Sometimes singing just isn't enough. Sometimes you have to talk to get your point across. Right in the middle of a song. I'm not sure where this idea originated, but I think it's been going on for awhile. Maybe the point is to make the listener feel like the singer is speaking directly to them or maybe it's just to mix it up a little. (Even singers have to get tired of singing sometimes)
Example 1: Boyz II Men's On Bended Knee - A slow jam classic. Not only does this song feature talking in the middle it also features an argument in the beginning (see Slow Jam Week Day 3 ) and rain (see Slow Jam Week Day 2 ). The trifecta of slow jam awesome-ness. And that's why Boyz II Men are the kings of the slow jam (and probably why they've sold 60 million records and won 4 Grammy awards)
Example 2: Jimmy Fallon, Brian Williams, and The Roots' Slow Jam the News - Untraditional? Yes. Applicable? Definitely. Amazing? No Doubt.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Slow Jam Week Day 2: Rain!
Day 2 of slow jam week. Today's topic is rain.
Rain makes everything more dramatic. Oh the pain! Baby I love you so much I'm standing out in the rain!
Example 1: Usher's U Got It Bad, released in 2001. It spent 6 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Charts and was song number 99 on Billboard's Hot 100 50th Anniversary Chart. Pretty good considering that chart was based on all the number one songs between 1958 and 2008.
Example 2: Crazy by K-Ci and JoJo (told you they were a slow jam powerhouse) Crazy has it all: rain, scenes from Save the Last Dance, things happening in reverse, fight scenes, ballet, AND it turns out K-Ci and JoJo have super powers over morality. Who knew?! Crazy didn't reach as high on the Billboard Charts as All My Life (only #11) but it did spend 23 weeks there.
Rain makes everything more dramatic. Oh the pain! Baby I love you so much I'm standing out in the rain!
Example 1: Usher's U Got It Bad, released in 2001. It spent 6 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Charts and was song number 99 on Billboard's Hot 100 50th Anniversary Chart. Pretty good considering that chart was based on all the number one songs between 1958 and 2008.
Example 2: Crazy by K-Ci and JoJo (told you they were a slow jam powerhouse) Crazy has it all: rain, scenes from Save the Last Dance, things happening in reverse, fight scenes, ballet, AND it turns out K-Ci and JoJo have super powers over morality. Who knew?! Crazy didn't reach as high on the Billboard Charts as All My Life (only #11) but it did spend 23 weeks there.
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