i could sing the "every jumbled..." line over and over again. not only fun lyrics and twisty melody, but the cadence, especially on that line, really does a lot for this song.
now please, nobody get me wrong here, love TMBG about 90% of the time, but does the Kurtis Blow inclusion in the song kinda take away from it, in anyone's opinion?
there's just so many great qualities to this song that of course i always listen and enjoy when it comes up on the mp3 player, but that pop cultural reference just always seems to kind of put me off a bit when i'm otherwise enjoying scarecrow archetypes and weaving-wavy lyrics.
(i have no problem with Blow, certainly not his soul train appearances, but maybe i'm too young to completely get the reference?)
@KSOfm Funny you should mention that line. It used to throw me off before I fully understand who TMBG were. (Lincoln was the very first rock album I ever bought) Like "was that a dis?" But after becoming a huge fan and understanding(?)LOL more of their lyrical content, I just seems like a nod, a silly shout-out, an acknowledgment of the unique vocal stylings of one of the godfathers of Hip-hop.
@KSOfm Funny you should mention that line. It used to throw me off before I fully understand who TMBG were. (Lincoln was the very first rock album I ever bought) Like "was that a dis?" But after becoming a huge fan and understanding(?)LOL more of their lyrical content, I just seems like a nod, a silly shout-out, an acknowledgment of the unique vocal stylings of one of the godfathers of Hip-hop.
i could sing the "every jumbled..." line over and over again. not only fun lyrics and twisty melody, but the cadence, especially on that line, really does a lot for this song.
now please, nobody get me wrong here, love TMBG about 90% of the time, but does the Kurtis Blow inclusion in the song kinda take away from it, in anyone's opinion? there's just so many great qualities to this song that of course i always listen and enjoy when it comes up on the mp3 player, but that pop cultural reference just always seems to kind of put me off a bit when i'm otherwise enjoying scarecrow archetypes and weaving-wavy lyrics. (i have no problem with Blow, certainly not his soul train appearances, but maybe i'm too young to completely get the reference?)
@KSOfm Funny you should mention that line. It used to throw me off before I fully understand who TMBG were. (Lincoln was the very first rock album I ever bought) Like "was that a dis?" But after becoming a huge fan and understanding(?)LOL more of their lyrical content, I just seems like a nod, a silly shout-out, an acknowledgment of the unique vocal stylings of one of the godfathers of Hip-hop.
@KSOfm Funny you should mention that line. It used to throw me off before I fully understand who TMBG were. (Lincoln was the very first rock album I ever bought) Like "was that a dis?" But after becoming a huge fan and understanding(?)LOL more of their lyrical content, I just seems like a nod, a silly shout-out, an acknowledgment of the unique vocal stylings of one of the godfathers of Hip-hop.