So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

Yes, terrrible, imagine being that unhappy with your natural look (while the whole world thinks you’re handsome) to undergo something like that.

His life would make a great tragic biopic film, weird that it hasn’t been attempted yet, I assume that no filmmaker has the guts to tackle his attraction to children in cinema. And I would hope it would then be closer to the Elton John movie than to the incredibly banal Queen one, which wasn’t a real biopic at all but looked and felt like a piece of visual merchandise offered by the Queen fan club shop to diehard fans. Terribly insubstantial, you can’t depict Mercury more shallowly.

[westen44]

This video has been out for years.  But I'm just now getting around to watching it.  At first I was a little baffled by the word "Wingstop" although it was obvious from the context that it's a fast food place.  There is even one close to here I just found out.  But that type of food has never been of any interest to me.  This girl just cracks me up, though.  I actually laughed out loud.  You can only hope that someone was able to get her some food as quickly as possible.  I think my favorite part was her calling someone "squid."  This video is off the wall. 

[exiledarchangel]

This, on repeat. Its just one riff, but a great one.

[Dave W]

I loved this when it came out. Just listened to it yesterday.





Never knew anything about them. Then Ray Duke posted this to his FB page tonight, and... they're white!?

[Basvarken]

Very nice. Never heard of them either!
I'm quite sure Floor will like them too

[Basvarken]

Obviously the description from Beat Club is wrong

They claim these are The Soul Sisters, an American vocal duo consisting of Tresia Cleveland and Ann Gissendanner.
But those two ladies are not the ladies in the video.

In the comment I found this:
So here's the actual truth of this group, as they are not the Soul Sisters duet that Beat-Club are saying, as the duet are actually African-American women :  The Soul Sister's are a Quartet that were on the Kerston Label in Germany.   The Band leader Doris (drums) went to a music school in Karlsruhe, Germany before she started the band.  Elly (lead) and twin sister Wally (organ-piano) have been playing their instruments since the age of 6.  Anja (bass) was the last to join the band and complete the Soul Sound.  They released mostly covers, Stand by Me with a B-side of Rescue Me, and Got to Get You Off My Mind with a b-side of Land of 1000 Dances.  (thank you Google!)


German girls Uwe?

[uwe]

Which ones now, you guys are confusing!

These ladies here? German?



German only if their dads were black American GIs which wasn't so uncommon. There was racism in Germany, but there were no laws in place making life difficult for biracial couples. To many German Fräuleins, black GIs were a breath of fresh air after the oppressive war years and the black soldiers arrived in Germany as victors that could go anywhere they wanted without having to heed segregation. At the same time they showed empathy*** with the occupied because they knew from home what it was like to be a second class citizen.

Ramona's dad was a GI. I had a crush on her when I was about 10 years old.



You probably know her better from here:



Seriously now, the other Soul Sisters?



They look very German to me.

*** My mom's first experience with a black man in 1945 was a positive one (albeit she reacted inappropriately). Dieburg, our home town, was being occupied by a black US tank group (who had also fought valiantly). As they were driving around in their Shearmans one of the tank crew, most likely the commander, threw candy to my mom. She just froze, didn't dare pick it up (unlike the other kids), though she was starving for sweets (sugar was rationed in wartime Germany), but she had been fed with all that bullshit propaganda of American soldiers poisoning the German population. When the black tank soldier realized that my mom was going to ignore his present, he (rightfully!) swore "you f***ing Nazi!".  My mom regretted not picking up the sweets (other kids of course did) already on her way home and once there her two younger sisters almost stoned her for "being so stupid".  She never stopped feeling embarrassed about it, even with old age. 

[Basvarken]

For sure they' re German

But not very feminine looking...

[uwe]

Over time, the import of foreign DNA helped!



Oh my, how my then five year old daughter loved that song when it came out! 

[Basvarken]

Haha sure did!

I remember that song.

[uwe]

I really liked them. They were the real thing too, school drop outs, child prostitution, drugs, hidden teenage marriages and pregnancies, a management that lied about their age (and criminal records) - as trailer park (if we had those in Germany) as you can get. But it all ended in acrimony and tears, a press conference called to document band unity ahead of a major German tour saw them get into each other's hair, insults flew and they left the stage yelling, crying and disbanding. Everyone thought it was a publicity stunt back then, but it wasn't. The golden goose flew away, never to return.

[Dave W]

Thanks for clearing that up, Rob.

[uwe]

Thanks for giving German girls the benefit of the doubt of being able to credibly perform soul music in the 60ies though, Dave!

Of course, der Holländer knew no better but to ruin it.

[uwe]

Rick all edgy ...

[Basvarken]

Thanks for giving German girls the benefit of the doubt of being able to credibly perform soul music in the 60ies though, Dave!

Of course, der Holländer knew no better but to ruin it.

Did I?
I think I made it very clear that I liked them.
Or did you get the impression that I only like the USA version?