My pop list:

Jodeci - My Heart Belongs to U

Tony! Toni! Tone! - Lay Your Head On My Pillow

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Mylon Lefevre - Invincible Love

Van Hunt - Ur Personal Army

Elliott Smith - Shooting Star

Prince - U Got the Look (Extended Version)

Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over

Rufus Wainwright - Poses

Soungarden - Zero Chance

1 Prince and the Revolution 17 Days

2 Prince & Sheila E. Erotic City

3 Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend (SOTT movie version)

4 Curtis Mayfield Move On Up

5 D´Angelo Lady

6 SOS Band Just The Way You Like It

7 The Ohio Players Heaven Must Be Like This

8 Masters At Work & La India Love And Happiness

9 Zeki Müren Bir Gülü Sevdim

10 Masta Ace Beautiful

I could list at least a 100 more but this is off the top of my head and songs I really don´t get tired of and have been listening to for many years, regularly.

edit: There HAS to be something by Toni, Tony, Toné, Erykah Badu and Marvin Gaye on my list, and of course at least two or three oldschool Santana songs, all of Maxwell´s first two albums and Full Force but you said only TEN songs....

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In No Order

Prince - Electric Intercourse

Prince - Adore

Prince - Controversy

Prince - Little Red Corvette

Prince - When Doves Cry

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Thompson Twins - Lay your hands on me

Boney M - Mary's Boy Child

Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life

Michael Jackson - The way you make me feel

I could never live without any of them and they are desert island discs.

Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan

Station to Station - David Bowie

Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Kiss - Prince

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath

World In My Eyes - Depeche Mode

From Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

The End - The Doors

I did not put any Prince songs, because that's a whole different league by itself

Adorecream said:

In No Order

Prince - Electric Intercourse

Prince - Adore

Prince - Controversy

Prince - Little Red Corvette

Prince - When Doves Cry

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Thompson Twins - Lay your hands on me

Boney M - Mary's Boy Child

Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life

Michael Jackson - The way you make me feel

I could never live without any of them and they are desert island discs.

Boney M? Seriously? Sticks out like a sore thumb.

Good list though.

My dad used to own ALL Boney M albums. On CASSETTE !

What happened to the lead "singer" was quite tragic though....because he didn´t really sing, and he didn´t get any royalties. This group was produced by the same dude who was behind Milli Vanilli, namely Frank Farian, a German multimillionaire who made shitloads of money in the 70s and 80s. The guy who would mimick to the songs ended up penniless. I think he was from Holland.

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Off the top of my head...

Bill Withers - Make A Smile For Me

Danny Wilson (Gary Clark) - Freefloating

Spinners - One of A Kind (Love Affair)

Quincy Jones - Tell Me A Bedtime Story

LTD - We Both Deserve Each Other's Love

Isley Brothers - Brown Eyed Girl

Narada Michael Walden, featuring Carlos Santana - Awakening

Lewis Taylor - Track (acoustic)

Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off my Feet

Nik Kershaw - Cloud Nine

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KoolEaze said:

Adorecream said:

In No Order

Prince - Electric Intercourse

Prince - Adore

Prince - Controversy

Prince - Little Red Corvette

Prince - When Doves Cry

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Thompson Twins - Lay your hands on me

Boney M - Mary's Boy Child

Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life

Michael Jackson - The way you make me feel

I could never live without any of them and they are desert island discs.

Boney M? Seriously? Sticks out like a sore thumb.

Good list though.

My dad used to own ALL Boney M albums. On CASSETTE !

What happened to the lead "singer" was quite tragic though....because he didn´t really sing, and he didn´t get any royalties. This group was produced by the same dude who was behind Milli Vanilli, namely Frank Farian, a German multimillionaire who made shitloads of money in the 70s and 80s. The guy who would mimic to the songs ended up penniless. I think he was from Holland.

Good question - The reason I include the song is the harmonies are very beautiful, especially the "Oh my Lord" part towards the end, plus I remember this song all through my life and despite the fluffiness of their music and background, there is some amazing female vocals here and a good use of melisma. Seriously sit down and listen to the song up loud and you will see why, the vocals (The original not remakes) are just perfection to your ears.

Its true the rest though, the singing was actually all Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, the two ladies with the big afros and full on make up in the early days. Both of them were living in London but originally from Jamaica when they were discovered and that's why their English is perfect for a German group. Yes male vocals in songs like Daddy Cool and Rasputin are totally Frank Farian, (Although the fake vocals in Milli Vanilli song were mostly Charles Shaw an African American living in Germany and not Farian or Rob and Fab).

Originally Frank Farian recorded a song called "Baby do you wanna bump" with a disco beat backing it in 1974, and it was a surprise hit in Netherlands and Germany in early 1975, seeing the success of dance and disco music in Europe, he decided to record more this time with a backing group to do this appearances and publicity. Seeing the success of Black dance music in the USA (George Macrae, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Hues Corporation, Kool n the gang etc) and the UK (Hot chocolate), he decided he wanted Black people to be the group, preferably English speaking ones.

He then decided that at least 1 or 2 them could sing and the others could just fake it, as he was writing and making all the music. He discovered Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett as both had been in productions of Hair (Just like Donna Summer was discovered by Girogio Moroder!). However the other 2 discoveries Bobby Farrell, whom he discovered DJing and dancing to American disco records in Amsterdam, realised he had limited vocal ability and Maizie was merely there to add some sex to the group.

Finally in 1975 they recorded the first album, which featured him and the 2 female singers on the vocals. Bobby and Maizie were only added after the music for the first album was recorded. Both were in the steamy photo session for the album "Take the heat of me" showing them in towels half naked leaning over each other. This steamy cover and the one on the next album would limit the appeal in conservative USA.

The album had a huge hit with Daddy Cool and the next album was an even bigger success with a steamier cover, showing them half naked with whips and chains, in some bizarre jungle bondage orgy. Needless to say a new edition with a less sexual cover was issued (All dressed in gangster clothes to promote the single Ma Baker). It had the hits Sunny, Belfast and Ma Baker.

The next 2 albums were huge smashes with 3 #1 hits (Rasputin, Rivers, Mary's Boy Child) and 3 other Top 10's. They also went to Russia in late 1978 and have remained popular there ever since. In 1980 they slowed down and 1981's Boonoonoos was a flop even though the music on songs like Malalaika is excellent and not disco tinged at all. Bobby left after this album.

Bobby merely wanted to dance and be the DJ. He was from Aruba, a Dutch colony and could speak English, but generally did not sing. Farian wanted him in the group for his dancing skills and physical presence (He looked cool with the afro with the wedge missing and the body popping moves he did). He left the group in 1981 and was replaced by Reggie Tsiboe, a Ghanaian living in London who did sing and provided the vocals on songs like "Kalimba Da Luna" and their 1984 and 1985 albums. The Christmas album was also re-recorded with Reggie's vocals.


And yes the fourth member of the group was Maizie Williams from Montserrat, who was added to the group as she was stunningly beautiful in a leggy Iman/Tyra Banks way. She did not sing, although like Bobby some songs have their backing vocals deep in the mix. She merely danced and Lipsynched like Bobby.

So 95% of the vocals were Liz and Marcia, who both had full voices and now both tour with alternative line ups of Boney M!! Bobby died a couple of years ago. Boney M broke up in 1986 and reformations since consist of only 1 or 2 original members and many new ones. The last 3 albums were patchy with different singers and groups on the songs, the most bizarre was an 1984 single called "Happy song" which was apparently Bobby Farrell and the school rebels, a group of pre pubescent Italian children, whose grasp of the English language was laughable at best, only Kalimba da Luna was a fairly good song with the line up of Boney M we know and love. Megamixes and a revival in 19992 bought some more success and a really bad remix album from 2000 also kept their memory alive.

I only know this stuff, as they are one of my favourite groups and Boney M were huge in Europe and the British world. For instance "Rivers of Babylon" was number 1 for 14 weeks here and 5 weeks in the UK, but barely troubled the charts in the USA.

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Kiss me on my neck - badu

i want you - badu

get on the floor - MJ

automatic - prince

creep - tlc

stomp - bros johnson

got til it's gone - janet

vivrant thing - q tip

burning up - madonna

waiting - madonna

Love's Holiday - EWF

Bad Habits - Maxwell

Pretty Brown Eyes - Mint Condition

I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye

Send For Me - Atlantic Starr

Call Me - Aretha Franklin

She's Always In My Hair - Prince

Eye Hate U - Prince

Change Of Heart - Change

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Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son

Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day

Enigma - Return to innocence

Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

Journey - Separate Ways

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

The Beatles - All My Loving

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

The Monkees - I'm A Believer

+Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

Michael Jackson - Beat It

David Bowie - Station To Station

Prince - When Doves Cry

Genesis - Invisible Touch

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

Derek And The Dominos - Layla

trust in me - etta james

groove is in the heart - deee-lite

don't pass me by - big maybelle

celia inside - the cardigans

my love is your love - whitney houston

just - mark ronson

three little birds - bob marley

losing my religion - r.e.m. or tori amos

getaway - dr john

stay (faraway so close) - u2

i had cream on there as my stripper anthem but i read in another post and agree that prince is a whole other list.

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mint condition - u send me swingin

tony toni tone - anniversary

michael jackson - remember the time

alexnder o'neal - if you were here tonight

stevie wonder - ribbon in the sky

swv - rigth here human nature remix

mary j blige - love no limit

janet jackson - come back to me

human league - human

glenn frey - you belong to the city

there's hundreds of songs i can never get tired of (singles and albums cuts), but these came to mind first.

Under pressure-boyz 2 men

Lovely thang-kut klose

Jammin in Manhattan-jeff tyzik

I Remember-George Duke

Feelin Free-Jermaine Jackson

Dance little sister-Terance Trent D'arby

Love is the key-Maze

Contusion-Stevie Wonder

Fencewalk-Mandrill

Radioactivity-Royal Cash

Nobody can fuck with my list! it's brilliant!

Bambi82 said:

starbelly said:

Jennifer's Body by Hole

Man I used to love Hole (around '00) I put this, Doll Parts, CITSW, Best Sunday Dress, Turpentine, and Miss World on a cd and played it non-stop.

Been listening to some Hole again lately (girls :lo: ) and Doll Parts still gets me. Easily my favorite Hole song.

I want to do this but my head almost exploded from trying to pick just ten songs. .... I'll have to think about it and try again later...

1 All Blues - Miles Davis

2 Pop Life - Prince

3 Dance Pt. 1 - The Rolling Stones

4 Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

5 I Want You - Bob Dylan

6 Rock Lobster - The B-52s

7 Marquee Moon - Television

8 I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

9 Dover Beach - The Bangles

10 Regret - New Order

Creep - Radiohead

They Won't go when I go - Stevie Wonder

Say Hello Wave Goodbye 12" - Soft Cell

Reaching One - Wendy & Lisa

Fustful of Love - Antony and the Johnsons

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Time Waits For No One - Mavis Staples

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

I Miss You - Blink 182

Madness - Muse

The Gingerbread Man - Prince

In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane

In Da Club - 50 Cent

Like You'll Never See Me Again - Alicia Keys

Moments In Love - Art Of Noise

Keep On Walkin' - CeCe Penniston

Love The Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna

Is It A Crime - Sade

Don't Disturb This Groove - The System

My Parta Town - Tuff Crew

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Listening to the songs posted in this thread is like taking a trip through heaven. Thank you guys so much!

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Cher-The Way Of Love

Akina Nakamori-Liar

The Smiths-The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

The Smashing Pumpkins-Stars Fallin

David Bowie-Quicksand

Jobriath-Morning Starship

Klaus Nomi-The Nomi Song

Sugarcubes-Birthday

Schwarz Stein- Transient

Buck-Tick　ドレス

your welcome!

ginusher said:

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Listening to the songs posted in this thread is like taking a trip through heaven. Thank you guys so much!

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