WEBVTT 00:00:11.050 --> 00:00:13.750 Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that 00:00:13.750 --> 00:00:16.309 takes the classic mixtape approach to building 00:00:16.309 --> 00:00:19.089 a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn. 00:00:19.289 --> 00:00:21.609 Joining me for tonight's collaboration is Amanda 00:00:21.609 --> 00:00:24.570 Kohlhofer, host of The Sip List Podcast. Amanda, 00:00:24.710 --> 00:00:26.929 thanks for joining me tonight. Thanks for having 00:00:26.929 --> 00:00:29.570 me. I'm so excited. I'm excited to have you here. 00:00:29.750 --> 00:00:32.189 So let's start with the question I ask everybody 00:00:32.189 --> 00:00:34.829 before we get things going. Amanda, what does 00:00:34.829 --> 00:00:38.310 the word mixtape mean to you? I mean, it definitely 00:00:38.310 --> 00:00:41.640 just brings back my childhood. you know, my teen 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.820 years was kind of like mixtape and then moved 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:46.439 into mix CDs and in like the late, late nineties. 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:50.100 But yeah, I mean, you made a mixtape for everything 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:52.460 and I had like four or five different tapes laid 00:00:52.460 --> 00:00:54.479 out by my stereo and I'd be like, okay, what 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:56.179 do I want to make a mixtape of? And then I'd 00:00:56.179 --> 00:00:58.600 stick it in the stereo and just listen all day 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.340 to record the songs I wanted on that tape. So 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:04.829 yeah, it's just my, my childhood. Same here. 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:06.769 And that's kind of what we're going for tonight. 00:01:06.890 --> 00:01:09.150 I know with my buddies and I, we would get together 00:01:09.150 --> 00:01:11.849 and we'd sit down by the stereo and we record 00:01:11.849 --> 00:01:14.530 a mixtape and then play video games and hang 00:01:14.530 --> 00:01:16.930 out and listen to those songs. And it was a collaboration 00:01:16.930 --> 00:01:20.189 between my musical tastes and their musical tastes. 00:01:20.329 --> 00:01:22.250 And we're going to do that tonight. I'm excited. 00:01:22.730 --> 00:01:25.689 Same here. And since we're in the month of February, 00:01:26.030 --> 00:01:28.750 Valentine's Day is right around the corner. So 00:01:28.750 --> 00:01:31.670 tonight, Amanda and I will be curating a mixtape. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.519 of 90s slow jams just in case you were looking 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.700 to set the mood with your loved one 90s style 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:42.739 now for me this was actually a very challenging 00:01:42.739 --> 00:01:45.819 list because rock has always been my wheelhouse 00:01:45.819 --> 00:01:48.859 so i was originally thinking of pulling a bunch 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:50.680 of rock songs but the more we kept talking about 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.640 slow jams i'm like these songs are going to stick 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:56.560 out like a sore thumb so i really had to dig 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:00.060 deep and kind of dust off some cobwebs of some 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:01.980 of the old cassette singles i used to own in 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:04.700 the early 90s to come up with a list so for me 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:07.459 tonight this is out of my comfort zone and i'm 00:02:07.459 --> 00:02:10.520 kind of excited to dive into this to see how 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:14.300 much i actually have that you have and vice versa 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:17.740 yeah so i am curious amanda what were you looking 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:20.340 for in the songs that you brought to the table 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:24.210 this evening well This is a very specific genre 00:02:24.210 --> 00:02:27.050 for me that I really love. When I was a teenager, 00:02:27.270 --> 00:02:29.430 I don't know if anybody in Oklahoma City will 00:02:29.430 --> 00:02:31.729 be listening to this, but if you had KJ 103 and 00:02:31.729 --> 00:02:34.509 you listened on Sunday nights, they had slow 00:02:34.509 --> 00:02:36.270 jams. I actually think that first they called 00:02:36.270 --> 00:02:37.889 it the quiet storm and then they started calling 00:02:37.889 --> 00:02:40.909 it slow jams, but it was R &B slow jams every 00:02:40.909 --> 00:02:43.169 Sunday night. And I would listen to it and fall 00:02:43.169 --> 00:02:46.449 asleep to it. And so I was thinking like all 00:02:46.449 --> 00:02:49.949 of those songs and then also. songs that I made 00:02:49.949 --> 00:02:52.569 mixtapes of, you know, for people that I liked 00:02:52.569 --> 00:02:55.990 or to play during certain times, you know, set 00:02:55.990 --> 00:02:59.009 the mood, if you will. So yeah, that's kind of 00:02:59.009 --> 00:03:02.009 how I formed my list. All right. Well, let's 00:03:02.009 --> 00:03:03.990 get down to business then. Tonight, as I mentioned, 00:03:04.189 --> 00:03:07.090 Amanda and I are going to be curating a 90s slow 00:03:07.090 --> 00:03:09.669 jams mixtape, and we're going to use the old 00:03:09.669 --> 00:03:12.050 cassette deck approach, meaning our mixtape will 00:03:12.050 --> 00:03:15.270 be broken up into two sides, side A and side 00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:18.229 B. Amanda, as my special guest, will begin side 00:03:18.229 --> 00:03:21.129 A with her first song choice, and then I'll add 00:03:21.129 --> 00:03:23.909 a song that I feel best follows up that choice. 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:26.729 We'll then flip -flop choosing songs until we've 00:03:26.729 --> 00:03:30.139 mapped out 10 songs for side A. We'll then give 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:32.900 our mixtape a proverbial flip and we'll map out 00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:35.960 side B. Only this time, I'll kick the side off 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.139 with Amanda choosing second. Our overall goal 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:42.360 for this episode is to craft the best 90s slow 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.120 jams mixtape possible with only 20 songs. At 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:47.840 the end of the show, you can take our conversation 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:51.080 to the next level by visiting the 90s slow jams 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:54.259 page at myweeklymixtape .com and give our final 00:03:54.259 --> 00:03:57.770 mixtape a listen via the embedded playlist. Finally, 00:03:57.830 --> 00:03:59.490 if you like what you're hearing on the show, 00:03:59.650 --> 00:04:02.310 please consider becoming a Patreon mixtaper at 00:04:02.310 --> 00:04:05.729 patreon .com forward slash My Weekly Mixtape. 00:04:05.870 --> 00:04:08.250 I'd also like to welcome this week's newest Patreon 00:04:08.250 --> 00:04:11.330 mixtaper, David Lee Smith. David, thank you so 00:04:11.330 --> 00:04:13.669 much for being part of the mixtaper family, and 00:04:13.669 --> 00:04:15.689 I appreciate all the support you've been giving 00:04:15.689 --> 00:04:18.550 the show thus far. Woo, David! Amanda, before 00:04:18.550 --> 00:04:20.689 I turn it over to you to reveal your track one, 00:04:20.790 --> 00:04:23.209 some of the fellow mixtapers who follow me at 00:04:23.209 --> 00:04:25.889 My Weekly Mixtape on either Facebook... twitter 00:04:25.889 --> 00:04:28.829 instagram and tick tock have chimed in with their 00:04:28.829 --> 00:04:33.329 ideal opening track for a slow jams mixtape and 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:35.110 i want to share them now so we can have some 00:04:35.110 --> 00:04:38.470 food for thought as we lead into it okay patreon 00:04:38.470 --> 00:04:40.970 mixtape or cactus p chimed in with casey and 00:04:40.970 --> 00:04:45.430 jojo's all my life silks freak me new kids on 00:04:45.430 --> 00:04:49.129 the blocks i'll be loving you forever pm dawns 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:52.009 i die without you and then outside of patreon 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:55.399 Oh My God, I Love That Song chimed in with Guys, 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:58.680 Let's Chill. Jason Spiegel chimed in with Johnny 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.240 Gill's My, My, My. Brian at the Soundtrack Your 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:04.879 Life podcast chimed in with Janet Jackson's Again. 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:08.939 The X Radio X podcast chimed in with Jodeci's 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:13.360 Lately from MTV Unplugged. Jamie Lynn Howe chimed 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.980 in with Brian McKnight's Back at One. And Coley 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:18.740 Green chimed in with Madonna's Justify My Love. 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:21.399 Now, Amanda, we've got those picks out in the 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.040 universe. I'm going to officially press record 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.199 on our mixtape and the floor is yours. Why don't 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:29.759 you dive into which song you chose to kick off 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:33.480 side A? Okay. Well, all of those choices were 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:35.879 great and the majority of them are on my list. 00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:38.439 Picking the first song is difficult because I 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.279 want to kind of ease into it. So I'm going to 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:44.300 start with probably one of my favorite slow jams 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:47.759 of the 90s, but it's a little more upbeat. I'm 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.639 going to go with Can We Talk by Tevin Campbell. 00:05:51.469 --> 00:05:53.329 Nobody said that as a first pick, but that's 00:05:53.329 --> 00:05:57.009 what I'm doing anyway. So this song, first of 00:05:57.009 --> 00:05:59.769 all, the video was so beautiful. The song is 00:05:59.769 --> 00:06:01.610 just so beautiful. You know, you think about 00:06:01.610 --> 00:06:03.990 when you're trying to talk to someone you like, 00:06:04.069 --> 00:06:06.189 but you're shy and you don't really know how 00:06:06.189 --> 00:06:10.829 to approach them. And his voice is just so silky 00:06:10.829 --> 00:06:13.250 and smooth. And that song just hits me right 00:06:13.250 --> 00:06:16.870 in my heart. Like, oh, that's so beautiful. It 00:06:16.870 --> 00:06:19.329 is a really good song. That is one that I'm actually 00:06:19.329 --> 00:06:21.290 surprised you went with that as a starter because 00:06:21.290 --> 00:06:23.470 that was not one that was on my list. But as 00:06:23.470 --> 00:06:26.410 soon as you said it, I'm going, yeah, why didn't 00:06:26.410 --> 00:06:30.410 I think of that one? That's a great pick. So 00:06:30.410 --> 00:06:32.790 now coming out of that, I have to come up with 00:06:32.790 --> 00:06:36.889 something that compliments that. And I think 00:06:36.889 --> 00:06:38.550 I know what I'm going to go with. This one was 00:06:38.550 --> 00:06:40.769 a second hit for a band. And I know when I say 00:06:40.769 --> 00:06:42.410 the name of the album, everyone's going to automatically 00:06:42.410 --> 00:06:45.800 think I'm going with the title track. but i'm 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.920 not so i'm gonna go back to 1992 and the album 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:52.060 is if i ever fall in love and the band is shy 00:06:52.060 --> 00:06:57.040 but i'm gonna go with baby i'm yours i absolutely 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:00.740 love the harmonies in that song it gives me that 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:07.100 70s motown vibe with the just perfect four -part 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:11.800 harmonies it's a very smooth song it's sweet 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:14.660 And it's one of those songs that was probably 00:07:14.660 --> 00:07:17.459 played at a lot of weddings back in the 90s. 00:07:17.459 --> 00:07:20.459 It just feels like one of those perfect slow 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:23.959 jam love songs. And to kind of bounce off of 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.759 Tevin Campbell's smooth vocal delivery, I feel 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.300 like they have that in this song as well. So 00:07:29.300 --> 00:07:31.939 I'm going to go with track two, Shy's Baby, I'm 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:35.519 Yours. Nice. Okay, well, you definitely scooped 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:38.180 me on Shy because I did have If I Ever Fall In 00:07:38.180 --> 00:07:40.579 Love. I thought that one needed to be more in 00:07:40.579 --> 00:07:42.699 the middle or maybe like the start of side B 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:46.060 because it's just so like pure and soft and like 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:49.139 you get all those melodies. So, but your choice 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:51.600 is great too. I really like that. I loved shy 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.860 back in the day. So great. Now you have the challenge 00:07:54.860 --> 00:07:59.959 of what to follow it up with though. Okay. Let's 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:04.199 see. So this is one of the artists that I had 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.939 two songs written down and I had to decide which 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:09.639 one I want. I think I'm going to pick the one 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:13.040 that's my favorite just by a tad. Before I Let 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:17.139 You Go by Blackstreet. I feel like Blackstreet 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:20.519 didn't get enough love for Before I Let You Go 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.100 and then Don't Leave Me was the other one I had. 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:27.019 So both just really fantastic songs. Before I 00:08:27.019 --> 00:08:30.779 Let You Go just had a real smooth, but sort of 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:34.080 not upbeat, but it had like the tempo, but just 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:38.799 a super smooth jam. Love Blackstreet. blackstreet's 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.620 great i think most people automatically think 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:47.500 no diggity or for me because i was a rock guy 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.240 in the 90s they had a single called fix and they 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:54.080 did a rock version that was a remix so to me 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:57.000 that was like wow this is really wild and blackstreet 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:01.279 also did a cover of billy jean by michael jackson 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.279 as the b -side to no diggity so to me they were 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.269 always like kind of this party -esque group, 00:09:08.370 --> 00:09:12.250 you almost forget that they had songs like Before 00:09:12.250 --> 00:09:15.629 I Let You Go. Because when you mention Blackstreet 00:09:15.629 --> 00:09:19.149 now in 2023, everyone's going to go, no diggity. 00:09:19.309 --> 00:09:22.690 No diggity, no doubt. Exactly. But there are 00:09:22.690 --> 00:09:25.090 these other songs lying beneath the surface that 00:09:25.090 --> 00:09:27.990 I think are unfortunately forgotten when you 00:09:27.990 --> 00:09:29.769 talk about that band and they shouldn't be. So 00:09:29.769 --> 00:09:33.269 I'm glad you picked that one. And this next pick 00:09:33.269 --> 00:09:36.789 is actually going to be tough for me. Actually, 00:09:36.970 --> 00:09:38.789 you know what? Now that I said that, it's not. 00:09:39.529 --> 00:09:41.629 I'm going to say you're making this next pick 00:09:41.629 --> 00:09:45.850 hard for me, and I'm going to go to 1997, rated 00:09:45.850 --> 00:09:48.649 next, and I'm going to go with Next's Too Close. 00:09:49.230 --> 00:09:52.730 Nice. Coming out of Blackstreet, this one's a 00:09:52.730 --> 00:09:54.669 little more upbeat. It's got a little bit more 00:09:54.669 --> 00:09:57.389 of a groove to it. I wouldn't call it a fast 00:09:57.389 --> 00:10:00.190 dancer, but it definitely has a groove to it 00:10:00.190 --> 00:10:03.309 that's maybe a little more high tempo than a 00:10:03.309 --> 00:10:06.590 slow jam. but man this song was so ridiculously 00:10:06.590 --> 00:10:10.169 catchy it was everywhere on the radio the vocals 00:10:10.169 --> 00:10:14.429 were spot on perfect and it's dare i say it it's 00:10:14.429 --> 00:10:19.110 a sexy song it really oozes it and it's a fantastic 00:10:19.110 --> 00:10:22.190 track that i think follows up black street really 00:10:22.190 --> 00:10:25.590 well so i agree for track four i'm gonna add 00:10:25.590 --> 00:10:29.629 in next too close i didn't have that one only 00:10:29.629 --> 00:10:31.450 because i did think it was a little too upbeat 00:10:31.450 --> 00:10:33.639 but It's kind of funny. I don't know if you're 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.679 on TikTok, but I think this is more last year. 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.299 There were so many TikToks of people our age 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:40.960 going, you know, songs that you didn't realize 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:42.659 what the lyrics were in the 90s. And they're 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:44.279 listening to that song and they're bopping and 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:48.340 then they're like, uh, we have no business listening 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:51.090 to that song. No, no. But when you listen to 00:10:51.090 --> 00:10:53.090 it now, you're like, oh, that's a double entendre. 00:10:53.110 --> 00:10:55.289 I see what they're doing there. It just went 00:10:55.289 --> 00:10:57.549 right over our heads. That's all. But honestly, 00:10:57.809 --> 00:11:01.309 musically, that song was just spot on. And even 00:11:01.309 --> 00:11:04.149 though it's a little faster, I feel like it's 00:11:04.149 --> 00:11:08.190 slow enough to kind of keep it in that mood and 00:11:08.190 --> 00:11:10.529 that vibe that we're going for with this. Yeah, 00:11:10.610 --> 00:11:16.330 that sounds great. Okay, well. I was going to 00:11:16.330 --> 00:11:18.230 do something different, but I think to come down 00:11:18.230 --> 00:11:20.250 from too close, we'll just take it down a little 00:11:20.250 --> 00:11:23.090 notch with a song that's still a little upbeat, 00:11:23.210 --> 00:11:25.590 but a little slower just to kind of maybe, I 00:11:25.590 --> 00:11:27.250 mean, we'll see what you do after, but if we're 00:11:27.250 --> 00:11:29.610 going to go back down into the slow, smooth stuff, 00:11:29.710 --> 00:11:34.149 I am going to go with, this is actually another 00:11:34.149 --> 00:11:36.289 artist I had two songs written down of. I just 00:11:36.289 --> 00:11:39.129 realized it. I'm going to go with Twisted by 00:11:39.129 --> 00:11:43.830 Keith Sweat. Such a great song. That whole album. 00:11:44.269 --> 00:11:45.870 And the other one I had written down was Nobody, 00:11:46.090 --> 00:11:49.409 which is just such a sexy song. But Twisted's 00:11:49.409 --> 00:11:51.850 like, you know, you can kind of groove to it, 00:11:51.889 --> 00:11:53.789 but it's slow enough that you can like sit down 00:11:53.789 --> 00:11:55.429 in your chair and groove to it and just like 00:11:55.429 --> 00:11:59.450 lean back. And I like the lyrics. Yeah, I see 00:11:59.450 --> 00:12:01.950 where you're going with that. That one did not 00:12:01.950 --> 00:12:05.309 make my list, but I could see immediately why 00:12:05.309 --> 00:12:07.909 it does make this tape. And that's one of those 00:12:07.909 --> 00:12:10.610 ones where it's like, because this isn't my wheelhouse, 00:12:10.669 --> 00:12:13.559 as soon as you said it. the cobwebs kind of got 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:17.100 dusted off my brain and I went, oh yeah, that 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:21.539 does work. So this is where if it's a rock episode, 00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:24.080 I'm like firing on all cylinders. And on this 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:27.019 one, I feel like I'm getting some knowledge of 00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:29.740 songs that I just didn't remember. And I'm so 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:32.340 stoked about that because that was a fantastic 00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:36.360 tune. Yes. Yeah, it really was. I had that CD 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.360 and I played it on repeat. It was so good. Now 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.039 coming out of that. I think I want to go with 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:46.419 something with definitely slower. And I want 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:48.860 to bring some females into this discussion because 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:51.799 there are some female slow jams that are absolutely 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.659 amazing. And I'm going to go with one that I 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:58.799 think is probably one of the best female vocal 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.919 groups of the 90s. And I'm going to go off the 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:07.220 album Funky Divas from 1992. And I'm going to 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:09.659 go with En Vogue's Giving Him Something He Could 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:15.590 Feel. fantastic choice yeah that song is 70s 00:13:15.590 --> 00:13:22.809 perfection in a 90s shell that song in 1975 would 00:13:22.809 --> 00:13:26.230 have been as big of a smash as it was nearly 00:13:26.230 --> 00:13:31.649 20 years later in 1992. it's got this 70s r b 00:13:31.649 --> 00:13:36.840 vibe the vocals are so smooth so beautiful and 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.519 it's got such an attitude on top of the silky 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:44.139 delivery that they're using in the vocals so 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:47.059 you feel what they're saying and this is one 00:13:47.059 --> 00:13:50.519 of those songs that again you think of en vogue 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.039 people go to free your mind people go to the 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.759 uh what a man with salt and pepper this one gets 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:59.779 almost buried and it shouldn't because it's easily 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:02.740 one of their best songs so it's my favorite it's 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:05.679 fantastic so and Vogue giving him something he 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:10.220 could feel I love that that song is so just yeah 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:12.659 you're right you have like the older vibes it's 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:16.059 like kind of like if Gladys Knight and had a 00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:19.539 girl band or like whoever and they went on further 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:21.539 they would sing songs like that you know I don't 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:24.259 know which I know she did stuff by herself but 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:25.960 it just feels like one of those kind of groups 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.840 where it's so you feel like you could be in a 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.779 speakeasy or something just like sitting back 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:33.700 having a glass of wine and listening to it it's 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:36.940 so classic it's got a timeless sound and a timeless 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:39.460 energy to it and i think the thing that draws 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:45.879 me to 90s r &b versus modern r &b is the fact 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:50.320 that this was their natural voices it was not 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:53.120 a lot of auto -tune going on not a lot of the 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.159 modern effects that are pretty much the mainstay 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:00.460 of music now. I'm hard pressed to find a pop 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:03.440 artist that doesn't incorporate auto -tune to 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.480 almost the point of a robotic nature. There was 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.259 none of that. En Vogue was, if they were standing 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:11.360 in front of you, they could just belt that out 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.679 in that three, four part harmony and nail it 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.980 right in front of you without any other music 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:19.679 playing. And that was a talent that I feel like 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:23.399 unfortunately gets overlooked. in modern age 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.539 because so many people are so used to that robe 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.559 i don't want to call it robotic but to that auto 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.779 -tune sound it almost becomes if you're not using 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:34.899 it what's wrong with this but it's actually natural 00:15:34.899 --> 00:15:38.500 and normal so the unnatural has become normal 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:41.840 and i feel like and vogue their voices were so 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.179 refreshing i mean going back to free your mind 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:46.899 which is not a slow jam at all listen to the 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:49.700 gravel and the grit that they're singing And 00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:51.840 then they belt into the harmonies going into 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:56.440 the bridge. That's all like passion. Yeah. That's 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:59.179 not contrived in any way with moving around a 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:02.080 dial in the studio. And I feel like modern music 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.779 needs that kick in the pants, so to speak, because 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:09.580 songs like this just are timeless. I agree. Totally. 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:12.759 And I actually had Hold On by Envo Gritten Down. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.960 Another great one. Giving him something he can 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:16.899 feel. I think I like that better. It's just so 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:20.620 like. I don't know. Yeah, it's perfection. So 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:23.179 the question is, do I want to follow up with 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:26.360 a female group as well? Or do I want to go back 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:34.620 the other way? We're on song number seven. Okay, 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:38.899 I am going to pick a girl group again. And then 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:42.259 now I have to decide which one. That's not who 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.720 I thought you were going with. I was looking 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.620 at my two other girl groups going, don't pick 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:49.179 that one. I'm going to go with a lesser known 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.820 one, actually. I actually think this was maybe 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:55.919 a one hit wonder too. I am going to go with Stroke 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:01.600 You Up by Changing Faces. Loved that song in 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.380 the 90s. Was so sexual. And, you know, I was 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:08.359 like, maybe. 16 when that song came out, maybe 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:11.119 15. So, you know, I understood some of it, but 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:13.079 not all of it. But I could just imagine like 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:14.980 making out with my boyfriend and just be like 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:17.700 stroking his hair and he's stroking my hair. 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:19.900 And it just felt so like, oh, that would be the 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:22.640 perfect song to just make out to. And it doesn't 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.059 get a lot of love, which I think it should. Yeah, 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:28.259 that's definitely one that I don't think I'm 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:30.940 going to guess that a few people listening to 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:33.380 this show are going to have to pause and go look 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:36.660 it up. Probably. But I will say this. You don't 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:38.759 have to because if you just go to myweeklymixtape 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.259 .com and go to the Slow Jams page, we've got 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:44.019 it sitting there waiting for you so you can listen 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:48.299 to it and kind of have the 90s Slow Jams play 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:50.420 along at home game, I guess, if you want to call 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:53.559 it that. All the work's done for you. Yeah, that's 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.759 a deep cut. And it only got played, I think, 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:57.259 for like a year or two and then just kind of 00:17:57.259 --> 00:18:00.599 went away. You're definitely jostling some cobwebs 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:03.420 off people's minds tonight. I like that. Yay. 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.180 So now coming out of that. i'm gonna actually 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:09.900 flex a little bit of my rock muscles with this 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:14.259 one okay but when you hear the song i think there'll 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:18.740 be no doubt that it is a perfect slow jam i'm 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:21.900 gonna go back to 1991 and when i say the name 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.420 of the album you're automatically going to think 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:25.960 huh and then when i say the name of the song 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.099 you'll probably go oh yeah that definitely works 00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:33.180 as a slow jam and the album is 1991's mama said 00:18:33.829 --> 00:18:36.970 And I'm going to go with Lenny Kravitz, It Ain't 00:18:36.970 --> 00:18:42.289 Over Till It's Over. Okay. Yeah. It is a 70s 00:18:42.289 --> 00:18:48.029 R &B style song. He stripped out the rock guitars, 00:18:48.210 --> 00:18:51.329 like in Mama Said and Are You Gonna Go My Way? 00:18:51.529 --> 00:18:55.289 He has got a very silky smooth voice. I feel 00:18:55.289 --> 00:18:57.210 like I've said silk a million times in this episode. 00:18:57.289 --> 00:19:00.130 It's the main adjective to describe most of these 00:19:00.130 --> 00:19:03.069 songs. it really is i we should probably get 00:19:03.069 --> 00:19:06.049 grab a thesaurus here and try to find other words 00:19:06.049 --> 00:19:09.109 for silk but really yeah there velvety there 00:19:09.109 --> 00:19:12.849 you go velvety smooth but lenny kravitz has a 00:19:12.849 --> 00:19:16.529 gravel to his voice and he took it out for this 00:19:16.529 --> 00:19:19.289 song and when you listen to that song in this 00:19:19.289 --> 00:19:22.450 mix where we're going right now i think it fits 00:19:22.450 --> 00:19:26.569 in absolutely perfectly and i get to at least 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:29.400 bring a little bit of where i stand musically 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.240 into this discussion which is a rock guy who 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:35.740 has respect for pop and r b and here was an artist 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:40.779 who crossed over from rock to pop to r b and 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:44.039 back and did it consistently and still does it 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:47.500 he bridges genres and i feel like this one slides 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:51.700 perfectly into side a this tape so far i agree 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:54.759 that's a great choice I wouldn't have personally 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.299 picked it, but I definitely agree that it goes 00:19:57.299 --> 00:20:02.140 and it's a great song for sure. Ooh, what am 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:06.640 I going to follow that up with? Hmm. I guess 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.339 I'm going to throw in something a little more 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.920 popular and something I think that would be a 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:14.819 decent follow -up to that one. I am going to 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:18.900 go with I'm Still in Love With You by New Edition. 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:23.799 Ooh. Another favorite song of mine. Loved New 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:27.200 Edition so much. And that song is just so beautiful. 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:30.059 It's definitely a good like breakup song slash 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:33.160 I want you back song. New Edition and New Kids 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:35.039 on the Block were just like everything to me 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:37.099 in the 90s. They were everything to a lot of 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:39.839 people. Did you see the New Year's Rockin' Eve 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.180 with New Edition performing on stage in Times 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:45.359 Square? What'd you think? Well, I was there, 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:48.470 so. You went? Yeah, I was in Times Square. We 00:20:48.470 --> 00:20:50.670 were at a party in a building right above Times 00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:52.970 Square. So we got to watch everything. It was 00:20:52.970 --> 00:20:54.849 and we had food and drinks and bathrooms. So 00:20:54.849 --> 00:20:56.369 it was cool. Oh, I was about to say that's the 00:20:56.369 --> 00:20:59.069 perfect way to do it. The only way I would do 00:20:59.069 --> 00:21:01.650 it. You could not pay me to stand in that crowd. 00:21:01.769 --> 00:21:04.809 I don't just there's no universe where standing 00:21:04.809 --> 00:21:08.309 in that crowd is even remotely appealing. Yeah, 00:21:08.410 --> 00:21:10.309 because you can't have anything. You can't have 00:21:10.309 --> 00:21:11.869 drinks. You can't have food. If you leave and 00:21:11.869 --> 00:21:13.009 go to the bathroom, you're going to lose your 00:21:13.009 --> 00:21:16.150 spot like. It's pretty crazy. So yeah, that was 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:18.710 the best way to do it. And yeah, when I saw new 00:21:18.710 --> 00:21:21.710 edition, I was like, I couldn't see them physically, 00:21:21.849 --> 00:21:24.329 obviously, but I was like, yeah. So I had to 00:21:24.329 --> 00:21:27.109 turn it on the TV and stuff. So yeah, I don't 00:21:27.109 --> 00:21:28.789 care how old they are. It's like new kids on 00:21:28.789 --> 00:21:31.430 the block. I'll still watch and listen. Yeah. 00:21:31.890 --> 00:21:34.829 Now coming out of that song, I'm going to stick 00:21:34.829 --> 00:21:38.130 with the R &B group here because we're closing 00:21:38.130 --> 00:21:43.009 out aside. And one song I knew I wanted to include 00:21:43.009 --> 00:21:46.619 on this. It's definitely a slow jam. I don't 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:49.680 know if I'd call it a love song. The lyrics make 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:52.599 this more of a breakup song. But when you're 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.660 talking about the end of the side, I have the 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:58.099 perfect closer. And this is the only time I could 00:21:58.099 --> 00:22:01.119 drop a closer. So I am going to close out Side 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:06.279 A from the 1992 Boomerang soundtrack. And I'm 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:08.980 going to go with Boyz II Men, End of the Road. 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:13.809 One of my... favorite pop songs of the 90s period 00:22:13.809 --> 00:22:16.809 and maybe one of my favorite pop songs of all 00:22:16.809 --> 00:22:21.470 time it is so beautiful the lyrics hit me every 00:22:21.470 --> 00:22:25.470 time i hear it it is boys to men's greatest song 00:22:25.470 --> 00:22:30.309 in my opinion and i'm a huge cover nerd me first 00:22:30.309 --> 00:22:32.910 and the gimme gimme's do a fantastic punk version 00:22:32.910 --> 00:22:36.329 of it which i love because i love closing out 00:22:36.329 --> 00:22:39.190 punk mixes with it because again end of the road 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:43.500 I just love the song. And Boyz II Men, there 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:46.740 was no way we were getting through a 90s slow 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:50.539 jam episode and not talking about them. I'm guessing 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:52.859 I scooped the band for you in some way, shape, 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:54.859 or form. Oh, yeah, for sure. But if you don't 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:57.480 have End of the Road, I'm going to guess you 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:59.400 would have went with the other song I had kind 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:01.599 of sitting in my list, which was I'll Make Love 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:04.819 to You, the other big Boyz II Men song. But closing 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:07.539 out Side A, Boyz II Men, End of the Road. I would 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:10.130 love to hear what you think of this one. I had 00:23:10.130 --> 00:23:12.829 Into the Road as well. It brings back middle 00:23:12.829 --> 00:23:15.210 school dances. I remember dancing to that with 00:23:15.210 --> 00:23:18.009 boys that I liked and just, yeah, such a beautiful 00:23:18.009 --> 00:23:21.309 song. And of course, Boomerang is, oh, that song 00:23:21.309 --> 00:23:23.349 fits so perfectly into that movie and story, 00:23:23.509 --> 00:23:26.410 which that's a movie I really like. Boys to Men 00:23:26.410 --> 00:23:28.289 can do no wrong, in my opinion. They were my 00:23:28.289 --> 00:23:31.829 first concert, actually. Really? With not that 00:23:31.829 --> 00:23:34.670 album, but with the following one that had, you 00:23:34.670 --> 00:23:37.049 know, I'll Make Love to You and Water Runs Dry 00:23:37.049 --> 00:23:40.900 and all those songs. Yeah. So I agree. That's 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.700 perfect to close out that side. Good choice. 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:45.460 Thank you. Last time I was walking around Disney 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.579 with my family, we were in Epcot. We're walking 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:50.599 around and all of a sudden we're going by one 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:53.319 of these pavilions and I hear end of the road. 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:56.599 So I'm like, Ooh, stop. I want to listen. And 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.759 I'm listening to the song and my kids are like, 00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:01.380 you know, we want to go to the next thing. And 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:03.900 I'm like, let me hear the song. And I'm saying 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:07.289 to my wife, I'm going. This cover band is there 00:24:07.289 --> 00:24:10.650 are spot on. And then when they were finished 00:24:10.650 --> 00:24:13.670 with that song, they go into I'll make love to 00:24:13.670 --> 00:24:15.789 you. And I said, hold on a minute. And it was 00:24:15.789 --> 00:24:19.809 legit boys to men performing in Epcot. So I said, 00:24:19.809 --> 00:24:21.509 let's just stay here for the next 10 minutes. 00:24:21.549 --> 00:24:24.150 And we found an excuse to get the kids a snack 00:24:24.150 --> 00:24:26.549 and we watched their set and they were unbelievable. 00:24:26.849 --> 00:24:31.269 They are so good live. Oh, yeah. Just so amazing 00:24:31.269 --> 00:24:35.529 vocally. One of the best. If R &B, I don't want 00:24:35.529 --> 00:24:38.150 to say of all time, but especially from the 90s 00:24:38.150 --> 00:24:40.369 on, easily one of the best R &B groups. Yeah, 00:24:40.430 --> 00:24:42.250 they still are. To this day, they still put out 00:24:42.250 --> 00:24:45.210 great stuff. I saw them maybe four or five years 00:24:45.210 --> 00:24:51.789 ago. They were touring with New Kids, TLC, Minus 00:24:51.789 --> 00:24:57.509 Chili, and Nelly. Really? Yeah, and it was fantastic. 00:24:58.730 --> 00:25:00.509 That's a cool lineup. Cause I know Nelly's also 00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.569 been doing a lot of country shows with like Florida, 00:25:03.589 --> 00:25:07.170 Georgia line. Oh, nice. Okay. Yeah, it was, it 00:25:07.170 --> 00:25:09.750 was great. My whole childhood summed up in one 00:25:09.750 --> 00:25:12.130 concert. There you go. You had salt and pepper 00:25:12.130 --> 00:25:14.589 in there. It would have been perfect. Yeah. It 00:25:14.589 --> 00:25:16.329 always brings out a little extra flavor, right? 00:25:16.349 --> 00:25:21.119 The salt and pepper. And with that, folks, we 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:25.279 are concluding side A of our 90s Slow Jams mixtape, 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:28.940 which consists of Tevin Campbell's Can We Talk, 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:33.400 Shy's Baby I'm Yours, Black Street's Before I 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:38.200 Let You Go, Next's Too Close, Keith Sweat's Twisted, 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:41.180 and Vogue's Giving Him Something He Could Feel, 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:45.420 Changing Faces' Stroke You Up, Lenny Kravitz' 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.690 It Ain't Over Till It's Over, new additions i'm 00:25:48.690 --> 00:25:51.970 still in love with you and boys to men end of 00:25:51.970 --> 00:25:55.309 the road remember to head over to my weekly mixtape 00:25:55.309 --> 00:25:57.970 .com so you can hear all the songs we've discussed 00:25:57.970 --> 00:26:00.849 in this mix through the playlist embedded on 00:26:00.849 --> 00:26:04.069 the episode page now amanda before we hit stop 00:26:04.069 --> 00:26:06.450 and flip our proverbial mixtape over to side 00:26:06.450 --> 00:26:08.849 b why don't you tell listeners a little bit more 00:26:08.849 --> 00:26:11.130 about the sipless podcast and what you're doing 00:26:11.130 --> 00:26:14.380 over there Thank you. So I am the host of The 00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.480 Sip List, which is a top five podcast. We pick 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:20.160 a topic and we list our top five favorites and 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:24.559 mostly pop culture, movies, TV, music, books. 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:28.079 We tackle some other random topics as well. And 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:31.579 we actually did recently 90s bands and groups 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:34.440 that didn't get as much love as we thought. And 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:37.400 Blackstreet was on mine. So we do stuff like 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.220 that. I have different guests and we try to. 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:41.720 bring information to people and get them to try 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:44.200 new things and nothing's off the table so definitely 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.579 check it out so now we are flipping over to side 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:50.900 b and i have the task of starting things off 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:53.099 and i think i'm going to start with something 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:56.480 that leans slightly more towards the rock end 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.619 of r b but it's another artist that when i mentioned 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:04.619 the song name i immediately when i played the 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:07.339 song and said this is perfect for this mix regardless 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:11.579 of this person does rock music or leans r b or 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:15.660 leans pop he does everything i should say he 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:18.359 did everything and he did everything perfectly 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:22.299 so i'm going back to 1991 and i'm going with 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:25.279 the legendary prince and the new power generation 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:28.259 and i'm going with the title track diamonds and 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:34.420 pearls good one an absolutely gorgeous song And 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:38.200 it's R &B tinged with Prince's flavor. So it's 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:42.039 not necessarily like the other R &B songs we're 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:44.880 talking about tonight. But let me tell you, Prince, 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:47.819 whatever he does is gold in some way, shape or 00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:50.920 form. Oh, yeah. And this song is that. It is 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:54.339 beautiful. It's sexy. It's got a little bit of 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:56.960 a rock vibe to it, where in my mind as a musician, 00:27:57.099 --> 00:28:01.480 it's like, ooh, I connect with this. And it just 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:04.750 gets stuck in your head. It's one of those songs 00:28:04.750 --> 00:28:07.250 that once you hear it, it's like, I got to play 00:28:07.250 --> 00:28:09.390 that again. That thing's got a groove to it. 00:28:10.069 --> 00:28:13.049 So I don't know if it's necessarily a slow jam, 00:28:13.309 --> 00:28:16.789 but man, I think he nails it on this one. I think 00:28:16.789 --> 00:28:19.150 it's a perfect way to kick off a side because 00:28:19.150 --> 00:28:22.190 it opens the doors to some maybe new directions. 00:28:22.230 --> 00:28:25.269 So I'm going to start side B with Prince and 00:28:25.269 --> 00:28:28.109 the New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearls. 00:28:28.829 --> 00:28:32.019 I like that choice. that is a great song one 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:35.240 of my favorites by prince actually although does 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:37.799 prince have many bad songs i don't think so no 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.380 no and i mean if we were doing an 80s slow jam 00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:44.019 mix purple rain come on i mean and again that's 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.660 another one it's kind of rock but you know there's 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:48.839 the r b that's just flowing through it because 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.680 that where he was musically he defied the genres 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:55.579 and that's what i love about it because I could 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:57.940 sit there and put Prince on a rock mix. I can 00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:01.339 put him on an R &B mix and nobody can argue either 00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:05.519 one because he was so multifaceted. It's just 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.740 plug and play in any type of mix. And that's 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.980 what I love about him. And I miss about him so 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:12.740 much. I would have gone straight for Darling 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:15.259 Nikki if I was doing an 80s one. Oh, yeah. That's 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:18.420 another great one. That's a great slow jam. I 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:20.400 mean, but again, with the rock and the guitar 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:22.680 and the, you know, just everything is so good. 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:26.490 And then Talking Rock. Obviously, you know, Prince, 00:29:26.690 --> 00:29:28.609 the Purple Rain album is a little bit of a rock 00:29:28.609 --> 00:29:31.630 album. But in the 90s, Darling Nikki had an explosion 00:29:31.630 --> 00:29:34.150 when the Foo Fighters covered it for a B -side. 00:29:34.529 --> 00:29:37.990 And that shows that that R &B -esque rock song 00:29:37.990 --> 00:29:41.809 fit perfectly into the rock world because there 00:29:41.809 --> 00:29:44.869 was zero R &B in the Foo Fighters version. Oh, 00:29:44.890 --> 00:29:47.490 yeah. But the vibe was still there. And that's 00:29:47.490 --> 00:29:50.250 because Prince wrote it that way to kind of have 00:29:50.250 --> 00:29:54.660 that cross -genre appeal. So, yes, I couldn't 00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:58.000 say I could do an entire episode on Prince. And 00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:00.299 I still don't feel like there's no way to do 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:03.839 him justice in 20 songs. No, I don't think so 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.559 either. But yeah, that's a really good one. So 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.200 I have a song I'm waiting to drop and I keep 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:13.180 like it doesn't end up quite following what you 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:15.279 give me. But I think I'm just going to go ahead 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.220 and go for it. I'm just going to rip off the 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:20.559 bandaid and we're going to go directly into Freak 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:23.269 Me by Silk. i've been waiting for it and i'm 00:30:23.269 --> 00:30:24.970 like let's just do it let's just throw it in 00:30:24.970 --> 00:30:27.970 there who doesn't love that song i mean seriously 00:30:27.970 --> 00:30:30.950 this song is was everywhere you could not turn 00:30:30.950 --> 00:30:33.829 on a radio station without hearing this every 00:30:33.829 --> 00:30:36.990 hour on the hour every top five at nine on z100 00:30:36.990 --> 00:30:39.990 in new york city they always had the top five 00:30:39.990 --> 00:30:42.569 at nine and i think that song was on there for 00:30:42.569 --> 00:30:47.980 months months and months it just never left Yeah. 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.000 And, you know, again, it's like I had a boyfriend. 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.720 That was his favorite song. So when we would 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.740 talk on the phone, he'd always play it for me. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:57.339 And it's like we were in like ninth grade. We 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:59.039 could listen to the lyrics and we knew what he 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:01.079 was saying, but we weren't really like, hey, 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:03.019 you want to come over and look me up and down? 00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:06.680 No, we're 15. We're not going to do that. It 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:09.079 was much more of an innocence to it, listening 00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:11.880 to it when we were that age. It's just like, 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.359 again, hey, let's make out to the song and to 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.700 the groove. And, you know, the words are nice, 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:19.819 too, but not taking it literally. Right. And 00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:22.279 I think I got the perfect song to follow that 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:25.859 up with now because it's definitely one where 00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:29.339 it came out in 1991. So I was still a freshman 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:32.920 in high school. So obviously the song lyrics 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.140 were a little more. meant for people older than 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:38.220 I was, but the song was everywhere. You could 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.839 not escape it on radio. And it was in one of 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.759 the biggest movies of the year, which was new 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:46.279 Jack city. And I'm going to go with color me 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:50.799 bad. I want to sex you up. This song was everywhere. 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.960 And I know there are people either laughing or 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.779 screaming at their headphones right now that 00:31:56.779 --> 00:32:00.359 I'm including color me bad in a slow jams mix, 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:05.380 but this was a massive, massive hit. song yes 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:09.039 everybody owned it it was number one for god 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.740 i mean the band is only for the most part known 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:13.819 for this i know they had other songs but really 00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:17.240 this is the one everybody knows so i don't know 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.119 if they're a legitimate one hit wonder because 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:21.180 i think they did have a secondary charting hit 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:24.039 but i don't i'll be perfectly honest i don't 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:26.259 remember any of the other ones oh i do because 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:28.759 i have one written down oh okay well they're 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:31.900 great you can fill me on what that is and uh 00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:35.230 maybe Cure some more cobwebs off my head. Yeah. 00:32:35.390 --> 00:32:37.890 So they're from my hometown. They actually grew 00:32:37.890 --> 00:32:41.049 up very close to where I lived, but I did have 00:32:41.049 --> 00:32:43.650 a color me bad song, but I had a slower one and 00:32:43.650 --> 00:32:47.609 it was, I adore me a more. You're right. Oh my 00:32:47.609 --> 00:32:50.029 God. I was going to pick instead of freak me, 00:32:50.049 --> 00:32:52.450 but I changed my mind. Oh. And then I scooped 00:32:52.450 --> 00:32:54.769 you on color me bad with the wrong song too. 00:32:54.869 --> 00:32:57.529 Apparently, you know what? It's fine. But yeah, 00:32:57.589 --> 00:33:03.440 that song was super just. so sensual and velvety 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:05.240 and you know even though they're a bunch of white 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.579 dudes you just still the groove it was very like 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:11.980 they had the 90210 soundtrack vibe where you 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:14.240 got a lot of different people but it was just 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.180 all very like just very sexy and especially with 00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:19.500 a little bit of spanish in there you're like 00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:23.579 okay wow yeah that was definitely i'll be honest 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:26.400 i completely forgot about that one as soon as 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:31.339 you said it it was like You're right. 100%. 100%. 00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:36.440 Well, mark that off my list. That's okay. Okay. 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.440 I want to sex you up. What am I going to follow 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:46.480 that up with? How about... Hmm. Let's slow it 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:51.240 down a little, but not too much. I will go with 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:56.769 I Want to Know by Joe. Ooh, okay. So not a super 00:33:56.769 --> 00:34:00.009 drop down into slowness, but, you know, making 00:34:00.009 --> 00:34:02.190 our way down the hill with it. Love that song. 00:34:02.549 --> 00:34:05.930 That was another massive, massive hit. Yeah. 00:34:06.569 --> 00:34:09.349 I mean, if you hear a guy singing to you, I want 00:34:09.349 --> 00:34:12.409 to know what turns you on. Thank you. Yes, please. 00:34:12.570 --> 00:34:16.050 Let me list all the ways. Thank you for asking. 00:34:16.829 --> 00:34:21.030 I appreciate that. Yes. There's a guy who is 00:34:21.030 --> 00:34:24.980 willing to learn. He is our king. I will take 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:28.139 it. Well, following that up though, obviously 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:31.960 we have done podcast episodes before and we've 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:35.260 talked about music a bunch of times and I listened 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:37.159 to all different genres and something that was 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:42.400 big in the nineties was the R &B country crossovers. 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:47.639 And there are two R &B country crossover hits 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:50.800 that I have in my list and I'm trying to figure 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:53.599 out which of the two I want to go with. And I 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:59.840 think I'm going to go with All For One. And the 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:03.320 song is I Swear, which was from their 1994 self 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.960 -titled album. But it was originally recorded 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:08.300 as a country song by John Michael Montgomery 00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:12.900 for his 1994 album, Kicking It Up. So it was 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:17.920 a hit simultaneously on country radio and on 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:21.489 R &B radio by two different bands. I thought 00:35:21.489 --> 00:35:24.730 All for Ones was first. John Michael Montgomery's 00:35:24.730 --> 00:35:26.630 version actually came out a few months earlier. 00:35:26.789 --> 00:35:29.449 However, at the time, they were both kind of 00:35:29.449 --> 00:35:32.789 simultaneously being played on regular pop radio 00:35:32.789 --> 00:35:35.250 for the All for One version and country radio 00:35:35.250 --> 00:35:37.730 for the John Michael Montgomery version. And 00:35:37.730 --> 00:35:41.369 it's not like a big difference in time. So obviously, 00:35:41.489 --> 00:35:44.250 there's definitely some overlap there. Learn 00:35:44.250 --> 00:35:46.489 something new every day. All for One is one of 00:35:46.489 --> 00:35:50.079 those groups again. fantastic harmonies beautiful 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:54.579 harmonies and i feel like that kind of 50s doo 00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:59.480 -wop yes element that still lived through motown 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:02.840 and through the 90s was still big because you 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:05.920 had groups like boys to men all for one and to 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:09.940 me i just love the fact that the harmonies were 00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:12.579 so perfect And then when you strip it down to 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.579 John Michael Montgomery's version, it's just 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:17.079 him and some background vocals. It still works 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:19.659 as well. So again, there's this little bit of 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:21.900 a crossover appeal in the songs I'm picking tonight 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:25.260 because it's just who I am musically. But I do 00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:28.360 want to give a shout out to Succotash54 because 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:31.860 he chimed in with All For Ones, I swear as well. 00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:35.050 So I'm glad I'm not alone with this one. No, 00:36:35.090 --> 00:36:38.989 that's a fantastic song. My only issue with that 00:36:38.989 --> 00:36:41.070 song and actually it's not an issue. It's just, 00:36:41.070 --> 00:36:43.429 I can't find that song to be like super sexy 00:36:43.429 --> 00:36:46.889 because every time I hear it, I picture Ryan 00:36:46.889 --> 00:36:51.579 Reynolds in a fat suit. singing it from just 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:54.900 friends so it ruins i mean it's a beautiful song 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:57.059 it just ruins the mood because all i can picture 00:36:57.059 --> 00:37:00.280 is that well now now i'm picturing it crap can 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.780 i just go back and scratch it off and put something 00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:06.360 else in no it's a great song it's just you know 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:10.199 that movie is tied to that song for me yeah damn 00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:16.929 you ryan reynolds oh i love him okay Well, so 00:37:16.929 --> 00:37:20.769 I'm also going to follow it up, I think, with 00:37:20.769 --> 00:37:26.710 a little, man. So let me ask you this. This is 00:37:26.710 --> 00:37:29.150 a technical question and you can leave this in 00:37:29.150 --> 00:37:31.889 or take it out. Are we going to call Jodeci and 00:37:31.889 --> 00:37:36.860 Casey and Jojo the same? Hmm. You know, let me 00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:41.239 follow that up with a question and say, are we 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:43.579 going to consider Refugee Camp All -Stars featuring 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:45.960 Lauryn Hill and Lauryn Hill one and the same? 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.940 So let's just say they are two different groups. 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:53.860 Okay. I'm going to go ahead and go with All My 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:57.159 Life by Casey and JoJo. Following up a beautiful 00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:59.400 love song with another beautiful love song, I 00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:04.639 think. I swear you get the, like you said, 50s 00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:09.579 doo -wop, but slower. I think with All My Life, 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:12.460 you get more of the Motown feel, but you've still 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:15.780 got the pretty love -songy music. I don't know 00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:18.920 how to describe that. It's kind of separated 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.880 from some of the other where you have the smooth 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:24.539 R &B grooves. It's more like a boy band love 00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:28.800 song, but with guys with way better voices. I 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.809 definitely hear the pop. element coming through 00:38:31.809 --> 00:38:33.829 this one. That's what I'm looking for. It's definitely 00:38:33.829 --> 00:38:37.389 leaning more pop than R &B, but it still completely 00:38:37.389 --> 00:38:40.170 fits the genre and completely fits the mood. 00:38:40.369 --> 00:38:43.750 I don't hear any universe where this song was 00:38:43.750 --> 00:38:47.449 absolutely massive. I want to say I worked in 00:38:47.449 --> 00:38:50.210 a record shop the year that this single was out, 00:38:50.250 --> 00:38:54.389 and we could not keep this single in. People 00:38:54.389 --> 00:38:56.550 were coming in and buying that single like we 00:38:56.550 --> 00:38:59.010 were buying boxes of it. It was just massive. 00:38:59.130 --> 00:39:02.150 And I can remember at least two or three people 00:39:02.150 --> 00:39:04.869 coming in because it was going to be their wedding 00:39:04.869 --> 00:39:07.969 song. And they were looking for the single to 00:39:07.969 --> 00:39:10.670 buy to bring to the ceremony because back then 00:39:10.670 --> 00:39:13.889 there was no such thing as MP3s and such. It 00:39:13.889 --> 00:39:17.650 was just DJ spinning actual CDs back then. So 00:39:17.650 --> 00:39:20.869 yeah, that song is perfect for this mix. Such 00:39:20.869 --> 00:39:23.860 a popular wedding song too, for sure. Definitely, 00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:27.719 definitely. All right, well, look, you mentioned 00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:30.079 the whole KC and JoJo and Jodeci thing, and then 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:32.480 I followed it up with the whole Refugee Camp 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:35.260 All -Stars featuring Lauryn Hill or Lauryn Hill. 00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:38.280 I got to go with Lauryn Hill. There is no way 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.820 you could talk about Slow Jams and R &B without 00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:44.079 Lauryn Hill, and her cover of Frankie Valli's 00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:48.659 1967 hit Can't Take My Eyes Off You fits perfectly 00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:52.199 into this mix. the miseducation of lauren hill 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:56.820 is an absolute classic hip -hop and r b album 00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:59.679 yep it's actually a hidden track from the album 00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.639 and i think it's one of the best songs on the 00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:05.400 album her cover is simply stunning i do want 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:07.440 to give a shout out to amy borchin who chimed 00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:09.940 in with the fugees killing me softly which could 00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:13.900 also be used in this list lauren hill yeah in 00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:17.460 a 90s r b without including her i feel like we 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:21.849 would lose all credibility Because she just encapsulates 00:40:21.849 --> 00:40:25.210 what 90s R &B was all about. She's the queen 00:40:25.210 --> 00:40:29.690 of it, in my opinion, alongside of Whitney. Because 00:40:29.690 --> 00:40:32.190 Whitney probably is one of the hardest voices 00:40:32.190 --> 00:40:35.989 to top. Even though her R &B was a little bit 00:40:35.989 --> 00:40:39.550 more pop -leaning, Long Hill is one of the best, 00:40:39.570 --> 00:40:41.829 as far as I'm concerned. And you know me and 00:40:41.829 --> 00:40:45.559 I love cover songs. But just for... Explaining 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.940 purposes. The other one I was kind of going back 00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:51.159 and forth with was from the 1997 soundtrack to 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:53.679 love Jones, the sweetest thing, which was another 00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:57.059 great Lauren Hill track, even though she was 00:40:57.059 --> 00:41:00.579 only a feature on it. It's still great. I went 00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:02.679 with Lauren Hill. Can't take my eyes off you. 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:06.400 I love that. So you did scoop me on Lauren Hill. 00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:09.079 First of all, yes. Miseducation of Lauren Hill. 00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:11.500 One of the greatest albums of all time, in my 00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:16.579 opinion, I had X factor. I thought that that 00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:19.820 was a little more of a slow jam. And I just, 00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:22.199 I love the vocals in that song. I love the beat. 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:25.739 It's just that song to me is perfection. But 00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:28.860 so, you know, yeah, her cover is just amazing. 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:31.360 So I think that's what edged it out for me over 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:33.500 that one was just the fact that I'm such a sucker 00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:37.139 for cover songs. Right. And hers is so much. 00:41:37.710 --> 00:41:40.289 i love frankie valley's version like if i'm thinking 00:41:40.289 --> 00:41:43.730 an oldies episode that one is a perfect oldies 00:41:43.730 --> 00:41:46.769 love song but hers just took it to this new level 00:41:46.769 --> 00:41:49.409 to the point where i mean the hair on my arm 00:41:49.409 --> 00:41:52.690 is standing up just talking about her vocal delivery 00:41:52.690 --> 00:41:57.090 that's how incredible it is and she's just one 00:41:57.090 --> 00:41:59.710 of the best so either the song you picked or 00:41:59.710 --> 00:42:03.090 this one or the fujis she was everywhere and 00:42:03.090 --> 00:42:07.050 deservedly so You also can't forget Heath Ledger's 00:42:07.050 --> 00:42:09.750 cover of the song. Oh, 10 Things I Hate About 00:42:09.750 --> 00:42:15.110 You. I am a friend I lived with in college. We 00:42:15.110 --> 00:42:17.690 used to play random stuff when we would get ready 00:42:17.690 --> 00:42:19.369 to go out to the bar. And that song was one of 00:42:19.369 --> 00:42:21.289 the ones we would sing to it. We had a dance 00:42:21.289 --> 00:42:23.269 with our hairbrushes. Like we'd be getting ready 00:42:23.269 --> 00:42:24.690 and that song would come on and we'd just be 00:42:24.690 --> 00:42:27.050 like dancing around singing it because we love 00:42:27.050 --> 00:42:29.289 10 Things I Hate About You so much. But we listened 00:42:29.289 --> 00:42:31.989 to the Frankie Valli version, honestly. Okay. 00:42:32.670 --> 00:42:35.869 So I think I have two choices left, and this 00:42:35.869 --> 00:42:43.010 is difficult. Okay. I can't leave this person 00:42:43.010 --> 00:42:45.329 off. Talking about Lauryn Hill, I think this 00:42:45.329 --> 00:42:48.929 is another person that 90s R &B, you can't have 00:42:48.929 --> 00:42:53.010 a mixtape without having her on it. So my pick 00:42:53.010 --> 00:42:58.030 is going to be By Your Side by Sade. Ah, all 00:42:58.030 --> 00:43:01.449 right. Ordinary Love, No Ordinary Love. I think 00:43:01.449 --> 00:43:02.929 that's the one that gets the most attention. 00:43:03.530 --> 00:43:05.829 If you think of her in the 90s, most people think 00:43:05.829 --> 00:43:08.710 of that song. But By Your Side, honestly, is 00:43:08.710 --> 00:43:12.010 such a gorgeous song. The music is beautiful. 00:43:12.190 --> 00:43:15.530 The lyrics are beautiful. It makes my heart feel 00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:17.769 like it, you know, your heart kind of constricts 00:43:17.769 --> 00:43:19.750 when you listen to it because it's just so touching. 00:43:20.369 --> 00:43:24.250 And it still has that R &B groove where it's 00:43:24.250 --> 00:43:27.550 like, you know, it's a sexy song, but the lyrics 00:43:27.550 --> 00:43:29.769 aren't really. you know the lyrics are more like 00:43:29.769 --> 00:43:33.969 a love song so oh i couldn't leave her off so 00:43:33.969 --> 00:43:36.610 we had to have that one honestly if we again 00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:39.090 i talk about the 80s because at some point i'm 00:43:39.090 --> 00:43:42.469 sure there's going to be an 80s r b jams the 00:43:42.469 --> 00:43:44.869 first one that comes to mind is smooth operator 00:43:44.869 --> 00:43:49.510 i mean that song is pure velvet silk because 00:43:49.510 --> 00:43:52.329 we keep using those words but yes i mean her 00:43:52.329 --> 00:43:56.449 voice is just otherworldly like it's so iconic 00:43:57.260 --> 00:44:03.000 It's so memorable and it's just so smooth. It's 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:07.420 soothing. Yeah. You feel relaxed and warm listening 00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:11.260 to it and it just invites you in. Yes. I feel 00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:14.079 like her voice is a whole ASMR vibe. Like you 00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:16.940 could just listen to it and just be like, like 00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:19.099 she could sing the alphabet song and I would 00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:21.480 just still be relaxed listening to it. She should 00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:24.139 have her, it should just be, what genre of music 00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:25.539 are you listening to? I'm listening to Sade. 00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:29.179 Yeah. It's whatever she's got going on. That's 00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:32.400 what I'm here for. Exactly. So I only have one 00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:36.179 song left and this is really, really tough. Yeah. 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:40.159 Really, really tough. What I want to do, I'm 00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:42.519 not going to use this song and I'm going to take 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:44.539 a gamble here and just talk about it for a second 00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:47.519 because I said something earlier and I don't 00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:50.940 want to not finish that thought. And a song I'm 00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:54.820 not including was. Another song that had both 00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:58.679 a country and R &B crossover because I had said 00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.440 all for one and another song. And I just want 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:03.820 to give a shout out to this other song, which 00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:06.380 was the Tony Rich Project's Nobody Knows from 00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:10.579 his 96 album Words. Kevin Sharp recorded a country 00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:14.539 version in 1996 for Measure of Mine. And I wanted 00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:16.699 to give a shout out to my friend Jamie Lynn Howe, 00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:19.579 who not only chose this song, but also. brought 00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:22.320 up the cover version as well she's another music 00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:24.880 person like me so i was very impressed and i 00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:27.900 was kind of hoping to sneak it in but i have 00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:30.320 to go with a different song here because it's 00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:35.179 one of my favorite songs of the 90s and once 00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:39.559 again people might raise an eyebrow to this one 00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:42.920 to me because technically there's a little bit 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:45.840 of a rock to this person's persona but there's 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:50.199 also a lot of r b and Because I started this 00:45:50.199 --> 00:45:54.119 side of picks with Prince, I get to double dip 00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:58.860 the Prince R &B vibe because it's a song he wrote 00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:02.599 for 1990s, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, 00:46:02.719 --> 00:46:05.599 and it's Sinead O 'Connor, Nothing Compares to 00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.880 You. I don't necessarily know if it's considered 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:12.500 R &B, and I am perfectly willing to take any 00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:15.949 flack from people. I am thinking about this more 00:46:15.949 --> 00:46:18.590 from a vibe of what I'm seeing with these songs. 00:46:18.750 --> 00:46:21.010 When I'm looking down the list and I'm seeing 00:46:21.010 --> 00:46:25.690 Silks Freak Me, Casey and JoJo's All My Life, 00:46:25.869 --> 00:46:28.530 Lauryn Hill. I feel like Sinead O 'Connor, that 00:46:28.530 --> 00:46:31.429 song just slides right out of Sade in a cool 00:46:31.429 --> 00:46:34.969 way here. I love the vocals in it. I love the 00:46:34.969 --> 00:46:38.230 delivery of that song. And cover songs I had 00:46:38.230 --> 00:46:40.530 mentioned, End of the Road by Boyz II Men was 00:46:40.530 --> 00:46:42.829 done by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. On that 00:46:42.829 --> 00:46:44.889 same album, they covered Nothing Compares to 00:46:44.889 --> 00:46:48.590 You. And then a version that I personally cover 00:46:48.590 --> 00:46:52.289 is Chris Cornell's acoustic version from XM Radio 00:46:52.289 --> 00:46:55.889 of Nothing Compares to You, which I swear to 00:46:55.889 --> 00:46:58.050 God, the first time I heard it, I had to pull 00:46:58.050 --> 00:47:00.230 over my car. I had tears in my eyes. I was just 00:47:00.230 --> 00:47:04.050 so, it had just passed and they had put it out 00:47:04.050 --> 00:47:06.420 for that. posthumous compilation they had put 00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:09.619 out for him and i heard it and i just it just 00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:12.739 overtook me he was so gorgeous on the delivery 00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:15.800 but sinead's version is so iconic i know she 00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:18.380 had a lot of stuff that happened after the song 00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:20.960 blew up a lot of controversy the whole snl thing 00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:24.199 but man 30 something years later i put this song 00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:28.219 on and it's like i gotta hear it like i gotta 00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:30.940 hear her sing it because her vocals are just 00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:34.320 so stunning on this one and i get it This is 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.139 an R &B playlist. I know it doesn't work, but 00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:40.360 I feel like there's enough of an R &B feel and 00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:44.039 flavor of this song. And it is who I am musically. 00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:46.880 So I'd be lying if I didn't kind of at least 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:49.559 acknowledge who I am musically and what I'm bringing 00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.000 to this playlist. So it's probably left field. 00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:55.380 But I hope somebody out there listening appreciates 00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:57.599 the little bit of a change. And if not, feel 00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:59.639 free to. you know, let me know what you would 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.059 have picked differently. But again, it's all 00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:04.159 subjective. There's no winners or losers or anything 00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:07.320 like that here. Right. So Sinead O 'Connor, nothing 00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:11.800 compares to you. Okay. Yeah, I definitely wouldn't 00:48:11.800 --> 00:48:13.659 have picked that, but it's also a great song. 00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:17.420 So you know what? This is your mixtape too. So 00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:22.800 let's put it on there. Now my problem is what 00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:28.239 to finish this out with because. I have two choices 00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:31.119 that I can't decide between. I'm going to finish 00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:35.559 out Strong. All right. This is too hard to pick, 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:38.579 so I'm just going to go with this one. Another, 00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:41.360 I feel like R &B, it's a group that you have 00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:45.179 to have huge in the 90s. I am going to close 00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:49.440 it out with Weak by SWV. All right. Perfect. 00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:52.340 I loved that song so much. Actually, that whole, 00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:55.539 I had it on cassette and just all of their songs 00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:59.059 were so good. It was between that and I die without 00:48:59.059 --> 00:49:00.860 you by PM Don, which would have been a great 00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:02.380 song to close it out with to you. They're both 00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:05.320 great songs. And I mean, I could do a whole second 00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:08.460 tape probably. So I'm looking at my list and 00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:10.699 I know there's going to be people. This is the 00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:12.300 part of the show where I start getting the emails. 00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:15.280 Wait a minute. What about blank? What about this 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:17.599 song? What about that song? I get, I'm looking 00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:20.679 at my list. Unbreak my heart by Tony Braxton. 00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:24.699 Seal kiss from a rose. I mean, we talked about 00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:26.500 Whitney Houston, but you could easily throw I 00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:28.679 Will Always Love You in there, which again, another 00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:30.900 song that had the country version by Dolly a 00:49:30.900 --> 00:49:34.579 long time earlier. But Whitney's version, I mean, 00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:38.300 geez. We skipped over Brian McKnight, Aaliyah, 00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:42.119 Usher. Yeah, Toni Braxton. I had Let It Flow 00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:44.000 by Toni Braxton because it's a little lesser 00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:47.340 known one, but super, again, smooth. Yeah. I 00:49:47.340 --> 00:49:49.780 mean, it's just, there's, and I was deciding 00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:52.599 between Casey and Jojo all my life or lately 00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:54.860 by Jodeci. I was glad somebody suggested that 00:49:54.860 --> 00:49:58.119 because one of my most favorite songs from the 00:49:58.119 --> 00:50:00.400 nineties, again, memories tied to a boyfriend. 00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:03.019 It was his favorite song and he always played 00:50:03.019 --> 00:50:05.679 it for me on the phone and just a little twin 00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:07.980 to my heart every time I hear it. And I always 00:50:07.980 --> 00:50:10.820 go back to the MTV unplugged version. Cause to 00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:13.699 me kind of being the rock guy, I really respected 00:50:13.699 --> 00:50:16.230 that, that rendition of it. It just. It took 00:50:16.230 --> 00:50:19.690 a beautiful song and made it, I guess, more beautiful. 00:50:20.050 --> 00:50:23.769 Yeah. That song really just you can hear the 00:50:23.769 --> 00:50:28.130 raw like passion in his voice singing the words. 00:50:28.210 --> 00:50:30.650 And it just like like I tear up every time I 00:50:30.650 --> 00:50:32.809 hear it because it's just like, man, like such 00:50:32.809 --> 00:50:35.809 a good song. Incredible voice. And then I want 00:50:35.809 --> 00:50:38.150 to go back and just go back to the whole color 00:50:38.150 --> 00:50:40.630 me bad thing. I was actually flip flopping between 00:50:40.630 --> 00:50:43.030 because I wanted to have one song that just made 00:50:43.030 --> 00:50:45.530 people's jaws kind of go, oh, come on. And it 00:50:45.530 --> 00:50:48.469 was either I Want to Sex You Up or H -Town's 00:50:48.469 --> 00:50:52.329 Knockin' to Boots from 1993. I felt like those 00:50:52.329 --> 00:50:54.750 two songs were pretty interchangeable. They were 00:50:54.750 --> 00:50:57.050 pretty on the nose. And I wanted to kind of throw 00:50:57.050 --> 00:51:01.449 one of those like obvious, overtly sexual, but 00:51:01.449 --> 00:51:04.389 played all over the radio anyway picks. I didn't 00:51:04.389 --> 00:51:06.250 want to include both of them because I felt like 00:51:06.250 --> 00:51:08.510 then it was taking it a little too, you know, 00:51:08.510 --> 00:51:10.989 kind of off on tangents. Well, I almost threw 00:51:10.989 --> 00:51:13.940 Pony by Ginuwine in there. that was definitely 00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:16.780 brought up i know david owens had written on 00:51:16.780 --> 00:51:19.260 facebook about including that one so you would 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:22.199 not have been alone yeah i thought about it and 00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:25.679 back and forth by aaliyah like aaliyah has so 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:27.980 many good ones one thing i've learned about doing 00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:33.639 this show is that the beauty of it is from the 00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:35.260 feedback i've gotten from people that are listening 00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:38.300 first off thank you to those people that there's 00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:41.219 always room for a volume two oh yeah because 00:51:42.269 --> 00:51:44.750 every mixtape is going to have its ups and downs 00:51:44.750 --> 00:51:46.389 and peaks and valleys because that's kind of 00:51:46.389 --> 00:51:49.550 the musical conversation that's unfolding. And 00:51:49.550 --> 00:51:52.449 the fact that we kind of twisted and turned through 00:51:52.449 --> 00:51:54.250 this one, at the end of the day, I feel like 00:51:54.250 --> 00:51:57.969 we've put together a very strong mix, even though 00:51:57.969 --> 00:52:00.530 there's people that are going to say, how about 00:52:00.530 --> 00:52:03.949 X? How about Y? How about Z? You're exactly right. 00:52:04.590 --> 00:52:08.019 And you know what? If we had 120 -minute tape, 00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:10.239 it would break quicker than the 90 -minute, but 00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:12.500 we could have squeezed a few more songs in. Right. 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:15.280 But look, Valentine's Day happens every year. 00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:18.440 There's always next year's Volume 2 mix to follow 00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:20.599 up with because there's plenty of other songs 00:52:20.599 --> 00:52:23.980 we missed. However, let's remind people of what 00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:26.860 Side B consisted of because we've been talking 00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:28.460 about a bunch of different stuff here. So the 00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:32.699 ones that made the final mix. Yes. Side B. Prince 00:52:32.699 --> 00:52:35.400 and the New Power Generation's Diamonds and Pearls. 00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:39.239 Silks freak me. Color Me Bads, I want to sex 00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:43.539 you up. Joes, I want to know. All for Ones, I 00:52:43.539 --> 00:52:47.880 swear. Casey and JoJo's all my life. Lauren Hills 00:52:47.880 --> 00:52:51.599 can't take my eyes off of you. Sade's by your 00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:54.380 side. Sinead O 'Connor's nothing compares to 00:52:54.380 --> 00:52:58.219 you. And SWV's weak. One more time, I'll say 00:52:58.219 --> 00:53:02.159 it. I know this is not my wheelhouse. And if 00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:05.699 I messed up on the... that's not truly an r b 00:53:05.699 --> 00:53:09.260 thing i apologize there's no mal intent i just 00:53:09.260 --> 00:53:11.599 felt like the songs had a vibe and i'm bringing 00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:15.139 my vibe to that vibe and i hope the other mixtapers 00:53:15.139 --> 00:53:17.300 out there like what we put together because i 00:53:17.300 --> 00:53:22.239 think this is a really really killer 90s vibe 00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:25.309 here I agree. I mean, I definitely wouldn't call 00:53:25.309 --> 00:53:27.630 nothing compares to R &B, but I don't think it's 00:53:27.630 --> 00:53:29.590 sticking out like a sore thumb. I think it, you 00:53:29.590 --> 00:53:32.170 know, goes with the vibe and it's your mixtape. 00:53:32.170 --> 00:53:34.309 That's the beauty of mixtapes is you can have 00:53:34.309 --> 00:53:37.389 whatever you want on it and it's tailored to 00:53:37.389 --> 00:53:40.809 your specific, which is why as much as I, you 00:53:40.809 --> 00:53:43.789 know, mixtapes and burn CDs and all that, digital 00:53:43.789 --> 00:53:46.550 music is probably one of my favorite inventions 00:53:46.550 --> 00:53:49.329 ever with technology. Because I don't have to 00:53:49.329 --> 00:53:52.789 carry around 25 mixtapes or burn CDs when I want 00:53:52.789 --> 00:53:56.150 a certain vibe. I have a playlist for everything 00:53:56.150 --> 00:53:57.989 you can imagine. I know we've talked about this 00:53:57.989 --> 00:54:01.369 before. And so digital music has been a life 00:54:01.369 --> 00:54:04.710 changer for me in terms of making any kind of 00:54:04.710 --> 00:54:06.650 playlist I want. It's just right there and it's 00:54:06.650 --> 00:54:09.849 so easy. Yeah. And the thing with Sinead O 'Connell, 00:54:09.989 --> 00:54:11.550 look, as soon as I was pulling it out, I'm like, 00:54:11.630 --> 00:54:13.989 I'm going to catch it for this one. Just like 00:54:13.989 --> 00:54:16.250 on Playlist Wars when I pulled out a Christmas 00:54:16.250 --> 00:54:19.940 song. for a u2 playlist wars battle i heard about 00:54:19.940 --> 00:54:22.440 it but look at the end of the day prince wrote 00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:25.400 it and i truly mean what i say that i feel like 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:27.840 prince was one of the few artists that could 00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:31.099 take rock r b pop and all these different things 00:54:31.099 --> 00:54:34.900 and make it prince so in the universe of prince 00:54:34.900 --> 00:54:37.639 being the signature songwriter for nothing compares 00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:41.050 to you i felt like it gave it that credibility 00:54:41.050 --> 00:54:46.929 to fall into again a rock leaning r b song which 00:54:46.929 --> 00:54:49.510 is similar to what sinead o 'connor was going 00:54:49.510 --> 00:54:52.849 for on that version right so it it was a little 00:54:52.849 --> 00:54:54.889 bit of a gray area and you know what i just i 00:54:54.889 --> 00:54:58.510 i love the song so much and grace me yeah there 00:54:58.510 --> 00:55:01.230 you go and then like you said about digital music 00:55:01.230 --> 00:55:05.010 head over to myweeklymixtape .com because digitally 00:55:05.710 --> 00:55:08.030 we have all the songs we've talked about tonight 00:55:08.030 --> 00:55:11.969 on this episode in a playlist ready for you to 00:55:11.969 --> 00:55:16.309 listen on the 90s slow jams page hey if you need 00:55:16.309 --> 00:55:19.250 a playlist for valentine's day we made it for 00:55:19.250 --> 00:55:20.969 you you don't even have to do any work here you 00:55:20.969 --> 00:55:23.750 go seriously just send it to your significant 00:55:23.750 --> 00:55:26.489 other and be like honey i just was thinking of 00:55:26.489 --> 00:55:28.849 you and i put all these songs together the only 00:55:28.849 --> 00:55:32.349 way that'll backfire is if she is a fellow my 00:55:32.349 --> 00:55:36.269 weekly mixtape listener exactly But then if she 00:55:36.269 --> 00:55:38.409 is, she'll just email you and I, Amanda, and 00:55:38.409 --> 00:55:42.849 thank us. Hey, don't pull a Chandler and friends 00:55:42.849 --> 00:55:45.429 when he uses Janice's mixtape and then she starts 00:55:45.429 --> 00:55:47.230 singing in the middle of it. We won't do that 00:55:47.230 --> 00:55:50.170 to you. That is hysterical. My wife, it's her 00:55:50.170 --> 00:55:52.889 favorite show of all time. I've seen every season 00:55:52.889 --> 00:55:55.610 probably more times than I've seen any other 00:55:55.610 --> 00:55:59.630 show. That episode always made me laugh to tears 00:55:59.630 --> 00:56:01.530 when her voice comes in and starts singing it. 00:56:01.590 --> 00:56:05.380 It's unbelievably funny. I love the way you look 00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:11.519 every night, Chandler. Well, Amanda, before we 00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:14.480 hit eject on this final mixtape, why don't you 00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:17.139 tell people where they can find the Sipless podcast 00:56:17.139 --> 00:56:19.280 if they'd like to hear more about what you're 00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:22.840 doing over there? Thank you. So the show is available 00:56:22.840 --> 00:56:25.659 on all podcasts. Casting platforms. The website 00:56:25.659 --> 00:56:29.820 is the siplist pod .com. I am also a member of 00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:32.480 the, I did not make these rankings podcast network. 00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:34.760 So you can go there and find the other shows 00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:36.360 that are on the network. We're doing lots of 00:56:36.360 --> 00:56:38.780 cool stuff. And actually Brian, I hope to have 00:56:38.780 --> 00:56:40.960 you on as a guest soon. So we'll talk more about 00:56:40.960 --> 00:56:43.780 that, but yeah, anything siplist related, go 00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:45.860 check it out. The siplist pod and we're on Twitter, 00:56:45.960 --> 00:56:49.679 Facebook, Insta, TikTok, all the places, all 00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:52.139 the places. i'm having a hard time keeping up 00:56:52.139 --> 00:56:54.079 with the tick tocks though i'm trying me too 00:56:54.079 --> 00:56:57.840 it's a lot it is and and my teenager comes over 00:56:57.840 --> 00:56:59.940 to me and she'll judge me on on what i what i 00:56:59.940 --> 00:57:02.639 did she's like dad come on you got no no no this 00:57:02.639 --> 00:57:05.210 one's got to go do it again I'm like, I got a 00:57:05.210 --> 00:57:08.130 director here. What the hell? Start paying her 00:57:08.130 --> 00:57:11.130 to do it for you. Dang. Seriously, right? I should 00:57:11.130 --> 00:57:12.789 consider that. Way to earn that allowance. I 00:57:12.789 --> 00:57:14.650 mean, I'm fairly good on TikTok. I make a lot 00:57:14.650 --> 00:57:16.869 on my personal account, actually. It's just keeping 00:57:16.869 --> 00:57:19.110 up with it all. When you release a podcast episode, 00:57:19.369 --> 00:57:21.190 I mean, people don't realize how much work goes 00:57:21.190 --> 00:57:22.869 into this if you're really trying to promote 00:57:22.869 --> 00:57:25.710 it. It's not just dropping an episode. It's every 00:57:25.710 --> 00:57:29.010 single social media, tagging people, you know, 00:57:29.010 --> 00:57:31.329 everything. So it's a lot of work and sometimes 00:57:31.329 --> 00:57:33.630 stuff gets missed, but. we're out there. So, 00:57:33.670 --> 00:57:36.070 yeah. And that's why every time I say it, I'm 00:57:36.070 --> 00:57:38.630 so thankful to anybody who takes time out of 00:57:38.630 --> 00:57:42.730 their busy lives and schedules to listen to the 00:57:42.730 --> 00:57:44.710 conversations that we're having and the content 00:57:44.710 --> 00:57:47.269 that we're putting out and the support. And I 00:57:47.269 --> 00:57:49.570 love listening to The Sip List when I am out 00:57:49.570 --> 00:57:52.670 for a car ride because I love arguing with the 00:57:52.670 --> 00:57:55.889 pics from my car, even though I'm not on the 00:57:55.889 --> 00:57:58.369 episode. I was on one episode with you. We did 00:57:58.369 --> 00:58:01.869 the Foo Fighters, unfortunately, sad episode 00:58:01.869 --> 00:58:05.150 because Taylor Hawkins had just passed. But I 00:58:05.150 --> 00:58:08.590 love hearing the way different people approach 00:58:08.590 --> 00:58:10.670 different topics. And I think your show is fantastic 00:58:10.670 --> 00:58:13.960 at doing that. And I enjoy you bringing that 00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:16.960 other side to this mixtape tonight. And I thank 00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:19.440 you so much for being a guest. And I look forward 00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:22.199 to future collaborations with you as well. Same 00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:24.360 here. I'll be back anytime you need somebody. 00:58:24.599 --> 00:58:26.820 All right, mixtapers. 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