THE ANGELIC VOICES OF KIDS...

I found this while researching my new favorite band, Passion Pit. 

They enlisted the help of some young kids for vocals on their tracks and while at it I found this Passion Pit's blog. A cover of Viva La Vida. Soooooo goood.

I LUV ME ONE HIT WONDERS!

"Now that we found love what are we going to do with it?" Yes, the all important question posed by Heavy D. & The Boyz. And many other interesting song related topics from famous and not so famous one hit wonders. 

My work is bringing out a One Hit Wonders CD compilation this April. I looooooved the list of songs. So I thought I would down memory lane with you. Some are on the compilation, others are personal picks. Let's take it back to the 90s, baggy clothes, flat top haircuts, ugly washed denim, sneakers with heavy soles, daggy dance moves happy pants and all. 

Starting with Shanice - I Love Your Smile. Now, I may be taking a punt here but is Shanice's song channeling Janet Jackson in some, or many ways? 

Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way. A Classic.

Shame on you if you got busy to this song... Silk - Freak Me

Or this song, Az Yet - Last Night, key line "I almost cried cause it was so beautiful", Oh no!

And finally, and this especially goes out to my man all the way in Kiwi land, P-Money. Yep Yep, Snow - Informer

DID YOU KNOW...?

VANILLA ICE & COOLIO FACT!

Article written by Kali Holloway

In the category of Scientific Studies That Prove Things We Already Knew: Two University of Kansas researchers have discovered that songs can call up vivid memories and emotions from long ago periods in our lives. The surprising outcome of the study? For a surprising number of us, those memories are tied to Vanilla Ice and Coolio. 

The study involved 124 subjects between the ages of 18 and 20 who were asked to create lists of songs from various periods in their lives. Maybe because of the closeness in age of those questioned (although we’re just guessing. We haven’t done any studies of our own) respondents reported strong memories and feelings associated with many of the same songs: Vanilla Ice’s Ice, Ice Baby triggered memories in 26% of subjects; 36% got all nostalgic about Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise. What’s more, respondents didn’t actually have to hear the music – just thinking about the songs was enough to stir up old memories and feelings. 

Results from the study were published in the Psychology of Music.

And if you don't know, now you know... Taken from www.vanillaice.com