The Ruffin Brothers – I Am My Brothes Keeper (Color cover)

Damn, is David’s head really that much smaller than Jimmy’s head?

Anyway, I just listened to this entire record and it was soulful for sure…just wasn’t the most amazing LP I’ve ever heard.  I could def chop some of it up into some hot tracks, which I may do, but as far as listening to it again…it’s gonna get buried in my itunes so it’ll resurface here and there.  I think my favorite joint on here is definitely “Your Love Was Worth Waiting For” as I like the song and these brothers were doing their thing.

If you want to grab the album, download it here.

Btw, I’m a huge fan of David Ruffin….his life, his music, The Temptations, and his legacy as one of the best voices of all time.  RIP Mr. Ruffin.

The Ruffin Brothers – Didn’t I Blow Your Mind (This Time):

The Ruffin Brothers – He Aint Heavy, He’s My Brother:

The Ruffin Brothers – Your Love Was Worth Waiting For:

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Cher & The Jackson 5 – Jackson 5 Medley

VS

Cher & The Osmonds – Stevie Wonder Medley

BONUS WAR! Who had the better cartoon intro?

The Osmonds Cartoon

VS

The Jackson 5 Cartoon

Well? What’s the verdict?

“Michael Jackson is in London to attend the British Record Industry Awards and record with Paul McCartney. During his stay, there is industrial action by water workers in the capital which prompts a scare about contaminated water. Michael arranges for large quantities of Perrier water to be delivered to his hotel suite, prompting the tabloid press to speculate that he is cooking, shaving and bathing with bottled water as well as merely drinking it.”

On the surface…these are quick flicks from the backstage area of an awards show. Mike, Paul, and a young group who had to be stoked to meet Michael Jackson.  Shit, I’d be happy too.  Also, Musical Youth had to look up to Jackson 5 as they were trying to do a similar thing with their group (two sets of brothers).  On a deeper level, let’s take a look at another reason why they should all be smiling.

Musical Youth released “Pass The Dutchie” in autumn of 1982.  The record went to Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1982. It went on to sell over four million copies, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. A U.S. Top 10 placing also followed in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The accompanying video made them the first black artists to be played on MTV. (Wikipedia)

Thriller was released on December 1, 1982, and sold one million copies worldwide per week at its peak (Wikipedia)

Paul McCartney is a Beatle. What else is there to say?  For this post, we’ll just say that he was on a track on Thriller named “The Girl Is Mine”, so Thriller’s success reflects on him as well.

So, to sum it up, these smiles can be described with a little rough Their Time’s Limited math (and Wikipedia help):

Michael Jackson Album Sales: 750 million, Beatles Album Sales: 1 billion, Paul McCartney: 100 million, Jackson 5 Album Sales: 100 million, & Musical Youth Album Sale: 4 million

Total Estimated Album Sales involving the guys smiling in the picture = 1,954,000,000

And you rappers act like you’re really doing something with your raggedy ass album selling in the thousands?  Go jump off a building.

Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson – Say Say Say (I know..it’s not on Thriller, but it’s my site and I’ll post whatever I want):

Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie

Where to begin? I guess I’ll start with this: I’ve had this ad in my “to post” folder for awhile, but I never actually researched Mrs. Miller until a few minutes ago.  Matter of fact, I only created this particular blog the other day so we’re just now getting into the groove over here.  It seems that I’m a little late to the starting line on this artist as a quick search reveals a bunch of blogs and sites that have covered this already.  I could very well be the only one with the OG ad though, but whatevers holmes.  Without reading any of them, I’m just going to dive in on my own with limited info and tell you about Mrs. Miller.

Starting with the ad…She looks like she should be on a pasta jar, right?  Granted, I’ve shuffled through tens of thousands of old LPs looking for samples and this cover is only modestly jacked up compared to some of the stuff I’ve seen.  In total stream of consciousness writing, this just reminded me of the time Silva and I stopped by an “album cover” art gallery show after skating one day…shit was sweet.  Back to Mrs. Miller, why is she holding the mic out like an emcee?  She’s holding that shit like she’s stroking something or like she’s about to get it in in the booth…or both (insert Eric Burdon “Spill The Wine” story here).

The song selection on this Greatest Hits album looks excellent with a variety of pop hits.  This has to be good right?  You be the judge:

Mrs. Miller – Downtown

Mrs. Miller – Strangers in the Night

Mrs. Miller – The Girl From Ipanema

Ok. What the flying fuck was Capitol thinking?  This has to be a joke right? Good God.

Having spent some time in the tower myself here and there, let me sidetrack this again with another story: I have a video somewhere of me showing my homey how to get past Capitol security, hit the elevator, stairs, and boom…the roof.  So just know that footage exists of Dj Marvski jumping over the ledge on the roof of the Capitol building and dancing around because he was so excited to be up there.  One more step and it would’ve been a done deal for the legend.

Anyway, this chick, Mrs. Miller, isn’t so good.  I can just see some 60s version of a Ron Lafitte, still dressed the same, signing her like she was going to be the next big thing.  Maybe a current “A&R” will venture out to Claremont now and find a school teacher to sign just to spice up the industry a little, eh?  That would be a true Hell Yeah!!!

Seriously, it seems like she eventually caught on to the fact that the world was laughing at her and it can be summed up in this sentence from her Wikipedia page:

“She apparently was unaware at first that her musical ability was being ridiculed, but eventually realized it and decided to go along with the joke. She attributed her break with Capitol to her wanting to sing correctly and record ballads, while Capitol wanted to continue the “so bad it’s good” style.”

The site upgrades are underway and if you take a look around…you’ll notice that things are changing around here.  The new Spit Hate network of blogs is expanding, getting better, getting more janky, and has been consuming way too much of my time.  Things wouldn’t have been so bad if I didn’t have to completely reinstall WordPress and then figure out all the multiple site crap….lucky for me, along with knowing my way around a sampler, I also know my way around PHP & MySQL.

Shouts out to Killer California…I’ll be back soon as NYC living has me starved for real tacos. Btw, nice whip Flip.

Still working on the sites…

Welcome.

My name is P and I’m a child of the 1970s & 80s.  I grew up on the music from my days and the days of my parents, which in my opinion, is far superior to 99% of the music being released today.  This blog is dedicated to all the things I like that are old school, funk, soul, rock, and in some cases, gospel.  I may tell a story or two about the way the posts make me feel, but for the most part, the old advertisements and images will probably speak for themselves.

Again, I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the music, my parents (Rebecca Jo & Willie Lee), and tons of my friends…namely Dj Strictnine, Ian Rogers, Dozanova, Dj Marvski,  and Rob Rock.

Btw, I’m bad with credits, dates, etc..but I’ll try to do my best when I can.

Enjoy,

P