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My Modern 80s Playlist
As someone who grew up with 80s music. I have been accustomed to the genre. I wasn’t even four years old before my mother sat me on the couch and played Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Natalie Cole, and the list goes on. My mother is the reason I got into 80s music and she's also the reason I raided her CD collection (Sorry Mom).
By Samantha Parrish2 years ago in Beat
The Dear Departed. Content Warning.
Introduction In the fifties and sixties, there was a remarkable obsession with songs about lovers and friends who died, usually in violent circumstances. These were not like the folk songs and murder ballads that I wrote about here, but romanticized death in these three-minute eulogies.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
1977. Content Warning.
Introduction This was always going to happen. I was twenty and had been in a few bands and the do-it-yourself punk ethic hit the music industry. The USA had had a similar happening ten years earlier documented on the Elektra "Nuggets" compilation:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Beat
7 "Love" Songs That Are Anything But Romantic
Valentine's Day is coming up! That means chocolates, hearts, and sappy love songs. But wait, nobody wants their date to end in awkwardness. So I am here with seven songs you should avoid playing to your sweetheart this Valentine's Day. You'll thank me later!
By Jennifer Childers2 years ago in Beat
Outkast (Big Boi & Andre3000)
They were high school best friends from Atlanta, Georgia. André Lauren Benjamin (Andre3000) and Antwan Andre Patton (BigBoi) both formed a hip-hop duo called "OutKast". The duo was signed with Arista Records and Laface Records making six albums and winning Grammys and huge music accolades until they went off their separate ways working on other projects.
By Gladys W. Muturi2 years ago in Beat
You Have the Whole Album to Listen To
When I listen to a song, I usually listen to it as a stand alone and have never really bothered listening to the album of which it came from. Even when I do listen to an album, it usually consists of me jumping from song to song, never fully listening to and truly appreciating the album for all its worth. I know. I know. Shame on me. 😅
By Jasmine Aguilar2 years ago in Beat
Women of Sound
I have tried to keep up with what is on the charts, but I am not as devoted to the top-forty hits as I once was. As much as I like the noises of Billie, Dua, Taylor and Queen Bee, I still find myself going back to the other side of the equation, meaning the ones who should be bigger. You like Beyonce? I go for Janelle Monae. Taylor Swift? Give me St. Vincent. And Billie Eilish may be hard to categorize, but Bjork got there first. So, pop music will go on, but I want a little bit more.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Beat
