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[SJRB]

I don't even have to link this shit because everyone and their mom knows this track.

Almost 700 MILLION views on Youtube, 660 million listens on Spotify.

But for the plebs among us:



if they can't understand it, how can it reach me?

Tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me?

Explain.

 

[INC]

Surprised they've not remade this, with a black teacher and unruly right wing white American kids

 

[TheInfamousKira]

~TELLL ME WHYYYY ARE WE SO BLIND TO SEEEE THAT THE ONE'S WE HURT ARE YOuUuUuU AND MEEEE-EEEE?~

More fire than the Sun.

Edit: Beaten by OP. Fuck me, opinion still stands.

 

[haxan7]

Amish Paradise is better

 

[SantaC]

too bad the music video is ruined by Michelle Pfeiffer

 

[ManaByte]

Amish Paradise is better

/thread

 

[belmarduk]

Surprised they've not remade this, with a black teacher and unruly right wing white American kids

That is a great idea. I would watch it in a second.

 

[belmarduk]

I like his hair these days. They look like small bonsai trees.

 

[Bragr]

His re-recording might be the worst "remake" of a song in history.

 

[Quasicat]

Amish Paradise is better

I remember watching a special on VH1, when I had VH1 or cable for that matter, and saw that Coolio was absolutely pissed about Amish Paradise. Weird Al claimed he had all of the permission on his end to do it. Definitely one of Weird Al's best.

 

[SJRB]

/thread

 

[Bragr]

This is the worst cover in all of music history through all of human history.

 

[SantaC]

Amish Paradise is better

This one is better

 

[kunonabi]

Amish Paradise is better

Id argue that Amish paradise pretty much relegated the original to being just a footnote.

 

[Dr Bass]

Because it's based on "pastime paradise" by Stevie Wonder from one of the most timeless pop albums maybe ever written.

 

[greyshark]

Because it's based on "pastime paradise" by Stevie Wonder from one of the most timeless pop albums maybe ever written.

I never even knew this song existed before your post.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I remember the hype I had for this game when I heard the song:

 

[Porcile]

Anyone else more a Fantastic Voyage kind of person?

 

[Dr Bass]

I never even knew this song existed before your post.

A ton of great songs on that album!

 

[greyshark]

A ton of great songs on that album!

I'll have to check it out - I listened to pastime paradise thinking it was just a sampling but it's a complete copy with a lyrics change.

 

[Vagswarm]

Anyone else more a Fantastic Voyage kind of person?

Gangsta's Paradise was way better, but that was a slick track too. Took forever to find the name of it online. All I remembered was "slide slide slippity slide". lol

 

[Mossybrew]

No.

 

[Burning Blade]

This song was absolute trash when it came out and still is.

 

[Dr Bass]

I'll have to check it out - I listened to pastime paradise thinking it was just a sampling but it's a complete copy with a lyrics change.

Yup. Like a lot of rap really. Which I'm totally ok with but it does happen a lot.

 

[Marty-McFly]

Because Hip Hop used to be good.

 

[Dacon]

Because everyone and everything is soft af right now

 

[SkylineRKR]

I think its the sample and chorus that are catchy, the rap song itself is very mundane. It was clearly aimed at the mass market. Thought the movie was kind of shit also.

 

[Finsksvenskan]

Just a really good, amazing song! It'll never die or be forgotten

 

[Kev Kev]

What's goin ooonnn in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin

 

[Noboru Wataya]

Id never support such a hatefulbigot #cancelcoolio

Coolio Hit With Transgender Controversy

The rapper Coolio has been forced to deny allegations that he is transphobic after a Trans-woman accused him of rejecting her advances at a hotel. His story below... Coolio is said to have attended a wild swinger's

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Spoiler

/s

 

[Kenpachii]

Great song, great movie. perfect time of release. Song still good to this day.

 

[Kev Kev]

this came out three years earlier and is harder than gangstas paradise could ever dream of being

 

[Davey Cakes]

Definitely got a boost from appearing in the Sonic movie trailer.

 

[Bullet Club]

Because it's based on "pastime paradise" by Stevie Wonder from one of the most timeless pop albums maybe ever written.

Agreed. The original is a classic. Coolio's version is alright.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Rap today is auto tuned no talents. Mumbling a lot talking about their ice. Basically half of the Fortnite emotes.

 

[BigBooper]

I like his hair these days. They look like small bonsai trees.

He looks like a midboss on a Naruto game.

This was one of the few hiphop/rap songs that made it onto the local pop radio stations as a kid, so it was one of the few I knew then. It is good, but I do like the original inspiration and Amish Paradise better.

 

[DeafTourette]

Gangster's Paradise was a banger when it came out... Still is.

I like the parody by Weird Al as well.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Amish Paradise is better

I opened the thread for this.

I am satisfied.

I leave the thread.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I never knew about the Stevie Wonder song, holy shit.

 

[phranctoast]

Because it's based on "pastime paradise" by Stevie Wonder from one of the most timeless pop albums maybe ever written.

Thank you for that. I had no idea.

 

[KrakenIPA]

This is the worst cover in all of music history through all of human history.

Bro Kidz Bop Volume 1-100 exists....

But Kidz Bop makes me want to vomit, your post makes me want to die of convulsive crying, so you are kinda right.

 

[Dr Bass]

Thank you for that. I had no idea.

We should have a thread here that details all the great songs hip hop has basically stolen from. Again I have no problem with it. But that's what they do.

Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" uses the song "I Wish" from the same album.

 

[Bragr]

We should have a thread here that details all the great songs hip hop has basically stolen from. Again I have no problem with it. But that's what they do.

Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" uses the song "I Wish" from the same album.

HipHop is born from sampling.

 

[haxan7]

 

[Kenpachii]

I like his hair these days. They look like small bonsai trees.

 

[Banjo64]

Songs that are superficial about banging hoes and getting cash don't stand the rest of time, Gangsta's Paradise is a critique of gangster culture.

 

[RaduN]

One of the few rap song that actually had a certain depth to the lyrics. Also the amazing instrumentals and chorus, based of course on Stevie's.
A great, timeless tune.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I like his hair these days. They look like small bonsai trees.

 

[Ionian]

I remember seeing Stevie Wonder here in an arena. Dude walked out in pitch black with a spotlight on him, banging away on his portable keyboard. Was amazing, once the drums kicked in after the intro the place exploded, nobody was not dancing from the pit to the seats. Was unbelievable, if you ever get the chance to see him live and even if you don't know his music you owe it to yourself to see him once while you can. He's still in his prime.

This was the song and yes eyesight, etc. He wasn't born blind, went blind after nurses gave him too much oxygen. Used to jump roofs and cycle using his voice as echo-location, the dude is a genius.



EDIT: Can't find a video of the Dublin gig, think any where potato anyway from people with phones, however was basically this only in pitch black with only him visible.