See, I ain't even know it was a Living Colour Yahoo! group. Do I not suck?
Sean Mario writes:
Living Colour is mentioned in the "Hear & Now" part (page 72) of the Music section in this week's Entertainment Weekly (vin diesel on cover). It basically mentions the reunion, the positive response at concerts, what they had been up to, the new record (with expected guests), the vivid reissue, and the bands like Rage and Limp that owe a lot to LC, etc.
Vin made the covers of Jet and Entertainment Weekly? Damn, gotta give props to the brother. Assuming, as Jet did, that he is one.
Meanwhile, Kegley L. Gore links to a San Jose Mercury News article headlined Voter study asserts that money talks in politics.
I am weak, and the temptation is too great.
i don't care about your dreams of peace
i don't care about your please lord please
i don't care about your africa
i don't care about your ancestors
'cause money talks and i'm listening to the sound
money talks and it's the only sound that counts
i don't care about your truth to tell
i don't care about your heaven - hell
i don't care about your rock and roll
i don't care about your blues, jazz or soul
'cause money talks and i'm listening to the sound
money talks and it's the only sound that counts
money talks and i'm listening to the sound
money talks and it's the only sound that makes the world go round
i used to be like you ... faithful and true
i used to lend my helping hand to my fellow man
than one day it all broke up
that's the day when i woke up
i don't care about your other man
i don't care about your master plan
i don't care about your free the land
all i care is cash in hand
'cause money talks and i'm listening
money talks
money talks
money talks
Money Talks, by Living Colour from the Biscuits ep.
Can't find the Living Colour article on EW's site (friggin' AOL Time-Warner), but they do have a semi-interactive interview with Chuck D.
Subscriber-only, natch.
Update: Weird coincidence of the day --
Living Colour Debut Expanded For Reissue
Living Colour's landmark 1988 album "Vivid" will be reissued in expanded form Sept. 3 via Epic/Sony Legacy, according to a label spokesperson. In addition to the Mick Jagger/Ed Stasium-produced set's original 11 tracks, the revised edition will host five rarities, including three that have never before been issued on CD.
[. . .] Rounding out the rarities are two remixes: "Funny Vibe (Funky Vibe Mix)" - originally issued as a 12" single and re-worked by Prince Paul and Bobby Simons with additional microphone work by Daddy-o and Public Enemy's Chuck D and Flavor Flav; plus "What's Your Favorite Color (LeBlanc Remix), which was remixed by Keith LeBlanc for a promotional 12" single. A 1988 concert performance of the band's breakthrough hit "Cult of Personality," closes out the reissue.
Emphasis added.
And very, very odd. I remember Chuck and Flavor on the track; does this version have more of 'em? Hopefully more Chuck, less, um, you know.
look, you made a post where each point segued to or back to the next or previous.
That's almost cohesive.
Yup. Real close to cohesive.
It's the meds.
Well, self-medicating.
Ok, it's Walgreens-brand vodka and generic Red Bull. But you can't argue with the results.
Wow, I can't wait for that re-release. That was a fantastic album.
Could'a sworn I had a copy, but apparently not. So I'm looking forward to it, too. Either they were very ahead of their time, or music hasn't managed to evolve that much in the intervening years.