I am catching up over the next few days. Lots to blog. (Too much football means I stop thinking about anything else, but I’ll try.)
I know there’s some love for Alicia Keys on this blog: But was it only me or did she sound out of tune and out of sorts when covering the late Brenda Fassie’s single “Too Late for Mama” with South African band BLK JKS at the pre-World Cup concert two weeks ago?
BTW, I only saw the performance on the net since both the public broadcaster in South Africa as well as ABC here in the US apparently decided not to show the collaboration between Ms Keys and BLK JKS. (Separately during Shakira’s performance Zolani Mahola, who has a verse on the song, could only be heard and not seen.)
If you can’t bear Ms Keys, there’s always the original complete with cheezy video:
It’s not Keys but rather the band that’s off key. Specifically the synthesizer. Note that the Blk Jks singer sounds off key also. After the guitar solo,(lovely, lovely) Keys comes in strong and pulls the band up to the right key. I’m indifferent to Keys but in this case she wasn’t at fault. Her being seemingly out of sorts is most likely from the exhausting effort to pull a whole band back into key.
@ekapa: I think Blk Jks cultivate that short of new wave, distorted amps, with what sounded like an electric organ/synthesizer (?) in background sound–what may sound like off key–deliberately. By the 2:00 min mark it makes sense.
Or maybe she was jetlagged and still giddy from her visit to get a “blessing” in KZN. Or did that happen afterwards?
@Sean: I hear you. This is an example of the pitfalls of trying to combine a harmonically adventuorous group like the Blk Jks with a straight ahead pop singer like Keys on a pop song. Keys approaches it the way it was written, the way Fassie, a pop singer performed it, while for the Blk Jks the song is a framework for exploration, and unintentional dissonance results. Keys asserts the pop primacy of the song and the Blk Jks in gentlemanly fashion eventually accede.
Yeah Swizz looks quite the sight with that Zulu wrap over pants. lol!
A Bitchy State of Mind (zero hypocrisy, home-wrecking version of the NewYork song)
New mistress, new mistress, newmistreeeeees!!!!!!
This pussy makes me brand new
This dick makes me brand new
(Thats how the NewYork song sounds to me comming from that home-wrecking superwoman, sorry, superwh**
A woman’s worth ( Zero hypocrisy, home-wrecking version)
A real man should know that the mistress come first.
And a real woman should know that whatever she does, a superwoman will take her man (Chorus: Yes! Superwhore will take your man).
And a real woman should stop believing this karma bullshit, and steal her best friend’s husband. (chorus: Eish! You can cry a river, you sorry wife)
And a real man will know that it’s time to replace that boring wife with those sagging breasts.
And a real woman doesnt give a dime that she is from the hardships of single mother households, and will strive to be an architect of more others herself.
And a real man knows that nice guys finish last.
And a real woman will know how to choose spark over smart.
And a real woman doesn’t give a dime whether it lasts as long as she is having the time of her life.
And a real man, married or not, will know how to appreciate a bitch’s worth.
And a real woman will know how to project a truelady’s image, whilst acting bitch in the background.
And a real man will know how to appreciate Alicia’s worth.
These lyrics are not meant to encourage deviant, immoral behaviour but actually calls you to practice exactly the opposite. Taken together with this commentary, the motive is to show you that 1. People are not what they seem to be. U probably know that but an average apparently underestimates this. Be on guard and trust only God No 2 When u say or sing morals and inspirations, u multiply yo culpability when u practce exactly the opposite. People wouldnt have given a dime if Paris Hilton had done exactly the same. No 3 These lyrics give a hint what a certain superwoman (or superwhore, depending on yo perspective) sings to that guy with the stupid name, during foreplay lol!!!!!!!!!!
alicia has now got herself in a fix. If a union is shrouded in evil and inappropriateness, asking God for blessing is futile, no blessings will be given. 2 The day Alicia or that Swiss playboy decide to treminate the relationship, the world will be on Alicia as in: I told you so 3 The more the delay in ending this union, the more it carries through the years, the more the damage there is (ask Whitney Houston)and the more there is career-limiting, unrecoverable damage 3 Alicia will suffer more than Swiss. Society is much more judgemental on women than men. Now Alicia is now the superw***** whereas Swiss is the the ultimate playboy with a savvy sense of provident *****es. After all is said and done, please let us remember the poor innocent kids caught up in the mess of cheap adults chasing materialism, joys of flesh and ‘spark’. May God bless them and forgive their parents. PS I fully support Alicia on her orphanage initiative. But it doesnt help when u join the homewrecking brigade that is the major cause of these very orphans! What an own goal!
now this alicia shit cant no longer sing A woman’s worth or Karma without sounding hypocritical. She should start writings songs based on themes such as husband-stealing or blow-jobs. Collaborations with Snoopy Dogg cant be a bad idea
A Bitchy State of Mind (zero hypocrisy, home-wrecking version of the NewYork song)
New mistress, new mistress, newmistreeeeees!!!!!!
This pussy makes me brand new
This dick makes me brand new
(Thats how the NewYork song sounds to me comming from that home-wrecking superwoman, sorry, superwh**
GOD BLESS YOU!
she is an incredible hypocrite!