What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over.
Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss.
Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

- Rob Gordon
High Fidelity


Wednesday, 1 February 2012

U don't wanna touch this


Happy Birthday wherever you are Rick James
1st February 1948 - 6th August 2004

Rick James was probably more famous for his wild lifestyle than his music.  He was a known cocaine addict and his habit brought lawsuits, charges of abduction and torture and a stint in prison down on his head.  His grave stone reads:
I've had it all
I've done it all
I've seen it all
It's all about love...
God is love

This is probably his best known track, not least because that baggy trousered rascal M C Hammer sampled it on the annoyingly catchy 'U Can't Touch This'. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 477 of the 500 greatest songs of all time.  I suppose it could be termed disco funk maybe? And what a video, glittery dreads, bad wigs and a collection of dancing girls who may or may not have been casted straight off the streets. Well, whatever it is I still love this song, even if it does make me feel slightly dirty afterwards...

Super Freak
Reached No 16 in the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1981
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