Steely Dan - Third World Man

I had to post this again, cause the one that I put here before has been deleted or something...








Anyway, this song has a shimmering sound.... talk about ear candy.

Comfort Food- Part 2

A family is supposed to provide MORE than food or clothes on your back, while growing up..... that's the bare MINIMUM!  If there's no empathy or sympathy- if they don't think about your feelings EVER, if they say something unhelpful or sarcastic, or get angry at you when you're upset- as opposed to providing COMFORT or sensitivity....... then its not much of a family.






People don't have anger issues or turn to drugs or alcohol because they didn't have enough material things, its because their EMOTIONAL needs weren't met!




The only times they think of me are when its a negative thought- like when they wanna blame me for something, or have the audacity to say I didn't do something that I know I did do.  Other than that, I'm an afterthought....




And let's not forget, the time, my so-called grandmother told me my hair was a "wreck", never mind, the FACT  that she & no one else in my "family" ever bothered to notice that I've been a freakin nervous wreck for DECADES!

Bootsy Collins Mug Push

"How you gonna party for me"




"The writing on the sign said, stop and rock awhile"

Slave - Slide (1977)

Speaking of "Old-School" R&B radio, why do they play SLAVE's other songs, like the irritating Just A Touch Of  Love WAY more than Slide?!

Brick- Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody

Poison Indeed!

Recently, a commercial came on about an upcoming concert featuring Bell Biv Devoe, among others, at the beginning of this ad, I heard the phrase - 3 bands that changed the sound of R&B! Hmmm...  first of all, Bell Biv Devoe is NOT a band, they're a group, & second.....  yeah, you're right, unfortunately they may have changed the sound of r&b.
Their biggest hit- Poison- shouldn't even be called an R&B song, its actually more hiphop than R&B. The so-called music is more an example of beats than actual musicianship, and the lyrical content is more in the realm of gangsta rap, with its borderline misogyny- "Keeping one eye open, still clocking the hos" & "Me and the crew used to do her" or whatever........


Nothing like the lyrical & musical substance of 70s & 80s R&B.
R&B has gone downhill since Poison.




And isn't it typical that the mindless masses just LOVE Poison, and the so-called Old School R&B stations bombard us with Poison, instead of superior songs I haven't heard in years.


BBD and some other people dumbed down the sound of R&B!