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"Bag Lady" is the first single from singer Erykah Badu's 2000 album Mama's Gun. The song is about a woman trying to begin anew in a relationship, but who has too much emotional "baggage" and can't get close to people. The message of the song is to "pack light" and have hope for the future. The song was a success on the charts, entering the Billboard Top Ten and peaking at number six; it topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Charts for seven weeks. The song featured a music video shot on Mini DV digital video — an unusual choice for a mainstream music video production, which gave it an appearance comparable to a home movie. The remixed version samples the song "Xxplosive" from Dr. Dre's 1999 album 2001.
To date, this is the last single released by Motown Records to reach number-one on the R&B chart under the original banner of the label before merging with Universal. It earned Badu two nominations at the 43rd Grammy Awards: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.
The song is about a woman carrying "baggage" in a relationship. It uses the metaphor of a "bag lady" walking down the street. In the end of the song she tells these women to "let it go":
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings as solo artist, and during the seventies and eighties with the band Utopia. He has also been prolific as a producer and engineer on the recorded work of other musicians.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Rundgren engineered and/or produced many notable albums for other acts, including Straight Up by Badfinger, Stage Fright by The Band, We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad, Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf, and Skylarking by XTC. In the 1980s and 1990s his interest in video and computers led to Rundgren's "Time Heals" being the eighth video played on MTV, and "Change Myself" was animated by Rundgren on commercially available Amiga Computers.
His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light" which have heavy rotation on classic rock radio stations, and "Bang the Drum All Day" featured in many sports arenas, commercials, and movie trailers. Although lesser known, "Couldn't I Just Tell You" has had a major influence on artists in the power pop musical genre.
Actors: Kevin MacLeod (composer), Donald Benjamin (director), Donald Benjamin (editor), Donald Benjamin (writer), Donald Benjamin (composer), Eric Scealf (actor), Emily Bowman (actress), Jimmy Sowell (actor), Rob Daffron (actor), Rob Daffron (producer), Denise Frye (actress), Destiny Auburn Reid (actor), James Douglas May (actor), Steve Laub (actor), Andre Cimo (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Brandon Ludwig (producer), Sheldon Ludwig (editor), Sheldon Ludwig (director), Dave Roberts (actor), Dave Roberts (writer), Margaret Lizon (actor), Hayley Lizon (actor), Laura Madden (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Melia Morgan (actress), Rob Dionne (editor), Rob Dionne (director), Rob Dionne (writer), Erik Bello (actor), Tarik Woodbine (actor), Alvaro Rangel (producer), Grace Dionne (producer), Maga Uzo (actor), Lyndon Burden (actor),
Plot: Every year, millions of tourists come to Miami for the sun and relaxation. But for one couple, just parking a rental car becomes their worst nightmare. Tourist Trap is a new comedy by Director Rob D. about a naive French couple who has to deal with a fed up local and disgruntled homeless people - just to enjoy their vacation.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Sellus Wilder (actor), Sellus Wilder (editor), Sellus Wilder (director), Sellus Wilder (writer), Sellus Wilder (producer), Emily Tate (actress), Andy Cameron (actor), Erik Eddy (producer), Sean McNally (producer), Monty Marsh (actor), Karen Kimmel (actor), Russ Hatter (actor), Ollie Collins (actor),
Plot: Max's simple life becomes complicated when his dreams start predicting the future. Max struggles to maintain his relationship with Elise and his tenuous grip on reality. When a great danger appears on the horizon, Max finds himself facing a series of drastic choices.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Herbert Hunger (editor), Laurin Federlein (writer), Laurin Federlein (director), Shola Adewusi (actress), David Balfour (producer), Simon Clayton (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: H. Scott Salinas (composer), David Smith (actor), Nina Brooks (actress), Tajudeen Bioku (director), Brandy Maddox (actress), Tajudeen Bioku (actor), Christopher Proctor (actor), Tajudeen Bioku (writer), Tajudeen Bioku (producer), Crescencia Chavez (actress), Antoine Sharpe (actor), Ted McNeil (actor), Ted McNeil (actor), David Bruno (actor), Kennan Cooley (actor),
Plot: This film is an action/adventure/thriller story, cutting across all genres of film aesthetics. Although, certain supernatural powers are exhibited extensively, the film's main theme is a confrontation between good and evil. "The Divine Emerald" is an adventure of a normal, "nine-to-five," kind of guy, who lays down his life, wealth, love life, and all comfort of life for a heroic act of delivering the Universe from the damnable clutches of LUCIFER. Today, the world has turned as ambiguously as it can be, and it is difficult to find anyone to volunteer his service, sincerely, for the betterment of his fellow human beings. Everybody has become self-centered, blindly vouching for him/herself. Ryan Grover is a different personality; he is ready to step-in and save the humanity from an imminent doom.
Keywords: deliverance, divine-interventionActors: Eshom Nelms (producer), Ian Nelms (producer), Peter Atencio (producer), Peter Atencio (director), DaNae West (actress), DaNae West (costume designer), Grae Drake (editor), Grae Drake (producer), Michael Patrick Burke (costume designer), Michael Patrick Burke (producer), Michael Patrick Burke (producer), Jeremy Catalino (producer), Jeremy Catalino (writer), Deborah Baker Jr. (actress), Maria Friesen (producer),
Plot: Four demure Catholic School girls, home alone one night, experiment with alcohol, coarse language, and the spirit world. With Ouija board at their disposal and wine coolers in hand Mary-Marla, Mary Theresa, Mary Frances and Mary Beth embark on a mission to contact the spirit of a long dead African-American sex predator. Little do they know that when Alphonse comes calling, Hell is a place they'll wish they were in.
Keywords: blaxploitation, catholic, ouija, schoolgirl, seance, sex-offenderActors: Joey Travolta (director), Ed O'Ross (producer), Joey Travolta (producer), Steven Bauer (actor), Steven Bauer (actor), Ed O'Ross (actor), Michael Horse (actor), Rich Cowan (producer), Irene Bedard (actress), David Shoshan (producer), Addison Randall (actor), Jeff Lass (producer), Al Goto (actor), Kurt Bryant (actor), Tom Fridley (actor),
Plot: A police detective, who has to testify against a Las Vegas mobster's son who killed a cop, has to be hidden away for his safety until the hearing. Placed on an Indian reservation, he gets mixed up in a serial ritual killing being investigated by an Indian officer and falls in love with her half-sister, a half-breed whose father was an Englishman.
Keywords: independent-film, native-americanActors: Julie Maddalena (actress), Barbara Pilavin (actress), Anne Ramsay (actress), Kelli Young (actress), David McKnight (actor), Reed Armstrong (actor), David W. King (miscellaneous crew), Charles Randolph-Wright (actor), Jonathan Chambers (producer), Marilyn Adams (actress), Eric Tynan Young (actor), Eric Tynan Young (composer), Eric Tynan Young (writer), Eric Tynan Young (producer), Mel Sparks (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Leo Fong (writer), Troy Donahue (actor), Leo Fong (actor), Leo Fong (producer), Doug Parker (actor), Cameron Mitchell (actor), Leo Fong (writer), Stack Pierce (actor), Billy Blanks (actor), Akosua Busia (actress), Paul Bogh (actor), Hope Holiday (producer), Hope Holiday (actress), Timothy Paul Perez (actor), Frank Harris (director),
Genres: Action, Drama,I just ate and I heard the change rattle in your tin/I point my eyes on dis-
tant blurred horizon me for charity/or coffee make the day go faster/forty
days forty nights/forty currency exchanges/this is my corner said the bag
lady/this is my bed said the bag lady/this is my wardrobe/this is my larder/
this is my blood donor card/and you can keep all your opinions/as long as you
let me keep mine/some of us want some justice/some of us want some dignity/me
I want to be left alone/from people pretending they want to be me/this is my
can said the bag lady/this is my hand said the bag lady/this is my living -