Some Tunes

So I listen to a lot of music. Mostly, that music fits into the genres of R&B, Soul, and Funk. These genres are not the most popular nowadays, as they have been surpassed by the genres of ’sucky teen-pop’ and ‘crappy rap’. So in order to make up for that, here is part one of Zach’s Groovy-Smooth-Funk Explosion. For the moment, I will try to focus on videos that I can find music videos or live performances of, so that you can see their greatness in person. Kinda.

I’ve always had a soft spot for R&B vocal groups. Sure, things like “musical ability” might be important, but in my opinion, the ability to bust a move and look good doing it pretty useful as well. The Whispers definitely had it goin’ on in the dancing department, and they have some of the finest mustaches and afros I’ve ever seen in a band.

Midas Touch is a song off of the album Headlines, which I found in a collection of my parent’s vinyl in their garage one day. I believe that I originally listened to this album with Steven, and I watched the video for this song later that same day. It’s a pretty awesome video, featuring everything you could want in an 80s song: Bitchin’ threads, ridiculous hairdos, keytars, and hordes of children running around with gold spray paint and dancing.

I originally heard this song on KAZI, whilst I was trying to find a lab so I could get some ridiculous diabetes tests done. It took me about 2 hours to find the place, but luckily, this came on the radio and my rocky journey went from a Titanic to a H.M.S. Smooth Lovin. These guys are so smooth, they manage to make powder blue tuxedos work.

So that’s all for part one. Part two will come whenever I can’t think of anything better to post.