fuck disappearing under mysterious circumstances i want to start APPEARING under mysterious circumstances. walking through a deserted eerie forest? im there. exploring an abandoned 1930s mine that no human has set foot in for 55 years? there too. touching down on mars? guess whose annoying face you see poking out from behind a rover
Every day i think about those black musicians whose songs were made into covers by white people and now everyone thinks that these are the originals. Youtube comment sections are full of people like “is this what it feels like to find out you’re adopted?” instead of celebrating and promoting the original creators of the songs.
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Little Eva - Loco-Motion
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing in the Streets
James Ray - I’ve Got My Mind Set On You
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart
The Family - Nothing Compares 2 U (written by Prince)
The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love
The Supremes - Keep Me Hanging On
The Top Notes - Twist and Shout
Lord Creator - Kingston Town
The Paragons - Tide is High
Commodores - Easy
And here’s an entire playlist with songs by black artists covered by The Rolling Stones:
There is something so beautiful about woman dressed in historical clothing that’s usually only worn by men.
Like, a man wearing historical fashion: eh, ok I guess, I mean it’s still cool cause- history! but still just ok…
But a woman: More beautiful than Aphrodite, a queen! I aspire to look like this. Woman, honestly, can pull of historical men’s historical fashion so well, and they all look like queens and badasses.
For example: Normal historical dressed, ok I guess, I mean we still stan Horatio,
but-
This? :
Yes yes yes!!! A thousand times cooler and djfksksosjdjj!!! Amazing!
More examples:
(I also don’t have the exact sources for these images but if you know it that be great! Or if you want to contribute more amazing examples too!)
