http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:40:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-39972 Antolin Andrew Marks Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:21:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/#comment-39972 Its good to see someone remembers how it was, really was! Its good to see someone remembers how it was, really was!

]]> http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-31336 Antolin Andrew Marks Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:21:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/#comment-31336 Its good to see someone remembers how it was, really was! Its good to see someone remembers how it was, really was!

]]> http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-11415 Mike Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:18:56 +0000 http://popdose.com/future-retro-the-weather-girls/#comment-11415 It's actually pretty easy to point out why, despite possessing tons (NPI) of talent, the Weather Girls never truly broke out of "cult" status. First was obviously the disco backlash of the early Eighties (and some serious anti-gay sentiment that popped up around the discovery of AIDS). Their association with Sylvester (who had his own issues crossing over after the initial success of "Dance (Disco Heat)" and "(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real") certainly didn't help matters. Second, their one actual hit, "It's Raining Men" was, at best, a novelty song (plus, despite the fact that they sing the shit out of it, the song kinda sucks). Third, well, they were big girls. Even in an era that was welcoming to plus-sized R&B acts like Cheryl Lynn and Phyllis Hyman, it was extraordinarily rare to turn on "Solid Gold" or MTV and see artists who were substantially overweight. I'm glad that Martha Wash (whose voice is a force of nature) still manages to get consistent work these days and that she's not (completely) bitter despite the phenomenally fucked up treatment she got from the music biz. It's actually pretty easy to point out why, despite possessing tons (NPI) of talent, the Weather Girls never truly broke out of “cult” status. First was obviously the disco backlash of the early Eighties (and some serious anti-gay sentiment that popped up around the discovery of AIDS). Their association with Sylvester (who had his own issues crossing over after the initial success of “Dance (Disco Heat)” and “(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real”) certainly didn't help matters. Second, their one actual hit, “It's Raining Men” was, at best, a novelty song (plus, despite the fact that they sing the shit out of it, the song kinda sucks). Third, well, they were big girls. Even in an era that was welcoming to plus-sized R&B acts like Cheryl Lynn and Phyllis Hyman, it was extraordinarily rare to turn on “Solid Gold” or MTV and see artists who were substantially overweight. I'm glad that Martha Wash (whose voice is a force of nature) still manages to get consistent work these days and that she's not (completely) bitter despite the phenomenally fucked up treatment she got from the music biz.

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