Today’s playlist is dedicated to jd, who i just had a marathon nostalgia “mid 90s R&B” fest with at his kitchen table about a week ago.

Viva la R&B!

Oh, and, sorry, Jd, but I have to tell….he’d never heard “My Posse’s On Broadway” - and I have but one thing to say about that. And it’s, “Posse up!”

OK, without further ado, here we go. My “Early - to - Mid 90s R&B” Playlist (I KNOW I’M FORGETTING SOME!!!):

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On my playlist today…hometown girl megan slankard

Megan Slankard - Freaky Little Story

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This is taken from digital music news -

Long Tail author Chris Anderson recently pointed to a growing music industry, and rolled out the data to prove it. Of course, the physical retail sector is sinking, though Anderson isolated the mess during a recent blog entry. “It’s a big mistake to equate the major labels and their plastic disc business with the industry as a whole,” Anderson said. “Indeed, when you stand back and look at all of music, things don’t look so bad at all.”

In the absence of a more comprehensive study of the broader business, Anderson loosely compiled data to prove the point. A Pollstar figure showed concert industry revenues up 3.7 percent for the first half of this year, and Nielsen download data revealed a 46 percent year-over-year climb during the first nine months this year.

Other information pointed to gains across ringtones, artist-related advertising and sponsorships, and even vinyl. Anderson also highlighted continued iPod sales increases, a serious revenue-generator for Apple. “So the problem with the music labels is not that music is an industry in decline, but that they have a too-narrow view of what business they’re in,” Anderson asserted.

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And you should be too.

Susan Cagle - The Studio Recordings

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What happened to my lover?
Who took away your face
How much will it cost you
And how much did you pay?

You opened up your wallet
You might as well have opened up your wrist
You look at all that’s wrong with you
And you add it to the list

With magazines and pageant queens
They’ll shame you and define you
With collegen and with saline
They’ll tame you and refine you

Chorus:
But when you are comfortable in your own skin
When you’re accepting of all that you are
And you’re proud in the way that you walk
You’re the most beautiful
Yeah when you are comfortable in your own skin
And you’re accepting of all that you are
And you’re proud in the way that you walk
You’re the most beautiful

You see your smile is my addiction
Your eyes, they make me fly
Your hands are my connection
And your lips are my supply
But you cover every blemish
You hide your every flaw
You listen to the critics
But they don’t know who you are

With magazines and pageant queens
They’ll shame you and define you
With collegen and with saline
They’ll tame you and refine you

Chorus…

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I’m one of The Few, The Proud
Who laugh at your jokes
And when you’re crude or loud
I know it’s a hoax
I’m always there for you
When good times abound
And when the others leave
I’ll still be around
What will it take for you to see?
The man you’re waiting for is me

I know all your hope, your dreams
Your fantasies too
I know the perfect way
To make them come true
I like your look, your feel
your age and your youth
And if you take a dare
I’ll give you my truth
What will it take for you to see?
The man you’re waiting for is me

CHORUS

Baby, I was born to be your man
Baby, I was born to be your man
One day you’ll surely wake up
And understand the plan
That baby, I was born to be your man

I’ve got me a horse, and armor
It shines like the sun
I’ll neither sleep, nor rest
‘Till the battle is won
You should be willing, and daring
To give me a try
If it is not clear by now that
I am your guy
What will it take for you to see?
The man you’re waiting for is me

Chorus

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Another night spent in the shadows
The golden dawn before my eyes
Counting boundaries crushed and swept away
As old illusions die

Farther I go, farther I go
When I think I can’t go farther,
Farther I go
Farther I go, farther I go
When I think I won’t go farther,
Farther I go

And would the ones who knew me back there
Know the treasures I have seen?
Or would they fear for my eternal soul
Knowing where I’ve been?

BRIDGE
Making love to what I always feared
Sleeping when I can
Wonderful and wise and often weird
Such is the Fall of Man

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Have the fluorescent lights burned out your eyes, son?
When’s the last time you saw the sun slip under the horizon?
Have the columns and the cells become the hallways of your hell?
Are you waiting to be saved by an imaginary bell?

CHORUS:
So count the cost, seize the day
Pay the man, and walk away
Look back once, blow a kiss
You must do no less than this
Follow your bliss

Have the long and plodding hours turned to years?
Do you disregard your dreams and do you stem the tide of tears?
The child was a dreamer and the dreamer went to work
The worker pays the doctor to see where his anger lurks

BRIDGE
Will you own your own life, will you heed the call?
‘Cause if you play it safe then you don’t play at all
The value of your life equals what you dare to pay
What you get from life is what you give away

So count the cost, seize the day
Pay the man, and walk away
Look back once, blow a kiss
You must do no more than this
Follow your bliss

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CHORUS:

When he’s in girlfriend mode
He never calls his friends
When he’s in girlfriend mode
He never calls his friends

He boards a ship, set sail for sea
He’s hoping to find his destiny
Forgetting his debts, forgetting supplies
Taking no leave and hearing no cries
But I truly hope my friend finds
Just what he needs
I hope his dreams will not erode
After the girlfriend mode

He builds a temple made of glass
The fragile foundation starts to crack
Fed by his dreams, and nourished by need
He works and works, no warning he heeds
But I truly hope my friend finds just what he needs
I hope his dreams will not erode
After the girlfriend mode

Chorus

In Lotus Land they drink their wine
(In their own world they drink Merlot)
Their lives are one, their love is blind
(They just won’t see, they just don’t know)
The city’s in ruins, they dance on the rubble
(The place is a mess, they roll in the dirt)
There is no fighting, there is no trouble
(He bares her breast, she tears his shirt)
But I truly hope my friend finds just what he needs
I hope his dreams will not erode
After the girlfriend mode

Chorus

He never calls his friends
He never calls his friends

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She left my room with barely a word
God, the way she holds it in’s like trash
Inside her jammed-shut purse
She turns so hot and cold it makes me crack
I try so hard to see her side
All I see now is her back

She has been typecast all of her life
Daddy’s pride, daddy’s toy
The Blonde Seductress straight from Troy
I turn to her with barely a choice
Her beauty brings me healing but
Somehow I hurt her with my voice

CHORUS:

And she’s the modern Joan of Arc
And I’m the shameless patriarch
Our egos fight a distant war like
Howling tomcats in the dark
And every time we get this close
We’re haunted by our parents’ ghosts
And we try in vain to prove
Exactly which one hurts the most

I was born to a line of directors
So I learned to love command
Sometimes I get out of hand
I try so hard to think before I speak
I grovel when I cross the line
She thinks I’ve got a cruel design

Chorus

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