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September 22, 2005
bobby brown’s playlist
One of the more interesting parts of iTunes, Apple's online music store, is the celebrity playlist section. If you care what Howie Mandel is listening to and why, you can find and buy it, but I'm far more interested in what musicians I respect are listening to. Would you have guessed that you'd find Hendrix, Eminem and Jerry Lee Lewis on George Clinton's playlist? Or Gordon Lightfoot, Hendrix, and Vince Guaraldi on Weezer's? This cross-pollination stuff is fascinating to me, as are the comments the artists make about their selections. Of Smokey Robinson's "Shop Around," for instance, Clinton says "My introduction to Motown and my inspiration to become a songwriter." Good stuff. I wouldn't have guessed that.
Which brings us to Bobby Brown's playlist. Half-assed idiot-savant Bobby apparently listens to a lot of Bobby Brown and New Edition. Of his own work, he says such insightful things as "I sang this song. It's on my upcoming LP."
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