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Thread started 08/21/15 2:46pm

SoulAlive

"Some Kind Of Lover" by Apollonia 6

I think that the best songs on the Apollonia 6 album are the ones featuring Brenda on lead vocals."Some Kind Of Lover" is one of my favorites.It's a sexy,sultry midtempo jam.Brenda sounds a little bit like Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders! Who else loves this song?

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Reply #1 posted 08/21/15 3:22pm

ea1313

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SoulAlive said:

I think that the best songs on the Apollonia 6 album are the ones featuring Brenda on lead vocals."Some Kind Of Lover" is one of my favorites.It's a sexy,sultry midtempo jam.Brenda sounds a little bit like Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders! Who else loves this song?

Totally Agree! Blue Limousine is my favorite.

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Reply #2 posted 08/21/15 6:54pm

SoulAlive

ea1313 said

Totally Agree! Blue Limousine is my favorite.

nod that's my favorite song on the album music

Brenda was the powerhouse of this group.She brought alot of attitude and power to those songs.

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Reply #3 posted 08/23/15 11:44am

SoulAlive

you're some kind of lover and you're mine all mine.... music

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Reply #4 posted 08/23/15 12:52pm

jazzz

The album should be reissued on cd, including the extended version of Sex Shooter! Let's start a lobby at a reissue label like "Funkytowngrooves".... It's the only P-related album I don't have on original cd, together with Maserati...

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Reply #5 posted 08/23/15 7:01pm

anthonyspeaks

Yeah, real talk, Brenda held down the Apollonia 6 album, for sure.They shoulda called it Brenda 6. I definitely wonder why Jill Jones didn't replace Vanity when she left, as opposed to Patricia Kotero. Further, Jill would've also been a great singer for this group. Imagine her and Brenda; the whole concept may have lasted longer with 2 strong vocalists.

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Reply #6 posted 08/24/15 6:16am

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Yep. Brenda really showed-out on that album. "A Million Miles" is my favorite cut. Great song to play when you are working out.

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Reply #7 posted 08/24/15 11:46am

Cinny

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SoulAlive said:

Brenda sounds a little bit like Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders! Who else loves this song?

MAN! I could never put a finger on who she reminded me of on this track, but that is exactly right!

Yes, I love this song!!
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Reply #8 posted 08/24/15 11:56am

Cinny

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jazzz said:

The album should be reissued on cd, including the extended version of Sex Shooter! Let's start a lobby at a reissue label like "Funkytowngrooves".... It's the only P-related album I don't have on original cd, together with Maserati...

Although I tracked down an original Japanese CD, I agree it would be a popular reissue, especially by adding the Dance Remix onto the end. Hell, I'll take any instrumental too if they're kicking around. wink

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Reply #9 posted 08/24/15 9:05pm

SoulAlive

anthonyspeaks said:

Yeah, real talk, Brenda held down the Apollonia 6 album, for sure.They shoulda called it Brenda 6. I definitely wonder why Jill Jones didn't replace Vanity when she left, as opposed to Patricia Kotero. Further, Jill would've also been a great singer for this group. Imagine her and Brenda; the whole concept may have lasted longer with 2 strong vocalists.

I,too,have always wondered why Prince didn't put Jill into this group.It would have made perfect sense.Look at Jill in the "1999" video....she's sporting lingerie and looking sexy as hell.And her strong vocals could have really made the group sound so much better.Hell,Prince used her on the '1999' tour to sing "backup" vocals for Vanity 6,behind a curtain lol And she contributes heavily to the Apollonia 6 album.He should have just put her into the group! It could have been four members.

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Reply #10 posted 08/24/15 11:18pm

woogiebear

Brenda is THE TRUTH!!!!! "Blue Limousine" & "Some Kind Of Lover" are GEMS!!!!!

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Reply #11 posted 08/25/15 3:28pm

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SoulAlive said:



anthonyspeaks said:


Yeah, real talk, Brenda held down the Apollonia 6 album, for sure.They shoulda called it Brenda 6. I definitely wonder why Jill Jones didn't replace Vanity when she left, as opposed to Patricia Kotero. Further, Jill would've also been a great singer for this group. Imagine her and Brenda; the whole concept may have lasted longer with 2 strong vocalists.




I,too,have always wondered why Prince didn't put Jill into this group.It would have made perfect sense.Look at Jill in the "1999" video....she's sporting lingerie and looking sexy as hell.And her strong vocals could have really made the group sound so much better.Hell,Prince used her on the '1999' tour to sing "backup" vocals for Vanity 6,behind a curtain lol And she contributes heavily to the Apollonia 6 album.He should have just put her into the group! It could have been four members.



Vanity 8...
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Reply #12 posted 08/26/15 12:58am

SoulAlive

jazzz said:

SoulAlive said:

I,too,have always wondered why Prince didn't put Jill into this group.It would have made perfect sense.Look at Jill in the "1999" video....she's sporting lingerie and looking sexy as hell.And her strong vocals could have really made the group sound so much better.Hell,Prince used her on the '1999' tour to sing "backup" vocals for Vanity 6,behind a curtain lol And she contributes heavily to the Apollonia 6 album.He should have just put her into the group! It could have been four members.

Vanity 8...

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Reply #13 posted 08/26/15 12:58am

SoulAlive

woogiebear said:

Brenda is THE TRUTH!!!!! "Blue Limousine" & "Some Kind Of Lover" are GEMS!!!!!

cool

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Reply #14 posted 08/26/15 11:07pm

SoulAlive

I like the ending of the song,when Brenda and her lover go another round,which clearly leaves her satisfied biggrin

faster..faster...faster....oh faster....faster.....aaaahhhhhhhh!!! lol

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Reply #15 posted 08/28/15 12:04pm

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I think both groups would have been even better with JJ.

Maybe it was an idea, she is heard on "Vibrator" too.


However much I love those albums I love Jills Jones' solo album so much more.

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Reply #16 posted 08/31/15 1:02pm

SoulAlive

ea1313 said:

I think both groups would have been even better with JJ.

Maybe it was an idea, she is heard on "Vibrator" too.

nod

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Reply #17 posted 08/31/15 7:01pm

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Honestly, one of my favorite protege tracks...played it ENDLESSLY back in 85/86

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #18 posted 09/03/15 8:38pm

SoulAlive

The excellent "Blue Limousine" was released as the second single from the album,but it didn't get any promotion at all.I never heard it on the radio,there was no video.I don't know what happened hmmm my guess is that Warners and Prince lost interest in the project when the first single ("Sex Shooter") only became a minor hit.

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Reply #19 posted 09/04/15 9:03am

cbarnes3121

Some kind of lover and a million miles both should be performed by Prince live
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Reply #20 posted 09/05/15 10:54pm

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SoulAlive said:

The excellent "Blue Limousine" was released as the second single from the album,but it didn't get any promotion at all.I never heard it on the radio,there was no video.I don't know what happened hmmm my guess is that Warners and Prince lost interest in the project when the first single ("Sex Shooter") only became a minor hit.


There is a video for Blue Limousine. It just hasn't been released.
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Reply #21 posted 09/06/15 6:27pm

SoulAlive

fantasticjoy said:

SoulAlive said:

The excellent "Blue Limousine" was released as the second single from the album,but it didn't get any promotion at all.I never heard it on the radio,there was no video.I don't know what happened hmmm my guess is that Warners and Prince lost interest in the project when the first single ("Sex Shooter") only became a minor hit.

There is a video for Blue Limousine. It just hasn't been released.

nod yeah,I've seen it....it's part of that unreleased video album project that the girls were working on in early 1985.I really don't understand why Warners/Prince decided to abandon this project so quickly.

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Reply #22 posted 09/09/15 2:13pm

Cinny

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I am guessing they were already spending money on the next Revolution and Sheila E albums.
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Reply #23 posted 09/11/15 3:38pm

FUNKYNESS

Funny, sad, and astounding that the Apollonia 6 album is actually better than HItnRun

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Reply #24 posted 09/11/15 7:56pm

SoulAlive

Cinny said:

I am guessing they were already spending money on the next Revolution and Sheila E albums.

perhaps,but it's a shame that a great song like "Blue Limousine" wasn't given the proper promotion and attention it deserved.That song had 'Top 10 hit' written all over it.

In a late-80s interview,Apollonia said that,when she told Prince (later in 1985) that she was leaving the Prince camp,he bitterly told her "You'll never make it without me" eek Makes me wonder if he had other plans for the group.

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Reply #25 posted 09/15/15 8:59am

Cinny

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SoulAlive said:

Cinny said:

I am guessing they were already spending money on the next Revolution and Sheila E albums.

perhaps,but it's a shame that a great song like "Blue Limousine" wasn't given the proper promotion and attention it deserved.That song had 'Top 10 hit' written all over it.

In a late-80s interview,Apollonia said that,when she told Prince (later in 1985) that she was leaving the Prince camp,he bitterly told her "You'll never make it without me" eek Makes me wonder if he had other plans for the group.

Yeah, that doesn't have the same ring as "whew Phew! I thought U'd never leave".
lol

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Reply #26 posted 09/23/15 11:13am

CoolMF

Dunno. Good song but not my favorite on the album. Always thought that the song had a Rick James-feel to it. Back in the '80s, we used to call that "biting".

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Reply #27 posted 09/25/15 1:59am

SoulAlive

a Rick James feel to it? hmmm

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Reply #28 posted 09/25/15 1:03pm

Cinny

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CoolMF said:

Dunno. Good song but not my favorite on the album. Always thought that the song had a Rick James-feel to it. Back in the '80s, we used to call that "biting".

Yeah, it kinda reminds me of a chill funk "Bustin' Out". With Chrissie Hynde on vocals. lol

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Reply #29 posted 10/01/15 6:28am

regcart

One of the FUNKIEST cuts since "If A Girl Answers Don't Hang Up"...Brenda shows out vocally and actually compliments the funky track........Brenda is indeed the GLUE that held both Vanity 6 & Apollonia 6 together vocally IMHO......"Some Kinf Of Lover" Rocks & Funks you to the CORE....Wish it had a funky extended remix I'm sure would have been NICE!!!! Ido hope this gets the reissue treatment SOON....I'd love to have this album on CD!!!!** IS ANYONE LISTENING!??

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