness
Since June is Black Music Month, the goal at MP is to make more (than usual anyway) posts about music. Of course, I’ve said this every June that I’ve had this blog, and I’ve been lucky to get one or two posts in through the month.
This time out, I thought I would start with some videos from songs that I liked from the 90s. I did this once before in a post I did way back when.
First up, is Zhane’s first hit, “Hey Mr. D.J.”
Whatever happened to them? I know that Renee did some work with Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor, and Jean has some solo work out, but I haven’t heard much else about them.
Next we have arguably the best male group of the 90s, Jodeci. It’s too bad it wrapped up for Jodeci after three albums…folks really liked their sound. Here’s their voice box classic, “Feenin’”:
When I first heard it, I thought it was a Roger Troutman ripoff. I still think it’s a great song.
Next we have a song that started quite a bit of discussion when it came out. Guys and ladies were taking sides just like they were involved in the story…Sparkle and R. Kelly’s “Be Careful”:
I heard it this morning on the way to work…remembered all of the talk from those days. One of R. Kelly’s greatest songs and productions there.
Since I just got around to seeing “Notorious,” here’s one from the one and only Biggie Smalls: “One More Chance (Remix)”:
Half the fun of watching the video is seeing the cameos in it…Heavy D, Faith Evans, Craig Mack, Puffy (as he was known then), Total, Mary J. Blige…one of my favorite Biggie joints.
There’s a few to get you started…if I do this right, there will be more. Reminisces or requests are welcome in the comments.
Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder!
Just a bit of a break from the norm…
I realize that I don’t have much time to get this up…a long day at work and stuff to do at home prevented me from getting this up sooner. There’s really not a whole lot I can add to those who have already wished this man, one of the titans of R&B mind you, a happy birthday. His music and lyrics have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. As this post from Honey Soul Music reminds us, he practically remade the birthday song. And that is just one of the many musical treasures he has been giving his fans over the decades. The previously referenced post also includes some rare, unreleased tracks from Stevie to enjoy.
As far as picking a favorite song or album…how does one choose? There are any number of songs from his Songs In The Key Of Life album-which may arguably be his greatest work- to pick from, or for that matter, just about any of his 1970’s masterpieces contain at least two songs which could be considered my favorite. I’ll just pick the song with the shortest title, the one I couldn’t figure out why he called it what he did: I give you “As”, one of the most stirring declarations of love ever committed to tape (audio only):
Thanks, Stevie for the gifts you have given all of us with your music.
We Miss You, Marvin
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A week ago, I started this post in honor of Marvin Gaye, one of R&B’s greatest singers. I wanted to celebrate the man’s talent on his birthday, which was back on April 2nd. April 1st was an anniversary that was not as warmly remembered: it was the day 25 years before that Marvin Gaye was murdered by his father. Rather than dwell on the unfortunate, I would rather focus and remember what was good, which was his music.
First is the song my wife and I chose for our wedding: “You’re All I Need To Get By”:
Another favorite duet of mine of Marvin and Tammi Terrell is this well known Motown favorite: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”:
One of the greatest (and still timely) songs of the last 40 years: “What’s Going On”:
My feelings about this song can be found at this post. I thought it should be included a listing of the top ten songs about sex. The author of the post thought differently, for a reason that can be found in the comments. You can decide for yourself: “Let’s Get It On:”
Last but not least, his last hit, “Sexual Healing” (original video from 1982):
Enjoy! The post itself may have missed its time period, but the sentiment is still the same. Marvin Gaye’s talents are truly missed.
Good Friday with The Queen Of Soul
Found through my time on Twitter: Talib Kweli (@RealTalibKweli for those of you in the Twitterverse) linked to this video:
MP loves Aretha Franklin. Her studio version is one of my favorite covers by her. She doesn’t disappoint here doing it live.
Good Friday Everyone!
Happy Birthday, William "Smokey" Robinson!
A brief break from the recent sports-heavy nature of this here blogging outpost (if you’re here for sports, it will be back, particularly with March Madness just around the corner):
Today marks the 69th birthday of perhaps R&B/pop music’s greatest songwriter, Smokey Robinson. There can be no denying this man’s influence on popular music over the last 40+ years, having written many of Motown’s classic tunes, from songs with his group the Miracles, to Marvin Gaye and the Temptations, as well as Mary Wells, the Marvalettes and many others.
Not only is he famous as a songwriter, he has had many hits as a vocalist as well. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that he doesn’t have a powerful supple voice like a Luther Vandross or Will Downing, but his high soft tenor powered many a classic slow jam (and some uptempo cuts as well). Despite this description, when you hear that voice, you just know it’s “Smokey.” I have often said that he’s a “phone book man,” in that he can sing the phone book and I’d listen to it.
I could list probably one hundred songs of his (either written or performed) that have to be considered classics, but I’ll just give a few the YouTube treatment. And yes, they will all be slow cuts. Those are my favorites by Mr. Robinson, so we’ll ride with these.
First, we’ll start with the song that gave its name to the R&B slow jam format: “Quiet Storm”
Then one of my all-time favorites: “Cruisin”
Another classic, “Baby Come Close”
One of his last hits, “One Heartbeat” (the video)
And last but certainly not least, a classic from Smokey & The Miracles, “Ooh Baby Baby” (I had to take it waaaay back):
If you’re not a fan of Smokey, by all means skip this post. But if you’ve read this far, it’s too late!
Happy Birthday Smokey!
One More For The Road
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As this will probably be my last post for 2008, I felt it necessary to do another one of my catch-all entries (they do seem to be more frequent than regular entries lately):
First of all, those of you who come here for wit and wisdom, thanks. Sorry I couldn’t keep up the pace I promised myself of giving you thought-provoking and/or humorous content for your brains to digest. I will seriously try to do better in 2009. December has been a busy month, and yet the time I have had where I could have written something (even as mundane as my efforts in the NFL picks), I just didn’t have the energy or the drive to make my fingers walk across the keyboard. There have also been distractions keeping me from the laptop as well. Back in September I purchased an MP3 player (no, not an iPod-I just had to be different). I have spent countless hours listening to podcasts and tunes and podcasts about tunes, so much so that I have a backlog of stuff to digest and I’m trying to get through all of it. I’m doing about as well at that as I am at keeping the blog updated. Yet there are some podcasters I must thank because the music in those programs has filled those hours with joy and discovery. So kudos are in order to EJ Flavors, Fave of the Friday Favecast, DJ Diva (the “mixtress” of R&B), Mr. Fresh of Vibes & Scribes, Darren Keith of My Love for Music, Nikki of the Soulrific Podcast show, Macedonia of Radio BSOTS. I am also checking out Peter Rosenberg, Todd Grundy at Rhythms In Black Satin, GrantLove at Music To My Ears and Anji Bee of the Chillcast. All of them have, in one way or another, reaffirmed my love of R&B, hip-hop and good music in general, and have shown me that there is so much more than what we are force-fed on the radio. Another special thanks to SoulBounce.com for keeping me in the know about my favorite music. I spent a good portion of last year thinking that R&B and hip-hop were dead. This year I found that both forms are alive and well, but I just needed to look in the right places for signs of life. In addition, I have become a fan of the Robin Meade Morning Express podcast and when I miss Pardon The Interruption, it’s nice to know that I can catch the podcast of it just a couple hours after the show.
I have also been trying to read more (again). I have a bookshelf full of books that when I got them I was “dying” to read, only to watch them gather dust for month after month. I have already read one book and have gone back to the Coffin Ed and Grave Digger mysteries by Chester Himes to once again try to read them. I read the first two (although A Rage In Harlem doesn’t really feature the detectives in a prominent role) some time back and it was one of my goals to read the remaining novels. Perhaps that will be accomplished in 2009.
As far as the NFL picks, last week I made it all the way back to the lead in the season to date standings, and I won the weekly picks for the fourth time. However, after last Sunday’s games, I gave the season to date lead right back to the person I was chasing. Now I am down by one game with eleven games left in the NFL season. I am really enjoying the Ravens this year; they have exceeded all expecations and are now one of twelve teams challenging for the Super Bowl. I’m a little nervous, because the national pundits are giving the team some love, some of them even going so far as to pick them as a team to fear. When that happens, bad things happen to the Ravens. Hopefully on Sunday they can do what they have already done this season-beat the Miami Dolphins down in Florida. That will get them a date next week with the top-seeded Tennessee Titans, a team the Ravens narrowly lost to earlier this season.
I have been so busy, I didn’t get a chanced to respond to MC Bias, who asked how the economic downturn is affecting free bloggers. For me, I can’t say I notice much difference because I never really had a high amount of traffic. It may affect how often I post here, but I can’t really say that, as my postings have been sporadic even before the economy went south. As far as its effect on sports blogs, I’m not sure if there will be an effect. As long as there are games, there will be bloggers who write about them and the players in them. Opinions never have a shortage, and I don’t think they can be affected by the rise and fall of the economy.
To all, and especially a few (you know who you are, if you don’t it’s ok to include yourself), have a happy and prosperous 2009. Things have got to get better right? I know that’s what I’m hoping for, call it my New Year’s wish.
R.I.P. Norman Whitfield
Another giant from R&B’s past is gone now. Norman Whitfield, the architect most famous for the “psychedelic soul” period with the Temptations passed away on Tuesday. He had been suffering from diabetes and had recently come out of a coma.
I make this post to pay tribute to a man that was responsible for some of the most memorable music from the mid- to late-’60s to the mid-’70s. Songs like “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” (either Marvin Gaye’s or Gladys Knight & The Pips’ version), “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” by the Temptations, “Smiling Faces Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth (though the Temptations recorded it first, the Truth had a bigger hit with the song), and even “Car Wash” by Rose Royce. A longer list (though not complete) of his songwriting and/or production credits can be found here.
Despite his success with creating lengthy, atmospheric songs with the Temptations, my favorite song by the group during the Whitfield years appears to be the simplest. The ballad “Just My Imagination” featuring Eddie Kendricks in one of his last recorded performances before he left the group for a solo career, is one of the most beautiful songs ever committed to wax. In case you’ve forgotten the song, here’s an audio reminder from YouTube:
Enjoy.
Black Music Month: Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
After recovering from watching the BET Awards the other night and reading (and laughing) at the live blogs done by SoulBounce.com, Inkognegro 1.75, and AverageBro, I needed a soul music fix. Thankfully, there were some moments in the show that fulfilled the need; notably from Al Green and Alicia Keys. The tribute to Mr. Green was a very satisfying affair, and while Jill Scott wasn’t necessarily at her best, Anthony Hamilton and the reappearance of Maxwell made it worthwhile. But when Al Green got up to sing “Let’s Stay Together” and “Love and Happiness,” you could feel the vibes, those good old soul/R&B vibes come alive. Considering that most of the show to that point (with the exception of Alicia Keys and her tribute to the girl groups of the ’90s) had been less than stellar, moments like those are what give me hope that R&B lives. Sorry that this opening was off-topic, but I had to get that out there.
To get to the point of the post, I came across an article in the Baltimore Sun by Rashod Ollison, the paper’s pop music critic, about the music of Frankie Beverly and Maze. In a roundabout way, this is related to my first Black Music Month post in that Marvin Gaye helped Maze get a record deal with Capitol Records. Ollison’s article really says everything that you need to know about the group, including how they continue to sell out arenas and tour, even without a hit record or even a recent album release. Some of their songs are considered classics in the R&B tradition, such as “Before I Let Go,” “Joy And Pain” “Happy Feelin’s,” “Back In Stride,” “We Are One,” “Silky Soul” (itself a tribute to Marvin Gaye), and many others.
I was fortunate enough to see this band perform in concert and they were worth the price of admission. They came out, they played their music, the crowd ate it up. Many of the people in the audience were still singing long after the concert was over. I saw them at the Convention Center in Washington, DC, not long after the release of the Silky Soul album. I remember that Regina Belle was the opening act and she hardly got any attention from the audience. The crowd was waiting for Maze; no disrespect for Ms. Belle, who was actually very good if anyone had bothered to pay attention. But when Regina finished, no one was milling about in the crowd; everyone was waiting for what was the “real” show to begin. And Frankie and the band delivered.
Again, it was my cousin and his record collection that introduced me to the band. He had the first five albums the group released, including the Live In New Orleans album that I wore out the grooves to. I bought the cassette (yes I know that dates me) as well and even the DVD of the show. I bought the rest of their output on my own; he paved the way and I followed the path. It’s a path that I’m glad I have followed. The music still doesn’t feel like it’s stuck in its time period, just as Ollison mentioned in his article. His statements regarding “Before I Let Go” are truly on point; anyone from any generation of black America is not only familiar with the song, it never fails to get people to sing along and dance. And I don’t know anyone who doesn’t sing along to the chorus of “Joy And Pain.”
Maze was a band that stuck with what they did, regardless of the trends of the time. They played music that was rooted in traditional R&B and told stories of love and relationships. They did not make concessions to disco, synth-pop, or hip-hop, and yet they still had hit records and gold and platinum albums throughout the time they released their music. They have been and will continue to be a favorite group of mine; their music is timeless.
From their Live In New Orleans performance, here is a version of “Joy And Pain”:
And a live version of “Before I Let Go”:
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