My Definition of Cool: Monie Love

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Ten Music Videos featuring Fans

1. LL Cool J - "I Need Love" 1987 *These are screaming lady fans, very appropriate for LL Cool J.

2. Gang Starr - "Ex Girl To The Next Girl" 1992 *He sounds so cold-hearted when he says "next".

3. Monie Love - "It's A Shame (My Sister)" 1990 *They tied stuff to the fan so that we can see that the fan is working?

4. Fugees - "Nappy Heads" 1994 *This is from the album that wasn't The Score.

5. X-Clan - "A.D.A.M." 1992 *There are some giant necklaces in this video.

6. Disclosure - "When A Fire Starts To Burn" 2013 *Fake evangelism music video. Disclosure is from the UK.

7. Jessie Ware and Sampha - "Valentine" 2011 *I love both of these artists, but, when Sampha sings I get that "I can't believe how good this is" look on my face. I still think he sounds like a combo of Aaron Neville and James Blake.

8. Sophie B. Hawkins - "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" 1991 *I liked this song when I was too young to know what she was talking about...and I still do.

9. The Beatles - "In My Life" 1965 *Among their many other great accomplishments, The Beatles turned many normal teenage girls into screaming fans.

10. OutKast - "Hey Ya!" 2003 *More fans of the screaming girl variety.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ten Music Videos with Green Screen Backgrounds

1. M.I.A. - "Galang" 2007 *She is radical.

2. Neneh Cherry - "Buffalo Stance" 1988 *It's hard not to sing aloud the part of the chorus that starts at 0:51, for me, maybe not you guys.

3. The Streets - "Let's Push Things Forward" 2002 *I don't love this song but the whole British rapper thing makes me like it.

4. The B-52's - "Roam" 1990 *This song and video are kind of painful to watch, I wouldn't recommend watching it except for the nostalgia factor. I don't think I would ever listen to this song for listening pleasure. I find myself questioning whether or not this category should just have nine songs.

5. 3rd Bass - "The Gas Face" 1989 *MC Serch was a turtleneck rapper.

6. Theophilus London - "I Stand Alone" 2011 *Dang, this song isn't that cool at all. The green screen action is the best part.

7. De La Soul - "Eye Know" 1989 *This song samples Steely Dan, how cool is that?

8. Monie Love - "Grandpa's Party" 1990 *Afrika Bambaataa has a cameo in this video.

9. Holy Balm - "Holy Balm Theme" 2012 *I saw this Australian band recently at the Jewelbox Theater. They were so incredible I bought the album. Their awesomeness isn't that obvious in this video or song. They have a tumblr.

10. Deee-Lite - "Groove Is In The Heart" 1990 *I saw one of the Deee-Lite djs at the Power Plant near the viaduct in the late 1990s. I had a mini raver phase in that era, but, someone told me once that I looked like I was dancing to Hip Hop (they did not think that was cool).