#C + C Music Factory

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(1988, Fever Records, SF 829)

Mix by Clivillés & Cole

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024 1pm ET: Feature LP: C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (1990)

Gonna Make You Sweat is the debut studio album by American musical production group C+C Music Factory, released in the US on December 18, 1990. Following on the success of contemporaries Black Box and Technotronic, Gonna Make You Sweat was a worldwide smash, reaching number two on the US Billboard 200. The album’s first single “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” reached number one on…

[prettymachineofhate]

burton c. bell of fear factory

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[ohkate]

Where Does My Heart Beat Now?

For @sweetbee78's prompt "Where Does My Heart Beat Now?" and @galladrabbles!

Word Count: 100

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"What the hell are we dancing to?"

"It's a 90s prom theme. I'm guessing a 90s song," Ian answered smugly, pulling his husband closer.

Liam asked them to come, so here they were, dressed in suits, dancing along to some Celine Dion song as the cheesy middle school decorations sparkled around them. They watched him nervously ask the girl he liked to dance. Ian smiled.

"Who thought we'd be good chaperones? I'm about to spike that punch bowl."

"Mick, they're like 13. No."

Mickey rolled his eyes. "Wanna go make out in the corner then?"

Ian's eyebrows raised devilishly.

"Absolutely."

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Requested by anon

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Year-End Poll #42: 1991

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Bryan Adams, Color Me Badd, C+C Music Factory, Paula Abdul, Timmy T, EMF, Extreme, Hi-Five, Surface, Amy Grant. End description]

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As I've stated in previous polls, the charts used to be mostly compiled from retail sales (ranging from physical media to sheet music). This data was gathered by Billboard sending out surveys or calling record stores directly. However, in 1991 Billboard began implementing Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). The technology first used to compile the country charts in 1990, which helped to give a more accurate picture of listening habits among country music fans. SoundScan and BDS was applied to the Hot 100 and the R&B charts in late 1991. This more objective method of music data collection will be instrumental in more country, hard rock, and rap albums reaching the top of the charts. Of course, there were still gaps in the data, as SoundScan was only able to work with stores with the technology to implement it, so sales from smaller retail venues might not have been tracked as accurately. Billboard has a more detailed article about the program here.

Speaking of rap, there is a moment in the genre's history that I would like to talk about as well. This happened in 1990, but I'm not going to let something trivial like the passage of time get in the way of me rambling about what I want. Miami bass is a subgenre of rap that grew out of (surprise) Miami, Florida. Musically, the sound is known for its heavy bass, electro and dance beat influences, kick drums, and high tempos. But the genre became rather infamous for its sexually explicit lyrics. One of the groups that came under fire for their lyrical content was 2 Live Crew.

In 1989, 2 Live crew released their third album As Nasty as They Wanna Be. A few polls ago, I talked about the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker, where the nature of explicit lyrics was brought all the way to the senate. But apparently, a parental advisory sticker wasn't considered enough for this album. In 1990, the album was ruled as obscene, making it the first album to be legally classified as such. Later that year, the members of 2 Live Crew were arrested for performing it. A record store owner in Florida was even arrested for selling the album to an undercover cop.

As horrible as this was, the news of the arrest made the controversy more of a matter of free speech in the eyes of the public. In 1992, Luke Records v. Navarro reached the Eleventh Circuit where the obscenity ruling was overturned. It's hard to imagine what the music landscape would look like today if that ruling went any other way, and I thought that it was an important moment to talk about as we see the evolution of music on these polls. There is a lot to this case that I couldn't get into, so I'm linking to a short MTV clip and a more detailed article about the arrest.

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Song of the Day #43

"Robi-Rob's Boriqua Anthem" by C & C Music Factory from Anything Goes!, 1995

Today is the day of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City so I wish my fellow Boricuas a safe and happy Puerto Rican Day! 🇵🇷

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Monday, December 4: Fear Factory, "Virus of Faith"

The Industrialist was a bridge too far for Fear Factory, the record where Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares followed the band’s whole conceit past its logical endpoint and painted themselves into a corner they were never really able to escape.  It wasn’t entirely a bad record, as numbers like the title track and “Virus of Faith” sounded completely natural and leaned in on the duo’s individual and collective strengths.  But for arguably the first time, this felt like Fear Factory by numbers, and the absence of a proper drummer was one of those nuances that, for this enterprise, may not have initially seemed like a big deal, but ultimately stripped away a lot of personality. 

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I'm just a squirrel tryin' to get a nut, so move your butt...

Recent find: a 12" with three remixes of C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat." Which I thought was special until I found out there were (at least) three different records of remixes -- the first vinyl is great, the second vinyl sounds like it would be great -- and none on this third one are worth the price I paid. The first track is the best and bearable, the second is more for DJs and remixers to use in their work but not to play as a single, and the third didn't actually get radio airplay because it isn't as jammin' as the album version.

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Added a Mega CD game to the collection today that I didn’t have. Power Factory is another multimedia title in the Make My Video franchise that features music by C+C Music Factory. Phil LaMarr features in some of the interstitial video sequences

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EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!

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This week's Kiwi dedicated songs heheh 🥝💚

🐎 They have a horse in the clip at some point 👀🐴 https://youtu.be/mOYZaiDZ7BM

THANK YOU FOR SENDING COTTON EYE JOE! If you hadn't I was definitely going to post it.

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Open Starter

((factory tour, works better with CATCF muses or OCs but open to all! Crossovers and OCs welcome as always.))

Wren Wonka would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous. Sure, she actually left the factory, unlike her brother (her twin, younger by five minutes and thirty seven seconds), but she very rarely was out for very long, even then. The poor woman had become practically agoraphobic. She hadn't socialized properly with anyone aside from her brother aside from the Oompa Loompa, Lofty. And she wasn't sure if the little orange man even liked her company, though he was just like that with everyone.

However, she pushed her nerves to the side, adjusting the top hat she was wearing, brown with a purple band wrapped around it and what seemed to be...a cog attached to it. If that looked strange, the rest of the outfit was something else entirely. "Steampunk" was the word the elder Wonka twin had used to describe it. Her dress was reminiscent of a chocolate wrapper, browns and purples mixing in an aesthetically pleasing way, a few chains attached to her skirt, aswell as pockets. She wondered why no one had invented a dress with pockets before her. She also had on tights and boots, which had a spiked heel.

She made all of her own clothes, had done ever since she learned to sew. She remembered begging mama to teach her. She never got the chance, sadly.

"Good-"

She cleared her throat to hide the nervous crack of her voice.

"Good evening, and welcome to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory!"

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While listen to Their to last album, I decided to draw this as a gift for Robert clivilles and David Cole to thank them for all the great music they gave us.