@NearerAndFarther@techhub.social
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May 01, 2026
Trevor Burrows
@NearerAndFarther@techhub.social
Former academic (History), occasional adjunct. Foolish enough to be starting a small farm. Music & humanities junkie. Some tech-ish interests. My raps will destroy you. Posts are often running notes on stuff I'm reading (usually tagged #ReadingNotes). Regularly share poems and other text I'm taken by, as well as bits and bobs related to music. Some posts may seem out of context or be of minimal interest to others. Feel free to mute!
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Deep cut, but:
I have a sneaking suspicion that when Prince had Clare Fischer do the strings for Crystal Ball, he said: "You know what you did for Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Egyptian Song"? Do that, but a bit more sinister."
#Music #Prince #Rufus #ChakaKhan #ClareFischer
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"Sweet Thing" is a song performed by American #funk and #RAndB band #Rufus with vocals by band member #ChakaKhan. As a #single, it peaked number five on the US #Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. American singer and songwriter #MaryJBlige recorded her version, which charted in the United States and New Zealand in 1993.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_qasjqcpjw
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@sariash@social.tchncs.de
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Mar 07, 2026
sariash
@sariash@social.tchncs.de
Music Lover ✶ Gamer ✶ Antifascist ✶ Curious & Confused 🇩🇪 German / 🇬🇧 English // bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/sariash // last.fm: https://www.last.fm/user/sariash // gaming profiles: https://www.exophase.com/user/sariash/ old account: https://mastodon.social/@sariash
social.tchncs.de
#NowPlaying 🎶
Rags to Rufus by Rufus (with lead singer Chaka Khan), released in 1974
album.link:
https://album.link/t/5966440
#Music #Funk #Soul #RnB #Rufus #ChakaKhan
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Chaka Khan, 1974
South African born photographer Norman Seeff for the album Rufusized
#chakakhan #normanseeff #rufusized #photographer #singer #seventiesmusic #musicworld #portraitphotography #musichistorycorner #beauty #beautiful #randbsinger #funk #portrait #photography
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