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~ Thursday, February 4 ~
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Human League - Don’t You Want Me

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This song is a standard selection for any reputable 80s party. It has everything you can ask of a quality 80s song - synthesizers, angst and catchy lyrics.

I was watching Center Stage for the first time a few nights ago and…I don’t know why but this song reminds me of the movie so much. Was it playing in the background of some scene? Or did I just really think it fit in?

Who knows? I like this song though so I decided to post it today! There’s also a really fun mash up floating around out there called Don’t You Want My Bad Romance featuring the Lady Gaga hit. Check it out here. Just goes to show you the 80s will NEVER go away!

Enjoy!

-CaliDre

Human League - Don’t You Want Me

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on you’ve got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don’t forget it’s me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too 

(Chorus:)
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t, don’t you want me?
You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me
It’s much too late to find
You think you’ve changed your mind
You’d better change it back or we will both be sorry 

Don’t you want me baby? Don’t you want me oh
Don’t you want me baby? Don’t you want me oh 

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I’d find a much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it’s time I lived my life on my own
I guess it’s just what I must do 

(Chorus)

Don’t you want me baby? Don’t you want me oh
Don’t you want me baby? Don’t you want me oh 

(Repeat four times and fade)


~ Tuesday, March 24 ~
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Berlin- The Metro
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like most people, the first song i heard by berlin was ‘take my breath away.’ while that song was great (for all the wrong reasons), the problem was i had no idea who sang the song (i guess my lack of interest in the song prolonged my ignorance a bit as well). it wasn’t until i watched berlin on bands reunited that i found out they performed that song, and they’d made other songs too. in fact, they’d made entire albums. who knew? well, during the show they played parts of this songs over and over again. i was drawn to it immediately. i really enjoyed the way terri nunn sounded as she sang over the driving synths. she was sexy and interesting. in other words, she was completely unlike the woman i heard sing ‘take my breath away.’ i still haven’t explored their discography, so i’m not sure if there are any gems hidden in there. but, they did make this one and i’m happy to share it with you.

I’m alone
sitting with my empty glass
my four walls
follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain
and you were waiting there
swimming through apologies

I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
riding on the Metro

You wore white
smiling as you took my hand
so removed
we spoke of wintertime in France
minutes passed with shallow words
years have passed and still the hurt
I can see you now
smiling as I pulled away

I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
“I’ll love you always” filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
riding on the Metro

I remember a feeling coming over me
the soldier turned, then looked away
I remember hating you for loving me
riding on the Metro

I’m alone
sitting with my BROKEN glass
my four walls
follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain
and you were waiting there
swimming through apologies(sorry)

I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
riding on the Metro

-the skinny miracle


~ Thursday, February 12 ~
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James Pants - Crystal Lite (feat. Deon Davis)

Initially when I heard of and saw James Pants, I wrote him off. I mean, look at him. Who would have ever guessed that such a dork, well let me not say dork, someone with such dorky tendencies could ever be one bad ass producer? I guess I should have known though. He’s on Stones Throw Records and we already know their history when it comes to producers.


So when I finally decided to listen to his debut album, Welcome, I immediately fell in love with the lead single, Crystal Lite. Pants’ production is not like his Stones Throw counterparts. This is not head nodding music. This is 80s funk, synthesizer thumping dance music. When you throw a joint like this on, wall flowers get trampled over and bodies get to vibing. The vocals added by Deon Davis definitely set this track off. There isn’t much information known on Deon but his providing vocals throughout Welcome keeps you wanting more from the mysterious vocalist. With a voice that seems to be the offspring of Cameo and Prince, Deon rocks this song.

I highly recommend James Pants’ album to any lover of dirty funk beats and soulful vocals and don’t judge this slightly awkward producer by his cover. Or his clothes.

Lyrics
Baby why you tripping on me? You know I’m tryna build a church.
We’ve been together so long (so long), We’ve been broke for so long (so long).
Don’t you want to put diamond cubes in your lemondade?
Got me singing, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby.
Got me singing, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby, Oooh baby baby.

Why you tripping on me? You know I’m tryna build a church.
We make the people pay our way (our way).
So we can have a brighter day.
Don’t you want to put diamond cubes in your lemonade?
You got me singing Oooh baby baby (9x)
Hey, hey hey, Hey hey
Girl, why you tripping on me? You know I’m tryna build a church.

- michi


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~ Tuesday, January 27 ~
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Kanye West - Paranoid

- Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others

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kanye & the revolution, kanye funkadelic, kanye to the future.  i saw this picture on the tumblelog above and i had to post paranoid off of 808 & heartbreaks.  i wasn’t really a fan of the album, but kanye is still one of my favorite artists and this song knocks.  taz from sa-ra’s outfit not so much, but… i bang with sa-ra also.

paranoid is my song, it’s throw back new wave without being wack.  the autotune is not overdone like every other song i hear on southern radio.  and the song is fun and danceable.  one thing you’ll probably see in a lot of posts is that i love uptempo music that you can dance to.

i also like fun songs that speak about issues that are opposite of their tone.  hey ya is a good modern day example and stevie wonder was the king of this.  there are tons of stevie wonder songs that i, along with many other people, thought (still think) are simple love ballads, but are really about relationshits.

paranoid takes me back to a woman i was dealing with for a little under a year.  we both acted completely stupid.  i pushed and pushed for us to be together and grow together, while she continued to say in words that she wanted us to break up.  the key part about that was it was only words, inside she wanted us to be together.  she did this due to feelings of her own inadequacy and belief that we were too different.  she said i was too good for her, when i liked her for who she was and thought highly of her.  this paranoia drove me mad and destroyed a relationship and even worse a friendship.  this song reminds me a lot of many nights we were together and i tried to console and talk through things and then as corny as it sounds do what the song says “Baby don’t worry about it/Lady we’ll go out to the floor,” and try to go out dancing to make her smile.

Why are you so paranoid?
Don’t be so paranoid
Don’t be so

Baby, don’t worry about it
Hey there, don’t even think about it

You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong things

Tell me right now, you really wanna spend your whole life alone
A little timeout might might do you good might do us good before we meet up for good
Cuz I can make it good, I can make it hood, I can make you come, I can make you go
I can make you make you high, I can make you fly, I can make you touch the sky hey baby so,
all of of the time you be up in my checking through my cell phone baby , no
you wanna kill the vibe on another night, here’s another fight oh here we go

Baby, don’t worry bout it
Lady, we’ll go out to the floor

Anyway, they don’t know you like I do (They don’t know)
They’ll never know you (Never know)
Anyway, they don’t know you like I do (Never know)
They’ll never know you

All of the time, you wanna complain about the nights alone
So now, you here with me, social gratitude, leave the attitude way back at home
Yeah, you see ‘em look, baby, let ‘em look, give you cold looks cuz we look cold
Yeah, you heard about all the word of mouth, don’t worry about what we can’t control
All the talk in the world, loss in the world ‘till you finally let that thing go
You wanna check-in to the heartbreak hotel but sorry we’re closed

Baby, don’t worry bout it
Baby, we’ll go out to the floor

Anyway, they don’t know you like I do (To the floor)
They’ll never know you (Never know)
Anyway, they don’t know you like I do (They don’t know)
They’ll never know you

Baby, don’t worry ‘bout it
Lady, don’t even think about it

You worry bout the wrong things, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing, the wrong thing
You worry bout the wrong thing…

Anyway, they don’t know you like I do
They’ll never know you
Anyway, they don’t know you like I do
They’ll never know you