Thursday, September 24, 2009

Déjà vu: What you can expect to hear at 90s soul nights

If you just can't bump to another electro track, need a relaxing night out and would love to be taken back to a time 15 years ago, when the cheeks were full and the world was rosy, 90s soul nights at night clubs in London will have you screaming "Oh WOW! I haven't heard this in AGES!" So whatcha going to listen to at 90s soul nights around London this weekend?
Jodeci
With hits like "Stay" and "Cry For You," Jodeci was one of those 90s soul artists that we all danced to, all bopped as soon as we heard the opening bars of the beat … but surprisingly, never knew the name! You just remember this one for Saturday night at your fave nightclub in London.
Tony! Toni! Tone!
Some thought the name was a bit pretentious, but the music was cool anyway (yes, that was me that thought that!), but nobody who grew up through the 90s can say that don’t know the chorus to their hit "It Never Rains (In Southern California)." Lounge with a rum and coke or something else super soulful for this tune.
Montell Jordan
"This Is How We Do It" is instantly recognizable for almost all of us twenty to thirty-somethings ... not least because the title of the song is the opening line, before one beat has been beated! 'Let's Ride' was another of his biggies that you are likely to hear at a soul night in London's nightclubs.
Boyz II Men
They'll make love to you, like you want them to, and they'll hold you tight baby, all through the night ... and then when you come to the end of the road, you'll be crying into your fruitylicious cocktail! Better hope they don’t play this one at the end of the night and ruin all your carefully done eye makeup.
Barry White
This sub-sonic crooner has been a favorite through the 80s, 90s and naughties, and night clubs in London know that just as well as you. His solo hit "Practice What You Preach" is likely to feature, as is one of his better known collaborations with James Ingram and Quincy Jones, "The Secret Garden."
SWV
These Sisters with Voices struck a chord with lots of high school chickadees through the 90s, including me. Yes, I know, it's all very sad ... and I love it! Because "I know love will be right here," beside me on the dance floor.
Fugees
Still as popular in their various incarnations as they were in the 90s as the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras had their best known song with a cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly." Get out your soulful eyes for dat one, and dance your little heart out at the hottest night club in London.

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