Because I couldn’t think of a clear cut favorite for this week’s 5ive, I’m gonna be a lame-o and give it to a general concept: The Family Group. When you’re in a group or a band, the natural order of things dictates that eventually you’re gonna spread your wings and fly solo-at least temporarily. Once ego comes into play, that need to fly alone increases, especially in cases where more than one band member feels as though they are most […]
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Hump Day Flashback: “Rocket 2 U”
What’s the first thing I think of when I hear the name “The Jets”? Not the NY football team or the gang in “West Side Story”, but the family of Tongan-American siblings from Minnesota that had a string of hits in the mid-late Eighties, most notably the funky, sassy “Rocket 2 U”. This Grammy-nominated hit (#5 R&B, #6 pop) for the group was a bit of a departure from their peppy first run of hits. First, it was sung by […]