CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story

I finally watched that TLC biopic that premiered about a month ago on Vh1, and personally I really liked it. I never realized how attractive Keke Palmer is until she played Chilli. Damn.

I mean DAMN girl. 

No but really, I thought it was good. The acting was good, the script was decent, the costumes were AMAZING. I'm about 99% sure that T-Boz and Chilli had some input in making it, so nothing could be terribly inaccurate or came off as stupid (I'm looking at you, created of the Diana biopic.) Overall, I would give it a B+. It's a tv movie, there's gotta be some wiggle room. 

Anyway, I have a lot of feelings about TLC. When people ask me what my guilty pleasures are, I like to say "TLC, both the channel and the girl group." I LOVED them as a child. They were my Spicegirls. And not to bash on the Spicegirls or anything, but I think TLC holds way more talent and charisma. The only reason they had more success was because they had a catchphrase little girls could scream everywhere (GIRLPOWER! GIRLPOWER! GIRLPOWER!). I feel like TLC had a stronger message to share than the Spicegirls. I mean they had a music video where they wore condoms on their clothes. 

I wasn't kidding.

I admire that they were sting promoters of safe sex, I mean that's certainly something you don't see a lot of in music. The interesting thing is that it's a message that doesn't feel forced. It feels like its something genuine, something they care about. Makes sense too considering that Chilli had some things going on beforehand (I don't wanna say it at the risk of making people angry.) 

They have so many good songs: Creep, Waterfalls, What About Your Friends, No Scrubs, and Unpretty are just a few of them. I still listen to them often, to be honest. 

To everyone who just watched the movie and are angry about Pebbles cheating them out of their money back in the day, I just wanna say this: That happened years ago, and everything worked out. I think the movie should be looked at as a celebration of what they did as a group, and remember Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes the way she would want to be remembered. That's how I look at it anyway. 

Either way, I'm glad I watched it, and if you haven't you definitely should. 

Everything I've Ever Been Angry About in the Music World

I try to be a happy, positive person. However, sometimes I just need to let everything out, and there's certainly some things that bother me about the thing I love the most: the music world. So I'm just gonna go.

Chris Brown is a horrible, horrible person. He's a talented dancer, an okay singer, and an awful human being. I like a few of his songs, but I honestly don't understand "team Breezy" at all. What is there to like about this man? It's not just that he beat a woman, it's that he acts like he has learned absolutely nothing from it. So why does he still have fans?

Why are One Direction fans looked down upon? I'm sick of the media portraying them all as crazy stalkers. I mean look at the fans of the Beatles. They used to chase them down the streets and grab at them and one girl even tried to mail herself to the home of one of them, yet if you say you're a beatles fan, no one ever looks at you with distain. Why is that?

Why does no one understand that Michael Jackson was NOT a child molester? The guy who first accused him in 1993 CAME FORWARD AFTER HE DIED and said he only did it so his dad could be rich. It was all a lie that people continued to build upon for their own personal gain, it was all just a lie, so why does no one understand that?

Why does everyone act like Robin Thicke singlehandedly liberated women with his incredibly offensive song? Yeah, Blurred Lines is awful, and the song itself is mediocre at best. Also the music video is cheap and ugly.

I'm sick of everyone acting like Ke$ha is a talentless moron who doesn't deserve to be famous. She's a very intelligent woman who writes her own music and has her own style. She sings songs about having fun, and what's so bad about that?

I'm really sick of twerking. Let it die, please.

I don't understand the censorship. I personally don't believe that songs on the radio should be so heavily censored. I listened to Eminem as a child and I turned out just fine. Why lie to children?

Please stop picking on Miley Cyrus. She's just doing her own thing, and this is her year. Get over it, she isn't Hannah Montana.

I don't have anything against Selena Gomez, but Come and Get it is terrible. It's the blandest song I've ever heard. Also dressing in Indian clothing when you're hispanic is offensive. Nothing pisses me off more than wearing a bindi 'for fashion'. Just no.

Why do people like 2 Chainz? he has no flow, his voice is annoying, and his rhymes are weak. The only time I find him tolerable is when he collaborates with Nicki Minaj, and that's only because she makes everything better.

Abby's November Picks

Halloween is over so you know what that means...It's officially okay to start preparing for Christmas! Well, after Thanksgiving if you live in the U.S. but still. I thought I'd get a kick start on this month by talking about a few songs I'm currently listening to. So get out your mug of tea and your oversized sweater and get comfortable...let's go.

Team by Lorde

This is my favorite song by Lorde so far, and I don't really know why. You can groove to it I guess, it's just so CATCHY and her voice is so good. And she's right, I AM tired of throwing my hands up in the air, SO THERE. It's awesome and she's awesome.

Standing in the Dark by Lawson

It's just really nice and it gives me a lot of feelings that's really it.

 

Chocolate by the 1975

Have I mentioned that the 1975 are my current favorite band? Yeah they are. Apparently they're an alternative band from Manchester (I read all of that in an English accent by the way.) Chocolate is so good, and as someone who loves chocolate I can relate quite heavily to this song. 

Sweater Weather by the Neighbourhood

I didn't think I would like Sweater Weather but I just can't help it. It may reek slightly of hipster-indie garbage but who cares? It's still nice and I know the feeling of having a comfy sweater with long floppy sleeves to hide your hands in. 

I Wanna be Yours by Arctic Monkeys 

I have so many feelings about this song it's ridiculous. It's so strange and has weird lyrics (wanna be your vacuum cleaner/breathe in your dust) but somehow it's so beautiful, it reminds me of like a bizarre relationship that's a mystery to most people but somehow it completely works. Also if you like your coffee hot/let me be your coffee pot is just the greatest set of lyrics ever sorry not sorry. 

Shiver Shiver by Walk the Moon

The whole EP is excellent to study to, but I like Shiver Shiver the most. I don't know why, but I found that it flowed nicely with this whole theme of November. This is probably because of how damned cold it is right now. 

Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey

This was at one point my favorite Lana song. I love the religious imagery, the slow build, the wistful chorus, it's just all so perfect. It also has one of my all time favorite lyrics: you fit me better than my favorite sweater. It's a masterpiece. Also the video scared the crap out of my friend so that's also a plus.