So Y'all Are Wondering About Stevie (June is Black Music Month)

Shout out to Naima Cochran @naima on Twitter. Every Black Music Month she has prompts & threads for her followers to post songs based on different daily topics. Well, she posted her Stevie Wonder hit songs bracket that was created by Music Madness. And you guys know I love a good bracket so, you know I filled mine out.

I'm not going to do a whole breakdown but my bracket came down to. My Cherie Amour from the 60s Stevie category & from the 80s/90s category, Ribbon in the Sky. Even if my favorite Stevie Wonder songs, Ebony Eyes & If It's Magic were on the bracket, Ribbon in the Sky WINS.

That song is such a sweet melody. It was one of THE wedding songs of the 80s & 90s. I, myself walked down the aisle as a bridesmaid to this song. It has been covered by reggae singer, Dennis Brown, R&B group, Intro, Pop sensation, Boyz II Men,  and others like 2 Men 4 Soul, Hiroshima, Lloydie Crucial, and Ivete Sangalo. In 2009, Essence magazine included "Ribbon in the Sky" in their list of the "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time". And though My Cherie Amour was about Wonder's girlfriend in 1966 named Marcia, it doesn't grab my heart like Ribbon in the Sky. Oh, know that the beginning piano chords were playing in my mind while typing this post. I hear the notes, Stevie, I Hear the Notes!

What Stevie Wonder hit would win your bracket? Let me know!

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Talk About It Tuesday (A Standard Plus Size Fight)

The sad part is the lady & the guy don't care. That's why I let my life & dating standards fight my battles. Because walls with mouths don't have listening ears but maybe their eyes aren't blind.

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Talk About It Tuesday (Celebrity Opinion)

You meant for me to change my mind. But my mind is made up. DJ Nice is Handsome but New Edition is Not a 90s group. I don't care what the creator of this bracket typed. New Edition belongs in the 80s R&B bracket.

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Friends Call (Answering Questions)

Alright guys, Let's Do This!

Q: Email vs Voice Call

A: Voice Call I told y'all I am very keen on emotional voice inflection. Also, I hate the back & forth waiting that written/typed communication requires to get point across, understood, & resolve. Say what you need to say and be through.

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The advice goes to people who "people who don't gender identify as either male or female", also. You guys need friends, too.

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Oh Not That Song...It's Wedding Season

Blame my club sister & Pure Romance consultant, Terri for this post. She shared the picture and the wheels of my mind started turning. Also, I started chuckling. Wedding songs are important. And we all have the faves that are meaningful to us. But some songs are wrong for the occasion.

5. Every Breath You Take by The Police I mean dude is lamenting the loss of a relationship. 

4. I'll Take Your Man by Salt & Pepa Clearly, the bride invited her haters and/or the groom's ex-girlfriends to the wedding. (This was my answer to the post on FB.)

3. Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood Dear Groom, You have been warned. 

2. I Need Love by LL Cool J But you're getting married

1. Secret Lovers by Atlantic Star And at that point, I would look around for the drama because whoever is over the music is being messy. I don't care how melodious it is, the song is about adultery

Honorable Mention: Let's Get Married by Jagged Edge This lazy engagement song should not exists, let alone be played at a wedding

In a world where I sat through a few weddings with Spend My Life by Eric Benet & Tamia on repeat during the processional and Hallelujah was an ad-lib during a performance of All My Life by K-Ci & JoJo, I will not stay at a wedding that plays those inappropriate tunes. I have a feeling a fight will break out while the bride is coming down the aisle. And the police will be called. Yeah, I'm Out.

So, answer the question in the comments on here or the social media site you see this on.

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Music Video Wish List (June is Black Music Month)

Nothing makes the mind wonder like music, in my opinion. I like visualizing things to music. Especially old favorites. Growing up I believed every song in the world should be made into a music video. And sometimes I have made up some for music I wish had one

Beauty by Dru Hill Seeing that I am a big fan of this group, I know I have mentioned part of this concept in a previous post. But at the beginning of this video, you see me, the video's lead model going about my little old life as usual with portions of my days with Dru Hill in my vicinity at the same time. The lead vocalist of the song & I even bump into one another, smile & apologize to one another, but we both keep going on our separate ways. Then there's a concert poster looking for a lady to dance with the group that flies into a book I'm reading. Then viewers see I am backstage getting my hair & makeup done. By the time for the vamp, I am brought out on the stage with the group to dance in a pretty & long flowing dress. And true readers & friends know which group member's embrace I end the video in aka the lead vocalist of Beauty.

Southern Gul by Erykah Badu ft Rahzel: 

Oak Cliff may be some folk's hood (Shout Out to THAT song). But years before folks bopped to it, Erykah Badu & her boy, Rahzel made a true ode to my home area.

🎶Southern Gul and I'll rock your world

Fly as a bumble bee (buzz)

Can't nobody f-ck with me

I'm a Southern Gul

From way down South

Got a dirty way

'Cause I got a dirty mouth, dirty South

(Southern Gul)🎶

Oh yes, I remember when South Dallas was the only place in Dallas where you could get two pieces of chicken & jalapeno pepper (Probably from my favorite, Henderson's when it was on Oakland, now called Malcolm X). And if your finger waves didn't last all night (actually a week) long, you were deemed unworthy to wear finger waves. And instead of seeing the Oak Cliff fave, Rudy's Chicken, you see Black Jack Pizza, Little World, the Forrest Theatre, and even a flash or two of the State Fairgrounds among other sites of this historical spot of the city in a video for this short diddy. Maybe I could've waved at the cameras from my porch. LoL

🎶Big D Little a Double l as🎶

Love's Train by Con Funk Train: Let's enter into the nosy, messy & gossiping portions of my mind. Long ago in a far away time when celebrity beef wasn't handled on social media but in the music that the artist put out, there was a tune with a great cadence based on a true story. Don't believe me go read THIS, THIS, THIS or watch THIS.  Yes, all that Drama was within the group, Con Funk Shun. (I often think about Ms. Love's Train. Did she ever realize that there was a song made about her player ways? I would've gotten my 4% (1/3 of 1 song of a 9 track record) of those album sales. They couldn't tell my business and get away with it. Yes, I am silly.) And that wasn't even the reason why they broke up. It was money. LoL But they were smart to capitalize on this issue. And in 1982, a video would have been nice. They could have just reenacted how the song was made. Sad Michael Cooper sits down after going to Ms. Love's Train and finding out she dating his bandmate, Felton Pilate & him. Ms. Love's Train & he talking over the intercom with the bandmate on the couch can be in the backdrop. He picks up some sheet music of Felton's and starts writing. Cooper presents his song to the group. The other members realize what the song is referencing & get uncomfortable. The camera should pan to the bass being slapped during the "heartstrings can be broken" part. Felton gets upset & wants to pull his music and Danny Thomas on keys tells him how foolish he is being. And the fellas shake hands and we see in the backdrop Ms. Love Train listening to it on the radio.

Honorable Mention: Love by God's Property After the popularity of the faster jam, Stomp, I wish Kirk Franklin & the group slowed things down and gave the world a musical image of "what it means to..."

Do I have too much time on my hand? Mayhaps you are correct. But what's the alternative? Use my brain power to make up rumors about celebrities & put them on YouTube? Call people and become "Scam Likely". So leave me alone. If one of these artists sees this post and decided to revisit their works and use & pay me for my idea, I bet my time won't be thought of as a waste. Hmmph! LMBO Oh well! Drop down in the comments and let me know what song(s) should have had music videos. Show me where your imagination takes you.

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Ooh Reception Hangry A-holes...It's Wedding Season

Ok, guys go read this Reddit, Am I the A-Hole post that was Trending on Twitter, recently. I need to talk to "Future Husband" for a moment.

Dear Future Husband,

When we send out the invitations and we agree with my plans, we must tell our guests when dinner will be served. Because if my plans are fulfilled and although it is beneficial to guests, I have a feeling 1/4 of them will still have complaints. Probably because of lack of reading. But we still will have to hear about it.

Just an FYI.

Also, the Elopement style is starting to look more & more attractive.

I Love You! *mwah*

I see this issue both ways. Before you guys start inquiring about my wants, let me tell you. I want a 2-hour brunch or happy hour (depending on the time of the wedding) buffet-style meal before the ceremony aka while I'm getting dressed. The reception will be cake, punch, & line dancing. So, I understand the AITA post about letting your guests know in the invitation about doing something non-traditional. But it does bear for me to ask what did the couple exactly say in said invitation.

Because saying, "Food will at the Venue" is not saying "Have change for the Vending Machine". But I also think the guests voicing gripes on Facebook or any social media after the wedding is Tacky. If they could keep their comments to themselves when it happened, then they could have stayed hush forevermore. Or at least, say something to the couple the next time they were in their presence. Airing your grievances on social media is cowardly.

Sounds like it were many a-holes at that nuptials. Maybe the couple could have had a few finger foods next to the cake, like the weddings I grew up attending. And maybe the guest would not have turned to social media to moan & groan.

Oh Well, what's done is done.

To the Bride & Groom 🥂

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