I don't know who these guys like Leonard Cohen and George Michael
I don't know who these guys like Leonard Cohen and George Michael even are but RIP. What were their black music equivalences?
I don't know who these guys like Leonard Cohen and George Michael even are but RIP. What were their black music equivalences?
Michael sold more than 80 million records worldwide.[6] His 1987 debut solo album, Faith, sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.[7] Michael garnered seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All Time Artists list.[8]
I've probably heard a few of his songs but never put song to face. I've certainly heard of him before this.
Last christmas he gave us his heart, this one the rest of his organs. RipI was wondering who would make the obvious Last Christmas joke.
Last christmas he gave us his heart, this one the rest of his organs. RipI was wondering who would make the obvious Last Christmas joke.
George Michael was interesting as he was one of the few white artists to top the r&b charts in the 80s. That never happened because the music was do segregated.Yup, he was in fact a bit of a trailblazer. (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/05/06/george_michael_s_music_in_keanu_the_singer_was_a_black_radio_superstar_in.html)
Never said George Michael was niche.
I've probably heard a few of his songs but never put song to face. I've certainly heard of him before this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwZAYdHcDtU
If it weren't for the Silk Spectre/Nite Owl sex scene in Watchmen, I wouldn't know a single song by Leonard Cohen. I didn't even know his name until after he died. I knew of Bowie, but wasn't well acquainted with his work when he passed. I have a lot of respect for Marvin Minsky, but couldn't develop an emotional attachment due to the nature of his work. Christina Grimmie's death spooked me. I wasn't a big fan, but her age and the way she was murdered was really sad. Phife was the one that got to me the most.
Last christmas is my personal WOAT christmas song, I wish we could scrub that track from human history.
I don't know who these guys like Leonard Cohen and George Michael even are but RIP. What were their black music equivalences?
That said this will always be my jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ
Youtube had Seether's Careless Whisper as the autofill and I went into a seething fit of rage.never heard of seether but browsing their tunes they sound like midlife crisis ed hardy dadrock, not stuff millennials would seek out for a listen.
Fuck the internet and fuck millennials.
Eagerly awaiting the 3 threads Cindi will make here and on GAF about the greatness of George Michael and Leonard Cohen in about a week, where she tells everyone how stupid they are for not listening to these people she didn't even know about 2 weeks prior, yet most of the world is familiar with.
I felt similarly about Prince. He had some legitimate beefs with how digital distribution platforms pay artists.If it weren't for the Silk Spectre/Nite Owl sex scene in Watchmen, I wouldn't know a single song by Leonard Cohen. I didn't even know his name until after he died. I knew of Bowie, but wasn't well acquainted with his work when he passed. I have a lot of respect for Marvin Minsky, but couldn't develop an emotional attachment due to the nature of his work. Christina Grimmie's death spooked me. I wasn't a big fan, but her age and the way she was murdered was really sad. Phife was the one that got to me the most.
David Bowie's death tore me apart. I cried multiple times that day and week. Bowie is my favorite musician so it hit really hard.
Prince's death was sad at first because he was so young, but I was unfamiliar with his music. He made his music much harder to access than other musicians. Didn't help that the only Prince songs they played on the radio growing up and still today were Little Red Corvette and 1999 with Purple Rain occasionally. No one I knew were big on Prince besides a few. After his death I went through his music, it didn't really click until I watched Purple Rain though, and I've been obsessed ever since. I started to mourn him when I watched his live shows because I would never get the opportunity to see him live.
Phife's death made me binge Tribe and really hit me like a bullet.
Never heard of Leonard Cohen. Christina's death was fucked up something awful.
I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can't get it.That was from before Spotify came to US. I wouldn't be surprised if the situation has worsened.
https://youtu.be/m_9hfHvQSNo
Eagerly awaiting the 3 threads Cindi will make here and on GAF about the greatness of George Michael and Leonard Cohen in about a week, where she tells everyone how stupid they are for not listening to these people she didn't even know about 2 weeks prior, yet most of the world is familiar with.
Never heard of Leonard Cohen, one of the most respected artists in Canadian and American music history. What.
I felt similarly about Prince. He had some legitimate beefs with how digital distribution platforms pay artists.If it weren't for the Silk Spectre/Nite Owl sex scene in Watchmen, I wouldn't know a single song by Leonard Cohen. I didn't even know his name until after he died. I knew of Bowie, but wasn't well acquainted with his work when he passed. I have a lot of respect for Marvin Minsky, but couldn't develop an emotional attachment due to the nature of his work. Christina Grimmie's death spooked me. I wasn't a big fan, but her age and the way she was murdered was really sad. Phife was the one that got to me the most.
David Bowie's death tore me apart. I cried multiple times that day and week. Bowie is my favorite musician so it hit really hard.
Prince's death was sad at first because he was so young, but I was unfamiliar with his music. He made his music much harder to access than other musicians. Didn't help that the only Prince songs they played on the radio growing up and still today were Little Red Corvette and 1999 with Purple Rain occasionally. No one I knew were big on Prince besides a few. After his death I went through his music, it didn't really click until I watched Purple Rain though, and I've been obsessed ever since. I started to mourn him when I watched his live shows because I would never get the opportunity to see him live.
Phife's death made me binge Tribe and really hit me like a bullet.
Never heard of Leonard Cohen. Christina's death was fucked up something awful.
http://mashable.com/2010/07/06/prince-the-internet-is-over/#8XyOLhmz8aqSQuote from: PrinceI don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can't get it.That was from before Spotify came to US. I wouldn't be surprised if the situation has worsened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xRIamODhg0
The full Arsenio Interview is on YouTube.
Somebody has to post it. Greatest Christmas Jam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI
Prince gets a good amount of play on the Sirius XM 80's and 90's station (and probably the retro R&B/funk station too but I don't listen to that too much), even before his death. Plus of course there's a lot of crossover with dance music, remixes and such or DJs sneaking his stuff into their sets. Controversy closing a nu disco set = 8)
I'll admit that aside from Hallelujah I didn't know anything about Leonard Cohen, but he's not normally the kind of music I listen to or would be exposed to.
George Michael, you couldn't have lived through the 80's or early 90's without seeing the Faith or Freedom music videos. Hell, even Kelly Kapowski wouldn't shut up about him.
Prince was too expansive for the R&B stations of the 80's and 90's and he was too black for the rock stations of the same period, and outside of the big hits he was too edgy for the mainstream pop stations of the day. But anybody who was into cool music was into prince.
He kind of fell into a weird hole because of it although he was an mtv staple for a long time. But its also what makes him an amazing artist.
Prince was too expansive for the R&B stations of the 80's and 90's and he was too black for the rock stations of the same period, and outside of the big hits he was too edgy for the mainstream pop stations of the day. But anybody who was into cool music was into prince.
He kind of fell into a weird hole because of it although he was an mtv staple for a long time. But its also what makes him an amazing artist.
In the 90's all I knew about Prince was that he changed his name to The Artist. This could be because I was a kid at the time though, but I was obsessed with Michael Jackson during those same years I guess.
Prince was too expansive for the R&B stations of the 80's and 90's and he was too black for the rock stations of the same period, and outside of the big hits he was too edgy for the mainstream pop stations of the day. But anybody who was into cool music was into prince.
He kind of fell into a weird hole because of it although he was an mtv staple for a long time. But its also what makes him an amazing artist.
In the 90's all I knew about Prince was that he changed his name to The Artist. This could be because I was a kid at the time though, but I was obsessed with Michael Jackson during those same years I guess.
His war with his label shadowed his actual music quite a bit by the mid-90 and so did, as mentioned earlier, his crusade (maybe Quixotic, maybe justified or both) to control the broadcast and licensing of his music -I may be wrong but I remember my father mentioning this to me and he started even before Youtube & al. to buy back some of the video footage he appeared on-. He didn't really suffer from it but he probably forfeited some of the exposure of capital-S stardom in the process.
Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide,[7] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Prince has been ranked as the 21st most successful act of all time,[8] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide,[9] including 27 overall number-one entries,[10] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s,[11] and tenth most successful chart act of the 1990s.[12]
It did, plus most of his 90's stuff was inconsistent IMO. Like, why go through the hoops to listen to Prince when a lot of his newer stuff was weaker is what a lot of people thought. I got into Prince mostly due to torrents, where I decided to check out any musician with a following to see if they were for me. George Michael on the other hand was a mainstream favorite for a while, I remember my cousins and uncle being big fans. It was hard not to be exposed to his songs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_albums_discographyQuotePrince has sold over 100 million records worldwide,[7] including 48.9 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom. Prince has been ranked as the 21st most successful act of all time,[8] the 26th most successful chart artist worldwide,[9] including 27 overall number-one entries,[10] and being the most successful chart act of the 1980s,[11] and tenth most successful chart act of the 1990s.[12]
LOL, what's with these people in this thread who claim artists who sell 80-100 million albums are obscure?
Well I don't know a single family member into Nas, doesn't make him obscure
Himu you probably had heard George Michael because he had a lot of crossover radio play. I forget how old you are, but he got play on Top 40 stations, hip/hop and R&B stations and even some play on alt-rock stations (which were the most gay friendly at the time).
Last christmas is my personal WOAT christmas song, I wish we could scrub that track from human history.
Have you forgotten that Paul McCartney's abortion of a Christmas song, which will remain unnamed, exists?no, I haven't, it's a close 2nd
(http://i.imgur.com/Yk67QFU.png)
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Wonderful Christmastime is a far better song than Last Christmas.
Himu you probably had heard George Michael because he had a lot of crossover radio play. I forget how old you are, but he got play on Top 40 stations, hip/hop and R&B stations and even some play on alt-rock stations (which were the most gay friendly at the time).
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/26/506998666/after-george-michaels-death-stories-emerge-of-his-quiet-generosity
what a gentle heart RIP