#Aretha Baker

[hazelpuff]

Sisters Aretha & Olivia Baker opened a dun dun dunn...BAKERY! (Including some shots from light-hearted conversations they had with Mirabelle and Eleanor. I was excited that those two showed up - I wanted them to get along really well (and also I was planning for Mirabelle to get hired here - I guess she took this matter into her own hands by showing up on the lot before I could even try to arrange a meeting with her and Aretha).

[lvcky7]

phoebe bridgers, september 14th 2021 at the arethra franklin amphitheater.

photo credit: me

[vintagecvm]

And………..We’re back! #PovertySZNOver. Shout out to the real ones who held me down while I was on the mobile struggle. I’m still here, but a little wiser now, #IykYk ! Anyway, I have only three muses this time. I’m investing everything into EVE GLASPIE, DENALI DELANEY, & SATIVA SAYERS . I love them. They're my complex babies. Underneath the cut, you will find some important information about them. Please like this post if you want to plot. I promise I’ll message you.

Eve Lyra Glaspie

| 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 | ● Born March 5, 1997 in Drayton, NC. Pisces 🌞 ● Aquarius 🌙 • Scorpio ⬆️. She spent the first twelve years of her life in the hoods of Drayton, North Carolina. The move to the suburbs of Athena, Georgia happened when she was thirteen years old. She spent all of her adolescent years in Georgia. She transferred from GSU to LSU when she was twenty years old, the beginning of her life in Belle Vie, LA.

| 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 / 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑 | ● Eve is a self-proclaimed old soul. Her musical influences stem from the way she was brought up. She spent a lot of time with her grandparents. They played a lot of Anita Baker, Barry White, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, and Roberta Flack. Her parents were more into Aaliyah, SWV, En Vogue, Prince, UGK, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Whitney Houston, Outkast, Jill Scott, and Michael Jackson. Eve was a part of an R&B group with former friend Sylvia Vaugine and one of her best friends Princess Whittaker. The group was called Nu Soul. Sylvia was dubbed the best performer, Eve was the soulful aspect, and Princess was the glue that kept it all together. They had two hits that charted on Music Now's R&B Charts. The biggest being a cover of TLC's Baby-Baby-Baby that peaked at number five and the second being a cover of En Vogue's Don't Let Go, which peaked at number ten. Their only original song was called Through Enough and it was in the top 20 R&B charts. The group only released one EP that made a huge impact on black youth. Yet, social media was unfortunately the downfall of the young girl group as well. They disbanded after their short-lived success because of a petty feud. The girls went their own way and garnered solo success through their respective followings on social media. Eve has three million followers on Grampic, a million monthly listeners on Music Now, and 800K subscribers on VidMe. Aside from music, she's known for her unique fashion sense. She cites Aaliyah, Left Eye, and Naomi Campbell as her style icons.

SATIVA RAYANA SAYERS

𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬-𝗦𝗜𝗫 | ● Born October 31, 1997 in Liberty City, FL. Scorpio 🌞 Scorpio 🌙 Cancer ⬆️. She's the daughter of a woman who was known as "Mary Jane" around Florida. People gave her the moniker because she was well-known for selling weed to numerous drug dealers. Alongside Sativa's father, Mary sold narcotics. Cocaine and crack was sort of "average" They were her boyfriend's thing. Mary was the one who introduced weed to their business. What made her marijuana stand out among the rest was the potent THC and impressive structure. Everybody sold weed and coke around Liberty City back in the 90s and 2000s. But only one person was dubbed the queen of marijuana. That was Asani "Mary Jane" Jones.

𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥 / 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥 | ● Standing at only 5'2 like her mother, Sativa's curves came from the same woman. Mary Jane faced struggles in a male-dominated industry. Certain men didn't take a 5'2 woman seriously. That's what her 6'2 boyfriend was for. He wasn't just a cocaine-addicted drug dealer. The guy had the muscles of a body builder. And the coldest eyes anyone had ever seen. Sativa's father was much more than a dealer. He was also an enforcer until the drugs took him all the way down in his mid 30s. He went from being addicted to coke to battling a heroin addiction in the late 2000s. Ironically, the latter formed while he was incarcerated on drug charges. By this time, her mother left the business. She was smart enough to invest in a barbershop that her younger brother ran for her. Sativa was close to her uncle and his wife. Matter of fact, her first job at the age of ten was sweeping up hair at his barbershop. She learned about unisex salons because of him. His wife worked as a braider who specialized in braids, twists, and locs. She taught Sativa how to braid and her uncle taught her how to cut. When Sativa was around fifteen years old, the aunt even let her do some of her clients' hair. The rave reviews made her want to pursue it professionally. She became sidetracked after high school because of a man. Much like what she grew up around, Sativa was attracted to drug dealers and gang members. Her most infamous boyfriend Draylon "Killa D" Johnson was a part of a gang on the south side of Liberty City. He was a few years older than her. Sativa was eighteen and he was twenty-three at the time. Draylon was in the midst of a gang war between two gangs. Bodies were piling up, blood was splattered on the streets. It got so bad that even cops avoided certain neighborhoods they knew was too dangerous for even them. The rumor was he was responsible for at least fifteen of those bodies. Sativa was blinded by her parents' love story. She wanted one just like it and got it with Draylon. He was flashy and unashamed of what he was doing. Draylon was showing off guns, money, and alluding to the killings all over Grampic. Sativa was in the background of a lot of pictures and videos, making people wonder who the girl with the "big ass" was. They started following her more than him and that's when their relationship got complicated. He became abusive and insecure. He wouldn't let her do anything. Sativa was even pregnant at twenty-one. A physical altercation led to a miscarriage. Still, she wouldn't leave him. They were very well-known on the urban side of Grampic, black youth being their primary audience. Unfortunately, Draylon wasn't allowed to redeem himself. He was killed in his late twenties by a younger member of the rival gang. He caught him "slipping" outside of a corner store. Sativa was only twenty-three years old when he died. The money he had stashed away, she used to relocate to Indiana and start anew. She went to beauty school to get her license and built her own unisex salon called "Cultivated Hair"

DENALI ROBYN DELANEY

𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬 | ● Born June 30, 1993, on the north side of Villemore, MD. Cancer 🌞 Libra 🌙 Pisces ⬆️ The product of a north side love story. Her parents were teenagers who fell in love in the late 80s. The story begins when they were both fourteen in 1989. They were attending high school during the time when Washington, D.C. was declared "The Murder Capital" Villemore was just thirty minutes away from the Southeast region of Washington, D.C. The high murder rate stemmed from the crack epidemic plaguing the DMV area. Her own father's mother had fallen into temptation, trying crack in 1987. She became addicted to the drug. Her father always said that he was both a "motherless" and "fatherless" child because of the abandonment. Her mother came from a different kind of family. Perhaps because she came from a mixed background. Her father was Jewish and Italian. Her mother was Afro-Latina. She grew up wealthy. Her father owned local laundromats, and her mother worked in the medical field until her retirement at 45. Denali's father was Black and Irish. He didn't know his Irish side well because he was many generations after his great great great grandfather, who was Irish. By the time he was born, his bloodline was mostly Black.

𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 | ● When she was growing up, Denali could remember people commending her mother on her looks and fashion sense. Her parents didn't let a teen pregnancy stop them from pursuing their dreams. Denali's father played college football. He was one of the players who received money from drug dealers who wanted them to win games for profit. Gambling on college games was big in his era. A career-shattering injury ruined his chance of going to the pros. He worked a normal 9-5 until the 10's. His alma mater offered him a coaching job. He worked as a defensive coach, eventually working his way up to head coach. That's been his job since 2019. Her mother is a homebody. She does arts and crafts, including blankets and seasonal wreaths. She sells them online. They're the complete opposites of what they were as teens in the late 80s and early 90s. Denali would say she got her style from her mother. Don't confuse the recluse for the stylish diva of the 90s. Her mother is more modest at 48. She doesn't care about keeping up with trends like the 90s babies she gave birth to. She lived in the era, attended Freaknik, wore the big exaggerated hairstyles, the booty shorts, etc. Denali modeled a lot of her image after her mother. She rose to prominence through social media. She was one of the first women to blow up on Grampic. Her college years were all over Blurbs and Grampic. After realizing she could make serious profit from the internet, Denali took it seriously. She has made claims that Grampic paid off her student loans and bought her first foreign whip. Denali started working as a stylist to the women of the WABA at the age of twenty-six. It started with one reaching out then came a viral outfit, and the rest was history. The AFL decided they needed to be more "hip" and "inclusive" Thus, the reason teams started hiring more minorities who were social media savvy. The Commanders, under new management, hired Denali to be a style consultant to a few of their young ballers who had an impact on the youth.

[leonardcohenofficial]

ok sorry sorry another question!! i hope this doesn’t sound annoying but even if i’m not black i get so excited getting to talk about black artists in music because a lot of people i meet never know anything and it makes me sad because i just feel there’s so much incredible stuff. like they are really missing out and it makes me wonder if that’s why they’ll be impressed by a basic short piano solo in a kind of mediocre song like… have they never heard a jazz pianist??

(oh not a black musician but have you ever heard “uncertain smile” by the the? it’s a rad 80s song with a great jazz piano solo by jools holland that was improvised in studio)

anyway what are your top ten black female artists pre-1990? i always have a special place in my heart for billie holiday :)

if they asked me i could write a book (really an encyclopedia) about black women's impact on twentieth century music but to name just a few that have had major impact on me: nina simone, odetta, billie holiday, diana ross, roberta flack, aretha franklin, abbey lincoln, alice coltrane, tina turner, dorothy ashby, anita baker, whitney houston, gladys knight, mavis staples, merry clayton, chaka khan, celia cruz, donna summer, sylvia (robinson), the pointer sisters, carla thomas, the emotions, mahalia jackson, minnie riperton, bettye lavette, sade, gloria gaynor, carmen mcrae, dionne warwick, betty wright, sade—these are off the top of my head, i'm sure i could name more

[icanseethefuture333]

Could you do reading on taehyung and his spouse first meeting with each other how it will be like their first impression of each other?

The meeting of V & his future spouse:

V's first impression of his future spouse:

When Taehyung first meets his future spouse he is going to be in denial of his feelings. I am getting like a halt or a stop. His future spouse could stop him in his tracks or catch him off guard with their presence. My heart started skipping a beat and I feel like this will be the affect they have on him. Taehyung could have been very lonely when he meets his future spouse, he possibly went a long time being single before meeting them. He could meet his future spouse while they're working. Perhaps they are a waiter? They will be serving him some sort of food or a drink? It will be love at first sight for him. His future spouse could be very friendly and polite. I'm seeing soft smiles and blushing cheeks. Taehyung will think to himself "Oh no, they don't like me, they're just being polite because they're working..." he will be hesitant about asking them on a date out of respect for the fact they're working. When he is done he could help them by cleaning up his mess when he's done eating/drinking. Taehyung will want to help them clean even if he doesn't work there. I'm getting he will meet them late at night or when it's raining, the weather will be dark and gloomy. Taehyung will act prideful and dismiss his feelings when he leaves. Although, he will face the music (*funky jazz music starts playing 🎷*) and will go back to ask his future spouse out.

Channeled song:

I Fall In Love Too Easily by Chet Baker

His future spouse's first impression of V:

When his future spouse meets V, they will also be instantly attracted to him. They could be very excited to meet him and will have a chipper attitude. They could fix their hair or make sure their lips aren't smudged (they might have chapstick, lip gloss, or lipstick on). They would be bold when speaking to Taehyung. "Are you seeing anyone?", "Where is your friends?", "How come you're alone?" They want to get know him as much possible. When Taehyung leaves they could be upset and wished they said something to let him know they liked him or thought maybe he wouldn't feel the same. They will turn to their closest friend for advice and they will help boost their self esteem. His future spouse will understand that it's on Taehyung not them and that they did their best. When he returns to ask them out, they will lay out everything that is on their mind. To let him know what exactly they want in a partner and won't settle for anything else. Which he will agree.

Channeled song:

Respect by Aretha Franklin

[rendezvouz-fling]

Celebrities you share placements with Aries placements edition

Aries rising:

• Little Richard

• Rebbie Jackson

• John Lennon

• Heather Locklear

• Steve Vai

• Stevie Nicks

• Eazy-E

• Shakira

• Chris Rock

• Rihanna

• Shaq

• Paris Jackson

• Brandon T. Lee

• Cardi B

• Kendall Jenner

Aries sun:

• Aretha Franlin

• Elton John

• Diana Ross

• Al Green

• Celine Dione

• Guccio Gucci

• Mariah Carey

• Steven Tyler

• Reese Witherspoon

• Pharell Williams

• Selena Quintanilla

• Akon

• Leona Lewis

• Hugh Hefner

• Jessie J

Aries moon:

• Whitney Houston

• Jackie Jackson

• Janet Jackson

• Stevie Wonder

• Anita Baker

• Marc Bolan

• Lita Ford

• Lionel Richie

• Pamela Anderson

• Tupac

• Salma Hayek

• Enrique Iglesias

• Tyra Banks

• Will.I.Am

• Selena Gomez

Aries mercury:

• Shirley Temple

• Albert Einstein

• Irene Cara

• Nat King Cole

• Michele Pfeiffer

• Willie Nelson

• Liza Minelli

• James Franco

• Joan Crawford

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Carmen Electra

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Rosario Dawson

• William Shakespeare

• Queen Elizabeth II

Aries venus:

• Morgan Freeman

• Helena Bonham Carter

• Bob Marley

• Jennifer Aniston

• Michael Bolton

• Audrey Hepburn

• Daddy Yankee

• Lady Gaga

• Jet Li

• Gigi Hadid

• Christiano Ronaldo

• Drew Sidora

• John Cena

• Carrie Underwood

• Smokey Robinson

Aries mars:

• Leon Sylvers

• Katherine Jackson

• Prince

• Angelina Jolie

• Maurice White

• Margot Robbie

• André Cymone

• Nina Dobrev

• Michael Ealy

• Elle Fanning

• Jared Leto

• Iggy Azalea

• Sam Smith

• Vanessa Hudgens

• Michael B. Jordan

[zaphffayrkunialofphinsfable]

my fictional band JFKFC's biggest influences

(they are ranked from biggest to smallest but the ones at the bottom are still very important)

Bob Dylan

The Beatles

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Aretha Franklin

Chuck Berry

Buddy Holly

Elvis Presley

Led Zeppelin

Carl Perkins

Little Richard

Fats Domino

Gene Vincent

Lonnie Donegan

Phil Spector

Ravi Shankar

Roy Orbison

The Isley Brothers

The Everly Brothers

Arthur Alexander

Eddie Cochran

Smokey Robinson

Larry Williams

The Shirelles

The Supremes

Little Willie John

The Marvelettes

The Shadows

Bill Haley

Buck Owens

Jerry Lee Lewis

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

Bo Diddley

The Band

King Curtis

Carole King

Slim Whitman

Billie Holiday

Clara Ward

Dinah Washington

Mahalia Jackson

Ruth Brown

Sam Cooke

Sarah Vaughan

Big Maybelle

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Willie Mae Ford Smith

Wynona Carr

Bessie Smith

Dorothy Love Coates

Ella Fitzgerald

Esther Phillips

James Cleveland

Johnny Ace

LaVern Baker

Ma Rainey

Nat King Cole

Nina Simone

Arizona Dranes

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Dave Van Ronk

Hank Williams

Rev. Gary Davis

Woody Guthrie

Allen Ginsberg

Bill Monroe

Blind Willie McTell

Cisco Houston

Hary Smith

Jimmie Rodgers

Leadbelly

Johnny Cash

Little Richard

Mississippi John Hurt

Odessa

Pete Seeger

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Clarence Ashley

Dock Boggs

Jesse Fuller

Robert Johnson

John Jacob Niles

Lefty Frizzell

The Carter Family

Victoria Spivey

Alan Lomax

Doc Primus

Doc Watson

Mississippi Sheiks

The Weavers

Roscoe Holcomb

George Gershwin

Percy Mayfield

Blind Boy Fuller

Josephine Baker

Frank Hutchison

Ewan MacColl

Billy Lee Riley

B.B. King

John Coltrane

The Yardbirds

Little Richard

Howlin’ Wolf

Muddy Waters

Cream

T-Bone Walker

The Impressions

Buddy Guy

Elmore James

Freddie King

Hubert Sumlin

Little Walter

Jimmy Reed

Lonnie Mack

Albert Collins

Bobby Womack

Curtis Mayfield

Earl Hooker

Esquerita

Johnny “Guitar” Watson

Ike Turner

Charley Patton

James Brown

Johnny Jenkins

Randy Hansen

Charlie Christian

Moby Grape

Fairport Convention

Otis Rush

Sonny Boy Williamson II

Willie Dixon

Anne Briggs

Bert Jansch

John Renbourn

The Creation

The Rolling Stones

Blind Willie Johnson

Davy Graham

Fleetwood Mac

James Cotton

Johnny Burnette

Memphis Minnie

Small Faces

Jake Holmes

Spirit

Tim Rose

Vanilla Fudge

[wamnak]

I was tagged by @clairedewitts to list 10 songs I’ve been listening to on repeat -- thanks for tagging me! In no particular order:

1. Mudhoney “A Thousand Forms Of Mind”

2. Lavern Baker “Voodoo Voodoo”

3. Shorty The President “President Mash Up The Resident”

4. The Pretty Things “Baron Saturday”

5. Elliott Smith “Somebody I Used to Know”

6. Fastbacks “Just Say”

7. George Harrison “Run Of The Mill”

8. Aretha Franklin “The House That Jack Built”

9. Sylvie Vartan “Elle Est Partie”

10. The Muffs “Sky”

Tagging @maeganbobaegan @ohhaly @invitingdisposition and anyone else who would like to participate!

[ashantathemuse]

I’m Really Such Aretha Franklin , Anita Baker Etta James , Betty Carter , Billy Holiday Typa Woman . ❤️

[iproposedtoyamamaandshesaidyes]

Consequences

Growing up we needed structure from our father a our mother, growing up in a neighborhood being poor, too much knocks, at the door, didn’t know if it was the police or gunshots, we did chores, that was our job, to get allowance as we grow up the quick way to get money is to sell drugs or rob, raised as a Christian I ask my grandma so many questions, like is humans God’s greatest creation? If so why would he created us to die and suffer? No I’m not blaming the Heavenly Father grandma, waking up hearing my grandpa sing Motown records as he passed away I can still hear his voice singing Marvin Gaye, Luther vandross, Diana Ross, Anita baker, bill withers and Aretha Franklin, my message to the youth, boys and girls it’s not all about fame and fortune, obsession of having ya name being recognized is important, life is a bitch and she’s gorgeous, it’s not cookies and cream, it’s about dollars and dreams, fell like earth is really hell, can’t say if we really free, trying to overcome the past feel like you’ve been jailed,

[purvlereign]

Greetings and salutations!!!

Ashanti. 20. Black. Cis female.

• college student (i graduate next year tho!!!)

• an amazingly talented aspiring writer (who often suffers from writers block unfortunately 😒)

• old school enthusiast (old music? old movies? i LOVE them)

• christian (i don’t discriminate but pls don’t follow me if you’re gonna disrespect my religion. thanks ❤️)

• womanist (i don’t subscribe to the underlying white supremacist ideology of feminism. don’t like it, don’t interact)

• straight (but i heavily support the lgbtq+ community. i love y’all motherfuckers)

• pro-black (that doesn’t mean i’m anti-white, folks 🤣😭)

SPECIAL TAGS — ##brain puke = random shit, ##christianity talk = where i make posts concerning Christianity, ##heated like bey = rants, ##miss franklin approved = music recommendations & other stuff pertaining to sanging, ##ladies and gentlemen ✨ashanti✨ = personal shit, ##they don’t have the range = shady edits of horrible singing.

These are a few of my favorite thinnngs!!! 🤩

FAVE TV SERIES — Criminal Minds, Law and Order: svu, Euphoria, A Different World, Touched by an Angel, Roots (2016), The Jeffersons, Any Day Now, Good Times, Big Little Lies, Family Ties, In Living Color, Gimme a Break, Star, Everybody Hates Chris, Moesha, King of the King & more.

FAVE MOVIES — Dreamgirls, Imitation of Life (1959), The Color Purple (1985), Clara’s Heart, A Bronx Tale, The Lovely Bones, Ray, Hairspray (2007), What’s Love Got to Do With It, Eve’s Bayou, The Player’s Club, Beloved, Moonlight, Cooley High, Sparkle (1976 & 2012), Jason’s Lyric, Def by Temptation, I Passed for White, Friday, Remember the Titans & more.

FAVE MUSICAL ARTISTS — Michael Jackson, DeBarge, Halle Bailey, NSYNC, Queen, Whitney Houston, Switch, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, El DeBarge, Dru Hill, Kelly Clarkson, Selena, Bobby DeBarge, P!nk, Boyz II Men, Ella Mai, Jodeci, Chico DeBarge, Christopher Williams, Justin Timberlake, Anita Baker, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, Tina Turner, Mahalia Jackson, Prince, Bebe & Cece Winans, Pearl Jam & MANY more.

Please read through this CAREFULLY before you decide to waste your time and mine. ❤️

DNI — radfems, terfs, maps, racists, homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, conservatives, overly sensitive white liberals, gaylors, toxic arianators, toxic barbz, toxic lambs, toxic beyhives, toxic armys, toxic swifties, abuse apologists, tiktok psychologists, misogynists, misandrists, misogynoirists, white supremacists, colorists & chronically online motherfuckers.

sideblog: @phtharticdelights (where i share my writing)

[terrainofheartfelt]

In light of a certain new fic, I have a Very important question for you. What would Dan and Blair's wedding playlist consist of?

*cackling like a villian* muahahahhaaha I love this question bc it's not only a chance to rec more songs to you and push my taste on all you lovely followers, but it involves some very granular meta soul searching which greatly appeals to me. I am not going to do one of my full unhinged playlists but I will share a few links :)

I think Blair and Dan are def band people over DJ people, so they would opt for live music with a band that can play all the crowd pleasers. Blair obviously loves herself the standards, and so does Dan, for all his punk hipster tendencies, so there's lots of slow dances to be had. The following are selections that I believe the two of them would categorize as must-plays (to both their tastes), which would show up alongside the required reading for every wedding setlist : Whitney Houston, Beatles, Hall and Oates' "Making My Dreams Come True," and "Love on Top" plus Nate's pleas for more bangers

these are curated from the show itself, my Dair & Dan & Blair playlists, plus my personal "Standards to Yearn to," Post Modern Jukebox, and "Good Covers" playlists - I opted for lots of covers because that capture the wedding band vibe to me

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - as performed by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox

Dreams - The Cranberries

Dancing on My Own - as performed by Morgan James

All the Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald

Call On Me - Big Brother & the Holding Company

Never My Love - as performed by Jakob Dylan and Norah Jones

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Tumbling Dice - as performed by The Gaslight Anthem

Dancing in the Dark - as performed by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox

Till There Was You - as performed by Peggy Lee

Thank You - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

Still Into You - as performed by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox

Songbird - as performed by Eva Cassidy

The Nearness of You - as performed by Morgan James

Time after Time - Cyndi Lauper (DUH)

Like Someone in Love - Chet Baker

Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You) - Aretha Franklin

What I Need - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats

I Only Have Eyes for You - as performed by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox

[oftenderweapons]

Romance by Three Sugars

Hello dear readers! I know I've been teasing this series since forever, but now I'm RELAUNCHING IT!!!

I've properly planned it and now there's a lot of writing happening in this direction, so I hope you enjoy these little appetisers and get better acquainted with our gentlemen.

Below, you can choose the flavour of your affair by picking the most suitable soundtrack to your romance. Careful! It's the lyrics of the songs that matter, the vibe is always elegant and old fashioned. Also, there might be an issue since all three are Kim's, but only one is *The* Mr. Kim.

Pick wisely! Enjoy your romance 😉

Romanced by Mr. Kim

At Last - Etta James | Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers | E la Chiamano Estate - Bruno Martino | Mi Sono Innamorato di Te - Luigi Tenco | Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Louis Armstrong | I Could Write a Book - Harry Connick Jr. | When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole | Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra | Tenderly - Billie Holiday | All The Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald.

Romanced by Mr. Irresponsible

Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé | Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra | Sapore di Sale - Gino Paoli | Per Un'Ora d'Amore - Matia Bazar | I'm a Fool To Want You - Billie Holiday | Cry To Me - Solomon Burke | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone | Fever - Peggy Lee | You Turned The Tables On Me - Billie Holiday | Time After Time - Chet Baker.

Romanced by Mr. Charming

La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong | She - Harry Styles | It's a Man's Man's Man's World - Etta James | A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin | Comin' Home Baby - Mel Tormé | The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett | In A Sentimental Mood - Sarah Vaughan | Dearly Beloved - Nancy Wilson | It Had To Be You - Billie Holiday | Wonderful Tonight - Michael Bublé & Ivan Lins.

P.s. There are some old Italian romance songs, which I adore, that perfectly mirror the vibe of our gentlemen, so I hope you will enjoy those too. Also, let's celebrate the power of women of colour in the soul and blues tradition. I will forever be thankful for their contribution and will forever pray for them. Let's make sure no one will ever have to experience the pain some of them had to go through.

[bellamysgriffin]

Okay, now I’m curious to know some of your favorite albums if you don’t mind? ‘Cause I can relate A LOT to the way you see Ms. Swift’s albums. And I’m searching for good music, so please give me recs! (Old & new.)

oh boy!! gear up, because i LOVE talking music.

pop:

rae by ashe & ashlyn by ashe (she's such a unique voice in pop today <3)

begin to hope by regina spektor

emails i can't send by sabrina carpenter

strangers forever by maude latour

woman on the internet by orla gartland

build a problem by dodie

bad together by rozzi

ed buys houses by sidney gish

gracetown by san cisco

wrong crowd by tom odell

bad ideas by tessa violet

some feelings by julia nunes

tell it to the volcano by miniature tigers

cuz i love you by lizzo

don't get dark by del water gap

be ok by ingrid michaelson

country:

you don't own me anymore by the secret sisters (LOVING this one lately)

jolene by dolly parton

out among the stars & american IV by johnny cash

lady & gentlemen by leeann rimes

rock:

jade bird by jade bird (OH MY GOD!!!!!)

odessey and oracle by the zombies

hotel tv by lawrence (this is sorta pop/rock/r&b fusion)

combat sports by the vaccines

bad self portraits by lake street dive (my favs)

playing chess by elise legrow

back to black by amy winehouse (EVERYTHING BY HER!)

chills and fever by samantha fish

songs for a sinking ship by april smith and the great picture show

we need medicine by the fratellis

the stranger by billy joel

love tattoo by imelda may

folk/indie:

in between dreams by jack johnson

songs of leonard cohen by leonard cohen (oh my god everything this man touches is GENIUS, he is probably my favorite lyricist of all time)

bridge over troubled water and sounds of silence by simon and garfunkel

wide awake & feathers and fishooks by rayland baxter

autumn fallin' by jaymay

maple ridge by swear and shake

healing and a remedy by upstate (SO underrated, one of my fav albums of all time is healing)

dead and born and grown by the staves

how i knew her by nataly dawn (SO GOOD)

jazz/r&b

lady soul by aretha franklin

lo-fi soul by haley reinhart

somewhere in between by eloise

it could happen to you by chet baker

the jerome kern songbook by ella fitzgerald

the astrud gilberto album by astrud gilberto

ella swings lightly by ella fitzgerald

songs from the heart by johnny hartman

in the wee small hours by frank sinatra

cocktail by rose colella

yesterday i had the blues by jose james

ella and louis by ella fitzgerald and louis armstrong (maybe my fav of all time?)

careless love by madeleine peyroux

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LEELA JAMES...ANITA BAKER...JOAN ARMATRADING...NATALIE COLE...ARETHA FRANKLIN...PATTI AUSTIN...MUSIC FOR A NEW WEEK

THE LADIES

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my fictional band JFKFC

genres: rock, pop, beat, psychedelia, soul, r&b, gospel, jazz, folk, blues, country, traditional pop, experimental, psychedelia, Indian classical, funk, classical, electronic, hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, heavy metal

years together: 1958-1986

year they blew up: 1967

influences: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Lonnie Donegan, Phil Spector, Ravi Shankar, Roy Orbison, The Isley Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Arthur Alexander, Eddie Cochran, Smokey Robinson, Larry Williams, The Shirelles, The Supremes, Little Willie John, The Marvelettes, The Shadows, Bill Haley, Buck Owens, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Bo Diddley, The Band, King Curtis, Carole King, Slim Whitman, Billie Holiday, Clara Ward, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Ruth Brown, Sam Cooke, Sarah Vaughan, Big Maybelle, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Wynona Carr, Bessie Smith, Dorothy Love Coates, Ella Fitzgerald, Esther Phillips, James Cleveland, Johnny Ace, LaVern Baker, Ma Rainey, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone, Arizona Dranes, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Dave Van Ronk, Hank Williams, Rev. Gary Davis, Woody Guthrie, Allen Ginsberg, Bill Monroe, Blind Willie McTell, Cisco Houston, Hary Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Leadbelly, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Mississippi John Hurt, Odessa, Pete Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Clarence Ashley, Dock Boggs, Jesse Fuller, Robert Johnson, John Jacob Niles, Lefty Frizzell, The Carter Family, Victoria Spivey, Alan Lomax, Doc Pomus, Doc Watson, Mississippi Sheiks, The Weavers, Roscoe Holcomb, George Gershwin, Percy Mayfield, Blind Boy Fuller, Josephine Baker, Frank Hutchison, Ewan MacColl, Billy Lee Riley, B.B. King, John Coltrane, The Yardbirds, Little Richard, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Cream, T-Bone Walker, The Impressions, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Freddie King, Hubert Sumlin, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Lonnie Mack, Albert Collins, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Earl Hooker, Esquerita, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Ike Turner, Charley Patton, James Brown, Johnny Jenkins, Randy Hansen, Charlie Christian, Moby Grape, Fairport Convention, Otis Rush, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Willie Dixon, Anne Briggs, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, The Creation, The Rolling Stones, Blind Willie Johnson, Davy Graham, Fleetwood Mac, James Cotton, Johnny Burnette, Memphis Minnie, Small Faces, Jake Holmes, Spirit, Tim Rose, Vanilla Fudge

JHENE FRANCIS

born: James Francis Parker June 3rd, 1940 Toronto, Canada

died: 22nd September, 2001 (aged 61) Detroit, Michigan, US

cause of death: gunshot wounds

resting place: cremated; ashes scattered in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan

occupation: singer, songwriter, pianist, civil rights activist, record producer, artist, writer, musician

years active: 1957-2001

(btw im not gonna fill in the spouses section on any of these I haven't figured that out yet)

children: 12

(btw im not gonna fill in the parents section on any of these I haven't figured that out yet)

relatives: Mary Parker (sister), Linda Parker (sister), Sarah Sheehan (half-sister), Filzah Ellington (aunt)

genres: soul, r&b, gospel, jazz, pop, folk, blues, rock, country, traditional pop, experimental

instruments: vocals, piano, guitar, keyboards, harmonica

strengths: supportive, reliable, observant, enthusiastic, hardworking, good practical skills, charming, sensitive to others, kind, encouraging, imaginative, passionate, curious, perceptive, excellent communicator, easygoing, good-natured, positive

weaknesses: overly humble, takes things personally, represses his feelings, reluctant to change, too altruistic, difficulty with structure, unpredictable, easily stressed, difficulty with technical-problem solving, fluctuating self-esteem, people pleaser, unfocused, disorganised, overly accommodating, overly optimistic, restless

JOHN HARLY

birth name: William John Harley

also known as: John Mason Harly

born: 12th July, 1942 Toronto, Canada

died: 18th September, 1986 Toronto, Canada (aged 44)

genres: rock, psychedelia, blues, r&b, pop, indian classical

occupation: musician, songwriter, singer, record producer, film producer

instruments: guitar, vocals, sitar

years active: 1960-1986

children: 1

strengths: charming, sensitive to others, kind, encouraging, imaginative, passionate, insightful, principled, altruistic, creative

weaknesses: difficulty with structure, unpredictable, easily stressed, difficulty with technical problem solving, fluctuating self esteem, sensitive to criticism, reluctant to open up, perfectionist, avoids the ordinary, prone to burnout

JOHN JORGIE

birth name: John Mark Jorgie

born: 9th April, 1938 Detroit, Michigan, US

died: 2nd August, 2004 Los Angeles, California, US (aged 66)

genres: r&b, soul, pop, funk, jazz, rock, classical, electronic

occupation: session musician, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, film producer, businessman

instruments: bass, double bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards

years active: 1956-2004

children: 5

relatives: Steve Jorgie

strengths: charming, sensitive to others, kind, encouraging, imaginative, passionate, strong practical skills, strong sense of duty, very loyal, sensitive, warm, good at connecting with others

weaknesses: difficulty with structure, unpredictable, easily stressed, difficulty with technical problem solving, fluctuating self esteem, worried about his social status, inflexible, vulnerable to criticism, often too needy, too selfless

GEORGE FAREN

birth name: James William Peyton

born: 19th June, 1944 Stoke-On-Trent, England

died: 25th September, 2002 Birmingham, England (aged 58)

genres: rock, pop

occupation: musician, singer, songwriter, actor

instruments: drums, percussion, vocals

years active: 1959-2002

children: 3

strengths: bold, rational, practical, original, perceptive, direct, sociable, positive, enthusiastic, hands on, observant, excellent people skills

weaknesses: insensitive, impatient, impulsive, unstructured, may miss the bigger picture, defiant, sensitive, conflict averse, easily bored, poor long term planner, unfocused