4 Non-Blondes "What's Up" vs Edie Brickell "What I Am"

i hope he was really drunk when those songs played

Why is the 4NB song so bad and hated? It's inarguably chock full of hooks. I think they're GOOD hooks. I like the unabashed use of acoustic guitar which you really don't hear much in top 40. The sentiment is corny and maudlin, sure. Is that what people hate about it? It's hard to call it hackwork, Linda Perry has an extensive catalog of good songs. WHAT'S UP is basically what I'm asking.

kinder at 9:43 11 Mar 17

What's Up is brilliant

What's Up is bad enough that an earthquake was unleashed to attempt to kill the band before they could record it. a bit harsh if you ask me but there it is.

hmm this story checks out. am i going to hell for liking this song

kinder I applaud your courage

I try
Oh my god do I try

Don’t try

In What I Am, Edie Brickell sings "I know what I know if you know what I mean? D-do ya?", but at first I thought she was singing "D-derriere."

On a different note, I don't think I had ever put together until just now that her future husband had a song called "I Know What I Know" on Graceland. I mean, I knew his song but didn't catch on that she also had the title in her lyric.

I PRAY EVERY SINGLE DAY
FOR REVOLUSHUHHHHH-AHHHH *turns into pteradon, eats unlucky baby, flies into the sunset*

― THE WORINÐLVE (DJP), Monday, August 5, 2013 1:52 PM bookmarkflaglink

My son's girlfriend loves 'What's Going On' so I am now not allowed to say bad things about it.

but I pray, oh, my God, do I pray

You should pull a reverse "Rude" and show up at your son's girlfriend's house and break up with her for him.

She's really nice she just likes a bad song.

My rudeness extends to commenting out loud on the size of Linda Perry's mouth and speculating on whether she or Steve Tyler could eat the biggest whole orange.

Hatgoggles

Imagine a Linda Perry/Steve Tyler screech duet

i love that this poll is on ile

Finally, a Tyler Perry that white people can understand.

holy lol

great songs both

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:11 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

screaming at the top of my lungs

best “What” song from this era: Haddaway’s “What Is Love”

Or Tribe's "What?"

Whiney otm

Whiney otm

Lol whoops

The remix of “what I am” with the soul2soul/“loaded” beat rules

assumed bump was for https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/06/linda-perry-non-blonde-pink-christina-aguilera-dolly-parton-gwen-stefani-courtney-love

looking at the Guardian took me a few times to not read it as Legendary Hat Maker

I have What's Up stuck in my head this morning and I want to die

^fav Nirvana b-side

4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Official Music Video)
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grocery store last night, place is basically two big rooms/areas and i guess they have two different sound systems. "What's Up?" was coming out of the speakers in the frozen/meat room; near the front, by the juice bar, another speaker was pumping out something where the lyrics got muffled out by the aisles of canned goods, but this chunky, thunky beat was coming through --- the kind of thing that 90s Yamahas keyboards would include as a "rap" or "hip-hop" beat, like bassy RZA drums with no spooky samples. anyway they were really locking together well, the BPM didn't synch completely so not everything worked but it sorta grounded and slowed down "What's Up?" in a way that i think really helped it a lot. maybe the best it's worked for me in years.not sure "What I Am" would be susceptible to this process, as its coffee-shop rhythm section is so much a part of the songwriting itself.

The unusual name of the band came from an experience the group had in the Bay Area with a blonde family. According to Christa Hillhouse, "Right next to us, there's a trash receptacle with a piece of pizza on top and the kid wanted to pick it up. The mom said, 'No, it's probably dirty, what with the pigeons and people.' And she stared right at us. We were Non Blondes."[8]

The experience and the name became a symbol that they didn't fit the California stereotype.

not sure "What I Am" would be susceptible to this process

just came across the existence of this thanks to an aside in David Cavanagh's Creation book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq3RJaAgh3U

great find. wow the Mad Magic DJs really burned the midnight oil on that one, huh?

hell yeah, balearic my friends