Flashback Friday

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Flashback Friday: Just Let Your Soul Glow!

Ahhhh yeah baby. I’m way too excited for this. I know you Crasstalkers have been ready and waiting for today since last week so here we go.

Sam Cooke is a beautiful man with a beautiful voice. This song is so heart-breaking, so wistful, so poignant. There aren’t enough adjectives that are fitting for this song.

Now, let’s get funky with The Staples Singers. Roebuck “Pops” Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha, Pervis, Yvonne, and Mavis. Fun fact: Bob Dylan wanted to marry Mavis and asked for her hand in marriage. Can you imagine the talent their kid would have had?

Let me to just also add that videos from Soul Train’s Soul Train line will not be turned away. If you have been to a wedding and not done a Soul Train line, you have not lived.

Flashback Friday: Big Hair Edition

These were decidedly not heady times for music. It was pop crap wrapped in leather jackets, cut-up jeans, and topped off with Aqua net fueled hair. We should be ashamed of ourselves, really. But we aren’t. We were young and stupid and the higher the hair, the closer to (rock) Gods.

Someone who should be ashamed of himself is Brett Michaels. Ditch the bandana, dude. You’re not fooling anyone.

How many guys lost their virginity to this video? And by lost their virginity, I don’t mean with another person. No matter where she is now, Tawny Kitaen will forever be the “hot chick from the Whitesnake video.”

Flashback Friday: YO! CRASSTALK RAPS

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I know most of you are nursing your St. Patrick’s Day hangover so why not make it better with a little Gin and Juice, laaaaaaaaid back. Yo! MTV Raps was a groundbreaking show where real rap aired on MTV for 2 hours a day. Meaning, that was the only time MTV aired rap videos. Weird, right? Doctor Dre (not that one) and Ed Lover hosted, with Fab Five Freddy taking over the mic on the weekends (thanks, Death_by_SnuSnu). Let’s all do the Ed Lover dance:

We lost a hip hop star this week (not to East Coast, West Coast beef). Nate Dogg was part if the West Coast crew under Dr. Dre (that one) and known for his collaborations. Here’s a nice write-up about him. RIP Nate Dogg. Pour some out for him, homies.

Flashback Friday: Rock Out with Your **** Out

Queen. Pat Benatar. AC/DC. Def Leppard. They rocked us so hard we strained our necks hand-banging along AND our vocal chords trying to hit those high notes while screaming at the top of our lungs.

I have a distinct memory of singing “Cum on feel the noize” while swinging as high as I could on the swingset at school. I did not know how the name of the song was spelled (and neither did my mom).

Then of course, there’s badass Joan Jett. I used to roller skate my ass off to this song.

Break out the black concert tee, your ripped jeans and let’s rock it out!

Upcoming FBF themes:
Boy bands
Hip Hop
Hair bands
Lady R&B supergroups
Grunge
Party music…Stay tuned!

Flashback Friday – Sexxxy Edition

It’s time to go back in time and bring out those sexy memories. Was there a song that made you want to crawl across the bed like a tiger even if you were only 15?  What was playing on the car radio when you lost your V-card in the backseat?  Did you blush when a certain video came on and your parents were in the room?  Remember, we’re not talking about songs from last year, but those of yester-year.

George Michael’s iconic video for Freedom is so impossibly and undeniably sexy given that it featured the original supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford, and hot menz, John Pearson, Mario Sorrenti, and Peter Formby all half-naked and slinky. I wanted/want to lick the screen.

 

Chris Isaac’s Wicked Game featured another uber model of her time, Helena Christensen.  Smart guy – I bet he had a fun afternoon.  She probably single-handedly (heh) started the boy-shorts trend.  He’s kinda hot, too.

 

*Keep it safe for work and remember the rules – no lady nip (PATRIARCHY!), ding-a-lings or vagine!

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!

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It’s Friday morning, so you know what to do.  Take us way back (or as far back as you can go).  What song did you play in the when you were getting ready for school in junior high?  What song did your older sibling make you listen to that you hated then and love now? That song that made you run to the radio so you could record it on your cassette tape, what was it?  Ready? Go!