I'm afraid I have some bad news, part 1

Entry for September 11, 2008 I'm afraid I have some bad news.part 1

Apparently, the horror show that is American Idol, is getting ready to start up again.

Ugh.

And me with a 16 year old girl in the house. Ugh.

I mean, what Is it with these people, and not just talking about all the really, really, really horrid ones who don't even make the first cut, and hopefully, know how dreadful they are, and are just doing this to get their one minute of fame on tv.

But my gawd. Even the top twenty, or twenty four, or whatever it is, they aren't that good either!

And, it's not that I simply don't care for pop, a lot of pop music I like.

But really, when was the last time you heard Any song from an American idol 'winner' on your adult alternative station, or your soft rock station? They may have something out for a bit, post win, while still shoveling out the publicity and throwing a lot of ad money around, but, good pop songs stick around cause people want to hear them.

And even those that had a hit, how many more did they have than that?

Without a show like American Idol, most of these folks would have never been heard from. They simply don't have the innate skill, or training (Prince once remarked, when working with some pop singers, that most didn't even know basic scales....), and when you compare them to pop/top 40 singers of the past, well, they certainly don't do well by comparison.

To bad we can't vote to have them beaten with sticks. Well, the guys anyway. The girls deserve bare bottom beatings of a different kind.

Anyways, for comparisons sake, here are some pop/top 40 (for you kids, that was the type of radio format I grew up with, when we finally got a radio station that played something other than country/western.

It was like that scene in the Blues Brothers- "We like both kinds of music, Country AND Western!", and top 40 was just that, the top forty songs on the chart. Could be pop, solo, groups, 'standards', a bit of rock, soul, r and b...) singers of the past who didn't suck, and who proved they could sing over and over again.

And, keep in mind these are simply the best I could find online, so sound quality isn't always the best...but still.

Carole King - singer AND songwriter.
Will you still love me? (if you actually listen to the lyrics, is this not something most girls have thought? This was a Very racy song when I was growing up, because it actually was talking about premarital sex. Yes, times have changed.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czd7hmE2-Rs
So far away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUdabOM9RKI
It's too late
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-DiYZcHxuE

Carly Simon (so stunning, sigh)
You're so vain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4caNnGq6c (from 70s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7bVD_DkM4
You belong to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqxN_7B4Gao
Haven't got time for the pain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaOyUdiv7rU
The right thing to do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-q1x55jbbc
That's the way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdFjWZBRl6U

Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane (cause lets face it, she Was the singer. And isn't that the greatest name for a rocker chick?)
White Rabbit (one of my all time Fave songs!)/Somebody to love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cfTMdjkYM

And someone who many kids today have No idea who she is,
Gladys Knight, what a voice, so pretty, and so nice
I don't want to do wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opC019TwQsw
Heard it through the grapvine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MKjE83gPY (fast version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VV68Tcx6A
If I were your woman (LOVE this song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jiMY-oM44
I've got to use my imagination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfzC9Zy_d_A
You are the best thing that ever happened to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FT5QF4JZUA
Neither one of us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKKr4R_8oGg

And lets not forget the guys...
Marvin Gaye
What's going on/What's happening brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s
Heard it through the grapevine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FjkqtK67o (a capella version. Lets hear you do that, you American Idol twits)
Distant lover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BSjRCN0cQ
Mercy mercy me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cniMoytgstM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18TLHhhHZCA

Al Green (ladies, make sure the bc is handy...)
Let's stay together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOOFk549fw
Tired of being alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg4dnFx6JW0
I'm still in love with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJerMmmX8Y

Bill Withers, another 'unknown' today
Aint' no sunshine when she's gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo
Use me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVy5yOs0NSA
Who is he?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCR9WQ1y7Y
I'm her Daddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9f4_evUix0

Stevie Wonder
Superstition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8HlHpACXyw
Higher Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZ3ZG_Wams
Living for the city
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSRyf5G2uI8
Boogie on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCeAZ1nQjk

Simply Red
If you don't know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRPzJWeICzY
Holding back the years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbQl14tJIWM

Roberta Flack, what a voice and presence
Killing me softly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKvLMM6gbz4
The first time I ever saw your face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo
Early every morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYlh1BsHCzI
Feel like making love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzeTYJbe-98

Aretha Franklin
I say a little prayer for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM
Think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSOC74X1Kzw
Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6C83lwwxJ8
You make me feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQ3HeluFV4
Chain of fools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-g4ye7nmI
Giving him something he can feel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uHzKRzX_M

Whitney Houston
You give good love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBgzN1yFMk
Saving all my love for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_esJmpDcLM

Natalie Cole
I've got love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNnd1mvFps
Inseparable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4sEZJ6ZFM

Anita Baker
Sweet love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDEQUtptyZU
Body and Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV7bbCBvgtY
Caught up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B6AmsmPyXY
You bring me joy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIyHz-pGWM0

Elton John
Rocket Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrKlEtxTx4
Candle in the wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvux60fqNU8
Goodby yellow brick road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Ho_6C_fM4
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2e4NlnLr28
Tiny dancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ppoX4bVTQ
I guess that's why they call it the blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecU-e0XUMd8
Benny and the Jets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKC-A2fSQ3Y
Daniel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2yFw_XT6IY
Someone save my life tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0dUhYc0sic

enjoy
Angie



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[dele…
OMG! SOOOOOOOO Many Wonderful Songs!!!!! But right now, am just going to comment on this one...Bill Withers! He's not unknown in This house. We have a CD of his and was just listening to it a couple weeks ago! Simply Red?? OMG!! That brings back SOO Many memories of that time era for me. Melts just thinking about it...that's about the time I came out of the closet, so, Very good times for me during that time. Wow! It's Amazing how music can snatch you up and place you right back where you were 10-20-30...years ago. Sigh...Love you, baby...and thank you Very much for all the work you do to get all this music together. Your page can now, officially, be called the Juke Box page!Deep Kiss...Love,Yours
Friday September 12, 2008 - 12:51pm (PDT) Remove Comment
[dele…
Flock of Seagulls...Joe Jackson...Phil Collins...OMG, Boy George! ok...i'll stop now...but a rush from that time era just came back to me...ZZ Top...Rod Stewart (Timeless)...Pink Floyd...Twisted Sister...VAN HALEN! and let's not forget Tiffany...Madonna...INXS...BILLY SQUIRE!! (OMG, I laugh so hard when I watch him now, but I LOVED him back then)...alright, I said I'd shut up, but I could go on forever...I LOVE Music!I Love you too!Me!