Old School Friday-After the Work Day

Well, we have come to the end of the week. Wow where is the year going? Ms Grapevine and MarvalusOne have teamed up to create a meme titled Old School Friday. To join in the Old School Friday Fun go Here for guidelines.

When I want to unwind after work , I usually take a walk with my ipod and listen to one of my favorite singers...

The powerful Angie Stone...you thought I was gonna say a Reggae artist huh...lol Well...actually I listen to more R&B then Reggae..and Angie is so relaxing....





and I tell you this next artist and song has me grooving all the time.....I tell my co-workers this all the time...."I just got to be me!'....





Please don't forget to visit the other OSF participants.



Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

Old School Friday- Songs For Your Birthyear

Ms Grapevine and MarvalusOne have teamed up to create a meme titled Old School Friday and since I love my music I had to sign up to join! To join in the Old School Friday Fun go Here for guidelines.

Wow, y'all made me dig mon, for some songs. My birth year 1960 (and I ain't shame to say it cause damnit , I look good..lol) had some amazing artist.

One amazing song to come out of this era or rather timeline was Sam Cooke's , "Chain Gang."Same Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1965. Major hits like "You Send Me", A Change Is Gonna Come, "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World" and "Bring It on Home to Me" are some of his most popular songs.



1960 in Jamaica was the start of "new Sound" - Reggae! So this is right on time. One of the more popular songs at the time, combined this new sound reggae with the old time mento/ska sound. This piece was recorded in Studio One with the Folkes Brothers an Count Basie (what a classic duet).



This last selection was done by a very popular duo in the 1960's. This was actually one of their biggest hits. Brooke actually had two top 10 hit duets with Dinah Washington: "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall In Love).






Please check out the other participants.

Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

Old School Friday - Thank God Its Over

Yes, we have survived this administration, we have survived this decade, but most importantly we have survived this election...woo hoo! has it been a moment or what? dang! It is that time again for Old School Friday. Ms Grapevine and MarvalusOne have teamed up to create a meme titled Old School Friday and since I love my music I had to sign up to join! To join in the Old School Friday Fun go Here for guidelines.

So this week we are doing our thang mon! So I decided to do this OLD SCHOOL CLICHE...(okay OSF fellow participants don't shoot me) but my first choice this week to say "thank God it is over" is "THANK GOD IT IS FRIDAY!"..LOL (Because this has been quite a nail biter week).




and last but not least I had to do my reggae mon...THE LEGEND HIMSELF- ROBERT NESTER MARLEY aka BOB

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REDEMPTION SONG!- A SONG OF FREEDOM








Please check out the other participants.

Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

Old School Friday-Duets

Well, a bit late today catching up with my Old School Friday Meme, but better late then never. Gosh, there are so many duets out. I went way back to a vintage piece I heard years ago (well more like the late 70's) in Jamaica. I thought I would share it with you. This are two legendary artist, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh. Never thought that would be a duet huh...lol. England meets Jamaica I call it.

Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger



Now you know Irie gonna bring you something strange and crazy, Check out this next duet, Michael Jackson and Eddie Murphy. Does anyone even remember they did a couple of songs together. This one was one of their most popular. Michael actually was the one that made this one get on the Billboard charts.





and I got to end with my man "JOE" he is gonna be my next baby daddy in my other life. Here he is doing a duet with Joe. Have a wonderful OLD SCHOOL FRIDAY...ONELOVE







Please check out the other participants.

Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

-Pop Art Diva - Pjazzypar - MsLadyDeborah -

Od School Friday=Prince

Well, this is a challenge. we all know that (well tell you anyway from past experience) that Prince is a challenge to get a video and actually have it stay up for any length of time. Okay so I will give it a whirl. (this is the URL to go with the image (click here for URL) I just want to give a "special" shout out to HEY SHAE for creating her own video. I, like Shae am a die hard prince fan. My ex husband looked like Prince (no, he really did) so there was a challenge within itself...lol




So I will leave this one up a for a little while. I love lots of Prince songs,but "When Doves Cry," meant a lot to me. I guess because I could identify with some of the lyrics. There are so many Prince songs to choose from.

IF you want to check out other participants, click on the links below:


- Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin - Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm

Old School Friday- Baby Making Music

Well, its about that time again, dang where are the days going. Ms Grapevine and MarvalusOnememe titled Old School Friday and since I love my music I had to sign up to join! To join in the Old School Friday Fun go Here for guidelines.

This week's meme is all about music that makes dem babies mon! The first person that popped into my head was "Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway" with "The Closer I Get To You" This was the song that did it for me back in the day.



See, that song was the "warm up" song for the lovemaking...Then next we had the "extreme heavy petting song," LSG had this song and it had all the great baby makers. (Keith Sweat, Gerald Levert and Johnny Gill). If you didn't get a baby from this song then something was wrong..lol



Now hold on tight we come to he ACTUAL ACT OF MAKING LOVE and my man (sorry Shae) Prince comes in..and BAM...he says, "Do Me Baby."



(I had to edit this because when I watched it I saw about 5 minutes of a video, why when I posted it it only gave me 2 minutes...dagnabit..lol)

and I had to throw my Reggae in their mon (afterall my name is "iriegal")

Freddie McGregor was one of the "crooners" (smooth talking jamaican man) back in the day. He came out with the remake of "Just don't want to be lonely," and turned it into a reggae hit.



For more old school friday participants see below:

- Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin - Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

-Pop Art Diva - Pjazzypar - MsLadyDeborah -

Old School Friday- Karoke Songs

Well, its about that time again, dang where are the days going. Ms Grapevine and MarvalusOnememe titled Old School Friday and since I love my music I had to sign up to join! To join in the Old School Friday Fun go Here for guidelines.


This week the theme is"Karaoke Songs" (please be sure to check this out)
have teamed up to create a

Here are the other "Old School Friday" participants:

- Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - - Invisible Woman

-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

-Pop Art Diva - Pjazzypar - MsLadyDeborah -



When I think of Karoke I automatically think of "American Idol." I remember hearing people sing and Simon saying how they sound like they trying out of "karoke."


That brought me to mind of one of the most SUNG songs (to me anyway). Boy, folks killed my love of this song. It was just "oversung" (if there is ever such a word). I haven't toured any of my other Old School Friends sites but I am sure someone else has this one. I gotta admit thought this is one of her best songs.


Whitney Houston- I'll Always Love You






another Song that folks killed for me was " My Heart Will Go On." (didn't they not play that bad boy to death)..OMG!


and not everyone can sing like Celine (but God on Karoke night they sure try).




Will, taking a break from work to do this ....ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND EVERYONE...ONELOVE IRIEGAL!

Old School Friday-Girl Groups

It is that time again. It is Old School Friday. This weeks theme is Girl Groups. So Girl Power is what Iriegal is gonna Bring. The first group was this quirky group that came out in the late 70's in Jamaica. They were the ultimate "one hit wonder" group. They were known simply as Althea and Donna (their first names).




The Three Degrees was a group I adored in the mid-70's. I was young and had that puppy love thing going on.




This Last Group had me jamming..

Oaktown 357...remember this jam?




Other Participants below...

- Electronic Village - Fresh And Fab - Danielle - Kim

- Ms Grapevine -Quick -Marcus LANGFORD

- Cassandra - Kevin - iriegal -Mahogany -Hagar's Daughter - Lisa C

-Chocl8t - DP - Dallassouth - John - CC Groovy - Kreative Talk

-Marvalus One - Regina - Clnmike - Vivrant Thing

-AJ - Sharon - The Creole Pimp - Invisible Woman
-Beleiver 1964 - Cooper - SJP -Bria - BklynQueen 86 - Hey Shae -

- From the Battlefield - Thembi - D Spot - Malcolm -

-Pop Art Diva - Pjazzypar - MsLadyDeborah

Old School Friday- Social/Political Songs

Well it is time to do the darn thang again and give a big up to the Old School Friday. Check out other Old School Friday posts by:

Regina | Celeb-Blitz | Marcus LANGFORD | MrsGrapevine | The Marvalus View | LaKeshia | Invisible Woman | Electronic Village | Miscellaneous Matters | Over Analyze It | The Punkin Patch | Sojourners Place | There Already | Dallas South | Fresh and Fab | Lisa C Writes | The True Urban Queen |Shae Shae Songs In The Key Of Life | What Would Thembi Do? | Wonderland or Not

Well, the first song that came to my mind was a song by Robert"Nester" Marley or Bob Marley.

I was living in Jamaica at this time and the, One Love Peace Concert", was a large concert held on April 22, 1978 at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

This concert was held during a political civil war in Jamaica between opposing parties Jamaican Labour Party and the People's National Party. The concert came to its peak during Bob Marley & The Wailers' performance of "Jammin'", when Marley joined the hands of political rivals Michael Manley (PNP) and Edward Seaga (JLP).

This song, Bullet The Blue Sky was performed by U2


The lyrics were inspired by Bono's trip to Central America in 1985 as part of Amnesty International. Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, and The Edge came up with the music, which Bono wrote lyrics around.Bono wanted to draw attention to the damage the US was doing in other countries, which he felt most Americans did not know the extent of.





Where is the Love by The BlackEyed Peas

Black eyed Peas group member Ron Fair started writing it late in 2001, and another member, Will.I.Am, added the socially-conscious lyrics. This was co-written by Justin Timberlake, who also sang on the track. He came up the chorus after hearing the song on the phone. Timberlake was not listed as a featured singer on this and did not appear in the video. His record company wanted to keep his contribution to this low-key because they didn't want it to interfere with his album Justified.

I Have Been Tagged- 6 Quirks I Have

I have been tagged by Shae, to name 6 quirks I have. For those I tag or who want to join in just copy the rules below and leave a comment in the person you tag post.

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules in your blog.
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. Tag any amount following bloggers by linking them.
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged.


Okay here goes. I choose only to tag 3 bloggers because many of the people I wanted to tag had been tagged already.


1. I use to eat Nestle Quick Sandwiches. Yup just mixed Nestle Quick and Water and Spread it on Wonder Bread

2. I can memorize phone numbers and remember my first phone number from 1968 (don't know where I will every use that again).

3. I like men with thick eyebrows (I don't know if that is quirky, but it is a preference..lol)

4. I am a die hard Prince fan

5. I am a "closet" Real World Fan. I love the Real World (actually I am an MTV nut). I love my MTV. I am so ashamed. I am over 40 an love MTV (Iriegal hiding face).

6. I eat sardines out the can.


I am tagging- MrsYFa, 2SweetnSaxy, blacktennispro,

Old School Friday-1971

I found this wonderful meme on MrsGrapevine's site, something I can relate to, music. I love old school music. So I decided to participate. 1971 was an interesting year for me. I was getting into puberty and music was part of that evolution.

This was the jam




This was the man back in the day




and this song adequately reflects the sentiments of the world...a thin line between love and hate



because in America it is indeed a thin line.