90's Music

The idea for the song came about when the Fairbrass brothers were running a gym in London where, according to Richard, there was "lots of narcissism and posing". One day, he took his shirt off and started singing "I'm too sexy for my shirt" in front of a mirror as a joke. The band originally recorded it as an indie rock song.

It was rejected by multiple record companies before they played it to radio plugger Guy Holmes. He was initially unimpressed after playing it on his car stereo, but his passengers latched onto the song's "I'm a model, you know what I mean" hook and Holmes asked the band if they could rework it as a dance track.

DJ TommyD, an acquaintance of Richard Fairbrass, programmed electronics around the original vocal, whilst guitarist Rob Manzoli added a riff borrowed from the Jimi Hendrix song "Third Stone from the Sun".[5]

... "I'm Too Sexy" was successful on the singles charts worldwide, becoming a hit on several continents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Too_Sexy

Attrell "Prince Be" Cordes told in an interview about the song's conception, "I have to like a song before I can deal with it, the music comes first. I've always liked that Spandau Ballet song, it's so dreamy and trance-like, so when I came to deal with it, I knew I'd be daydreaming along to that one. 'Set Adrift' was so obvious to do: have the Spandau Ballet loop in there and a few other things, and dress it up a bit. That was all that was necessary." ...

Alan Jones of Music Week named it Single of the Week, commenting, "A brilliant soundscape starts with some nice vocal work, followed by the drum track from Dennis Edwards' "Don't Look Any Further" before Spandau Ballet's "True" leads into a mellow rap. A serene summer smash."[10] A reviewer from Newcastle Evening Chronicle described it as a "dreamy rap song".[11] Johnny Dee from Smash Hits named it Single of the Fortnight, calling it the "dreamiest, most laid-back record ever invented." He added, "Quite what lyrics like "rubber bands expand in a frustrating sigh" mean is a total mystery, but if ever a record could be described as — aherm — like being massaged by a bag of marshmallows, then this is it. Melt city!"[12] While reviewing Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience, the magazine's Gary Kipper stated that the song "is, of course, one of the most summery records ever made".[13] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin wrote, "The hit track, the play track, the ultimate "Huh?" inducer, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" is a classic of languid lassitude. Deadpan as De La doing "West End Girls", "Memory" opens with a laconically drawled "The camera pans the cocktail glass behind a blind of plastic plants" and just gets better from there."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_Adrift_on_Memory_Bliss

Sung by Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens, Catherine O'Hara (the mother in "Home Alone") and Danny Elfman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas_(soundtrack)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regret_(New_Order_song)

I would like a place I could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"/"We Three Kings" (originally recorded backstage at WPLT Planetfest, August 1996)

I recently got to see her live in concert 🤩 This is one of my favourites of hers from the 90s

"It's in your look there's no doubt I know exactly what it's all about It's not what you say I'm listening to like the air around us I can see straight through to your real intention what you really mean hidden in the silence in the space between you take advantage I'm not taking that I've made my move - it's a counter act

It's a cold limp hand in an open palm it's putting poison in the healing balm it's eyes that look all around the room when to whom you're talking's right in front of you the words you use never break the ice you take what's yours then another slice you take advantage I'm not taking that I've made my move - it's a counter act

Let's make it clear there's no time for placing curves on a smooth straight line the shades of grey only make a haze turn a simple path into a complex maze standing people up just to knock them down keeps the vicious circle turning round and round you take advantage I'm not taking that I've made my move - it's a counter act"

🎶 I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the top,

I never eat a pig 'cause a pig is a cop

Or better yet a Terminator, like Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tryin' to play me out like as if my name was Sega 🎶

It's still a fun song, but I like the memories this song unlocks a lot more than the song itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Millennium_Tension

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_as_Usual_(EPMD_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Hotstepper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Behaviour

Produced by Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music

Massive Attack had been looking to move away from the "Motown reggae" of their first album. [Tracey] Thorn [of Everything but the Girl] received a backing track on cassette in the latter half of 1993—without title, melody or lyrics or "any indication as to where those things might go". Taken aback by the comparatively "slow and empty" sound, Thorn recognised that "a whole new thing" was happening.[3]

Initially unsure where to begin, Thorn lived with the track, allowing it to "seep into [her] brain", before putting down the words in a single sitting. She recounted the story of a girl told by friends a few nights earlier and reflected on her protective feelings towards Everything but the Girl band mate Ben Watt following a serious illness.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_(Massive_Attack_song)

This girl I know needs some shelter
But she don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't wanna get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her
I know you wanna live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way you found her?

I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

You're a boy and I'm a girl
But you know you can lean on me
And I don't have no fear
I'll take on any man here
Who says that's not the way it should be?

And I'll stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I'll stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

She's a girl and you're a boy
But sometimes you look so small, you look so small
You got a baby of your own
And when your baby's grown, she'll be the one
To catch you when you fall

And I'll stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I'll stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy, yeah
You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy, yeah

But sometimes you look so small, you need some shelter
You're just runnin' 'round and 'round, helter skelter
And I've leaned on you for years, now you can lean on me
And that's more than love, that's the way it should be
Now, I can't change the way you feel
But I could put my arms around you
That's just part of the deal, that's the way I feel
I'll put my arms around you

I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

You're a boy and I'm a girl
You're a boy and I'm a girl, yeah
You're a boy and I'm a girl
You're a boy and I'm a girl, yeah