Love me some new jack swing. I dig this whole album (including the two ballads that I’m sure also inspired Boyz II Men). Most people would select the title track and another day I might as well; Ricky Bell’s got upper range that slays me on both tracks. But I’ll take this one for the better rhymes.
One of four songs on this album that end with an exclamation point, including “Do Me!”, “Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, and Johnny (Word to the Mutha)!”, and “Let Me Know Something?!” which also sports a question mark in there.
So. Much. Falsetto! I am normally not a fan of this much, but Barry, Robin, and Maurice harmonize so well. We also got the horn section from Chicago here,too.
One thing I love about the The Beatles catalogue is that most songs were recorded in mono. So when you got the earbuds in you get a different experience in each ear. And they were so damn good at this.
The Beach Boys are unique to me in that I don’t love any of their songs but I like about 15 of them equally. I heard them all the time growing up, including their Christmas songs which are surprisingly pretty good.
I was originally going to go with “I Get Around” as it kind of pumps me up but for the first time in my life I actually read the lyrics.
“I’m a real cool head. I’m makin’ real good bread.” What in the world.
I decided on “Good Vibrations” as musically it’s probably their most impressive arrangement. Apparently people smarter than me consider it to be groundbreaking and highly influential to rock and roll for years after.
It was a struggle to pick just one song from this band. Considered “The Wizard of Magicland,” “Life, In A Nutshell,” “Brian Wilson,” and “Enid.” I picked this one as it feels the most authentic to me. I like the live version even better.
Twelve years since this song was released? Geez. Also, I could have sworn Kim was like 18 here, tops. She was 26 in this video. Everyone looks like a kid to me now.
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