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joan baez performing 500 miles and harmonizing with the audience you will always be famous
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Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease
Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero. She:
was admitted to Julliard at 8.
was performing in top venues by 16.
pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.
was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.
went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.” Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.
refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.
She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten. But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.
@theladyragnell
Let’s un-forget her.
People on here say shit like “I’m gay so I don’t listen to country” like Dolly Parton hasn’t historically had an enormous influence on the gay community and especially for drag artists, and like Johnny Cash wasn’t a historically a huge influence on butch lesbian style and attitude. Your bad taste is not universal.
Just saying,
Also lets name off some gay country stars:
Brandie Carlile:
Lil Nas X:
Orville Peck:
K.D. Lang:
Chely Wright:
Feel free to add more
Some of these straddle the line of folk and country but imo sth being labeled as folk vs country is sometimes v biased (like lgb women are Known for folk in a lot of ways but so many of them would be considered country if country stations actually Played them imo)
Thao and Mirah
Loamlands
Evil
Paisley Fields
Who could forget Lavender Country
And Patrick Haggertys new album
Mya Byrne
Karen and the Sorrows
Hurray for the riff raff
Ryan Cassata
Pt 2 (i hit an audio limit)
Sam Gleaves
Mercy Bell
Dane Terry
Eli Conley
Little Bandit
Justin Hiltner
Alabama Shakes has Brittany Howard in it and she’s queer (though i guess its classified as southern rock and not country)
(he has two versions of that song btw. He orginally recorded it with female pronouns and later released it with male pronouns after he came out) I’m pretty sure Herdon is the person who started the annual concert for love and acceptance.
Shane McNally also deserves to be on this list. He isn’t a singer but he is a song writer.
Kacey Musgraves (I think McNally wrote or cowrote this one?)
Right before the first line of Erykah’s song “Tyrone” was about to start, Erykah’s battery died. The best reaction 😂:
Jill refused to not have that song rock out so she jammed out to it while Erykah got it together on her end and joined the live again. Successfully might I add.
Don’t look for another Missy ’cause there’ll be no ’nother one
Missy Elliott - Throw It Back [Official Music Video]
Normani's 'Motivation' is motivation
First things first...
Normani is a visionary.
She sees herself into the future. And she speaks those visions into her already planned and foreseen destiny that she envisions for herself. I think one of the very first videos I watched of her was an audition tape she filmed --- and somewhere in between the seven minutes (don't quote me on how long the video was exactly) of the video, she made a big and promising declaration.... She said, "I know I have what it takes to be the next greatest and biggest breakout star".
And the opening scene of 'Motivation' confirmed just that. A beautiful dark skinned little Black girl (by the way, I need her name because she's gorgeous) portrays a young version of Normani.
She runs and scrambles in front of the tv the minute she hears the voices of the hosts of "106th & Park" --- a classic music video countdown show that platformed and showcased Black music artists during the 00s.
But what happens next is what in my opinion identifies her as a visionary. As the hosts announce the number one video in the world...She imagines herself as that acclaimed artists. She visualizes herself to be that person.
That alone ...that instinct ...and her imagination in my opinion marks just how much of a visionary she is. How attune of self she is. How much she saw herself into the future and imagined herself into one day being and becoming what she's doing today. She envisioned it. And now it's her reality.
As a YouTuber said in his review of this music video, she's a new supreme on the rise.
That's the best way to describe her and what she's doing and accomplishing thus far.
Then we segue right into present day her.
The minute the camera pans in front of young Normani dancing her little heart out, we see on the tv screen a bright smiling, white crop top, low jean, gold plated belt wearing NORMANI walking down an alleyway.
I immediately knew who this scene was tributing. The one and only Beyoncé.
I've been saying this in numerous chats about her...that I feel her first year out as a solo artists appears that in all she was, is and has done is to pay homage to those artists before her. To the very ones she's looked up to and does. And in her own way through her own interpretation of inserting the greats who paved the way for her, her performances reflect that. By way of her music videos and dance style and theatrics and costumes, hair, makeup and concepts. Which is very evident in this video.
Next, we see her come into frame and from jump starts dancing. Not wasting anytime to serve us hard, banging choreo that we've all been wanting from her. Because she's a dancer.
She's clad in a cute white tank top and skort that has '1996' and 'Motivation' airbrushed on it. And she's in pink paten leather J's.
The 90s/00s aesthetics are all so present.
It's like she stepped back in time...to a period that heavily Inspired her. To eras that helped shape her creativity and artistry. The nostalgia of decades ago that influenced her. She has such revere for those eras and she's saying I'm going to step into these eras with my own take on it while saying thank you to those artists that i admired.
At a time when she herself was just becoming a teen.
Her respect for the culture is what is visually so satisfying in this video. The Generation of today has an admiration for the stylistic culture of the 90s and early 00s. And she inserted so much of those periods in the video.
What was extremely refreshing to witness was the attention to dancing. Now we all know Normani is a dancer (i already said that but it's worth repeating). But the way she highlighted it and gave it a spotlight itself was pleasing. And how she executed the choreography...I think I've run out of words to describe just how much of a dancer she is. The precision. The way her body effortlessly moves. How she moves. The technical training shows. Her innate ability is exhibited. The different styles of dance genres she knows are all on display.
We got to see some hip hop, a little bit of majorette, a sprinkle of ballroom and even elements of gymnastics. There were backflips, backbends and splits. Sis was even hanging from a fence poppin'.
What's equally stunning to my eyes are all the dark skin women surrounding her. Who are all just as beautiful and super talented as she is. Seeing this felt so relatable. And representative of what Black girl magic is. Normani has made sure she's done this already all throughout her budding career ...to have representation. And more specifically Black dark skin girl representation.
The way she highlighted the dance sequences...but also the lineup of 10 to 15+ dancers put my mind to those iconic videos from legends like Missy, Usher, Destiny's Child and Janet. And the video concepts from artists like Omarion and Ciara were scattered across scenes. Where there were full out dance breaks. A Duo dance number. the love of dance was showcased and I hadn't realized how much I missed seeing that.
Then there's the scene of her in the rain. (Can we just appreciate the fact that she gave us a throwback of classic RnB videos of singers being in the rain).
The sound of a trumpet is heard and the sound of New Orleans (artists that are rooted and grounded in their ethnicity--- that's her) reverberates in your ears. As the trumpet players blow their horns, she's kinda dancing in a burlesque way but instead of feathers adorning her costume, she's in a chain linked dress of some sort and i got a sense of Toni Braxton. the rain is her backdrop. And yet again, the talented dancer performed some defying moves. A semi handstand followed by a split...in heels...in the rain. The skill. The talent.
And the final scene is her back to the beginning set. On the street with her team of dancers. She's in a black leather baggy pants outfit and some more J's. I got TLC from the look. and also Aaliyah from not only the tomboy look but also the dance break. I think this was my favorite dance sequence of the whole video (that's not true because i can't really decide because it's all my fave). The footwork and body movements were on poinT.
She brought back so many moments in music history in three minutes and fifty-eight seconds.
Her voice is getting and growing stronger. She's experimenting with sounds and her own vocal instrument. The song is a cute RnB/Pop bop. It's infectious. It's like a grown-woman-here-I-am in my confidence song. I am enjoying both the record & the video.
It isn't far-fetched that if Normani were maybe ten years older or started her career earliershe would be on that hit show. Debuting her new music videos and performing on stage in front of hundreds of adoring fans in the studio and across millions of homes on television screens. That she'd be able to look back and say she was a part of Black music culture but in essence, she is doing that. She may not have the specific platform of 106th & Park but she's claiming her mark now.
And her star is steady rising!
The girl who plays young Normani is a professional dancer called Jené Marie:
Y'all better remember her name!!!
small brain “hotel california is about drugs” normal brain “hotel california is about the music industry” giant brain “hotel california is meant to be taken completely literally and The Eagles are still trapped there”
galaxy brain “hotel california is a negative yelp review with a 2 minute guitar solo”
Dozens of NYC Subway riders, fresh off a Robyn concert, singing “Dancing On My Own” while waiting for the E train. (Video by Triszh Hermogenes)
STRAIGHT FLAMES
Like everyone else who has a brain and two functioning ears, I've decided to dedicate my life to spreading the gospel of Lizzo. The 30-year-old rapper, singer,
“Like everyone else who has a brain and two functioning ears, I’ve decided to dedicate my life to spreading the gospel of Lizzo.
The 30-year-old rapper, singer, and talented flautist — if playing flute and twerking on stageisn’t instantly iconic, I don’t know what is — dropped her debut album, Lizzobangers, in 2013, and she’s been pumping out bop after bop ever since. Although it’s long overdue (in my not so humble opinion), Lizzo is finally getting the mainstream shine she deserves, from flawless appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Tonight Show to seeing her latest single, “Juice,” chart on Billboard’s Hot R&B.”
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YALL WHEN SHE STARTED TO BLOW UP I WAS SO HAPPY
Just don’t want nobody to be great
But that trash ass “Meant To Be” song by Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, which straight up uses a trap beat, counts as country tho, okay 🙄🙄🙄🙄
“Embrace enough elements of today’s country” oh you mean the songs about trucks, beers, (white)girls, and driving down backcountry roads with a splash of white nationalism and nativism?
This shit go tho 😭 they hatin 🙄
Congrats Missy!
PSA: This blogger does NOT support R. Kelly. Unfollow if you do, please.
Jazz vocal legend Nancy Wilson (born Nancy Sue Wilson in Chillicothe, OH) - February 20, 1937 - December 13, 2018, RIP
This still hasn’t set in for me. She’s one of those iconic people who just seem like they will never go, almost as if their life is endless…