OOOHHHH...on the TLC tip: the TLC singles poll

i didn't realise at the time, but how fucking bold is 'ain't 2 proud 2 beg' as a career-launching single? so wanton, and left eye's no-nonsense self-respect works with the wantonness, not against it.

there isn't a dud among these until after left eye (RIP) passed away. i'm not sure i even heard the last few, does anyone want to rep for them?

i thiiiink my vote is going to end up going to 'silly ho', such misanthropic contempt there.

lots of good but has to be No Scrubs

I was thinking about listening to the post-left eye album the other day, this may be enough of a reminder for me to do so (if it's on Spotify). I can't even remember what it's called.

Voted Unpretty and now feel bad I didn't vote for [pick other great tune depending on how my mood takes me].

tempted by "what about your friends," but i should go back and listen to all of them again.

i gotta admit...i've always liked waterfalls...one of the best "message" songs of the '90s...

A lotta songs here I really like, but there are very few things I wouldn't vote for "Creep" over.

Marked in ink as favorites on my copy of the CD: "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," "Get It Up," "Creep," "No Scrubs," "Unpretty," "Girl Talk."

Marked as don't like them at all: "Red Light Special," "Silly Ho," "In Your Arms Tonight."

I still have severe reservations about "Waterfalls," though.

Voting for "Creep."

what don't you like about 'silly hp', xhuxk?

'red light special' is another favourite of mine, the contrast between babyface's warm, inviting production and the ambivalent vocal creates this odd tension. it's unusual for an r&b slow jam in that ultimately the focus isn't on the subject. it's sung from the perspective of someone who just wants some anonymous sex with anyone to fuck the pain away, the "you" could be anyone (though she's never anonymous), and the focus is on her pleasure. and that anonymity is what a "red light special" really is. there's no tenderness in a line like "if i move too fast, just let me know - cuz it means you move too slow". but she's never detached or cold, she's heavily invested in the situation and her own needs.

(parenthetical aside: have we ever talked about the babyface influence on the-dream's thread??),

i haven't heard anything post-"unpretty"

tough one. probably joining "creep" crew. have a fondness for "baby-baby-baby" tho

"No Scrubs" for me.

will also rep for 'diggin on you' - most aloof, noncommittal declaration of love "or somethin like that" ever. t-boz never loses her cool.

"Creep."

(and I'll sign on to lex's take on "Red Light Special")

Though these are all great (I haven't heard the last 2) as surely the resident Left Eye fangirl I have to vote for Aint 2 Proud 2 Beg, it's just so excellent and has been a favourite song for so very long. Ooooh.. was one of the first CDs (not tapes) I ever bought and I still have my worn but cherished copy.

(Would have voted Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes if it had been a single, mind...)

"Waterfalls", although "Unpretty" is also great.

re "Red Light Special":

The two guitar solos that runs through the whole song are written and played by Slash.

(Would have voted Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes if it had been a single, mind...)

Yes! I had forgotten all about this one, I'm going to listen to it right now. As it is, 'Creep'

Silly Ho

Speedy Gonzales couldn't stop the way I spin it/I'm known for breaking every speed limit

FACT: It's a really good thing TLC isn't played much in bars because I know 90% of Lisa's raps and look really dorky, as a 6'1" white redhead, when I start rapping in bars..

her dialogue w/herself in 'kick your game'!

ohh!! I called you twice/You called me once - I thought that was a single but I guess not! I think it would have been stronger than Diggin' On You.

Okay, it's going to have to be a TLC afternoon, thank you lex, from another lex..

xp Just really can't stomach the hushed, detached vocals in "Silly Ho" and "Red Light Special." Have nothing against the subject matter, and actually don't mind the smooth guitar jazz that opens the latter, after which the song turns so ridiculously sluggish in its failed attempt at sexiness that I just push reject. More of a tune would help both songs, too. Also more Left Eye. ("In Your Arms Tonight," for its part, just sounds half-assed.)

aint too proud to beg

quality debut, cool video

A lotta songs here I really like, but there are very few things I wouldn't vote for "Creep" over.

Yes.

top 10:

1. creep
2. baby baby baby
3. hands up (underrated song... 3D is an underrated album in general...)
4. red light special
5. unpretty
6. silly ho
7. diggin on you
8. no scrubs
9. aint 2 proud to beg
10. girl talk

I actually voted for "hands up" tho since no one else will

gonna be challopsy and rep for "Silly Ho" and "Girl Talk" over all the big hits.

Naw, "Silly Ho" is my favorite post-CrazySexyCool TLC joint.

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ok

creep vs. waterfalls would def be a creep win, I think

tlc's music pretty much needs to be considered using the french electoral system

Red Light Special 0

O_O

cannot believe this

creep is excellent though. unpretty and what about your friends should have gotten more.

not that i would've voted for it but this was a jam, shoulda been an option:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlT1rTxa_0

Baby-Baby-Baby 0
Diggin' On You 0

also ;_;

lol waterfalls really guys

Red Light Special 0

I forgot to vote for it...

RLS woulda gotten my vote, that it got 0 = o_O

a scrub is a guy that can get no love

what about your friends? is really great

challop -- many of these have aged a little poorly

my favs these days are "red light special" and "unpretty"

you can tell lex is not on ILM any more because the new has been barely mentioned. It's really good. It's both very much in character for them and sounds like a natural fit for whatever r&b is in 2017.

djp made a thread for it; i personally am still trying to find time to listen to it lol