La Musica Coolica #66 (LJ)

This week is another throwback from the mid-90’s. Luscious Jackson was probably in my top 10 favorite groups during HS. I thought that they were awesome for several reasons. Primarily, because they were signed to the label that the Beastie Boys started called “Grand Royal.” In addition to being tight with the B-Boys, I thought that they had a pretty swanky sound. It kind of reminded me of Deee-Lite, but with real instruments instead of a drum track and some Casios.

I also really liked the way that they looked, and the general vibe that they gave off. They just looked like mellow normal girls. I felt like if we had grown up in the same neighborhood, we would have probably been friends. I first came to this conclusion while watching them perform on Saturday Night Live, as the musical guest. I hope that statement doesn’t come off as arrogant, because it isn’t meant to be taken as me thinking that I’m so awesome that rock stars want to be friends with me. What I’m trying to say is that the Luscious Jackson girls seemed super approachable. Enough so, that they would have probably let me kick it with them, even though I’m three quarters nerdatard (it is a learned trait, no disrespect to my parents).

Now that I have managed to get all of the pointless speculation out of the way, and over-explain it, feel free to listen to one of my favorite LJ tracks, called “Here.”