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▲ 17 r/MelanatedGenX

What was your first album and how did it influence your taste in music? 💿

💿 First album given to me:

Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album on vinyl. It was a double album so it felt extra special. I still listen to songs from this soundtrack to this day.

💿 First album I bought for myself:

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson on vinyl. This album was formative in my lifelong love and appreciation for disco, pop, funk, and RnB music.

u/Sno0pyBo0 — 7 days ago
▲ 108 r/MelanatedGenX

Force MDs - Tender Love (1985)

Written and produced by the amazing Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, this song was featured in the classic 1985 film, Krush Groove. For me, this song was truly love at first listen❣

u/Sno0pyBo0 — 10 days ago
▲ 10 r/MelanatedGenX

Poll: How do you listen to music in your car? 🎶

As Melanated Gen Xers, music has always been an important part of our lives. Collectively, we grew up listening to music in so many different formats: reel-to-reel, 8-track tapes, vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, MP3s, satellite radio, internet radio, and now streaming. How do y’all listen to music in the car nowadays?

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u/Sno0pyBo0 — 13 days ago
▲ 128 r/MelanatedGenX

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll 🎸❤️🔥

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973) was the world’s first rock star.

Long before the term even existed, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was setting stages aflame by fusing gospel with electric guitar, bending notes with grit and distortion, and performing with a swagger that would define rock & roll decades later. A child prodigy turned trailblazer, she didn’t just play the guitar — she made it speak.

Artists who would later shape rock music, including Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Johnny Cash, built on foundations Tharpe had already laid down 🎸

🎥: https://www.instagram.com/rockhall/

u/Sno0pyBo0 — 17 days ago
▲ 29 r/MelanatedGenX

Have you ever met a celebrity? If you have, who did you met and how nice were they? ⭐

I met Florence Griffith Joyner aka "Flo-Jo" the track and field Olympian back in the early 90s. She was truly a ✨ VISION ✨ to behold. Statuesque, athletic, and beautiful. She was really nice too.

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Other celebs I've met:

  • Al Gore - met him in ‘92 during the first Clinton-Gore campaign, he was very friendly and personable. I have often wondered what could have been had he been elected president in 2000... 😔
  • Actor Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, As Good As It Gets) - he was ok, low-key kinda guy
  • Singer Rod Stewart - much shorter irl and with a very large face/head, not so nice

How about y'all?

Edit: added another famous name, fixed formatting

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u/Sno0pyBo0 — 18 days ago
▲ 2 r/QuietStorm

Gordon Haskell - How Wonderful You Are (2002)

I go out most nights
Attracted by the lights
Listen to the jazz in Harry's bar
And I know it won't be long
Before they play that song
Do you know how wonderful you are?
It's a sentimental sound
Make me want to fool around
With somebody who is wishing on a star
I pull my hat down low
Go up and say hello
Do you know how wonderful you are?

❤️

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u/Sno0pyBo0 — 24 days ago