1 | [[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/livingcolour.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:345:Original line-up.]] |
3 | |
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. |
8 | |
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: |
17 | |
18 | * Corey Glover - Vocals |
19 | * Vernon Reid - Guitar |
20 | * Muzz Skillings - Bass (1988-1992) |
21 | * Doug Wimbish - Bass (1992-present) |
22 | * Will Calhoun - Drums |
23 | ---- |
24 | |
25 | !! Discography: |
26 | |
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) |
34 | ---- |
35 | |
36 | !! "Look in my eyes, what do you see, the tropes of personality:" |
37 | |
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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