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Reply #30 posted 07/08/09 2:13pm

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falloff If you recall, I said he's been here ever since, so what do you think? Oh honey, thick bush, hairy balls, and even a few little tiny hairs growing up the underside of the shaft. lol


It's always great reading your posts. lol
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Reply #31 posted 07/08/09 2:15pm

Timmy84

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falloff If you recall, I said he's been here ever since, so what do you think? Oh honey, thick bush, hairy balls, and even a few little tiny hairs growing up the underside of the shaft. lol


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Reply #32 posted 07/08/09 2:20pm

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dirtyman2005 said:

ive got all 3 of his LP's on Vinyl.
I also have his first album on CD, some korean import.

The first CD is excellent, the second and third album's are quite funky too.

You can listen to them here:
http://bentleyfunk2.blogs...-1986.html
http://bentleyfunk2.blogs...-1985.html


Check out "Carme", and "Baby On The Corner", and many others.

I'm surprised the second and third albums didn't do too well, as they are quite brilliantly produced, plenty of synths and catchy hooks.

Yeah, Rockwell seemed to have the same "paranoia" type topics in his songs like MJ did.

I wonder what he looks like now, I haven't seen a single picture of him apart from those 80s ones.

Somebody must surely know what he's up to and what he is doing these days.

Jermaine Jackson was married to his sister, so i'm sure there must be some pics around.
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I have Rockwell's third album and I found it to be very derivative of Prince's sound from a few years earlier. (He even references "Sugar Walls" in the first song.) A few songs are okay if I want to hear some watered-down Minneapolis funk, but overall I didn't like it.


Now that you mention it I remember that falloff.
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Reply #33 posted 07/08/09 2:34pm

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sextonseven said:



I have Rockwell's third album and I found it to be very derivative of Prince's sound from a few years earlier. (He even references "Sugar Walls" in the first song.) A few songs are okay if I want to hear some watered-down Minneapolis funk, but overall I didn't like it.


Now that you mention it I remember that falloff.


Most of it you can call it straight up synth pop. He used a lot of synths in all 3 LP's.

"baby on the corner" is a classic, I like that track!

But yeah, Rockwell was one paranoid nutter!
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Reply #34 posted 07/08/09 2:38pm

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dirtyman2005 said:

Serious said:



Now that you mention it I remember that falloff.


Most of it you can call it straight up synth pop. He used a lot of synths in all 3 LP's.

"baby on the corner" is a classic, I like that track!

But yeah, Rockwell was one paranoid nutter!


I'm going to have to listen to it again. I saw him perform "Carmé" and "Genie Of Love" on American Bandstand at the time and that's why I bought it, but my tastes have changed since I was 17 because I thought it wasn't all that when I last played the record a few years ago.
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Reply #35 posted 07/08/09 2:40pm

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dirtyman2005 said:

Serious said:



Now that you mention it I remember that falloff.


Most of it you can call it straight up synth pop. He used a lot of synths in all 3 LP's.

"baby on the corner" is a classic, I like that track!

But yeah, Rockwell was one paranoid nutter!



i like me some baby on the corner and concentration!
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Reply #36 posted 07/08/09 2:44pm

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sextonseven said:

dirtyman2005 said:



Most of it you can call it straight up synth pop. He used a lot of synths in all 3 LP's.

"baby on the corner" is a classic, I like that track!

But yeah, Rockwell was one paranoid nutter!


I'm going to have to listen to it again. I saw him perform "Carmé" and "Genie Of Love" on American Bandstand at the time and that's why I bought it, but my tastes have changed since I was 17 because I thought it wasn't all that when I last played the record a few years ago.


I haven't listened to it for I think 20 years lol.
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Reply #37 posted 07/08/09 2:48pm

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Serious said:

sextonseven said:



I'm going to have to listen to it again. I saw him perform "Carmé" and "Genie Of Love" on American Bandstand at the time and that's why I bought it, but my tastes have changed since I was 17 because I thought it wasn't all that when I last played the record a few years ago.


I haven't listened to it for I think 20 years lol.


I gave it one last listen a few years ago before putting it up for sale on ebay at 99¢. No one wanted that mess. lol
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Reply #38 posted 07/08/09 2:51pm

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Serious said:



I haven't listened to it for I think 20 years lol.


I gave it one last listen a few years ago before putting it up for sale on ebay at 99¢. No one wanted that mess. lol

comfort At least you tried lol.
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Reply #39 posted 07/08/09 6:40pm

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this dude has totally disappeared
you would think by being Barry Gordy's son
you would hear about him a little more
especially for a guy who had such a big hit

hell there hasn't even been a new picture of him since like 1987


Why don't we hear about Hazel? She's Berry's daughter and Jermaine's ex-wife. Why don't we hear about Berry's ex-wife?

Point being, just cuz he's Gordy's son doesn't dictate he gets spotlight or attention all the time. He had A hit. It ended there. He never really went beyond that one song. He tried, but it never really happened.

But where is he? Sweeping his daddy's garage, probably.
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Reply #40 posted 07/08/09 7:50pm

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ernestsewell said:

SteelPanther said:

this dude has totally disappeared
you would think by being Barry Gordy's son
you would hear about him a little more
especially for a guy who had such a big hit

hell there hasn't even been a new picture of him since like 1987


Why don't we hear about Hazel? She's Berry's daughter and Jermaine's ex-wife. Why don't we hear about Berry's ex-wife?

Point being, just cuz he's Gordy's son doesn't dictate he gets spotlight or attention all the time. He had A hit. It ended there. He never really went beyond that one song. He tried, but it never really happened.

But where is he? Sweeping his daddy's garage, probably.


Obscene Phone Caller hit the top 40 too
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Reply #41 posted 07/08/09 11:49pm

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SteelPanther said:

ernestsewell said:



Why don't we hear about Hazel? She's Berry's daughter and Jermaine's ex-wife. Why don't we hear about Berry's ex-wife?

Point being, just cuz he's Gordy's son doesn't dictate he gets spotlight or attention all the time. He had A hit. It ended there. He never really went beyond that one song. He tried, but it never really happened.

But where is he? Sweeping his daddy's garage, probably.


Obscene Phone Caller hit the top 40 too



that is my jam!!
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Reply #42 posted 07/09/09 10:49am

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Surprised this thread isn't locked? I seems any MJ related topic is locked for some reason?

Wow you real bitter about that aren't you? lol lol lol
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Reply #43 posted 07/09/09 11:13am

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He's around, he's just had plastic surgery is all

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Reply #44 posted 07/09/09 11:32am

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SoulAlive said:

80s Pop song of the day: "OBSCENE PHONE CALLER" by Rockwell (1984)


I like the slick,New Wave pop sound of this song.It's fun and very catchy! lol

This was going to be on the "Last Dragon" soundtrack, but it was too cheesy!

His voice isn't terrible. In fact, he is much better singing than doing that talking British BS.
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Reply #45 posted 07/09/09 7:40pm

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japanrocks said:

i think someone was always watching him, so he got scared and just stayed inside

lol
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Reply #46 posted 07/14/09 5:19am

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SoulAlive said:

80s Pop song of the day: "OBSCENE PHONE CALLER" by Rockwell (1984)


I like the slick,New Wave pop sound of this song.It's fun and very catchy! lol

This was going to be on the "Last Dragon" soundtrack, but it was too cheesy!

His voice isn't terrible.In fact, he is much better singing than doing that talking British BS.


hmmm No,he recorded a brand new song for that soundtrack....a silly number called "Peeping Tom".

I like "Obscene Phone Caller",even though Rockwell never really sings on it (lol).Just like "Somebody's Watching Me",he talks his way through it and has someone else sing the chorus.
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Reply #47 posted 08/18/09 5:07am

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lol @ this thread! And I didn't know Rockwell had such a fanbase razz
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Reply #48 posted 08/18/09 5:19am

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lol @ this thread! And I didn't know Rockwell had such a fanbase razz


for someone who only had a few hits,he sure is popular around here lol
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Reply #49 posted 08/18/09 5:23am

Tempation

they showed him briefly on one of those vh1 shows and he's.....bald biggrin
guess he should have wrote a song about his paranoia over hair loss
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Reply #50 posted 08/18/09 4:08pm

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NDRU said:

He's around, he's just had plastic surgery is all


lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Reply #51 posted 08/19/09 6:20am

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ernestsewell said:

SteelPanther said:

this dude has totally disappeared
you would think by being Barry Gordy's son
you would hear about him a little more
especially for a guy who had such a big hit

hell there hasn't even been a new picture of him since like 1987


Why don't we hear about Hazel? She's Berry's daughter and Jermaine's ex-wife. Why don't we hear about Berry's ex-wife?

Point being, just cuz he's Gordy's son doesn't dictate he gets spotlight or attention all the time. He had A hit. It ended there. He never really went beyond that one song. He tried, but it never really happened.

But where is he? Sweeping his daddy's garage, probably.

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I doubt it dude. The last I heard about Rockwell he was working in the manufacturing industry. I think some of you forget that the Gordy family is flithy rich. I doubt has any worries.
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Reply #52 posted 08/19/09 6:31am

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The O2 have filled one of MJs dates with Rockwell! It made me wonder if he'd done any other songs besides Somebody's Watching Me... thanks to this thread I've found out he has, but still not enough to fill the O2!

It turns out Rockwell is a "charity" gig with a number of bands doing 2 songs each or some such...
We ain't from Hollywood, so you know it's all good
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Reply #53 posted 08/19/09 6:34am

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SteelPanther said:

you would think by being Barry Gordy's son
you would hear about him a little more

yeah but Barry was always in Berry's shadow
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #54 posted 08/19/09 6:56am

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KeithyT said:

SteelPanther said:

you would think by being Barry Gordy's son
you would hear about him a little more

yeah but Barry was always in Berry's shadow


Barry must've been a tiny little fella! lol
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Reply #55 posted 08/19/09 7:39am

Tempation


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Reply #56 posted 08/20/09 1:29am

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Yup, I am a Rockwell fan too. Love the "Sopmebodys Watching me" and "OBscene phone caller". I got both of them on 45 and 12" Single. I also have the LP on vinyl and korean import CD. Never heard anything else besides the SWM album.
I am an 80s Music Junkie !
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