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Reply #60 posted 10/06/16 11:57am

Musicslave

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The mystery of why Tamia is not big.

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Yeah, I loved her introduction to the music world. At least, Stateside. I thought she was playfully sexy in that video.

Rod was a master songwriter.

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Reply #61 posted 10/06/16 12:28pm

journalism16

This is so heartbreaking, may he rest in peace.
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Reply #62 posted 10/06/16 1:39pm

getxxxx

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2freaky4church1 said:

The mystery of why Tamia is not big.

Tamia doesnt have that IT factor.

Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #63 posted 10/06/16 2:12pm

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getxxxx said:

2freaky4church1 said:

The mystery of why Tamia is not big.

Tamia doesnt have that IT factor.

I'd disgree...

Tamia music career got sidetrack because of chronic health issues.

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Reply #64 posted 10/06/16 5:22pm

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Aw RIP and he helped made Thriller great.

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Reply #65 posted 10/06/16 5:26pm

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TD3 said:



getxxxx said:




2freaky4church1 said:


The mystery of why Tamia is not big.



Tamia doesnt have that IT factor.





I'd disgree...



Tamia music career got sidetrack because of chronic health issues.



Truth spoken. She certainly had IT on her first two releases.
Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #66 posted 10/06/16 8:46pm

mjscarousal

Rest in Peace to a great musical pioneer and genius. He will be greatly missed and thank you for sharing your amazing talent and gift with us!

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Reply #67 posted 10/06/16 8:47pm

mjscarousal

getxxxx said:

2freaky4church1 said:

The mystery of why Tamia is not big.

Tamia doesnt have that IT factor.

I disagree. She definitly has IT.

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Reply #68 posted 10/06/16 10:56pm

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RIP pray wilted what a great legacy.

Keep Calm & Listen To Prince
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Reply #69 posted 10/07/16 4:46am

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phunkdaddy said:

TD3 said:

I'd disgree...

Tamia music career got sidetrack because of chronic health issues.

Truth spoken. She certainly had IT on her first two releases.

It was her health issues.

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Reply #70 posted 10/07/16 5:18am

Identity



Benson - "Give Me The Night". Love this video.

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Reply #71 posted 10/07/16 8:46am

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SoulAlive said:

interestingly,the song "Mystery",which Rod Temperton wrote (it appears on Anita Baker's Rapture album),was originally offered to Michael Jackson during the Thriller sessions.

Wow you learn something new everyday. Love this song.

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Reply #74 posted 10/07/16 10:52am

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #75 posted 10/07/16 10:58am

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Benson - "Give Me The Night". Love this video.



According to Q, they had been working on this track for three months. Benson thought the Album was done, then Q had him listen to the song and record it. It was a last minute addition to the album.

Amazing Amazing track. And looking back of course it took them three months to create it, that's a lot of badass crammed into one track.

I remember reading how long it took to EW&F to write Fantasy. Also three months of constant work on it. These amazing tracks don't aren't just whipped up. I think some of us take for granted how much work and dedication goes into tracks like these. You can hear it in them.


Again a mother amazing track, amazingly written produced and recorded. It's a fine as art can get.
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Reply #76 posted 10/07/16 5:48pm

TD3

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Quincy Joes, Rod Temperton, engineer Bruce Swedien

The New York Times Obit


rose RIP Mr. Rod Temperton angel

Artist: An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the art or demonstrating an art.


"The Night We Fell"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3rC94lssKQ



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Reply #77 posted 10/08/16 1:15pm

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"Seems so wrong, how all the good times seem to live inside of yesterday." I have always ADORED how this lyric was constructed and I have the most profound and powerful childhood connections to it. I had NO IDEA Rod Temperton wrote this. I have lost a piece of my hold on my childhood with his passing.

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Reply #78 posted 10/08/16 1:24pm

SoulAlive

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Love this track.I remember hearing it back then and thinking "Donna is finally doing funk" smile this track is more R&B/funk than anything she had done before and it was great to hear her in that setting.

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Reply #79 posted 10/08/16 1:25pm

SoulAlive

Allanya said:

SoulAlive said:

interestingly,the song "Mystery",which Rod Temperton wrote (it appears on Anita Baker's Rapture album),was originally offered to Michael Jackson during the Thriller sessions.

Wow you learn something new everyday. Love this song.

It's an outstanding song,isn't it? Smooth,breezy and mesmerizing music

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Reply #80 posted 10/08/16 8:26pm

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sad Such a loss. The list of songs posted earlier demonstrates that.

I love his account of putting together Vincent Price's voiceover on Thriller:

https://youtu.be/gENIeRfYAao


P.S. no no no! Shame on the people who took this thread off-track with a bunch of petty attacks. Where were the mods that day?! This thread desperately needed some moderation.

"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #81 posted 10/09/16 12:26am

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this Thread should be a Sticky!

CandaceS said:

sad Such a loss. The list of songs posted earlier demonstrates that.

I love his account of putting together Vincent Price's voiceover on Thriller:

https://youtu.be/gENIeRfYAao


P.S. no no no! Shame on the people who took this thread off-track with a bunch of petty attacks. Where were the mods that day?! This thread desperately needed some moderation.

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Reply #82 posted 10/09/16 10:12pm

cherishtheday

Rest In Peace, Rod Temperton. Listening to one of my all time favorites - Always and Forever. Thanks for the brilliant work.

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Reply #83 posted 10/10/16 9:54pm

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My favorite, "Star of a Story"...



https://youtube.com/watch?v=JuIRY-8VNh4



https://youtube.com/watch?v=BbetLJUb--E


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Reply #84 posted 10/12/16 6:51am

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Heard in an interview Rod submitted 5 songs for Thriller. They must have been Baby Be Mine, Starlight (Thriller), Lady In My Life, Slapstick (Hot Street), and Rolling The Dice.

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Reply #85 posted 10/12/16 7:04am

PhilG

cherishtheday said:

Rest In Peace, Rod Temperton. Listening to one of my all time favorites - Always and Forever. Thanks for the brilliant work.

Yes Rod wrote all the songs on Heatwave's first album, but Johnny Wilder's interpretation of the song's lyrics just took it to another level. I love this live version, especially Johnny's vocalizations towards the end. He graciously thanks Rod at the start:

https://www.youtube.com/w...iI42aZ5F40

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Reply #86 posted 10/12/16 10:03pm

206Michelle

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Love this song! Rip Rod Temperton.

Live 4 Love ~ Love is God, God is love, Girls and boys love God above
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Reply #87 posted 10/13/16 6:00am

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SoulAlive said:

laurarichardson said:

PatrickS77 said: --- MJ is on a tape wishing death on Prince for whatever fuckwad reason we don't know. We know from Latoya that Prince visited Katherine all the time after Mike died and was super nice to her. Contrast that with wishing death on someone or trashing Prince in front of Babyface and LA Reid. Like I said the truth hurts.

STOP IT!! no no no! Don't you guys dare turn this into a Prince vs.Michael Jackson thread!! This thread is to pay tribute to a talented musician/songwriter,Rod Temprton.If you wanna act like children,go elsewhere please!! rolleyes

You can't get MJ fans to give Rod or Quincy credit. eek. Nothing childish about what I typed above it is all true and you can look it up yourself. Would be great if people stopped living in la la land about MJ at least Prince fans know that P could be a butt face even he knew it.

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Reply #88 posted 10/15/16 10:33am

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Derek1984 said:

Heard in an interview Rod submitted 5 songs for Thriller. They must have been Baby Be Mine, Starlight (Thriller), Lady In My Life, Slapstick (Hot Street), and Rolling The Dice.

Weren't Spice of Life and Mystery (which were both recorded by Manhattan Transfer) initially intended for Thriller? Heatwave's Derek Bramble confirmed that the former was.

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Reply #89 posted 10/20/16 8:15am

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Benson - ''Love X Love'' (Give Me the Night album)

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