May 30, 2024 • 22 mins
Martha Quinn, Christie, and Karena discuss the artists or songs that introduced them to music. Plus, the ladies go back and forth about Milli Vanilli and C & C Music Factory!
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When the on air Mike goes off, the Talk Talk begins. It's Talk
Talk with Martha Quinn shumming with hisfingers, penes song with this song.
I don't know if those are notthe song, but I want but she's
trying. She's trying with this song, and she's killing us all softly.
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Lad, Welcome everyone to Talk Talkwith Martha Quinn. I know my voice
sounds a little different today, butyou know, it's just the coffee I'm
drinking. It's different. But I'mMartha Quinn. Welcome to the show,
James, and I'm just screen usand this is the episode two hundred and
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three of Talk Talk with Me,Martha Quinn. Hold on, I need
to drink some water. I thinkit'll sound different after I drink water.
Hold on, okay, do Isound Do I sound like more like me?
Now? Ah? Yeah? Yeah? You hear your throat crazy?
Wow? Hold on, you guyswere being so rude by Roberta. BERTA
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Flack was here and we weren't evensaying goodbye. She only had a second
just stop by, so you know, that was very nice of her to
do her big hit killing me softly. So okay, that just gave me
an idea of what you might say, Christy James to this question. Oh,
by the way, welcome to TalkTalk with Mark Quinn. As Martha
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just mentioned, this is the podcastthat unites the Morning Drive with Christy Live
team Christie and Karina Velaskaz and themar Take two The Martha Quinn Show Team
Martha and Karina Velaskaz. So whatwe thought we talk about today is what's
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the first song or artist it couldbe who played your soul like a violin
and got you into music. AndI got this idea because my niece was
telling me a story that when shewas like four years old and she was
on the playground. I guess shewas in kindergarten and she heard just coming
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from across the playground that song justthe Girl by the clickfive? Do you
know it? You do you do? It's like do do do do do?
Do? Do do do? She'sjust the girl always wanted or something
like that. Really no, Inever heard that, No, but okay,
well, just the Girl by theclick five And she remembers where she
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was standing on the playground when sheheard it, like just strumming her soul
like a violin. A couple ofyears later, she heard her older sister
playing it in her room and thenshe went and said, you know,
it was like by that time sheknew that it was a song. She
could get it onto her phone,like when you're little, you don't even
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think of that. You're just moreaware of this sensation. And she went
in and said, what, youknow, what's that song? And it
was just the Girl by the Clickfive And it is right now she is
twenty two years old, her mostplayed song on her iPhone. Wow,
So that's the first song that wokeher up. The kind of was a
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little like ding ding ding ding dingto her soul about music. So,
Christy, since you might have alreadygiven us a hint, what was the
first song or artists that did thatfor you? I would have to say,
as far as artists go, itwould probably be a three way tie
because I don't remember. I don'thave a memory like that where the song
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struck me on the playground, youknow. But I do remember the record
player that you actually got me,Martha, when this old school Michael Jackson
phonograph. And if you grew upin the eighties as a kid, you
know those little record players that weused to hold around and carry around that
look like little briefcases. But Iremember playing Michael Jackson on this record player,
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and so Michael Jackson would definitely haveto have been that kind of music
integration for me. But as faras like fangirling where I can remember,
oh my god, this is magical, this is what music means, it
would have to be Prince that Diamondsand Pearls album. That is when I
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really really really started to just that'sthe first music memory where I'm like,
oh my gosh, what is this? Yeah, over and over and over
and over and over again on cassette, and then over and over and over
and over again on CD, andthe same thing with C and C Music
Factory. Those Ah, they boughtit danced, Clavillus and Cole. I
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was obsessed with them. Dance musicwas a huge part of my life and
they were kind of my first entrigmy gateway drug into dance music. So
it's a three way tie between thosethree. Christy, I have a question.
This is just a little random growingup because your mom is very church.
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Shout out to Miss Ruthie. Shewas very church. Were you allowed
to listen to all kinds of music? In your household. She's very church
religious religious. I don't know theright way to say. She's very religious.
She's best friends with Jesus as Christyyou always say, but I'm just
curious. Was that allowed in yourhousehold? Oh? Miss Ruthie listens to
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gospel music to this day. Ohreally? Oh yeah, I pre programmed
it. She just got a newcar. Pre programmed Kirk Franklin's Greatest Hits
Radio on her car so that wayshe can listen to it. Gospel radio
on our iHeartRadio app. That iswhat Miss Ruthie listens to. That's what
she used to listen to. Shehad one record. There were a couple,
actually, but I remember the Temptationsand the Supreme's Greatest Hits on vinyl,
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and so I really used to listento that a lot. I remember
that record. It was like adouble set Temptations the Supreme's Greatest Hits,
and I definitely had that record inrotation growing up. Oh yeah, But
other than that, gospel music really, Oh yeah, My mom loves gospel
music to this day because Prince definitelyhad some spicy songs that I would imagine
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if your mom heard you listening tomaybe she'd be a little she'd say,
oh God for a different reasons,right, Dang. What about you,
Karina, what is the music ormusician that really sticks out to you as
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that one song or artist when itcomes to music. I would say,
for me, one of the femaleartists that stood out a lot was Paula
Abdul For me, when I heardForever Year Girl, when that first,
when her first album came out,I remember just constantly playing her music,
wanting to learn all her dance moves, wanting to just do everything that she
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would do, and then straight upthat song, but definitely Paula Abdul,
like I remember going to the Warehouse, which was an old school record store,
and then buying the whole cassette tapeand then all her kasingles, Nah
so cool that you sing and thenyeah. So for me, it was
growing up listening to Paula a dueland then I got into obviously the new
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kids on the block, but Igrew up listening to a lot of stuff.
My parents were always listening to music, so I grew up listening to
a lot of disco music, Aton of disco music. Interesting, yeah,
because we would go to my cousinhouse in Union City. They would
set up a disco ball in thegarage and we'd make a party out of
it. My uncle had an oldschool record player and we were like,
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disco disco duck. You guys havebeen partying together as a family since you
were that's crazy. Yeah, thatis so cool. And shout out to
the Velaska's family. And before itall went down, y'all, I was
really into the music of Milli Vanilli. I do it too, I do
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too, But I remember like,oh, they were so cool and listening
to the music. Still cool,listening to their music. What I thought
was their music, great music.They still performed it, and I give
them a lot of credit. Iremember listening to a lot of that.
I'm like, oh, wow,this is so different, this is so
cool. I like it. Butwhat about you from Martha, what about
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you? Well? I do wantto just stand up for Milli Vanilli for
a second. So you know,there's a reason that that album won the
Grammy. Okay, well, theywon the Grammy for Best New Artists because
those songs were in They were awesome, and Robin fab I think, got
caught up in a scheme and whenthey had that press conference where they had
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to give the Grammy back. Ibelieve they should have done what I believe
it was Rob Rob playdis said thisGrammy should go to the artists who performed
on the record, and I believethat was absolutely right because that album was
amazing. Those songs were incredible.I agree with you. So just because
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there was some you know, sortof a controversy around it doesn't take away
the fact that that music was hamazic. Yeah, and you know,
they weren't the only people who weredoing that. Debbie deb talks about really
how she was singing and they didn'twant her to be the front person because
she didn't really serve the look.Oh I remember, wasn't that the same
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for the scenc music factory. He'sthe music factory girl to one of the
yes, Belma Davis, because shewasn't necessarily the one singing. I think
it was it Martha not Martha Washbut it was another kind of singer.
So it They weren't the only ones. Wow, they're the only ones who
got caught on a major scale,but it did go down. If you
know the story, tap the redmicrophone on our iHeartRadio app and please send
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us a talk back. Maybe you'veheard something in the music industry, and
you know you can let us knowwhat's up. So, Martha Quinn,
when it comes to the musician whowas singing their song from your soul or
the words of the song that Ikeep getting wrong s drumming, singing my
song, song with timming, mypain, with his fingers, singing my
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life, I'm not the only onetell us about your musician. How about
that? Well, I'm kind oflike Karina, and there was always music
around me. Like really, Ihave two older brothers, so from when
I was an embryo, I justcame into the world being wrapped in a
blanket of the Beatles. So thatalmost doesn't count because it's just the Beatles
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were just not something I ever becameaware of becoming aware of because they just
were. And I was gonna saythe moment when I believe I was in
third grade and it must have beenraining because we had recess inside and we
had one of those school record players, you know, the gray record players
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in the box. You know whatI'm talking about, Yeah, I do.
So we had one of those schoolrecord players in the back. I
was in the middle of the roomand I just heard Rock and Robin woh,
And I remember the sensation and turningtowards the turntable, and I don't
remember anything other than the fact thatsomewhere in the room was Stuart Smith,
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and he's a kid that I hada crush. Off said, that's all
I remember, but Rock and Robinand just doing that thing, like strumming
my soul with its fingers, youknow, waking me up to And I
was going to say that, butyou said the Supremes, Christie. That
took me back earlier to when Iwas in day camp. I was staying
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at my grandparents' house and they musthave shipped me off to some day camp
because I was very little. Andwe were taking naps on little blankets on
the floor in this pavilion, andone of the counselors played Babylove and I
just got chills right now thinking ofit. I can picture the pavilion,
I can picture myself on the floor, and I can picture I am getting
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so many chills look at me rightnow, and I can picture that sound,
that echoey sound of Diana Ross's voicesinging Babylove, and that maybe is
the first that I was like,what's this? And I don't know when,
at what point in my life Irealized later, oh that's that song.
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It was the Supremes. But everytime I hear baby Love, I'm
transported back to day camp and takinga nap on a little blanket on this
wood floor at my day camp inupstate New York. So maybe mine is
the Supremes. You and I arevery similar, Christy, Yeah, except
you remember these things I can't.I'm always so envious of people who have
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these memories of you know, reallyreally really early in their lives, and
they can go back some things.A few things I can remember, but
I don't. Yeah, I can'tgo Well, I guess yeah, I
could go back to my daycare.But then part of me thinks, did
I really remember that? Or amI just making that up in my head
right now? Or did I justsee a picture yeah? Or is something
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that I'm thinking is my memory?What is that called when you think it's
your memory but it's something you've seen. I don't know. Yeah, that's
a phenomenon like not like de javu, right, Nope, it's it's
a phenomenon where that you kind ofascribe outside events to your own so your
own life. Yes it's a thing. What it's not in a movie or
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something. But you're like, no, that happened to me. But in
other words, Karina, if youswear that when you were a kid you
got into a Dolorean, Yeah,I went back to nineteen eighty five,
the Mandela effect. Maybe that mightknow. That's what people think is a
thing. Like I think for awhile people thought that Nelson Mandela had passed
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away, but he hadn't. It'swhen people think they incorrectly remember the same
thing. Yes, but as aculture, we all think that Jordan,
my husband, Jordan, I'll lighta birthday candle and he'll smell the smell
of the candle and he'll be like, oh, this reminds me of when
I was in second grade and mymom had just bought me a new pair
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of corduroy pants and curves, youknow, department store. And then Jimmy
Reid came over and he had abaseball and the baseball was sewn together.
It was really weird with pink threadinstead of the normal red thread. And
we went outside and Jimmy Reid,I'm like, how do you remember this
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stuff? He remembers all kinds oflittle things. I remember basically that Supreme's
memory the Jackson's memory, and thatwas like it when US vj's me and
my fellow original MTV VJs Mark Goodmeant Alan hunt Ur Nina Blackwood and not
JJ Jackson because he had passed onat that point when we were talking about
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writing a book, I said,well, I got to write it with
you guys, because if I wroteone on my own, it'd be a
pamphlet. That's funny I saw Isaw recently which I thought was really cool.
On sixty Minutes there's this eighteen yearold from Ottawa and she has the
ability to remember every minute of everyday of her life. I don't know
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if that's cool or not. Andlike, she remembers every single event that
happened that day, which is atrip. And they asked her, you
know, in the sixty minutes piece, like, oh, what happened on
so and so date? And sheliterally remembers every single thing. Do you
want to play guests the celebrity whoalso has that same thing? Yes,
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okay, I'll tell you this.She was on a TV show popular in
the eighties. She was part ofa hell of a crew. I know
that right there. She was partof a character. She's part of the
cast of characters. TV show veryfamous in the eighties. Playson took place
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in I think New York City,And I'll give you this hint. Danny
DeVito was in the show. Isit what's her name something, Pearlman,
Pearl. No, but you've gotthe right show. No, no,
you don't have the right show.Actually, ally no, Danny DeVito.
Rea is Danny Divito's wife. Shewas on Cheers. Danny DeVito was on
the show. Was in Taxi,Yes, on Taxi Mary Lou Hanner.
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It was a big star from theeighties. I don't remember her either.
I'm way too young. Let mejust clarify. She does article that.
She does have that ability to rememberevery every minute, every day. Hazy,
I asked me what I did yesterday? Right that part. But I
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do remember hearing Rock and Robin,and I do remember the moment I heard
baby Love. Christy. You rememberedthe moment you heard diamonds and Pearls.
Karina, you remember the moment youheard I'm forever your girl. What do
you think it was like for JanetJackson in to have her choreographer have this
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incredible outburst of hits. I'm sureshe was probably happy for her. Janet
Jackson doesn't seem like a hater.And if your brother's Michael Jackson, I'm
sorry you're used to living in theshadowist of the shadowy shadows? Or don't
you think there's a little part ofher along those lines that was like,
oh, no, her too.No, No, I think Johannah would
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have been like, oh, mytime is coming. Her time had come,
she was already here. That's true. Yeah, because Paula was choreographic
her videos. Oh yeah, SoI think she was happy for her friend.
Yeah, there's still friends are somuch nicer than me. I remember
I had a roommate. This wasafter I was not on MTV anymore.
This is right around the time thatI was on unemployment in Van Eys and
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I had a roommate, and youknow, I was going out auditioning for
commercials, and she decided she wasgoing to go out and audition for commercials
and she got one. And Iwas like, Oh, can't believe it.
I can't belave it. That's funny. Sometimes it's like that. But
I have a feeling Janet was coolwith it. I'd like to think she
was anyways, so she wasn't nestOkay, thank you guys so much for
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being a part of episode two hundredand three of Talk Talk with Martha Quinn.
I would like to think we're birdof flack for stopping by. Yes,
she song. Wow. I wastrying. I tried to put it
off. I tried to wrap thingsup with a nice pretty bow before it
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went the way I saw you like, went right into it. I was
like, all right, go Christy, go Christy. But I do want
to shout out somebody else who ishere nobody commented on and they're sitting over
here kind of upset that nobody commentedon their appearance. And that is CNC
Music Factory. Oh we did geta little CNC Music Factory. Thank you
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for and Williams for stopping by.I still love you to this day,
you do, you do love him? And the no name singer I was
singing the female party that feel likeher name is Marcia because Belma was the
one who was in the group andthat's why I said she's not the singer.
Oh no, okay, tell methis. So the woman, the
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woman on the Sancy music factor.That's saying everybody did right now, right,
that's who she was not in thegroup because, as we were saying,
she didn't have the look according tothe record executive, so they said,
let's just use her voice, buthave somebody else pretend that it's be
the lady. No, no,no, you guys. The song I'm
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on Wikipedia right now. The songis sung by singer Martha Wash. Okay,
so that's all I was saying,Martha Wash. But if you watch
the video, Sama Davis is theone I think in the video. Mmmm.
She video to Volker and dancer ZelmaDavis, yep, sinking to wash
his vocal parts. Well, Iwas being Martha Wash because I was doing
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the stellar singing. Got it.I might have been being Zelma Davis,
which is maybe why she wasn't thesinger. Okay, so hard to tell,
very thin line. Like I said, I tried to wrap this up
earlier. Everyone went all the way. Well, and so I'm going to
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try it again. Let me justjump in really quick. If you're listening
right now and want to share yourfirst song or artist that woke you up
to music, to popular music,to your generation's music, let us know
tap the red talk back microphone onour free iHeartRadio app, and we are
always open to podcast topic suggestions likeSylvia Bermudez suggested what would you do if
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you want a billion dollars in thelottery? And we did that as a
podcast. It was thus executive producedby Sylvia Bermudez. So please, Christy,
could you get to wrapping this upalready? Come on? Thank you
so much for joining us for episodetwo hundred and three of Talk Talk with
Martha Quinn until next week. I'mMartha Quinn, I'm Christy, I'm Karina
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Velaska's messieur ready
When the on air Mike goes off, the Talk Talk begins. It's Talk
Talk with Martha Quinn shumming with hisfingers, penes song with this song.
I don't know if those are notthe song, but I want but she's
trying. She's trying with this song, and she's killing us all softly.
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Lad, Welcome everyone to Talk Talkwith Martha Quinn. I know my voice
sounds a little different today, butyou know, it's just the coffee I'm
drinking. It's different. But I'mMartha Quinn. Welcome to the show,
James, and I'm just screen usand this is the episode two hundred and
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three of Talk Talk with Me,Martha Quinn. Hold on, I need
to drink some water. I thinkit'll sound different after I drink water.
Hold on, okay, do Isound Do I sound like more like me?
Now? Ah? Yeah? Yeah? You hear your throat crazy?
Wow? Hold on, you guyswere being so rude by Roberta. BERTA
(01:14):
Flack was here and we weren't evensaying goodbye. She only had a second
just stop by, so you know, that was very nice of her to
do her big hit killing me softly. So okay, that just gave me
an idea of what you might say, Christy James to this question. Oh,
by the way, welcome to TalkTalk with Mark Quinn. As Martha
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just mentioned, this is the podcastthat unites the Morning Drive with Christy Live
team Christie and Karina Velaskaz and themar Take two The Martha Quinn Show Team
Martha and Karina Velaskaz. So whatwe thought we talk about today is what's
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the first song or artist it couldbe who played your soul like a violin
and got you into music. AndI got this idea because my niece was
telling me a story that when shewas like four years old and she was
on the playground. I guess shewas in kindergarten and she heard just coming
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from across the playground that song justthe Girl by the clickfive? Do you
know it? You do you do? It's like do do do do do?
Do? Do do do? She'sjust the girl always wanted or something
like that. Really no, Inever heard that, No, but okay,
well, just the Girl by theclick five And she remembers where she
(02:45):
was standing on the playground when sheheard it, like just strumming her soul
like a violin. A couple ofyears later, she heard her older sister
playing it in her room and thenshe went and said, you know,
it was like by that time sheknew that it was a song. She
could get it onto her phone,like when you're little, you don't even
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think of that. You're just moreaware of this sensation. And she went
in and said, what, youknow, what's that song? And it
was just the Girl by the Clickfive And it is right now she is
twenty two years old, her mostplayed song on her iPhone. Wow,
So that's the first song that wokeher up. The kind of was a
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little like ding ding ding ding dingto her soul about music. So,
Christy, since you might have alreadygiven us a hint, what was the
first song or artists that did thatfor you? I would have to say,
as far as artists go, itwould probably be a three way tie
because I don't remember. I don'thave a memory like that where the song
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struck me on the playground, youknow. But I do remember the record
player that you actually got me,Martha, when this old school Michael Jackson
phonograph. And if you grew upin the eighties as a kid, you
know those little record players that weused to hold around and carry around that
look like little briefcases. But Iremember playing Michael Jackson on this record player,
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and so Michael Jackson would definitely haveto have been that kind of music
integration for me. But as faras like fangirling where I can remember,
oh my god, this is magical, this is what music means, it
would have to be Prince that Diamondsand Pearls album. That is when I
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really really really started to just that'sthe first music memory where I'm like,
oh my gosh, what is this? Yeah, over and over and over
and over and over again on cassette, and then over and over and over
and over again on CD, andthe same thing with C and C Music
Factory. Those Ah, they boughtit danced, Clavillus and Cole. I
(05:01):
was obsessed with them. Dance musicwas a huge part of my life and
they were kind of my first entrigmy gateway drug into dance music. So
it's a three way tie between thosethree. Christy, I have a question.
This is just a little random growingup because your mom is very church.
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Shout out to Miss Ruthie. Shewas very church. Were you allowed
to listen to all kinds of music? In your household. She's very church
religious religious. I don't know theright way to say. She's very religious.
She's best friends with Jesus as Christyyou always say, but I'm just
curious. Was that allowed in yourhousehold? Oh? Miss Ruthie listens to
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gospel music to this day. Ohreally? Oh yeah, I pre programmed
it. She just got a newcar. Pre programmed Kirk Franklin's Greatest Hits
Radio on her car so that wayshe can listen to it. Gospel radio
on our iHeartRadio app. That iswhat Miss Ruthie listens to. That's what
she used to listen to. Shehad one record. There were a couple,
actually, but I remember the Temptationsand the Supreme's Greatest Hits on vinyl,
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and so I really used to listento that a lot. I remember
that record. It was like adouble set Temptations the Supreme's Greatest Hits,
and I definitely had that record inrotation growing up. Oh yeah, But
other than that, gospel music really, Oh yeah, My mom loves gospel
music to this day because Prince definitelyhad some spicy songs that I would imagine
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if your mom heard you listening tomaybe she'd be a little she'd say,
oh God for a different reasons,right, Dang. What about you,
Karina, what is the music ormusician that really sticks out to you as
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that one song or artist when itcomes to music. I would say,
for me, one of the femaleartists that stood out a lot was Paula
Abdul For me, when I heardForever Year Girl, when that first,
when her first album came out,I remember just constantly playing her music,
wanting to learn all her dance moves, wanting to just do everything that she
(07:24):
would do, and then straight upthat song, but definitely Paula Abdul,
like I remember going to the Warehouse, which was an old school record store,
and then buying the whole cassette tapeand then all her kasingles, Nah
so cool that you sing and thenyeah. So for me, it was
growing up listening to Paula a dueland then I got into obviously the new
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kids on the block, but Igrew up listening to a lot of stuff.
My parents were always listening to music, so I grew up listening to
a lot of disco music, Aton of disco music. Interesting, yeah,
because we would go to my cousinhouse in Union City. They would
set up a disco ball in thegarage and we'd make a party out of
it. My uncle had an oldschool record player and we were like,
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disco disco duck. You guys havebeen partying together as a family since you
were that's crazy. Yeah, thatis so cool. And shout out to
the Velaska's family. And before itall went down, y'all, I was
really into the music of Milli Vanilli. I do it too, I do
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too, But I remember like,oh, they were so cool and listening
to the music. Still cool,listening to their music. What I thought
was their music, great music.They still performed it, and I give
them a lot of credit. Iremember listening to a lot of that.
I'm like, oh, wow,this is so different, this is so
cool. I like it. Butwhat about you from Martha, what about
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you? Well? I do wantto just stand up for Milli Vanilli for
a second. So you know,there's a reason that that album won the
Grammy. Okay, well, theywon the Grammy for Best New Artists because
those songs were in They were awesome, and Robin fab I think, got
caught up in a scheme and whenthey had that press conference where they had
(09:11):
to give the Grammy back. Ibelieve they should have done what I believe
it was Rob Rob playdis said thisGrammy should go to the artists who performed
on the record, and I believethat was absolutely right because that album was
amazing. Those songs were incredible.I agree with you. So just because
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there was some you know, sortof a controversy around it doesn't take away
the fact that that music was hamazic. Yeah, and you know,
they weren't the only people who weredoing that. Debbie deb talks about really
how she was singing and they didn'twant her to be the front person because
she didn't really serve the look.Oh I remember, wasn't that the same
(09:58):
for the scenc music factory. He'sthe music factory girl to one of the
yes, Belma Davis, because shewasn't necessarily the one singing. I think
it was it Martha not Martha Washbut it was another kind of singer.
So it They weren't the only ones. Wow, they're the only ones who
got caught on a major scale,but it did go down. If you
know the story, tap the redmicrophone on our iHeartRadio app and please send
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us a talk back. Maybe you'veheard something in the music industry, and
you know you can let us knowwhat's up. So, Martha Quinn,
when it comes to the musician whowas singing their song from your soul or
the words of the song that Ikeep getting wrong s drumming, singing my
song, song with timming, mypain, with his fingers, singing my
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life, I'm not the only onetell us about your musician. How about
that? Well, I'm kind oflike Karina, and there was always music
around me. Like really, Ihave two older brothers, so from when
I was an embryo, I justcame into the world being wrapped in a
blanket of the Beatles. So thatalmost doesn't count because it's just the Beatles
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were just not something I ever becameaware of becoming aware of because they just
were. And I was gonna saythe moment when I believe I was in
third grade and it must have beenraining because we had recess inside and we
had one of those school record players, you know, the gray record players
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in the box. You know whatI'm talking about, Yeah, I do.
So we had one of those schoolrecord players in the back. I
was in the middle of the roomand I just heard Rock and Robin woh,
And I remember the sensation and turningtowards the turntable, and I don't
remember anything other than the fact thatsomewhere in the room was Stuart Smith,
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and he's a kid that I hada crush. Off said, that's all
I remember, but Rock and Robinand just doing that thing, like strumming
my soul with its fingers, youknow, waking me up to And I
was going to say that, butyou said the Supremes, Christie. That
took me back earlier to when Iwas in day camp. I was staying
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at my grandparents' house and they musthave shipped me off to some day camp
because I was very little. Andwe were taking naps on little blankets on
the floor in this pavilion, andone of the counselors played Babylove and I
just got chills right now thinking ofit. I can picture the pavilion,
I can picture myself on the floor, and I can picture I am getting
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so many chills look at me rightnow, and I can picture that sound,
that echoey sound of Diana Ross's voicesinging Babylove, and that maybe is
the first that I was like,what's this? And I don't know when,
at what point in my life Irealized later, oh that's that song.
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It was the Supremes. But everytime I hear baby Love, I'm
transported back to day camp and takinga nap on a little blanket on this
wood floor at my day camp inupstate New York. So maybe mine is
the Supremes. You and I arevery similar, Christy, Yeah, except
you remember these things I can't.I'm always so envious of people who have
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these memories of you know, reallyreally really early in their lives, and
they can go back some things.A few things I can remember, but
I don't. Yeah, I can'tgo Well, I guess yeah, I
could go back to my daycare.But then part of me thinks, did
I really remember that? Or amI just making that up in my head
right now? Or did I justsee a picture yeah? Or is something
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that I'm thinking is my memory?What is that called when you think it's
your memory but it's something you've seen. I don't know. Yeah, that's
a phenomenon like not like de javu, right, Nope, it's it's
a phenomenon where that you kind ofascribe outside events to your own so your
own life. Yes it's a thing. What it's not in a movie or
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something. But you're like, no, that happened to me. But in
other words, Karina, if youswear that when you were a kid you
got into a Dolorean, Yeah,I went back to nineteen eighty five,
the Mandela effect. Maybe that mightknow. That's what people think is a
thing. Like I think for awhile people thought that Nelson Mandela had passed
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away, but he hadn't. It'swhen people think they incorrectly remember the same
thing. Yes, but as aculture, we all think that Jordan,
my husband, Jordan, I'll lighta birthday candle and he'll smell the smell
of the candle and he'll be like, oh, this reminds me of when
I was in second grade and mymom had just bought me a new pair
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of corduroy pants and curves, youknow, department store. And then Jimmy
Reid came over and he had abaseball and the baseball was sewn together.
It was really weird with pink threadinstead of the normal red thread. And
we went outside and Jimmy Reid,I'm like, how do you remember this
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stuff? He remembers all kinds oflittle things. I remember basically that Supreme's
memory the Jackson's memory, and thatwas like it when US vj's me and
my fellow original MTV VJs Mark Goodmeant Alan hunt Ur Nina Blackwood and not
JJ Jackson because he had passed onat that point when we were talking about
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writing a book, I said,well, I got to write it with
you guys, because if I wroteone on my own, it'd be a
pamphlet. That's funny I saw Isaw recently which I thought was really cool.
On sixty Minutes there's this eighteen yearold from Ottawa and she has the
ability to remember every minute of everyday of her life. I don't know
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if that's cool or not. Andlike, she remembers every single event that
happened that day, which is atrip. And they asked her, you
know, in the sixty minutes piece, like, oh, what happened on
so and so date? And sheliterally remembers every single thing. Do you
want to play guests the celebrity whoalso has that same thing? Yes,
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okay, I'll tell you this.She was on a TV show popular in
the eighties. She was part ofa hell of a crew. I know
that right there. She was partof a character. She's part of the
cast of characters. TV show veryfamous in the eighties. Playson took place
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in I think New York City,And I'll give you this hint. Danny
DeVito was in the show. Isit what's her name something, Pearlman,
Pearl. No, but you've gotthe right show. No, no,
you don't have the right show.Actually, ally no, Danny DeVito.
Rea is Danny Divito's wife. Shewas on Cheers. Danny DeVito was on
the show. Was in Taxi,Yes, on Taxi Mary Lou Hanner.
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It was a big star from theeighties. I don't remember her either.
I'm way too young. Let mejust clarify. She does article that.
She does have that ability to rememberevery every minute, every day. Hazy,
I asked me what I did yesterday? Right that part. But I
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do remember hearing Rock and Robin,and I do remember the moment I heard
baby Love. Christy. You rememberedthe moment you heard diamonds and Pearls.
Karina, you remember the moment youheard I'm forever your girl. What do
you think it was like for JanetJackson in to have her choreographer have this
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incredible outburst of hits. I'm sureshe was probably happy for her. Janet
Jackson doesn't seem like a hater.And if your brother's Michael Jackson, I'm
sorry you're used to living in theshadowist of the shadowy shadows? Or don't
you think there's a little part ofher along those lines that was like,
oh, no, her too.No, No, I think Johannah would
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have been like, oh, mytime is coming. Her time had come,
she was already here. That's true. Yeah, because Paula was choreographic
her videos. Oh yeah, SoI think she was happy for her friend.
Yeah, there's still friends are somuch nicer than me. I remember
I had a roommate. This wasafter I was not on MTV anymore.
This is right around the time thatI was on unemployment in Van Eys and
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I had a roommate, and youknow, I was going out auditioning for
commercials, and she decided she wasgoing to go out and audition for commercials
and she got one. And Iwas like, Oh, can't believe it.
I can't belave it. That's funny. Sometimes it's like that. But
I have a feeling Janet was coolwith it. I'd like to think she
was anyways, so she wasn't nestOkay, thank you guys so much for
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being a part of episode two hundredand three of Talk Talk with Martha Quinn.
I would like to think we're birdof flack for stopping by. Yes,
she song. Wow. I wastrying. I tried to put it
off. I tried to wrap thingsup with a nice pretty bow before it
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went the way I saw you like, went right into it. I was
like, all right, go Christy, go Christy. But I do want
to shout out somebody else who ishere nobody commented on and they're sitting over
here kind of upset that nobody commentedon their appearance. And that is CNC
Music Factory. Oh we did geta little CNC Music Factory. Thank you
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for and Williams for stopping by.I still love you to this day,
you do, you do love him? And the no name singer I was
singing the female party that feel likeher name is Marcia because Belma was the
one who was in the group andthat's why I said she's not the singer.
Oh no, okay, tell methis. So the woman, the
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woman on the Sancy music factor.That's saying everybody did right now, right,
that's who she was not in thegroup because, as we were saying,
she didn't have the look according tothe record executive, so they said,
let's just use her voice, buthave somebody else pretend that it's be
the lady. No, no,no, you guys. The song I'm
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on Wikipedia right now. The songis sung by singer Martha Wash. Okay,
so that's all I was saying,Martha Wash. But if you watch
the video, Sama Davis is theone I think in the video. Mmmm.
She video to Volker and dancer ZelmaDavis, yep, sinking to wash
his vocal parts. Well, Iwas being Martha Wash because I was doing
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the stellar singing. Got it.I might have been being Zelma Davis,
which is maybe why she wasn't thesinger. Okay, so hard to tell,
very thin line. Like I said, I tried to wrap this up
earlier. Everyone went all the way. Well, and so I'm going to
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try it again. Let me justjump in really quick. If you're listening
right now and want to share yourfirst song or artist that woke you up
to music, to popular music,to your generation's music, let us know
tap the red talk back microphone onour free iHeartRadio app, and we are
always open to podcast topic suggestions likeSylvia Bermudez suggested what would you do if
(21:56):
you want a billion dollars in thelottery? And we did that as a
podcast. It was thus executive producedby Sylvia Bermudez. So please, Christy,
could you get to wrapping this upalready? Come on? Thank you
so much for joining us for episodetwo hundred and three of Talk Talk with
Martha Quinn until next week. I'mMartha Quinn, I'm Christy, I'm Karina
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