SoulAlive said:

^^that seems to be one thing that he learned from Prince: put a kickass song on the B-side and it will get alot of airplay/attention to

YeS!!! he definately emulated what happened in Uptown well.

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

SoulAlive said:

That first album was excellent! I think my favorite track is "Can You Help Me" and the B-side is "Free World"......a kickass jam that got ALOT of radio airplay too!!

My favorite two songs of his.

Gerald Edward Hubbard aka Jerry Hubbard (Keyboards)

SoulAlive said:

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

All I Want Is to Get to Know You Better
Be together very soon

Me and you have a connection baby

And I know you see it too

So accept this invitation from me to you

What more can we do

We'll be alone

No disturbance on the phone

Oh baby, can't you see

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

all I need

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

At times I see, see through you
I know you wanna know me
and I think you should
So let me take this precious time
To turn on my charms
Ooh baby don't have no doubts

I can feel that it won't be long
You're all I ever needed
Is a love to love me
Ooh and that's what you'll have to do
Can't you see I need you

(Repeat Chorus)

Anything you want
To show you, baby know you
The things I do for you
But you got to understand
I want affection, love

.

.

.

MajesticOne89 said:

SoulAlive said:

That first album was excellent! I think my favorite track is "Can You Help Me" and the B-side is "Free World"......a kickass jam that got ALOT of radio airplay too!!

My favorite two songs of his.

same here

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

All I Want Is to Get to Know You Better
Be together very soon

Me and you have a connection baby

And I know you see it too

So accept this invitation from me to you

What more can we do

We'll be alone

No disturbance on the phone

Oh baby, can't you see

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

all I need

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

.

.

.

One of my favorites by her. I dug the b side too You Turn Me Up.

SoulAlive said:

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

The 3rd single Thinking About You was nice too. Too bad this was as good

as it got for the band in terms of chart success. The followup album wasn't bad

but definitely didn't have the juice their debut did.

phunkdaddy said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

All I Want Is to Get to Know You Better
Be together very soon

Me and you have a connection baby

And I know you see it too

So accept this invitation from me to you

What more can we do

We'll be alone

No disturbance on the phone

Oh baby, can't you see

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

all I need

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

.

.

.

One of my favorites by her. I dug the b side too You Turn Me Up.

speaking of "You Turn Me Up",on one of my Prince bootleg casettes,there is an early demo of that track by Jesse Johnson.It's just a drum machine beat and he's singing "girl you turn me up.....baby you turn me up".I guess it's a song he was working on during the 'Ice Cream Castles' sessions in '84.

Bobby Vandell(drums for the Revue)

Rocky Harris(RIP)

replaced Terry Lewis for the PR move Time band

Then he was let go and replaced by Jerry Hubbard

before joining Jesse Johnsons Revue

SHE WON'T LET GO

Things were getting kind of weird

I felt it in the air

A strange look in my eyes

...

She's so untamed

She has no shame

She Won't Let Go

She's Beautiful

She led me to her bedroom

said I'd feel no pain

She made me love her more than once

...

She's so untamed

She has no shame

She Won't Let God

She's Beautiful

Hit me

.

.

.

reprinted in ROCK & SOUL * APRIL 1986

THE PRINCE INTERVIEW
Mr. Purple Discusses His Movies, His Music, His Musicians
And More, More, More.

By Michael Shore

How do you feel about Jesse Johnson leaving the Time? Have you heard his album, and if so, what do you think of it?

Jesse and Morris and Jerome and Jimmy and Terry had the makings of one of the greatest R&B bands in history. I could be a little pretentious in saying that, but it's truly the way I feel. There's no one that could wreck a house like they could. I was a bit troubled by their demise, but like I said before, it's important that one's happy first and foremost. And, as far as Jesse's record goes, chocolate. You know.

"Special Love"

I love Special Love that song is has the right touches

OldFriends4Sale said:

I love Special Love that song is has the right touches

She Won't Let Go was my jam too. I just listened to theis album last week.

performing with Sheila E in 1985

I always wondered what Prince thought of this...

I remember in the summer of '85,I spent alot of time listening to Jesses' album and Andre Cymone's AC album.At that time,Prince was kinda moving away from the synth-based Minneapolis sound (choosing to explore psychedelic styles,along with rock and pop) but I was able to get my dose of that funky Minneapolis sound from his ex-proteges.

MajesticOne89 said:

SoulAlive said:

That first album was excellent! I think my favorite track is "Can You Help Me" and the B-side is "Free World"......a kickass jam that got ALOT of radio airplay too!!

My favorite two songs of his.

I agree.

some GREAT, dancable mid-80s synth-funk.

Jesse absorbed a lot from Prince

then put is own style to it

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

All I Want Is to Get to Know You Better
Be together very soon

Me and you have a connection baby

And I know you see it too

So accept this invitation from me to you

What more can we do

We'll be alone

No disturbance on the phone

Oh baby, can't you see

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

all I need

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

At times I see, see through you
I know you wanna know me
and I think you should
So let me take this precious time
To turn on my charms
Ooh baby don't have no doubts

I can feel that it won't be long
You're all I ever needed
Is a love to love me
Ooh and that's what you'll have to do
Can't you see I need you

(Repeat Chorus)

Anything you want
To show you, baby know you
The things I do for you
But you got to understand
I want affection, love

.

.

.

.

this is my favorite Ta Mara/Seen jam. nice funky slap bass & great, almost hypnotic rock guitar.

I prefer the "remix version" over the original album version - it's longer..

& at the very end of the track Ta Mara whispers : "don't fuck with me"..

Just Too Much

lyrics 2 come by jesse johnson

OldFriends4Sale said:

Gerald Edward Hubbard aka Jerry Hubbard (Keyboards)

Correction: Hubbard played Bass in Jesse's Band!!

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

"Affection" was the second single from the Tamara and the Seen album

All I Want Is to Get to Know You Better
Be together very soon

Me and you have a connection baby

And I know you see it too

So accept this invitation from me to you

What more can we do

We'll be alone

No disturbance on the phone

Oh baby, can't you see

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

all I need

All I want is affection

all I really want

Baby please no rejection

At times I see, see through you
I know you wanna know me
and I think you should
So let me take this precious time
To turn on my charms
Ooh baby don't have no doubts

I can feel that it won't be long
You're all I ever needed
Is a love to love me
Ooh and that's what you'll have to do
Can't you see I need you

(Repeat Chorus)

Anything you want
To show you, baby know you
The things I do for you
But you got to understand
I want affection, love

.

.

.

I LOVE at the end of "Affecttion", She whispers "Don't f**k with Me!!"

OldFriends4Sale said:

I love Special Love that song has the right touches

woogiebear said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Gerald Edward Hubbard aka Jerry Hubbard (Keyboards)

Correction: Hubbard played Bass in Jesse's Band!!

Thank U

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

^^that seems to be one thing that he learned from Prince: put a kickass song on the B-side and it will get alot of airplay/attention to

YeS!!! he definately emulated what happened in Uptown well.

"Free World" was his "Erotic City"

OldFriends4Sale said:

performing with Sheila E in 1985

I always wondered what Prince thought of this...

it would have been cool to see these two work together more often.They collaborated on "Shortberry Strawcake" and that's one of the funkiest jams on Sheila's album.