But I was so excited at my "find" that it was really hard to wait this long to tell y'all about it!
We have a new radio station here in Hell that plays nothing but "Old-school and today's R&B". Ya'll just don't know how happy that makes me. Up 'til now, I had like three radio stations to choose from. Really. Three. Everything else I could pick up was Country.
Anyway, this station plays the "8:00 Four-Play" that I listen to on my way to work everyday.
Yes, I should already be there at 8:00. I never am. That's a whole other story.
So the other morning, they play 'Lady Marmalade' by Patti LaBelle, followed by 'Word Up' by Cameo. I was in Heaven! I love those songs and never get to hear them. I was telling City that I needed to download them or something.
Then Friday afternoon at Wal-mart I found this:
OH YEAH!!!!!
Check out the song list:
All by the original artists! Need I say there was dancing en la Casa de Pissy Friday night?
*editor's note* wish y'all could have seen the look on the cashier's face. Young black chick. She looks at the CD.
She looks up at me.
She looks at the CD again.....
I know she's thinking "what the hell does this older latina woman want with a "Funk" CD?"
I just stand there.....acting all innocent....daring her to say something.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Ooh-Lady Marmalade--Love it!
ReplyDeleteI saw your comment on my blog about the Southern Poverty Law Center. Pissy--I am familiar with Montgomery. Montgomery is a good place to check into a motel and kill yourself. That's about it :)
*sigh* Yeah, you're right about Montgomery....
ReplyDelete20 months until Sweet Man retires and I can leave Hell.
Not that I'm counting or anything ;)
Hey BP - Thanks for stopping by my blog! I LOVE Lady Marmalade too - although I have to say I'm partial to the remake! Good for you on scoring a great cd! Nothin' like a "quicker picker upper!"
ReplyDeleteGood find pissy , I am not much of a "funk" person really but arnt like Kool and the gang an old band so I dont know why the checkout chick would be looking you over ...
ReplyDeleteI really do dislike C&W though * shudder.
Great buy! I like the part where you describe the look on the cashier's face.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she was thinking "Damn, I work here and never knew we carried such a fine cd"
Anyhow, I go on HOT LIPS blog a lot and found you there.
Hey Rebecca: I like the remake too! Usually I don't like remakes~but they did a good job with that one :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen your comments on some blogs and I decided to visit yours~it's cute!
Ben: Oh, you know I did! :) Sweet Man and I danced around in the living room in front of the picture windows. I'm sure the neighbors thought we were nuts!
I love ALL the songs on there!
Pixie: yeah, Kool and the Gang are a really old band~guess check-out chick didn't think I looked the "funk" type maybe? hee hee!
Chelsea's Mama: Thanks for stopping by! Hot Lips is fun, isn't she? :)
I was surprised to find the CD~ so maybe you're right about the
cashier!
Pixie: I forget to say~I'm not a C&W fan either, but I have to be careful expressing that anywhere but here b/c most people in Hell LOVE that crap!
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a sweetly funkilicious weekend.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great CD. I bet the look on her face was priceless! Heeee!
ReplyDelete"Shaft" by Isaac Hayes
ReplyDelete"You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate
"Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus with Chaka Khan
It's all good baby.
You think you've got it bad with just three stations to choose from...I have ONE. There are about 87 country stations and one rock station; talk about being in hell! Now, as I mentioned over at Pixie's, I like the old Motown stuff, and even some of the funk. For the Love of Money is a great song, as is Love Rollercoaster. Remember the urban myth about that song? That the girl screaming in the middle of the song was killed as the song was being recorded? Talk about a publicity campaign...
ReplyDeleteMy favs are 7, 8, & 9.
ReplyDeleteNow I'll be singing "telllll me something gooooood, ahhhhh" all day long! LOL
I'm very happy that you found these treasures - though I must say, casa de pissy sounds like an "adventure" !!
ReplyDeleteMeredith: Thanks! hope your's was too:)
ReplyDeleteShelly: It IS great and it WAS priceless! :)
Erin: Oooohhh...'Shaft" and 'You Sexy Thing' are both favs of mine too! I'm just glad 'Tell Me Something Good' is on there~cuz I never hear it played anymore!
thanks for stopping by :)
Bruce: I am so sorry....ONE station!?!?!?! That SUCKS! I like old Motown, too. I've never heard anything about that urban legend connected to 'Rollercoaster'! tell me more! :)
kb: hee hee!!! :)
Miss Jay: Oh, it is! :)
I love funk music! You go on with your bad self, girl!
ReplyDeleteRead this for an insight to what happens when you combine too much caffeine with funk music:
http://kimcstl.blogspot.com/2005/12/kc-gets-her-funk-on.html
LOL! *singing to self 'She's a brick-howse!! She's mighty-mighty*
ReplyDeleteNow all you need is some Rick James and decals of flames up and down the sides of the Pissymobile.
kc: ooooohhhhh...you're funkilicious too! :)
ReplyDeleterocky: 'Super Freak' is on the CD! Decals of flames on the Pissymobile (which is a Beetle, btw)...hhmmmmmm :)
top cat: "put your hands in the air like you don't care...."
"...word up"! :)
What's that song? Mamma jamma something? Do you know what I am talking about? Help a sister out.
ReplyDeletePissy , yes I can imagine C&W would be listened to a lot down there.....
ReplyDeletegreat disc! we'll have to burn that one!!! :) We have GOT to get you an iPod to put all this good music on!
ReplyDeletewoohoo - party at pissy's house!
ReplyDeletei'll bring the snikety snacks.
turn the tunes up and the lights down!
"Yeow pretty ladies
ReplyDeletearound the world
got a weird thing to show ya
so tell all the boys and girls" Oh, sorry, I was singing.
I am a funkaliciuos girl too! I recently got XM satellite radio and it rocks! I find myself looking for reasons to drive just to listen.
The Gap Band, Dazz Band and SOS all bring back the memories. Good times!
awesome....the only song missing was "low rider" by WAR
ReplyDeleteTake a little trip
Take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
Oooooooh I'm digging that CD!
ReplyDeleteI teach a lot of minority kids. My first year at my current school the majority of my students were all section eight housing kids. One of them nicknamed me "Cita."
He said, "You're a strong, black woman!"
Now, you've seen Buddha...I'm about as lily white as they come, but I took the kid's comment as a total COMPLIMENT!
Shake it, Latina woman!
hot lips: do you mean that song that ...."she's a bad mamma jamma"..?
ReplyDeletepixie: oh, yeah!
city: It is great! I don't know about an i-pod...I'm still figuring out how to use the camera. I need more lessons! :)
Jerry: 'Low Rider' is on there!! :)
t cole: wouldn't that be fun! You know I love snikety snacks! :)
sign gurl: We SO need to do a road trip with our funkilicious selves!
buddha girl: I may start calling you "Cita" now! :) If you student told you that, it was a compliment!
Burn Rubber on me! The Dazz Band. Man. I love Funk!
ReplyDelete"She's a Brick...HOOOOUSE
She's mighty, mighty, just lettin' it all hang out.
She's a brick...HOUUUUUSE
She's the one
The only one
built like an amazon!"
That's my JAM, Chiquita!! That's my jam right there!!!
CP.
Could you have anymore comments? HA! I have half of those songs on my iPod. I LoVE grooving with the oldies!
ReplyDeleteCP: somehow 'Brick House' as your jam doesn't suprise me at all! :) Now I'll always think of you and you 'tude when I hear it! ;)
ReplyDeleteSunny: Aren't they great songs? They just make me feel like dancin'~no matter where I am! :)
Yes, Pissy, I live in an area almost devoid of rock and roll. There are a couple of "oldies" and Top 40 stations, but my heart belongs to real rock. There was a second station on in the area, based out of Blacksburg, where VA Tech is, but the frequency it was on here is owned by another station, and they took it back about three months ago.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the urban legend...the story going around at the time was that the "scream" you hear about 2/3 the way through the song was that of a woman being killed somewhere outside the studio. Crazy, huh?
Bruce: Thanks for the explaination! I'd never heard that "myth" before! That is pretty crazy!
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a station like that here...'til the fucked it up and changed the format again. I used to request "Bad Mama Jama" all the time, lol.
ReplyDeletetj: yeah, I'm waiting for this format to change :( but I'm gonna enjoy it in the meantime! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like good shit. Let it Whip and Low Rider are AMAZING.
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