Hind sight is 2020, so at this point, I love digging up old musical tracks that I thought were lost forever, and or even unknown, or "lost media", but you also can find that marketing can make you believe things that you never knew were not the way you were presented.
No hate to JLo, but this was, let's say, VERY INTERESTING!
Last week, I was on a Live Stream of my friend's DJ set, and he played this track, which was always a personal favorite of mine. I also like the Spanish version, and tend to listen to that one more. But, let's say some interesting details about JLo's music has come to light recently.
No hate.... but, INTERESTING nonetheless.
JLo's song "Waiting For Tonight" was an even bigger hit than her 1st single, which was actually also very popular, but "Waiting For Tonight" is still played in dance clubs, and even on the radio, where as her 1st single just isn't. I actually loved both of those songs very much. The Spanish version of "Waiting For Tonight" is actually pretty good as well.
This style of music comes from a branch of Eurodance Techno, tho it's often just referred to as "Dance Music" or "Euro-House". It uses the 4/4 beats, and formats just like a Eurodance track, but incorporates some kind of stringed instrument like acoustic guitars, mandolin, zithers, dulcimer,or the like, and often has some kind of Mediterranean feel or sound to it. Pop Music was really starting to take off, yet again by the late 1990s, so this "pop" vibe was very popular, and despite everyone trash talking Techno & House as "not music", dance music was bigger than ever in North America!
Back in the 2000s, I actually remember watching something called cable TV, and I watched either some TV program on either VH1 or MTV about JLo's music career, and on camera, Jennifer was telling about the remix of her track "Waiting For Tonight" was being played in the music studio, and she heard the remix, and asked "Who's vocals are those?" and according to Jennifer, they told her "That's you. Those are your vocals."
I remember this story so many times over, that I always wondered why she didn't recognize her own signing voice.
But, it turns out the original singer's vocals were actually used in her version of the song "Waiting For Tonight" by "3rd Party".
But, there are a number of "ghost singers" in her music, and her marketing team was so good at branding and marketing her as a product that they created songs from other songs, and often mixed her vocals with the vocals of others frequently.
Often, these stories are spun that Jennifer was some kind of arrogant, driven harlot, with evil intent. But, sometimes, when I watch her interviews, she comes off like an airhead or a ditz, that it's difficult for me to wrap my head around her actually being entirely 100% so malicious. But, to this day, a number of female singers hate her guts and claim "No. I don't know her". The fact that JLo did an R&B/Rap song n sings "the N word" kinda makes me think she kinda of is an airhead, because WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???? Tho it's often spun as she was so full of herself, and arrogant, that she did it just because she's a diva, is kinda difficult for me to fully believe. But, many people full on hate her, and view her as guilty as sin. I don't know.
I had always thought it strange that Jennifer Lopez, whom was known for her dancing skills, and had that big hit "Waiting For Tonight" which is still a very popular track, switched from dance & dance/pop and went strait into more R&B/Hip-Hop music or "Urban" music. Back in the 2000s, I frequently went to NYC, and JLo was a BRAND that was incredibly popular. But, it kind of seems to me like her music was more in the hands of her managers than herself.
She just doesn't seem all that malicious to me. She seems more like an airhead, and she has gone through many husbands. But, I kind of think its less, with her, to do with being a mean girl, and more to do with just being way too open, and possibly just being used for the benefit of others, like a pawn. When she talks about herself, or her opinions, she talks like such a ditz or an airhead, and she also is a pretty good actress when she rehearses, but when put on the spot, she is just kind of empty headed. It's like she doesn't even know herself, but has some stuff she wants to do, then those in charge use her like a pawn, or plays games using her, or her image.
It doesn't even seem like she even knows who made her songs, and thinks she did them on her own. Watching her talk in interviews is so strange because she will even talk about how people trash talk her, and she genuinely seems bewildered as to why they say that stuff about her. But, is this how a malicious guilty person acts? Or is she actually just an airhead that's very sexy? Mind you, many many men have made money from her in film, music, and television.
I'm not making excuses up, but when I watch & hear this woman talking in interviews, she is just so ditzy & airheaded that I just find it so hard to fully believe she's such a mean bitch out to steal everyone's talents, songs, etc. It seems like she's clueless as to what actually went on.
Anyways, if you like JLo songs, and I do like a number of them very much, you are allowed to, and it's OK. But, its also interesting to hear the other singers who made the music. I was just as interested to find out the origins of Elvis Presley songs & music earlier this year. So, its good to expand your knowledge of all things, especially music.
If you, like myself, enjoy the musical styles of JLo's 1st album, I would like to recommend others songs & styles from that time period late 1990s-Mid 2000s & Y2K.
I highly recommend Despina Vandi & "Antique", as well as "Milk and Honey", and a number of others if you like "Waiting For Tonight" and want to hear other songs in this style, which is actually Eurodance. I would also urge you to let go of the English Bias, because music is good regardless of whichever language it's in.
People often remark to me (including young people) that somehow the contemporary music of today is not so good. Tho' I don't not entirely agree, I do understand what you mean, and I do understand. If it's "the old days" or "the vibes of days long past" I urge you to LET GO of the English only bias, and search for music from those time periods OUTSIDE of the English language, because it is often the case the music made with the intention TO SOUND LIKE decades ago, still sounds like music of today in a way.... but, whether it's the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s u long for, I would urge u to search for it in OTHER LANGUAGES. U will get over the culture shock of it not being within your own vernacular, and realize that many nations TODAY not only speak English, but also happily consume media content including movies & music in other languages, without any distaste whatsoever. It's just another day, and just another song they like, which makes them feel good.Once you open your mind to this way of viewing the world, you will find that your whole life so many talented musicians have lived & died within your own lifetime, and you never even knew about them.
You will ALSO find THAT VIBE u were nostalgically longing for, but it will feel new & fresh!
So, here's a Sampling of THAT STYLE you liked about JLo's song "Waiting For Tonight" which was a style branch that sprang from Eurodance Techno & Euro-House:
I personally came across several of these tracks in the late Bush Era & early Obama Era. So, I was so delighted to have found music in the styles that I loved so much! To me, it felt NEW at the time, even tho years had passed.
I've never stopped searching for lost music, or songs that were unknown to me in my youth, as well as indie music today.
Why would I spend my entire life ONLY listening to what some mainstream establishment richards TELL ME what I'm supposed to like, dislike, etc. when it changes frequently? There is SO MUCH amazing music EXISTING ON THIS PLANET RIGHT NOW, so during my lifetime, there's potentially A LOT OF MUSIC that I KNOW I will enjoy SO MUCH MORE than what some rich tycoon wants me to think exists.
As for JLo, I have no hate towards her. I know its VERY VOGUE right now to trash her. You are allowed to think, and feel whatever you want. There's JLo films I still like. She is very pretty. And her dancing is way better than mine. I'm not a fanatical fan, but its interesting how my favorite songs of hers happen to be reworked tracks of others'. But, the positive side of that is I GOT TO KNOW THOSE MUSICAL STYLES, and NOW I get to KNOW who those singers & musicians are. I also was opened up to music I would've never known otherwise. Whether it was due to her, or her handlers, doesn't matter in the long run. I just don't have the heart to hate Jennifer as some evil bitch, because I find it so hard to see her that way when she is talking off-the-cuff. She just doesn't seem like a cunning, vicious, evil, master mind at all. But, I do know that her handlers have a track record of this sort of thing.
Even when Ashanti talks about Jennifer, she doesn't seem like thinks JLo is a bad person, but I can hear her frustration & aggravation, since her own career was pushed to the side. If JLo was actually as bad as all that, then why doesn't Ashanti behave like it's that way?
