Timestamps don't work with ILX youtube embeds, as I learned the hard way a little while back.― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, April 3, 2022 5:37 PM
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, April 3, 2022 5:37 PM
Yeah =/
Sorry, wish I knew the tune.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 4 April 2022 00:46 (two years ago) link
I guess this is on the "old" side of random old - but Doris Troy's early stuff was really great. "Just One Look" is an absolutely all-time recording – I don't care how many times it's been covered, the Pepsi commercials, etc. – the original still knocks me out when I listen to it. (TIL it was recorded in 10 minutes, as a demo, and then released as-is!!)
Lot of other strong material on that first album, too – I love the sound and the songs. I haven't listened closely to her Apple Records album or later stuff.
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Thursday, 14 April 2022 04:44 (two years ago) link
Classic jam is classic. No arguments here. I know nothing besides the big hit. Queued up the Apple album, will check back in.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
Well, hrmph. The Apple album turned into a skimmer for me. I'm still in the middle of it, but it's mostly just chuggy horn rock. Maybe a more rock-oriented early Stax kind of sound. She wrote or co-wrote most of the songs and the band is full of all-stars, so there's plenty to appreciate— for someone who's a bigger fan than I am because this . . . isn't really my thing. But it's not awful.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it didn't really seem like my kind of thing, either...
― begrudgingly bound by duty of candor (morrisp), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
SWV — "Rain" (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4C0r7UM4Cs
Any recommendations for beats that sound like this, please @ me.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 23 April 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
beautiful track - from an album that was polled not that long ago, to subdued enthusiasm: let your love just POLL me: the swv 'release some tension' poll
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
Darn, missed that one. Put another vote for "Rain"!
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 23 April 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link
maybe a thread for rnb tunes with raindrop effects in the beat?
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 25 April 2022 10:31 (two years ago) link
@austin, is it specifically pre 2000 laid-back R'n'B you are interested in or can it be anytime but that chill/laid-back beat styleLoose Ends - Hold Tight (TD remix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2fRm_6xGI
― Swanswans, Monday, 25 April 2022 12:27 (two years ago) link
Loose Ends is very classic in my house. Always want to hear them. Thank you!
Here's something. xpost to Grover Washington Jr thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKp_TlUHCAc
Locksmith — "Far Beyond" (1980)
Say— anyone want to take a shot at the lyrics? (smirk)
But holy shit, what a groove.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
haha, basement jaxx! nice
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
Yeah! I didn't know about that Basement Jaxx song, but I immediately recognized the groove because I'm positive "Red Alert" was used in some commercial at some point in the past. Just super random where some of these sampled grooves end up and a reminder that I'm in the right place because dammit, I LOVE MUSIC.
And if that's not enough Sunday evening cheese for you, how about some fake Dr. Dre`n`B?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xrqIEDYsA
Vivian Green — "Music" (2002)
All it's missing is a rap feature and it would've been a 12" single I would've gladly sought out. And I never did check her out at the time because I was a snob. So we're listening to the whole album for the first time. Beats are across the board excellent. Her voice and the lyrics are just okay. Feels very much like the kind of music you hear/?would have heard? in shopping mall clothing stores with very bright lights and shiny tile floors. I am going to check out her more recent album from 2020 soon, as it was completely not on my radar at the time.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Sunday, 1 May 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
Upon listening to the rest of the album, the lyrics got worse.
Here's the biggest offender:
[Chorus x2]I'm fanatically addicted, seeThe way that he be loving meIt's like a drugOr some bad habitSince it's mineI got to have it
Yeah. She sounds super depressed throughout the whole thing.
I'm not lying though — the beats are all really good.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 2 May 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
But anyway, back to the music-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0McAzt4l7o
Sharon Redd - "Never Give You Up" (1982)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 2 May 2022 03:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFqsZ43ARYQ
― calstars, Monday, 2 May 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
https://trinityinfinity.bandcamp.com/track/--12And telepath’s version 😊
― calstars, Monday, 2 May 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
Maryanne Ito — "How I Feel" (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjqll6S6st4
The album is on Spotify and is worth your time if you like this song.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Zhane` — "Just Like That" (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXC5ITpA4OU
whole album is great. when you think 'what did r+b sound like in 1997?' it's probably similar to something on this album. very cliche and zeitgeist-y, complete with a 1 9 9 7 M E N T A L I T Y ™ "BECAUSE WE CAN!" cover of "good times" and a 70 minute running time. and hey, about that: idk maybe don't banish all of the slow jams to the second half honestly i hate the sequence on this album☺ — but anyway some stuff should definitely have been cut. even so, the best songs hang with the best of the hits of their contemporaries. why have i never listened to it before now? it's not quite considered a proper "classic album", so maybe not quite xpost to what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by? though i can say for certain if i had actually bothered to listen to it back then i would have loved it as much as i do right now. damn good. 4 mics.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 03:56 (two years ago) link
oh hi, eddie f was the fucking man in the mid-90s. thought you knew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-eREJ4lbtY
also who was the fucking pansy that wouldn't let left eye's rap stay on the album version? she's a top ten all time mc for me. this verse is from 93 and more relevant than ever.
[tlc — "creep (untouchables mix)" (1997)]
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 04:05 (two years ago) link
Love Left Eye's rap for the Creep remix. Thankfully, she was able to do it live on the Fanmail tour.
― lilsoulbrother, Thursday, 12 May 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
Double featuring Mummy-D, and Kohei Japan — "Doubles" (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKdsI1IHvNk
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Saturday, 14 May 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
I'd like to go back to the classics for a moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iguZCP8J8s
Lowrell — "Mellow Mellow Right On" (1979)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 03:25 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HLkNZOL.jpg
― calstars, Saturday, 21 May 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
nice!
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 23 May 2022 06:46 (one year ago) link
Monica - "With You" (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6RHcI_rW8
💙
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Austin, what was that ‘90s R&B album you started a poll on over the weekend? I wanted to check it out
― subject matter expert (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link
yes, everyone go listen and vote!
Yvette Michele — "My Dream" (1997)
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 01:38 (one year ago) link
☺☺☺☺☺
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4KqNdBgO8Today, “Why You Get Funky on Me” (from the soundtrack to House Party)
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKeLnar5SII
Rokk — "Patience" (1976)
Digging back into Numero Group's Eccentric Soul series and found this LA group and they're hitting some sweet notes for me today. This was the highlight of the album, but would very much recommend the whole thing. I especially like the one about wanting to live high whilst eating apple pie. Can't say I blame you, friend.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsZMG9JVRI
Willie Tee — "Reach Out For Me" (1970)
Some rare David Axelrod / HB Barnum jams this morning. Such an odd variation on this tune. What a stellar arrangement though! Never really checked for Willie Tee outside of this album; maybe I should. This one is kind of Memphis style, but with that Capitol studio B sheen. Doesn't get much better.
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
xposting from the All Those POLLS Ago: American Top Ten 7/4/1981 thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETznfG-O-sCheryl Lynn • Shake It Up Tonight (produced by Ray Parker, Jr.!)>>>BONUS random old reggae&dancehall you are loving:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZg1AtmXGkLuciano • Shake It Up Tonight (1993)…but back to 1981:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-39yEHFlc8Slave • Snap Shot
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
absolutely no one:
me: ayo, speaking of solid vocoder jams. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hlBDyKVn0
leon ware — "don't stay away" (1981)
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 28 July 2022 02:05 (one year ago) link
SmoothA lot of r&b from that era just sounds like potential vaporwave samples to me now
― calstars, Thursday, 28 July 2022 11:53 (one year ago) link
Austin you might enjoy this:https://soundcpu.bandcamp.com/album/reflections
― calstars, Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
Favourite old r&b discovery of the year for me probably has been Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove
My favourite song on it I've known quite a bit longer thoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7PG4CZ3SM
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
cal, sorry for the late reply, but i listened to that whole album and a couple of the others - wonderful background "environment" listening stuff. thank you for the word!
really into the swing of this beat-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE4HYCzyrOg
cooly g - "obsessed"
don't know when it initially came out. i know it from the hyperdub 10.2 compilation.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqxrxBjfJ94
― calstars, Thursday, 4 August 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0uuy4mDrE
― calstars, Thursday, 4 August 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link
those are:Atlantic Starr • Silver Shadow (1985)and:Tamia • So Into You (1998)labeling YouTubes and other song links you post is very useful (really!) and therefore highly appreciated. thanx in advance
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 August 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
that Tamia jam is all time, fabolous version too
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 August 2022 07:00 (one year ago) link
excellent, sub shaking bass heavy vapor version of So Into You:https://nethervapor.bandcamp.com/track/--60
― calstars, Friday, 5 August 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 August 2022 11:45 (one year ago) link
and a 2 chilled slush version of Silver Shadow:
https://memorymemori.bandcamp.com/track/--167
― calstars, Friday, 5 August 2022 21:55 (one year ago) link
when the groove is so killer that the misogyny doesn't even register until two decades later—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDVZgadJs4M
the ambassadors — "ain't got the love (of one girl on my mind)" (1969)
also a very famous sample xpost to random old rap you are loving
find em fool em forget em is my philosophy — sing that shit to yourself in the shower lol
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 04:07 (one year ago) link
surface — "closer than friends" (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL2k9Rf72Nw
wednesday night is when we serve some of our finest cheese.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 11 August 2022 03:28 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lO4UQVrsASuch classic
― calstars, Friday, 12 August 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
Vanessa Williams • Dreamin' (1988)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 12 August 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
Austin -- this doesn't relate to something old, but I wanted to get your attn... are you familiar w/a group from TX called Luna Luna? I think you'd like 'em... check out their 2019 EP, Carousel: https://lunalunaband.bandcamp.com/album/carousel
― Panda bear, my gentle friend (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link