Random Thoughts: Midwest Commercial Radio Music Hmmmmmmmm
This is the first of many music
related articles I will write through 2014. Lets go on a mini journey, and Listen
to the Temptations Ball of Confusion, Jagged Edges Lets Get Married, Jill
Scotts Golden, & Des’ree Stronger, Walking on Sunshine yea, and don’t it
feel good, and ask yourself do these songs make you feel good, thoughtful, and
hopeful about the future. Then ask yourself do dj’s of all ethnicities play
these songs in their rotation to strengthen societies spirit, or are they
playing something that brings you down if you’re not fortunate enough to
subscribe to SIRIUS music radio, or cable’s Music Choice, and are subjected to
the broken hearted selections of DJ with no regard for universal unity.
This Temptations song is about
social change, and contemplation. The chorus says, and the band played on,
because the composer could never imagine a world without a proliferation of
musicians even though he saw the unity of a multitude of souls.
Well the band doesn’t seem to be
playing on if you listen to commercial radio you hear blaring songs by Queen,
but you don’t hear soulful love songs by Ashford & Simpson, Soul Searching
classics by Average White Band, Teena Marie’s voice of the century whaling for
loving, it’s as if the sweet raps of Minnie Ripperton never existed. Why are
black universal souls omitted from commercial radio airplay.
Lets get married…have the executives
of Clear Channel or whatever conglomerate is in vogue now looked at the
marriage statistics in America, because that’s where we all live without love
sweet love if we can’t afford to pay for an IPOD device, or subscribe to paid
music programming.
Can we elect politicians that
will put music back in the schools, and give creative kids an avenue for
creation. I don’t know if the Ohio Players were high school educated musicians?
I believe Lionel Richie & the Commodores were, Orrick Ewing (facebook, or
google pbs to listen) grammy nominated guitarist is the product of a high
school band based in Lansing, and has a new single called Swag on the 9 Mile
Label in Detroit Michigan.
If you have a facebook
acquaintance sending love to the world with a voice, and especially with an
instrument - cranking out a music dream with style post their name, CD title
hear, link, and maybe we can make some beautiful music together in this space,
because we need to keep it going, before its gone.
If you listen to commercial radio
you might think Prince was the only black guy who ever picked up a guitar
because he owns his own company. Thank God. Santana, George Benson, Isley
Jasper Isley, and Prince are some of the greatest guitarist who’ve disappeared
from the commercial airwaves. What happened? What’s happening? Were they too
handsome for envious record spinners to immortalize. I can dream on with the best musicologist out
there, but executives don’t seem to care if they short circuit a child’s heart
when their parent’s are driving them to school with the radio off when they
could be bonding, because they don’t know what’s going to come out of the
cracker jack box?
The omissions above indicate a
terribly sick picture, unless you want to make Eminem a billionaire, because
Jonta Austin makes your girlfriend melt, so you don’t want to hear any of this
cool guys tips on how to keep a woman. Listening is the source of learning.
God bless all the innovative
dj’s the public forgets to thank when a spirit building melody is played….. let’s
hope that band plays on, and on … and roars in unity shining bright like a
diamond, because what’s song without instruments spawned in our schools from
resourceful school administrators.
And sometimes you need to hear a
variety of logical spirit love songs by a vocalist like Usher to fit your mood.
If you listen to hard rock, or rap all day take ten minutes to hear a heart
that can teach you something. Not only do girls want to have fun they want to
be your angel (Angela Winbush / Anita Baker / Stacey Latisaw) and run to you.
And I must say Kenny Edmunds & Toni Braxton’s breakup song is hot, and
right on God’s time. The silver shadow they cast is smoooooooooooooooove. Do it
baby, because the sincerity in Raheem DeVaughn Ridiculous will get you a couple
dates, if you’re willing to be schooled.
And the band played on – maybe –
maybe not?
Copyright Zimation Arts &
Poetry Ink 2013 - by PM Britt
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