So I’m on a Bowie kick right now. This happens from time to time. Bowie’s absolutely fascinating to me on a number of levels, most notably the ability to write these really bizarre songs within the pop construct. That and that his voice is so incredibly confident at every step, even though I’m not quite sure he can sing.
Oh, and the Duke’s got game. Him pulling Iman is one of the greatest come-ups ever. Claims to be gay in hte ’70s, then winds up with a model. That don’t happen too much where I grew up. Where I grow up, once you say you’re gay, you just have to be gay from there on out. I’m not sure when they started selling round-trip tickets for that destination. But Bowie didn’t just get to fly back. He wound up in first-class…for the rest of his life.
Moving on, got a question for you. Sampling is a beautiful thing for rap music, but it’s also allowed a lot of wack dudes to destroy fantastic records.
The question–is there a greater disparity between a song and a track sampled from it than there is between “Under Pressure” and “Ice Ice Baby?” I mean, really…you people that liked “Ice Ice Baby” should be ashamed of yourselves.
Bowie and Queen killed this one. Bowie gave one of the greatest verses in pop history.
‘Cause love’s such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And loves dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Then Rob Van Winkle gives us whatever that shit was.
Fuck Bowie (figuratively). He’s never been on The Surreal Life. When he does that, then I’ll start paying attention.
LMAO@Kirk!
Have you seen that crazy interview from Vanilla Ice where he tries to explain how the Ice Ice baby sample is a different beat than Under Pressure? Pure comedy in listening to that idiot try and explain it.
V.I. holds the title until Yung Joc samples Space Oddity.
Remember the Arsenio Hall show? He torched Vanilla about that song, I never thought I would feel sorry for someone like that, but I actually felt pity for Vanilla…when Vanilla pointed to his own head and said that he came up with the song in his own mind, phew…sad…lying to the bitter end
“why can’t we give love just one more chance? Why can’t we give love just one more chance? Why can’t we give love give love give love give love…”
I remeber Ice telling the camera something along the lines of Under Pressure has a beat that goes da da da and my song goes da Da da.
Big difference, one that you have time to think about whilst being hung over a balcony.
Ding ding ding ding-da-ding…see, it’s different!
Easily the most pathetic explanation ever. More bizarre was that he felt compelled to do that in an interview about a decade down the line, as if that would help him on appeal or something. Cuz he lost that lawsuit.
Choice bits on Vanilla from Wikipedia:
1. He’s gonna be 40 next year (!)
2. “Van Winkle toured during 1990 with Alanis Morissette as his opening act.”
3. His daughters are named “Dusti Raine” and “Keelee Breeze”
3a. I don’t think they’re porn stars, despite what their names would suggest.
The only thing funnier than Vanilla Ice is OMC.
kirk: you can’t be talking about my favorite band of former gang member new zealanders the otara millionaires club?
my cousin (we grew up in south fla) went on a couple dates with him around 91 or so. trust that she leaves that off the resume now.
I’d have to say that “Two Live Crew” murdered (in a bad way–in case it’s not clear), Mass Production’s “Firecracker” (1979).
“Me So Horny” goes on the shelf with “Ice, Ice Baby” as pure shit!!!
Oh, I guess Bowie and Anne Heche went to the same travel agent for their gay trip.
nerditry,
A date? How bizarre…how bizzare.
Feel free to throw rocks, sticks, and insults for that. I deserve it.
Kirk, “you’re driving me crazy…”
(had to add)
This post and these comments are hilarious.
Kirk and Baba..
look at what y’all are saying..
Y’all just need to stop, collaborate and listen…
being gay was cool in the ’70s. meanwhile, i can’t even CONTEMPLATE getting with a cat after he’s been buttcutting.
then again, no telling how many brothas i’ve been with who were doing a lil somethin on the side.
oh, and vanilla ice? whatever…
Word to your mother, Fred.
she said buttcutting….
you know who vanilla ice prolly really hates at this point?
(no, not suge knight)
marky mark
marky mark ol’ coattailing ass is a star now and van winkle can’t get vh1 to call him back about his flavor of vanilla spinoff…