Please talk about: "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry

WAAAAGH! wik-wik-WAAAAGH!

whatever happened to neneh cherry? i don't even remember an attempt at a follow-up song.

she had several other good tunes iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymIprE2AXdg

oh yeah! okay, i do remember kisses on the wind.

and who among us can forget "manchild"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7_19kWuDs

Would this be called proto-trip hop? I love the Raw Like Sushi album, I only discovered it after the fact but I do remember the Buffalo Stance video as a child. "Kisses on the Wind" is also the best madonna song not sung by madonna I have ever heard. Is that why people called Neneh the "Black Madonna?" I always thought it was Jody Watley.

Anyway I do like Neneh's later stuff. Even the stuff with Tricky.

people called neneh cherry the "black madonna"?!?

From a fan page:

Madonna
When releasing Raw like Sushi the media crowned Neneh as Black Madonna. Today at the question whether this title has been adequate she answers: "I don't think so, she is more ambitious and a harder worker than I am...and she's got a lot more money than me as well (laughs)..."

But Kisses on the Wind sounds like "True Blue/Who's That Girl" madonna as far as the instrumental is concern.

I went through a phase in 2006 when my metabolism required one daily dose of "Kisses On the Wind."

Has it been sampled much? That guitar line and squiggly bit are so iconic

Would this be called proto-trip hop?

she was lookin' good, hangin' with the wild bunch (aka massive attack), so yes.

"Kisses on the Wind" was so my jam, man

also: rowr

massive attack, smith & mighty remixes of 'manchild':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqEFi35vSo

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

(s&m mix includes a k-disturbing moment halfway in where 'freestyler' by bomfunk mcs is foretold btw.)

this song is absolutely terrible. i thought revisiting it after 20 years would bring back pleasant memories, but jesus christ this is embarrassing on every level and completely irredeemable.

OUT

I remember when Buffalo Stance came out, I was listening to Rick Dees who said Buffalo Stance was the name of a haircut her friend invented.

huh, sucka?

her song with Youssou N'Dour, "7 Seconds", was basically a huge hit everywhere except the US in 1994.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMZ4SBYpeZw

"Buffalo Stance" owns, of course.

The best part of the song is the fadeout -- that delicious B-52-esque guitar riff going on and on while the keyboard hook pops in intermittently.

It's so obviously from when it's from, and some parts of it really haven't aged well, but this is hands down a classic.

I really don't understand this "aged well" concept. Music is a product of its time and technology. It's like expecting a NES game to blow you away graphic wise like a PS3 game. if you are going to listen to something that is from a different decade you should know what to expect. I'm not knocking you j-rock but I'm just talking in general.

yeah, but some shit from a certain decade makes you sick to your stomach, and other shit sounds good. "Aged well" basically means that it is tolerable to listen to in this day and age. It's like how you don't wear parachute pants (1990s) when you go out but you might wear blue jeans (1850s).

I've been doing something wrong then?

this song sounds good tho... it has done the whole time. it's never not been a 100% banger. the only bit that approaches embarrassment is the "the guy's a gigalo man..." bit, but that always was embarrassing too.

Yeah, but she giggles after she delivers the line -- classic.

o_0 at the idea that there are people, anywhere, who could possibly dislike this

all three neneh albums are worth owning imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prMXw5xKXtM

http://www.last.fm/music/Neneh+Cherry/Homebrew/Somedays <= co-written with geoff "portishead" barrow iirc
http://www.last.fm/music/Neneh+Cherry/Homebrew/Move+With+Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKQDP927Ns

http://www.last.fm/music/Neneh+Cherry/_/hornbeam <= only a 30-sec clip and it's not on youtube but "hornbeam" is seriously great

and of course the absolutely CLASSIC 4EVA 2-step refix of "buddy x"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnoZh37uWg

ROMEOOO

whatever happened to neneh cherry? i don't even remember an attempt at a follow-up song.

Didn't she also release some kind of a feminist response song to "It's Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown back in the mid-90s that was a moderate hit? I remember seeing the video a lot on MTV back then.

But yeah, I guess "Buffalo Stance" and "7 Seconds" are the songs most people remember her for.

Oh yeah, this is it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0W212af1uk

wow that Dreem Teem cover is great!

Hated "Buffalo Stance" when it came out, and had the same reaction putting it on just now: It's timelessly corny, awkward, and pandering. But "7 Seconds" makes up for it.

MMM! WOO, Yeah yeah! UNH! Deejay!

GIGOLO

Neneh & kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N686iE2cQU

I love the synthesizer flourish in this, so . much.

Xposts: Hey! You didn't introduce the hit hat or the tambourine yet!

Oh how thoughtless of me!! I'd like to introduce:

http://www.tocapercussion.com/product/drum_addons/images/HiHatHitZoneTamb.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY

Holy crap is this video awesome!

I heard this for the 1st time 4 days ago after checking out songs from the ILM 20th century list that I'd never heard before.. it's pretty great. Love the "$200 video" also.

WOT IS HE LIKE?

My man right here.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/BuffaloStance.png

My co-worker sang this at our karaoke x-mas party last night. I haven't heard this song in years and it's suddenly popping up everywhere.

What's he like anyway?

The guy's a gigolo, man.

I just got into an intense wine-fix a couple nights ago. Needless to say, Neneh Cherry's Raw Like Sushi, became my soundtrack of the evening. The whole Buffalo Stance track is splendid and shakes around the atmospheric. I don't understand all the Madonna comparisons though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUPhHLoHG0

This T-Rex remix by Phiiliip makes great use of the keyboard riff from "Buffalo Stance".

xpost Needless to say!

wtf is that shit

I wonder what Neneh's stance on the buffalo is now, all these years later. I think she'll be indifferent towards them. Not as bothered as she used to be.

― Johnny Jarvis, Friday, May 12, 2006 5:50 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark
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