So very true! Lucky that so many performers, especially that that point in time, appeared on his show. As you stated, it was practically the only place they were welcome, on national television, at the time.
From Big Daddy Kane to Leaders of the New school to a pre superstar Mariah, and Bobby Brown before 'Don't be Cruel' blew up. Too many to name. But you wasn't seeing ANY hip hop on Leno/Carson. But, Letterman had A Tribe Called Quest and Fugees and JayZ etc, too. So big ups to Letterman too. But , yeah Arsenio gave so many their first and some ONLY, major TV appearances.
Neneh Cherry is an amazing artist. How many biracial Swedes do you know that can switch from fast rapping and singing in a NY accent to a British one (each in their respective slang) at the drop of a dime to make a catchy and enduring song? Great stage presence too.
Absolutely you go from New York to a British accent it's perfect thank you sis I'm from New York City it's absolutely priceless dude ❤️😘😇🙏💖🤗 she's gorgeous y'all
Oh yes you are right.I allways thinking that she is grow-up in NY,didn't know that she is swedish.She speak better than tham.When I read her biography I eas suprised.Great woman, wonderful artist
@@gjnoto1 From Neneh herself. Madonna went out of her way to contact radio stations to request they NOT play Neneh's music. Madonna sure did!!! Now, Madonna looks like a shriveled up turtle. Lol
@@gjnoto1 I heard that in 1964, the Beatles were a little uneasy about Madonna. They were worried that she was going to upstage them. That's why the Beatles never toured with Madonna in the mid 60s. I can't provide sources though.......
I never realised till now at 43 how much I actually learned from Neneh's songs back in the day, I was only 10 and new I wanted to be a fierce independent woman when I grew up! Thanks Neneh for being a huge part of my life even though my Mum would go mad at some of the lyrics since I was so young!😂 It was my auntie Gill that gave me a copy of her album on cassette!! And that was it, I was hooked , a wee Scottish girl living in London from age 9 till 10/11!! Then we came back home to Scotland but it was a huge part of my life in London that I will never forget, lots of learning curves and mixing with all different cultures, absolutely completely different from my hometown in West Scotland and I believe it was those years that shaped a huge part of me..... When I came back, everyone said , 'why u speakin different!!?? ' this is when I realised I had a half cockney/Scottish accent haha I listened to different music , and knew bands that some of my friends hadn't heard of. Loved hip hop and learned the shuffle so it was almost like being a few yrs Infront down there .... No one could understand unless they did the same as me at that age. And my name being Nina, even now my name is kind of unusual but slowly hearing some other parents now naming their baby girl 'Nina'. Anyway my point is.... Everyone and I mean 98% of people I met all over the world when I said, Hi I'm Nina ! They would say, Aw! Like Nina Cherry!!?? And I would say, well kind of but she is actually called Neneh !! And I am Ni - Na! So funny so in highschool in Scotland I was often called 'Cherry' or 'Nina Cherry'! Sorry am wafflin now but just wanted to share this and if you ever read this Neneh just want to say Thank you. Even back then you stick out in my mind for representing different cultures and skin colour and all the different languages I heard in your lyrics...well over 30 yes ago, I remember this and my love for foreign languages and different cultures began ..... I started to teach myself Spanish and after moving to Canaries at 18 ... I was fluent by the time I reached 30!! (Only dated Spanish speaking guys!! ) .... And ended up teaching Zumba and Zumba Kids with Spanish.... NENEH YOU AND YOUR MUSIC, LYRICS AND STYLE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON MY CHILDHOOD AND HOW I BECAME AN ADULT AND ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, IT WASNT UNTIL I HAD A listen again to reminisce; I was blown away at the realisation of how much I had taken from your music and magic throughout my life !! It was definitely one of those Penny drop moments and amazing feeling so thank you!! Safe ❤
Have you ever heard of something called grammar? Independant woman hahah, that's cute. Your inspiration was some bi-racial woman who came from a community literally stereotyped as being rampant with single mothers, trying to emulate male rappers. Yes....inspirational indeed.
Rose tinted spectacles, bit of nostalgia can be nice though (easy to forget the bad stuff when looking back, that women's and black rights has slowly come forward some since).
Wow! She actually sang it live!! Good on her!!! So glad they gave her the chance to perform live, unlike that infamous show where she was forced to lipsync and got caught out.
Queen! She was member of the Punk band The Sliths, she's the daughter of jazz legend Don Cherry, Prince ask her to dance with him in his night club, M.I.A. was influenced by her and she gave The Notorious BIG his big break, Facts!
Neneh got 13 mins of time on the Arsenio show, with 2 songs and an interview. Contrast that with many of today's musical acts who get just 4 mins. for a song and, sometimes, a handshake from the host; few of those ever get that extra bit of "couch time".
Neneh !! I loved the summer her songs first played on the radio. I was barely a teenager, and stuck at home all summer. She is so awesome, then and now.
The song was written and composed for Cherry's boyfriend at the time, Esteban Caudillo. Cherry gave him the nickname "Che" because he frequently quoted Che Guevara and talked constantly about revolutionary topics. Thus, Cherry's original lyrics were: "Who's looking good today? Che's looking good in every way." After their breakup, she removed this reference to him.The reference to "his crocodile feet" was Cherry's teasing reference to Che's ever present Lacoste tennis shoes, which he even wore with business suits and tuxedoes.The following lyrics were from a Valentine's Day poem Che wrote for Cherry "Wind on my face, sound in my ears Water from my eyes, and you on my mind As I sink, diving down deep deeper into your soul."The two eventually split due to Cherry's belief that Che was too materialistic and loved money more than her, which was the inspiration for the lyrics: "No moneyman can win my love It's sweetness that I'm thinking of.
Wow, finally an actual live sung version! It was quite standard in the 80's for Live performances to be lip sync'd on stage by all famous singers. Nice to see a real life performance, thanks Arsenio!
Loved this interview with Neneh Cherry. Foward thinking with a strong personality. I remember hearing that Madonna felt threatened by her emerging stardom here in the states and sabotaged her career. This was back in the late 80's early 90's and allegedly Madonna encouraged club dj's to not play Neneh's music.
We didn't get Arsenio this side of the pond at the time but i've seen a few of his interviews now and he was ahead of his time. A really interesting and interested interviewer. Time for him to get a podcast going if he hasn't already..
I watched his show religiously in the 90s growing up and it was phenomenal. I don't know why he stopped calm I don't know if he had health issues or what but he was number 2 the whole time to Jay Leno. He left then he came back and then he left again. When he made his comeback many many many years later he was a little bit different. But he was the best talk show out there in the 90s in my opinion.
A well love neneh specially.... Move With Me, Proper real Lady ....X love that Zulu Nation representing I love that she did her thing and walk away from it
@TheMaidofMiddleEarth I feel like she's throwing off major CP vibes in the Buffalo Stance video. I could easily see her in Blade Runners L.A. or Neuromancer's Sprawl.
maybe shes lived in america for long time and picked up the accent, slick rick was born in southwest london and moved to america when he was young so yea
besides her dad is american, Don Cherry. so american accent would be more close to her I think.but then Neneh is a swede, and i think that in swedish schools in the 80's they were taught to talk english with brittish accent, so maybe that's why she picked up the brittish accent. Or maybe she lived there and just sort of picked it up.
I like her and I know she's part American but I've seen interviews in this time period where she speaks with a British accent so why speak with an American one here, I see it like me being American and going to Britain speaking like them when I know that's not my native accent, I get the adaption part but it's seems weird, maybe I reading too much into it.
terelon well, you are an american so you've got a native accent, but Neneh is swedish so native accent don't really apply to her I think... or I don't know, think I agree with previous comments about how accent changes from surroundings for people with good musical hearing.
Arsenio was so necessary for R&B and hip hop artists back in the 1990s. That was one of the only places we could see them perform live.
So very true! Lucky that so many performers, especially that that point in time, appeared on his show. As you stated, it was practically the only place they were welcome, on national television, at the time.
From Big Daddy Kane to Leaders of the New school to a pre superstar Mariah, and Bobby Brown before 'Don't be Cruel' blew up. Too many to name. But you wasn't seeing ANY hip hop on Leno/Carson. But, Letterman had A Tribe Called Quest and Fugees and JayZ etc, too. So big ups to Letterman too. But , yeah Arsenio gave so many their first and some ONLY, major TV appearances.
Absolutely! He provided a platform necessary for the up and coming black artists of that era to showcase their talents to a national audience.
He wouldn't have Mariah Carey on, who's laughing now?
Not a single friggin 1...EVER!
The 90's was a great era. It was such a privilege to watch the Arsenio Hall always had entertainers on his show.
Neneh Cherry is an amazing artist. How many biracial Swedes do you know that can switch from fast rapping and singing in a NY accent to a British one (each in their respective slang) at the drop of a dime to make a catchy and enduring song? Great stage presence too.
Stella Gentz
Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry great ,catchy music.
Absolutely you go from New York to a British accent it's perfect thank you sis I'm from New York City it's absolutely priceless dude ❤️😘😇🙏💖🤗 she's gorgeous y'all
Oh yes you are right.I allways thinking that she is grow-up in NY,didn't know that she is swedish.She speak better than tham.When I read her biography I eas suprised.Great woman, wonderful artist
@@danijelamikic5363She's only swedish by chance...her mindset is american due to her father...
I could see why Madonna might've felt a little uneasy about Neneh Cherry's talent, beauty, and swagger. Neneh is beautiful and talented. 🤣
Where did u hear that?
@@gjnoto1
From Neneh herself. Madonna went out of her way to contact radio stations to request they NOT play Neneh's music. Madonna sure did!!! Now, Madonna looks like a shriveled up turtle. Lol
Madonna high jacks peoples stuff lol 😂
@@gjnoto1
I heard that in 1964, the Beatles were a little uneasy about Madonna. They were worried that she was going to upstage them. That's why the Beatles never toured with Madonna in the mid 60s. I can't provide sources though.......
@@HighlanderNorth1😂
Her energy is unbelievable
She was so beautiful...
Tayolr Miller Still is...
Neneh's one of those women stop a room cold just by walking in it.
Still is
built like a kielbasa tho
Her daughter is even prettier!
@@jensj2 no way
She's stunning
I never realised till now at 43 how much I actually learned from Neneh's songs back in the day, I was only 10 and new I wanted to be a fierce independent woman when I grew up! Thanks Neneh for being a huge part of my life even though my Mum would go mad at some of the lyrics since I was so young!😂 It was my auntie Gill that gave me a copy of her album on cassette!! And that was it, I was hooked , a wee Scottish girl living in London from age 9 till 10/11!! Then we came back home to Scotland but it was a huge part of my life in London that I will never forget, lots of learning curves and mixing with all different cultures, absolutely completely different from my hometown in West Scotland and I believe it was those years that shaped a huge part of me..... When I came back, everyone said , 'why u speakin different!!?? ' this is when I realised I had a half cockney/Scottish accent haha I listened to different music , and knew bands that some of my friends hadn't heard of. Loved hip hop and learned the shuffle so it was almost like being a few yrs Infront down there .... No one could understand unless they did the same as me at that age. And my name being Nina, even now my name is kind of unusual but slowly hearing some other parents now naming their baby girl 'Nina'. Anyway my point is.... Everyone and I mean 98% of people I met all over the world when I said, Hi I'm Nina ! They would say, Aw! Like Nina Cherry!!?? And I would say, well kind of but she is actually called Neneh !! And I am Ni - Na! So funny so in highschool in Scotland I was often called 'Cherry' or 'Nina Cherry'!
Sorry am wafflin now but just wanted to share this and if you ever read this Neneh just want to say Thank you. Even back then you stick out in my mind for representing different cultures and skin colour and all the different languages I heard in your lyrics...well over 30 yes ago, I remember this and my love for foreign languages and different cultures began ..... I started to teach myself Spanish and after moving to Canaries at 18 ... I was fluent by the time I reached 30!! (Only dated Spanish speaking guys!! ) .... And ended up teaching Zumba and Zumba Kids with Spanish.... NENEH YOU AND YOUR MUSIC, LYRICS AND STYLE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON MY CHILDHOOD AND HOW I BECAME AN ADULT AND ALTHOUGH I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, IT WASNT UNTIL I HAD A listen again to reminisce; I was blown away at the realisation of how much I had taken from your music and magic throughout my life !! It was definitely one of those Penny drop moments and amazing feeling so thank you!! Safe ❤
Have you ever heard of something called grammar? Independant woman hahah, that's cute. Your inspiration was some bi-racial woman who came from a community literally stereotyped as being rampant with single mothers, trying to emulate male rappers. Yes....inspirational indeed.
I love her intensity she's just so real
Shes got an edge about her it's very palpable.
I was so in love with this woman!
This song still rocks
8:34 Her dad is from west africa. BIG props to all the WEST AFRICANS!!
Back in those days,we had the best music artist,.everything was good,the movies,shows,etc. I miss them yrs.
preach! I miss these years too.
DeAnna Peppers me too
Rose tinted spectacles, bit of nostalgia can be nice though (easy to forget the bad stuff when looking back, that women's and black rights has slowly come forward some since).
i loved her, she was my princess. always played raw like sushi album, still do.
I love that she did her thing and walk away from it
Why is ypur comment the exact same as Cheung?
Wow! She actually sang it live!! Good on her!!!
So glad they gave her the chance to perform live, unlike that infamous show where she was forced to lipsync and got caught out.
wasnt that betty boo?
I'm still a huge fan and this is still my jam!!!!
First performance I've seen of her that didn't require her to lip sync. Good performance.
this is how I like a performance - unpolished, raw and real.
I remember when this song came out, it certainly caught my attention when I saw it on MTV thirty something years ago.
Love this song
I was always intriguing by Nene cherry and her sound I think her style is really cool and unique, I love her
Queen! She was member of the Punk band The Sliths, she's the daughter of jazz legend Don Cherry, Prince ask her to dance with him in his night club, M.I.A. was influenced by her and she gave The Notorious BIG his big break, Facts!
And she was mentor for Massive Attack.
Neneh got 13 mins of time on the Arsenio show, with 2 songs and an interview. Contrast that with many of today's musical acts who get just 4 mins. for a song and, sometimes, a handshake from the host; few of those ever get that extra bit of "couch time".
Neneh !! I loved the summer her songs first played on the radio. I was barely a teenager, and stuck at home all summer. She is so awesome, then and now.
I'm a rockhead BUT I loved her in the 80s, incredibly talented and exotically stunningly beautiful.
The song was written and composed for Cherry's boyfriend at the time, Esteban Caudillo. Cherry gave him the nickname "Che" because he frequently quoted Che Guevara and talked constantly about revolutionary topics. Thus, Cherry's original lyrics were:
"Who's looking good today? Che's looking good in every way."
After their breakup, she removed this reference to him.The reference to "his crocodile feet" was Cherry's teasing reference to Che's ever present Lacoste tennis shoes, which he even wore with business suits and tuxedoes.The following lyrics were from a Valentine's Day poem Che wrote for Cherry
"Wind on my face, sound in my ears
Water from my eyes, and you on my mind
As I sink, diving down deep deeper into your soul."The two eventually split due to Cherry's belief that Che was too materialistic and loved money more than her, which was the inspiration for the lyrics:
"No moneyman can win my love
It's sweetness that I'm thinking of.
That's funny, the song was written entirely by her husband.
umm not sure where she says that BUT she wrote it about her ex!
+WPGinterceptor I think you have fallen for the hoax spread on the internet, please provide citations for this theory.
she said it on MTV.. this Arsenio hall interview doesn't say anything, other than her husband helpd write one of her songs.. not Buffalo Stance
+WPGinterceptor doesn't matter who wrote it or who she's singing About, it's a bloody good song.
His show was so hip. So was the Party Machine & Living colour❤
She’s got natural edge,you gotta love it.where did she grow up?
Wow, finally an actual live sung version!
It was quite standard in the 80's for Live performances to be lip sync'd on stage by all famous singers.
Nice to see a real life performance, thanks Arsenio!
And a rare live performance where she includes the best part: 3:20
He would have NEVER asked a man " Have you ever been naked with those shoes on" ! Women deserve respect
I bet you are single and have cats
I thought the same thing!
Wow. That was absolutely phenomenal!!!
She is wonderful.. her music is authentic
My gooooooooooood she’s breathtaking. Still to this day. ❤
Cool Woman, cool Song. I love this ole song.
Loved this interview with Neneh Cherry. Foward thinking with a strong personality. I remember hearing that Madonna felt threatened by her emerging stardom here in the states and sabotaged her career. This was back in the late 80's early 90's and allegedly Madonna encouraged club dj's to not play Neneh's music.
Hmmm I wouldn't be surprised.
Michael Bryant I heard that "Phoney Ladies " was about her
Wouldn't surprise me either. She was also threatened by Whitney and Janet...
The mean girls always win 😔
Bryan Cee you know I believe you she thought she was better then any female singer
what crazy is that song came out 5 year before this performance but is sounded like it could have came out that year. still sounds amazing
She was on point and raw
Raw Like Sushi
We didn't get Arsenio this side of the pond at the time but i've seen a few of his interviews now and he was ahead of his time. A really interesting and interested interviewer. Time for him to get a podcast going if he hasn't already..
I watched his show religiously in the 90s growing up and it was phenomenal. I don't know why he stopped calm I don't know if he had health issues or what but he was number 2 the whole time to Jay Leno. He left then he came back and then he left again. When he made his comeback many many many years later he was a little bit different. But he was the best talk show out there in the 90s in my opinion.
I fancied her like crazy when buffalo stance came out
I've never seen her perform live, and I used to watch Arsenio all the time. She did fantastic!!
Her performance of this song on Top of the Pops was ground breaking.
neneh cherry is from Sweden ( Stockholm ). 👏👍
I love the keyboard track in this song
It's my favorite part of the song!
Wow!👏👏it brings me back to my teenage years! Dope
Her skin is flawless :)
Mabel looks exactly like her . Some children look similar to their parents but Mabel is her TWIN .
Sooooo Cuuuuute !!!!!
She moved me anytime.. Neneh's contagious and smokin' hip hop one hella dope keep the fire kinda thing
I'm also a mixed race woman ,19.God she was so beautiful ❤️😍
Thank you very much
A ground breaking unique artist when you look back. And of course she’s Mable’s mum
So awesome.
shes just dope
Gorgeous 😍
Damn... that was good !!
2022 and this is like a gem, unbreakable ❣️
This is how I'd like to think of Neneh. Young and cute.
istg i fucking hate people like you
Her talking voice is a lot deeper than I expected.
Damn she is flirty I like that made Arsenio nervous
might have been worried that Paula Abdul was watching
Arsenio was a closet boy
@@cmoneyno5 why? Because he kept his fam outta the limelight? Foh...
OMG, love her!! No matter what, she put a man in his place!
This is how she should always perform this song those congas 😮
I use to be in love with Nenah Cherry!
Neneh!!!!😍😍😍😍😍
Imagine to have seen her performing with Prince ❤️🔥🙌funkyness de lux !
They actually dance together on a nightclub and she gave him his achievement award at the Brits.
Muita música. Adoramos neneh cheguei no Brasil.
Excelente!!
A well love neneh specially.... Move With Me, Proper real Lady ....X
love that Zulu Nation representing
I love that she did her thing and walk away from it
I had a crush on her when I was 14.
me too 1975 ?
What a beautiful woman
Wow. That was absolutely phenomenal!!!
Afrika Islam from Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate on the tables.
love that Zulu Nation representing
Incredible performance by Neneh Cherry
Man I miss the Arsenio show - I grew up on this :)
When artists walk with a soul that's bigger than them it's their ancestors + I reallly whoever her ancestors are they're very powerful.
Her accent is much more NYC than it was in 88.
So true but I thought she was a Cali girl just like Karyn White in the 80s
I was shocked hearing her speak I thought she would have an English accent.
Mabel looks exactly like her mother.
when she made that "fits into my mouth" remark she had my man moving in all sorts of directions lol
The best song
Watching the interview...she was nuts and all over the place. Goodness gracious.
I like her. She's real.
I loved it, and pretty sure Arsenio got her pregnant in his mind. Boy was flirting his ass off! My nigga(Denzel voice)
I thought it was fine and fun. Wasn't depending on watching an enlightening interview that would change my life.
She's practically British, this is normal over here, American's just don't get us. Too plain and boring.
One of the funkiest tunes ever . Nenah Cherry was exquisite. But they left out my favorite part of the song. Time constraints I guess !!!###
She's so CyberPunk, Gibson's Dream Girl...
@TheMaidofMiddleEarth I feel like she's throwing off major CP vibes in the Buffalo Stance video. I could easily see her in Blade Runners L.A. or Neuromancer's Sprawl.
A well love neneh specially.... Move With Me, Proper real Lady ....X
😊 Brasil 🇧🇷 2024... 🌏...
I adore her.
She was fine AF
😊 Brasil 🇧🇷 2024 🌏...
😄 Brasil 🇧🇷 2024...
The child of MOKI and DON CHERRY how could you not be this talented!
Wait that’s don cherrys daughter??! Wtf! I thought she was cool ,that’s just took it to the next level!
love that Zulu Nation representing
I've seen other interviews and she's speaking with a British accent, why did she feel the need to speak with an American one on his show?
maybe shes lived in america for long time and picked up the accent, slick rick was born in southwest london and moved to america when he was young so yea
People with musical ears adapt. I did the same when I went to London and Paris, my accent changes when I travel alone, can't help it.
besides her dad is american, Don Cherry. so american accent would be more close to her I think.but then Neneh is a swede, and i think that in swedish schools in the 80's they were taught to talk english with brittish accent, so maybe that's why she picked up the brittish accent. Or maybe she lived there and just sort of picked it up.
I like her and I know she's part American but I've seen interviews in this time period where she speaks with a British accent so why speak with an American one here, I see it like me being American and going to Britain speaking like them when I know that's not my native accent, I get the adaption part but it's seems weird, maybe I reading too much into it.
terelon
well, you are an american so you've got a native accent, but Neneh is swedish so native accent don't really apply to her I think... or I don't know, think I agree with previous comments about how accent changes from surroundings for people with good musical hearing.
Why so blurry?
Wow, this is actually live
Damn she fine
Interesting Fact. She was born in Stokholm Sweden and is fluent in the language!!
Miss Neneh had complete and total control of that stage... She was not difficult to look at all day either...😊
Damn she was hot
Good energy
僕が20代の頃の曲です今でも新鮮最高じゃん👍
👍💋
😊
☺️ Brasil 2024 🌎...
Swag!
Arsenio was dope man. U know what I am saying. R u feeling me peeps.