Cupid’s Hunt 2011: Lionel-LOVE!
Filed under: CupidsHunt, Podcast Collabs, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, music, podcasts/mixes
Hey everybody. Well, it’s that time of year again, Valentine’s Day! And over here in the RIBS Kitchen you know what THAT means… it’s time for the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Collaboration event where DJs and Podcasters from all across the country and many different parts of the world unite to release love music mixes to make your V-Day celebration extra special. Of course, I’ll have a lot more to say about what we like to refer to around here as the BIG Event in my annual “Let The Hunt Begin” post which I’ll post late Thursday or early Friday. Right now I want to let you get into this first RIBS Cupid’s Hunt mix without much further delay.
This year I’m turning the RIBS CH spotlight on Lionel Richie. Now if you’re a soul music lover he needs very little to no introduction… one of the great artists to come out of the Motown Records label, one of the driving forces behind the super group The Commodores who later went on to have a sterling solo career, and one of the preeminent singer/songwriters of this generation. His ballads made famous with The Commodores are legendary: “Easy”, “Three Times A Lady”, “Still”, “Zoom”, songs we are all very familiar with. However, for this look at Lionel I took most of the selections for the mix from his career as a solo artist to shine the light on some of his later work that maybe you have not heard before (or at least as much as some of his earlier work. Of course, there are a couple of my favorites from his Commodores days, but for the most part sit back, relax and let Lionel, the solo artist, get you in the mood for love!
Cupid’s Hunt 2011: Lionel-LOVE!
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])
- Cupid’s Hunt Lionel-LOVE Vocal Intro – TGrundy - Vocal Intros [3:40]
- Love Will Find A Way - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [6:16]
- Cupid’s Hunt-Arrow Check Fool - Fave - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:21]
- You Are - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [5:05]
- I Call It Love - Lionel Richie - Coming Home [3:17]
- Round And Round - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [4:56]
- Forever And A Day - Lionel Richie - Just Go [4:04]
- Don’t Wanna Lose You - Lionel Richie - Louder Than Words [5:01]
- Sweet Love (with The Commodores) - Lionel Richie - Truly-The Love Songs [3:27]
- Cupid’s Hunt Drop - Anji Bee - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:13]
- Penny Lover - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [5:35]
- Face In The Crowd (Duet with Trijnt Je
Oosterhuis) - Lionel Richie - Just Go [4:21] - Nothing Else Matters - Lionel Richie - Louder Than Words [4:34]
- Cupid’s Hunt… Got Love? - Angel Turner - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2010 [0:15]
- Just To Be Close To You – Commodores - All The Great Love Songs [6:27]
- The Closest Thing To Heaven - Lionel Richie - Time [4:00]
- Do It To Me - Lionel Richie - Back To Front [6:04]
- Cupid’s Hunt-Basically Lovable Every Romantic Occasion – TGrundy - Promos-Cupid’s Hunt 2011 [0:21]
- Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling [5:42]
- Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling [3:39]
- Truly - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [3:24]
- Endless Love - Lionel Richie - Back To Front [4:28]
Remember, this is just one of about two dozen Cupid’s Hunt podcasts that are being released for your Valentine’s Day celebration. Check out the “Cupid’s Hunt 2011: The Hunt Has Begun!” post for links to all of the other great soundtracks for this wonderful day of love.
RIBS TPTD: Outlaw 2009…
Filed under: R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, blues, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
You know, sometimes we get attached to something and it always has a special place in our hearts. You know the kinds of things I mean… your first car, those old jeans you like to lounge around in on the weekends, your baseball glove from high school, that big, oversized Valentine’s Day card you got one year… yeah those things.
Well, music is like that too (for me at least and, I expect, for many of you out there also). Today’s playlist is a perfect example of this fact. I originally made this mix sometime back during the college days. At the risk of dating myself that is over 25 years ago. For some reason that I still can’t really explain, it has always been one of my favorite collection of songs and this tape (the original mix was on a 90 minute cassette tape, TDK as I recall) has logged many a mile with me up and down the highways and byways of my life.
The bad news, unfortunately, is that the original cassette tape has been missing for the past several years. The good news is that I did actually write down the songs that comprised the playlist (can’t say that for quite a few other old cassette tapes I still have lying around. Many a ‘mystery’ song or two on those! But I digress…) So even though the original mix has been lost (I still hope it turns up one of these days if/when I ever pack up and move again. I’ve found so many ‘lost’ items that way, haven’t you? *smile*) with the playlist in hand and today’s computer technology the mix could be easily recreated. No problem, right? I wish it were that easy. As my luck would have it I was able to collect EVERY song for the playlist… except one, the Taj Mahal cut “Why?…And We Repeat/Why?…And We Repeat” (in case you are interested, this song is found on a relatively obscure TM album called Music Keeps Me Together
Undaunted, over the years I have recreated the mix using other songs as a substitute for the Taj Mahal cut. I’ve tried “Love Is The Message” by MFSB, “Spiral” by the Crusaders, and a few others. And while it was nice to have the mix again (this time on CD, of course) as a traveling companion, it really was just not quite the same. Something was missing, the flow was just not quite the one I remembered, enjoyed and, above all wanted.
The irony of this story is that I actually had the Taj Mahal song all along… on vinyl. Yep, every time I would play around with another variation of the mix that Music Keeps Me Together album would be peeking over my shoulder at me. It’s like it was whispering in my ear, “you know the song you want is right here, all you have to do is convert it to MP3 format”. Problem was… no turntable, well no working turntable I should say. Out of four units I owned, each one had some kind of a problem: no stylus on one, no belt on the other, the motor on the third one would speed up and/or slow down at various times during the playing of a record. And the fourth one? I could never locate the box I stored it in during the last move. *sigh* So close, so close…
To wrap up this tale, a month ago I found the fourth turntable! I was looking for something else (of course) when the discovery happened (isn’t that always the case?). Well, I wasted no time in hooking that thing up the the computer system and digitizing that Taj Mahal disc! And now the mix, my traveling buddy, is back whole again in all its original glory. So to celebrate my good fortune and happiness, I am pleased to share with and present to you…
“Outlaw 2009″
RIBS TPTD: Outlaw 2009
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Playlist: (song - artist [time])
- Outlaw - WAR [4:00]
- Why?… And We Repeat/Why?… And We Repeat - Taj Mahal [7:28]
- Running With The Night - Lionel Richie [4:09]
- Burnin’ Up - Imagination [4:42]
- Walk In The Night - Junior Walker & The All Stars [4:13]
- Working Day And Night - Michael Jackson [5:14]
- Machine Gun - Commodores [2:38]
- Magic Carpet Ride - Creative Source [3:13]
- Let Your Mind Be Free - Brother To Brother [3:32]
- Life In The Fast Lane - Eagles [4:47]
- Fast Lane - Gil Scott-Heron [4:52]
- Street Player - Rufus ft. Chaka Khan [4:54]
- What Can I Do for You - Labelle [4:02]
- Flying High - Commodores [3:49]
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Inner Life [10:28]
- Is It Love You’re After - Rose Royce [5:05]
- Risky Changes - Bionic Boogie [7:14]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: Sade, Lionel and Luther…
Filed under: R&B, RIBS, Triple Play Thurs-Day, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
OK, making good on my promise to get back on schedule over here. This week’s RIBS is one that was supposed to be posted a few weeks ago but I was “overcome by events” (as the saying goes) and am just posting it now.
Credit for the idea of our trio this week goes out to RR, one of my coworkers. These three are some of her favs:
- Sade
- Lionel Richie (solo)
- Luther Vandross
And a very nice combination it is if I say so myself. Well, since I’m back let’s forgo a lot of “talk” this time around and get right to the music!
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Playlist: (song - artist - album [time])
- Paradise - Sade - Stronger Than Pride [4:02]
- All Night Long - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [6:25]
- Are You Using Me - Luther Vandross - The Ultra Selection [5:20]
- Nothing Can Come Between Us - Sade - Stronger Than Pride [4:24]
- Can’t Slow Down - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [4:43]
- Give Me The Reason - Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason [4:47]
- Kiss Of Life - Sade - Love Deluxe [5:50]
- Round And Round - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [4:56]
- Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me) - Luther Vandross - Luther [5:25]
- Never As Good As The First Time - Sade - Promise [5:01]
- Running With The Night - Lionel Richie - Can’t Slow Down [6:02]
- Don’t Want To Be A Fool - Luther Vandross - This Close To You [3:20]
- Give It Up - Sade - Stronger Than Pride [3:53]
- Wandering Stranger - Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie [5:36]
- Going Out Of My Head - Luther Vandross - Your Secret Love [5:17]
- War Of The Hearts - Sade - Promise [6:47]
- Oh No - Lionel Richie w/The Commodores - Truly: The Love Songs [3:02]
Enjoy!
And remember…
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We have the answer: “Check out NetInfoWeb’s ‘SoulSites’ Aggregator Page!”
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