Go ahead. Laugh. Keep going. I hear ya. You know... everyone's got a guilty pleasure. I can take it.
One day at work me and some of my buddies were sitting around talking about music. We were comparing collections and talking about some of our favorite oddities. We agreed that we should make a master list of everything we owned. As we were all thinking about going home and getting started, one guy said, "Wait a minute. There's to be no laughing. I don't want to hear any of your shit about some of the things I own." We all paused and someone asked him what he was talking about. "What's the gayest cd in your collection? C'mon... we've all got something." I proudly said, "I gotta tell ya. Cyndi Lauper's "Greatest Hits" is pretty damn good." We all laughed about it and compared notes on what we refered to as "our wives cd's," but the truth is, what's there to be ashamed of?
In the early 90's, there was an onslaught of boy bands. It all started with New Edition, then BBD, and then Boyz II Men. I guess some white guys got a little jealous over all the action and in Oklahoma City some buddies got together and formed Color Me Badd. They were fairly successful in their heyday. Their debut album sold over six million copies. They had a lot of #1 songs and other successful singles. Don't say you don't remember any of them. "I Wanna Sex You Up" and "I Adore Mi Amore." We're talking HIGH quality here! I wasn't really into the others, but I couldn't get enough of "All 4 Love." Listening to it now reminds me of the old days when MTV actually showed videos. You could hear music most of the time. I used to watch Most Wanted in my mom's basement with my little sister. Now that was livin'!
"All 4 Love" has such a great old school beat. Jingly piano plays in the background. Great four part harmonies are all over the place. The main singer, Bryan Abrams, sings in a nasally falsetto that predated anything Justin Timberlake even dreamed about. You can see JT singing this tune, but in my opinion nothing the cheeseball former member of N'Sync could ever do would be this cool... or maybe this BADD.
Give it a listen. I won't tell anyone if you give it more than a few.
"All 4 Love" can be found on the album "CMB." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
One day at work me and some of my buddies were sitting around talking about music. We were comparing collections and talking about some of our favorite oddities. We agreed that we should make a master list of everything we owned. As we were all thinking about going home and getting started, one guy said, "Wait a minute. There's to be no laughing. I don't want to hear any of your shit about some of the things I own." We all paused and someone asked him what he was talking about. "What's the gayest cd in your collection? C'mon... we've all got something." I proudly said, "I gotta tell ya. Cyndi Lauper's "Greatest Hits" is pretty damn good." We all laughed about it and compared notes on what we refered to as "our wives cd's," but the truth is, what's there to be ashamed of?
In the early 90's, there was an onslaught of boy bands. It all started with New Edition, then BBD, and then Boyz II Men. I guess some white guys got a little jealous over all the action and in Oklahoma City some buddies got together and formed Color Me Badd. They were fairly successful in their heyday. Their debut album sold over six million copies. They had a lot of #1 songs and other successful singles. Don't say you don't remember any of them. "I Wanna Sex You Up" and "I Adore Mi Amore." We're talking HIGH quality here! I wasn't really into the others, but I couldn't get enough of "All 4 Love." Listening to it now reminds me of the old days when MTV actually showed videos. You could hear music most of the time. I used to watch Most Wanted in my mom's basement with my little sister. Now that was livin'!
"All 4 Love" has such a great old school beat. Jingly piano plays in the background. Great four part harmonies are all over the place. The main singer, Bryan Abrams, sings in a nasally falsetto that predated anything Justin Timberlake even dreamed about. You can see JT singing this tune, but in my opinion nothing the cheeseball former member of N'Sync could ever do would be this cool... or maybe this BADD.
Give it a listen. I won't tell anyone if you give it more than a few.
"All 4 Love" can be found on the album "CMB." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.
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