Line #2 Music/LivingColour


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2	[[caption-width-right:345:Original line-up.]]
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4	->''"And during the few moments that we have left, we want to talk right down to Earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."''
5	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MalcolmX''' as [[{{Sampling}} sampled]] in the opening of "Cult of Personality"
6
7	Living Colour is an American FunkMetal band from UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, formed in 1983.
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9	A prominent black band of that movement, which also included Music/JanesAddiction, Music/FaithNoMore, Music/{{Fishbone}}, Music/{{Primus}}, Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, and 24-7 Spyz in the late 1980s, Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album ''Vivid'' in 1988. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by HeavyMetal, {{Funk}}, HardRock, Free Jazz, HardcorePunk, and HipHop, containing lyrics that attack the Eurocentrism and racism of America.
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11	Although the band scored a number of hits, they are best remembered for their anthemic single "Cult of Personality", which won a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990 and is also known these days for being the entrance theme of professional wrestler Wrestling/CMPunk, and their highest-charting single "Type". They were also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. They disbanded in 1995 but reunited in 2000 and have been active since.
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13	Not to be confused with the American TV show ''Series/InLivingColor.'' If it helps, Living Colour use the British spelling of "colour", and the TV show uses the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment American]] one.
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16	!! Members:
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18	* Corey Glover - Vocals
19	* Vernon Reid - Guitar
20	* Muzz Skillings - Bass (1988-1992)
21	* Doug Wimbish - Bass (1992-present)
22	* Will Calhoun - Drums
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25	!! Discography:
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27	* ''Vivid'' (1988)
28	* ''Time's Up'' (1990)
29	* ''Stain'' (1993)
30	* ''Collideøscope'' (2003)
31	* ''Everything is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour'' (2006) (GreatestHits album)
32	* ''The Chair in the Doorway'' (2009)
33	* ''Shade'' (2017)
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36	!! "Look in my eyes, what do you see, the tropes of personality:"
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38	* AntiLoveSong: "Love Rears Its Ugly Head."
39	* AntiPoliceSong: "This Little Pig," which also repeats "SeeYouInHell."
40	* BrokenRecord: "I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...I'm the cult of...personality!"
41	* CoverVersion: "[[Music/TalkingHeads Memories Can't Wait]]" on ''Vivid,'' "[[Music/{{Cream}} Sunshine of Your Love]]" for the ''Film/TrueLies'' soundtrack, "[[Music/JimiHendrix Crosstown Traffic]]" and "[[Music/{{ACDC}} Back in Black]]" on ''Collideøscope.''
42	* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: The character in "New Jack Theme."
43	* {{Eagleland}}: "Which Way to America?" questions why everything on TV is Type 1 and everything outside the character's window is Type 2.
44	* ElvisLives: "Elvis is Dead."
45	* FakeOutFadeOut: At the end of Cult of Personality: quoted Kennedy, a guitar explosion, and then a quote from FDR.
46	* GreenAesop: "Time's Up."
47	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: For their first two albums, the band stylized their name as Living Coloür.
48	* HydraProblem: From "Glamour Boys:"
49	-->"The glamour boys whole life is a gamble
50	-->They might get over or fall flat on their face
51	-->But if one does, there's no need to worry
52	-->Another g-boy will take his place"
53	* {{Instrumentals}}: "Ology."
54	* TheNotRemix: They released a re-recording of "Cult of Personality" in 2007 for ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III: Legends of Rock'', with a remaster of that version released on November 24, 2023. Not so coincidentally, Wrestling/CMPunk used the remaster for his return to Wrestling/{{WWE}} the very next day at Wrestling/SurvivorSeries: [=WarGames=].
55	* PopCultureIsolation: [[InvokedTrope Criticized]] in the song "Wall."
56	* ProtestSong: "Open Letter to a Landlord," "Time's Up," "Funny Vibe," "Which Way to America?", etc.
57	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I'M! THE! CULT! OF! PER! SO! NA-LITY!"
58	* {{Sampling}}: Hit single "Cult of Personality" samples speeches by UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, and UsefulNotes/MalcolmX.
59	* ScaryBlackMan: Defied; See "Funny Vibe:"
60	-->"No I'm not gonna rob you\
61	No I'm not gonna beat you\
62	No I'm not gonna rape you"
63	* SillyLoveSongs: "I Want to Know" and "Solace of You."
64	* SingerNamedrop: "What's Your Favorite Color?"
65	-->"What's your favorite color baby?\
66	Living Colour"
67	* SpecialGuest: Guest vocalists have included [[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck D and Flavor Flav]] ("Funny Vibe"), Music/QueenLatifah ("Under Cover of Darkness"), and Music/LittleRichard ([[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet "Elvis is Dead"]]).
68	* SpokenWordInMusic: In "Cult of Personality." See Sampling, above.
69	* StalkerWithACrush: "I Want to Know" is sung in the perspective of one.
70	* StopAndGo: "Cult of Personality" seems like it will end on a Kennedy sample... then comes a BigRockEnding, right before finishing on a Franklin D. Roosevelt sample.
71	* TogetherInDeath: The song ''Flying'' is told from the perspective of a man who gets the nerve to ask out a woman in the World Trade Center moments before the first plane hits, and the couple then jump from the burning building to their deaths
72	* UnresolvedSexualTension: "Love Rears Its Ugly Head" is about hoping it stays unresolved.
73	* WarIsHell: From "Fight the Fight:"
74	-->"Well, war is hell, peace is hell, love is hell"
75	* WrittenByTheWinners:
76	-->"History's a lie that they teach you in school" ("Pride")

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