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The Emotions
Today’s Artist
The Emotions 1968-
Three sisters from Chicago who spent their childhood in the gospel pews and their adulthood proving church harmonies could run a pop song. Maurice White heard them, gave them a bassline that grabs your ribs before the first word, and Best of My Love became one of those records you remember exactly where you were the first time it hit. More on The Emotions →
Who Did It Better
play Lately
Lately, I've been thinking
'Bout the love that fell apart
Stevie Wonder 1981
Stevie Wonder
Jodeci 1994
Jodeci

Lately 0:30 is a quiet reflection on love that fell apart. Not anger or blame. A man sitting with what was lost, turning it over in his mind. Lately means not always, but right now. The pain rises fresh every time he thinks of her.

Some losses do not fade. They wait for quiet moments to resurface. Nothing distracts him from the absence she left behind. He has been thinking about her, about them, about where it went wrong.

You tell us. →
Today’s Record
My Ding-A-Ling
We've got to do our alma mater
We must do our alma mater
Album art 1972
Chuck Berry

A song about a childhood toy that sounds innocent until you listen. Chuck Berry turned it into a double entendre. The audience sings along unsure whether to feel dirty or nostalgic. Both at the same time. That is the genius of the whole thing.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1995
D'Angelo
I Found My Smile Again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
A deep cut about rediscovering joy through someone else's love. D'Angelo wrote it as a young man, before the weight of fame settled on him. The song is pure gratitude -- no drama, no conflict, just the quiet recognition that someone helped you find a part of yourself you thought was gone forever.
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Today’s Theme
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Soul in the Movies
Desperately Seeking Susan 1985
Desperately Seeking Susan

Madonna starred in Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985 and the soundtrack is pure downtown New York -- the sound of a decade finding itself in nightclubs and thrift stores. Rosanna Arquette plays a bored housewife who steps into someone else's life. 'Into the Groove' defines the film.

Into the groove. The film was already there.
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The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
The Emotions
Today’s Artist
The Emotions1968 –
Three sisters from Chicago who spent their childhood in the gospel pews and their adulthood proving church harmonies could run a pop song. Maurice White heard them, gave them a bassline that grabs your ribs before the first word, and Best of My Love became one of those records you remember exactly where you were the first time it hit.
More on The Emotions →
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Who Did It Better
play Lately 1981
Lately, I've been thinking
'Bout the love that fell apart
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Jodeci
Jodeci

Lately 0:30 is a quiet reflection on love that fell apart. Not anger or blame. A man sitting with what was lost, turning it over in his mind. Lately means not always, but right now. The pain rises fresh every time he thinks of her.

Some losses do not fade. They wait for quiet moments to resurface. Nothing distracts him from the absence she left behind. He has been thinking about her, about them, about where it went wrong.

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Today’s Record
My Ding-A-Ling 1972
We've got to do our alma mater
We must do our alma mater
Album art
Chuck Berry
A song about a childhood toy that sounds innocent until you listen. Chuck Berry turned it into a double entendre. The audience sings along unsure whether to feel dirty or nostalgic. Both at the same time. That is the genius of the whole thing.
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Today’s Theme
Spandex and Glitter
Disco never really died. It went underground, came back as a sample, and spent forty years proving the haters wrong. The music that refused to stay in the basement anywhere.
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Soul in the Movies
Desperately Seeking Susan 1985
Madonna starred in Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985 and the soundtrack is pure downtown New York -- the sound of a decade finding itself in nightclubs and thrift stores. Rosanna Arquette plays a bored housewife who steps into someone else's life. 'Into the Groove' defines the film. Into the groove. The film was already there.
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Why We're Here
Most of us grew up with free radio. Then corporations took over the playlist. Then we found Spotify and YouTube -- until the algorithm quietly decided what we liked, and suddenly we were stuck on repeat again. There's so much music out there, and only so much time to hear it.
At HotSupper, we just want to open things up a little. Maybe you'll stumble on an artist you've never heard of. Maybe you'll rediscover a song you'd completely forgotten. Maybe you'll just tap your toes. Either way, it's yours to explore. And if you have ideas to make this place better, we're all ears.
The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

No algorithms. No trending sections. Just a song someone loved and the story behind it. Delivered Sunday morning.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Take your shoes off. We got music on.
 · About  · Privacy  · Sunday  ·   · 

Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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