What am I listening to?

[vaticanplum]

I too enjoy some of "the rap" -- mostly old-school break dance music -- and the occasional Tony! Toni! Tone! new jack. But no one has really spoken up and professed a love for, say, 50 Cent (or "Fifty Cents" as I like to call him). I haven't seen anyone claiming that hearing Biggie's voice is like getting a phone call from an old friend.

I swear to God, I was JUST LISTENING to Candy Shop. It is on a mix I made, in between the Monkees (I'm a Believer) and the Cure (Friday I'm in Love). It is a happy mix!

I'm not terribly up on new rap, actually. I like old school rap and most stuff remotely hip hoppy, as long as it's good. That stuff is tough to ignore, tough to keep your feet still. I also think rap has its place, however. Its place is not Derek Jeter's batting music, but sadly he does not realize that.

Lady Sovereign is on this mix too. Lady Sovereign is awesome, and she falls somewhere near those categories.

As for our good friend Biggie Smalls -- well, true. Maybe we need to expand our board's reach. If someone DID come on this board and make a comment like that, I recommend immediate ORG membership.

[Chip R]

Seeing David and his crew is like a school reunion in a beach town (for me that is)

As for female singers... my wife is one and she has a slew of them that pour out of our closets.

Some of our Faves

Patty Griffin
Lucida Williams
Joan Osborne
Etta James
Aretha Franklin
Loretta Lynn
Tina Turner
Tammi Terrell
Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner? Not the actress, right? I'm not as hep on music as most of you but I'm familiar with all of those except Kathleen Turner.

[westofyou]

Kathleen Turner? Not the actress, right? I'm not as hep on music as most of you but I'm familiar with all of those except Kathleen Turner.

Cha.. Kathleen Edwards. Not Turner

[Johnny Footstool]

My wife loves, loves Fifty Cents. When we're in her car, she constantly plays his stuff.

I can't stand that mumble-mouthed punk. I like to rap along with him in a Harry Carey voice and screw up the lyrics. "Hey folks, I'm rap's MVP!" "I'd love to take you to the candy store."

[registerthis]

Interesting that not many people have spoken up in favor of rap and hip hop.

When I was younger, I wore out my Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, Tupac and House of Pain albums. Then I kind of lost interest in the music and haven't really gotten back into it since.

[registerthis]

But no one has really spoken up and professed a love for, say, 50 Cent (or "Fifty Cents" as I like to call him).

How about "Half Dollar".

[Chip R]

Cha.. Kathleen Edwards. Not Turner

Gotcha. Her, I know.

[Falls City Beer]

I like Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple, Ella Fitzgerald, Francoise Hardy, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Sleater-Kinney, and many Latina singers including Shakira. When my entire musical catalogue and loves are considered, that's a pretty paltry list. It's very weird.

I once compiled a list of my top 50 albums. Fiona Apple was the only female who made it, unless you count Kim Deal.

Your problem is compiling your top 50 albums. :

*Nerd*

[vaticanplum]

My wife loves, loves Fifty Cents. When we're in her car, she constantly plays his stuff.

I can't stand that mumble-mouthed punk. I like to rap along with him in a Harry Carey voice and screw up the lyrics. "Hey folks, I'm rap's MVP!" "I'd love to take you to the candy store."

See, that's awesome. That music requires a sense of humor. It's so much fun. It is musical genius? Not really..but again, this is a taste thing. I think Eminem genuinely has moments of musical genius, but I'd rather listen to In Da Club.

[westofyou]

When I was younger, I wore out my Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, Tupac and House of Pain albums. Then I kind of lost interest in the music and haven't really gotten back into it since.

When I was younger Funk was the white boy's way to being "Street" I was always a "soul" guy, never got into rap that didn't have a rockish beat or some melody somewhere.

[vaticanplum]

Your problem is compiling your top 50 albums. :

*Nerd*

I was forced to do it. The fact that I agonized over it for hours, and fully enjoyed that agony, matters not.

[Falls City Beer]

I like Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple, Ella Fitzgerald, Francoise Hardy, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Sleater-Kinney, and many Latina singers including Shakira. When my entire musical catalogue and loves are considered, that's a pretty paltry list. It's very weird.

I'd urge you to think about how TOTALLY dominated popular music is by male performers, then think of it in relative terms. The ratio of men to women in music over the history of recording is probably 50 to 1.

There's an evolutionary imperative to swinging a microphone or a guitar around at waist level.

[vaticanplum]

I'd urge you to think about how TOTALLY dominated popular music is by male performers, then think of it in relative terms. The ratio of men to women in music over the history of recording is probably 50 to 1.

There's an evolutionary imperative to swinging a microphone or a guitar around at waist level.

Fair enough.

I am listening to SOS Elefants by Les Sans Culottes, a (now defunct, sadly) faux French pop band from Brooklyn. Actually, Celine Dijon from Les Sans Culottes is a female musician I love, deeply. I could probably create a home with her, I think.

[registerthis]

Hmm, this got me to thinking. Female singers/performers I like:

Kate Bush
Tonya Donelly
Tracy Thorn
Elizabeth Fraser
Shirley Manson
Kim Deal
early-90s Sarah McLaughlin
Fiona Apple
Kate Pierson
Sinead O'Connor
Dominique Durand
Nina Persson

[nate]

See, that's awesome. That music requires a sense of humor. It's so much fun. It is musical genius? Not really..but again, this is a taste thing. I think Eminem genuinely has moments of musical genius, but I'd rather listen to In Da Club.

It may be lyrical genius or production genius.

But not musical genius.