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Tracklist:
Modern Love • China Girl • Let's Dance • Without You • Ricochet • Criminal World • Cat People (Putting Out Fire) • Shake It
Have you listened to Let's Dance by David Bowie (1983)?
Yes, the entire album!
Partially, some but not all songs
No, but familiar with it
Haven't heard of it before
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No You Cannot Be A "Conservative Goth"
One key thing that people miss in this discussion that comes from genuinely alternative people is that Goth is the love child of Punk AND Disco. Disco as a genre was incredibly subversive, its music and culture allowed for things that were simply unallowed. Dancing among people of the same sex/gender? Dancing between people of different races? The culture allowed for queer people to dance together as lovers without getting thrown into jail for "public indecency", remember back in the seventies it was illegal for two men or two women to walk together hand in hand. Remember that there were anti-miscegenation laws were still in place in many states in the 1970s despite the law against interracial marriage was struck down as unconstitutional in 1967. Many states refused to follow this lead, and the last state to get rid of such a law was Alabama in 2000. There's a lot of cultural narratives about Disco, including one that involved punks hating Disco, which is a flat out lie because post-punk, dance punk and new wave simply would not have existed as genres if that were the case. (Some punks hated Disco, not all punks, and John Lydon was a poseur and doesn't get to say what punks liked or disliked back in his "heyday") There's also a narrative that Disco died in 1978 at the Disco Demolition Derby which is just fucking untrue. The demolition derby was just a reactionary tantrum by a bunch of boomers, by that point Disco was already waning in popularity. A lot of men back then hated disco because of its popularity among queers, people of colour but especially because of its popularity with cishet women. Because the hatred of disco is often a hatred of women, queer people and people of colour and especially Black people. And you cannot understand Goth music and its culture without understanding the influence on post-punk from Disco. Not in just its musical composition (four by the floor as an example) but also the culture of the people who enjoyed this music. There is an inherent queerness in goth culture that completely flaunts gender roles which is why there are so many queer people in the Goth community. Conservatives do not understand culture which is why they're so adamant that one can be conservative and goth. To them these are just brands and labels, in the same way that their 'religion' and 'politics' are. Just dime a dozen positions and slogans. But that doesn't mean they're right. Goth isn't a style. It's a culture. And it's inherently incompatible to the conformism of the far right.
Billy Ocean - "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" [x]
The Jacksons - Strength of One Man (Official Audio)
Genius Lyrics
I've been trying to figure out for some time now why some fans really don't like the song Burn This Disco Out, and there's 3 main reasons I'm conceptualizing: 1. The song's placement on the album 2. It is not as easy as other songs on the album to sing along to 3. Unconventional chord and beat progressions.
First, let's address reason 1. BTDO is a party-themed funk/dazz song that is last on the track listing of an album that already has a few of those. It is a great closing song by itself (imo), but it is lyrically and thematically too similar to songs such as Get On The Floor, which I would enthusiastically agree is superior.
2. BTDO is sung in a interesting way where there is a "rise" and then a "fall" in the first line of each verse ("There's a stam-(rise) pede (fall)" / "You can take (rise) it (fall)"). Of course Michael emphasises it by singing with the dramatic style he always brought, but imo it makes it harder to follow even when sung in a lower register, as most do when singing his earlier stuff.
The choruses, which are usually the easiest part to follow along, are also a little unusual. The combo of progression + the way Michael's backing vocals on it are layered means you can't actually sing all of it at once. The dragged out "sit us dowwnnnn" is interrupted by a much faster "gonna dance, gonna shout, gonna burn this disco out". And then the post-chorus gets even more difficult with a very high, airy "groove all night" sung in falsetto that is paired with lyrics sung in a much lower tone. It's like a tapestry of clashing colors being woven together to make one interesting piece.
Lastly, 3. the chord progression overall. As mentioned before, it is unconventional and falls on uneven counts in many parts of the song including the chorus. But it is most strikingly unusual at the very end when the chorus repeats. This is where I wish I remembered anything about the names of keys, notes and chords, because I would put them here and it is really hard to explain otherwise. The chords of the bass fall, rise, fall and rise again on an uneven 3-3-2 count repeatedly and are paired with high, climbing horns in a way that would make it difficult if you just wanted to hum along to the music. When I first heard this song the progression of the end is what stuck with me the most, in a way that was almost confusing but exhilarating, and I can definitely see why it would be middling.
All of that being said, I of course still think this is a really great song, not just as a closer but by itself as well. There's a lot going for it in the usual Off The Wall formula: great instrumentation (i ESPECIALLY like how the rhythm guitars are layered throughout, and how the trumpets and horns compliment Michael's voice), well-mixed, and Michael's vocals are strong, bouncy and fun. It takes a skilled vocalist to not only layer over himself as a main and background singer but to hit the highs and lows that even other skilled singers would have trouble replicating.
The last thing I'll add on to this post is a fanmade extended mix that utilizes the multitracks of the original song and, aside from the annoying sound effects in the beginning, helped me appreciate and engage with the song more when this remix first came out.
⭐️ the original Mary Jane Girls cir. 1983. Interviewed by Dick Clark for American Bandstand!! this was before Yvette "Corvette" Marine joined in replacement for Cheri Wells in 1985. i love them sm they are so underrated :(
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Unreleased recordings of Michael Jackson have been found in the USA
Tapes of unreleased Michael Jackson songs have been found in California.
These are the compositions he worked on shortly before the release of the album Dangerous, from about 1989 to 1991.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it all started when former Highway Patrol officer Gregg Musgrove purchased an abandoned warehouse that once belonged to American producer and singer Brian Loren. He worked with Michael Jackson at one time. Gregg Musgrove, who at first did not suspect what a find awaited him in this building, discovered cassettes with fifteen recordings, twelve of which can be considered full-fledged songs. In addition, the tapes recorded conversations between Jackson and Lauren, which they conducted during their collaboration
"I'm listening to this and I get goosebumps because no one has ever heard it.", Musgrove admitted
In the recordings, for example, there is a song "Don't Believe It", whose fragments surfaced online. Presumably, it was supposed to be included in the Dangerous album. Journalists consider "Truth on Youth", recorded together with rapper LL Cool J., to be the most "exciting" track. She is a unique copy of the reading from Jackson's mouth.
Musgrove and his lawyer appealed to the Estate of Michael Jackson, which controls the singer's estate and his posthumous income. They conducted their own research, but in the end the company They refused to buy audio cassettes. Her representatives stressed that neither they nor anyone else who may purchase these recordings in the future own the copyrights to the recordings. In other words, these Jackson songs may remain unreleased. However, Musgrove plans to sell the tapes in the near future — he intends to appeal to four major auction houses.
Paul McCartney - Say, say, say
