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Chaka Khan "I Feel For You" - the ORIGINAL Video

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Reply #1 posted 12/03/16 10:42pm

SoulAlive

I think I like this video more than the one that was released biggrin it's alot of fun

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Reply #2 posted 12/04/16 9:09am

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SoulAlive said:

I think I like this video more than the one that was released biggrin it's alot of fun


I always liked this video more, too. But, i dont think the song would have became the international monster smash without the video they ended up switching this one out for.
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Reply #3 posted 12/04/16 10:20am

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SoulAlive said:

I think I like this video more than the one that was released biggrin it's alot of fun


It's definitely more original and interesting. The fact that they used snips from a clothing ad in the one we all know speaks volumes to another one being thrown together. Hell, even the Melle Mel rap wasn't supposed to be in it originally either.

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Reply #4 posted 12/04/16 4:21pm

alphastreet

I like the other one so much better. More of a classic and less like a solid gold style clip
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Reply #5 posted 12/05/16 6:53pm

luvsexy4all

mustve changed it cause this ones too suggestive and sexual

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Reply #6 posted 12/06/16 8:56am

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luvsexy4all said:

mustve changed it cause this ones too suggestive and sexual


Yeah, because there was never a sexual video before that. Besides, it was sexy, not sexual. It reminded me of "Love Is A Battlefield", with all the chicks walking out of the job from a lame ass boss.

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Reply #7 posted 12/06/16 9:53am

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SoulAlive said:

I think I like this video more than the one that was released biggrin it's alot of fun

I'm mad you didn't tell us about this video ages ago lol

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Reply #8 posted 12/06/16 10:35am

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I don't like this one, I like the other video. It's probably good that it was scrapped. I don't see this version being popular, especially since the famous video featured more breakdancing and popping which was really popular at the time, plus the hip hop fashion in it. Like Blondie's Rapture, and Tom Tom Club's Wordy Rappinghood, the released video helped push hip hop culture to more mainstream popularity. This one looks like a Rick James video. lol

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Reply #9 posted 12/06/16 12:43pm

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WB probably switched this out for the breakdancing video because "I Feel For You" was meant to get Chaka a younger audience. As Chaka stated, the label told her they wanted something from her the teeny-boppers would buy. biggrin In 1984, teenagers related to breakdancing, not strippers.

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Reply #10 posted 12/06/16 6:22pm

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Vainandy get in here NOW

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Reply #11 posted 12/06/16 8:12pm

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thumbs up! cloud9 music

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Reply #12 posted 12/06/16 10:07pm

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I like the original video better as well. cool

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Reply #13 posted 12/07/16 7:43am

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MickyDolenz said:

I don't like this one, I like the other video. It's probably good that it was scrapped. I don't see this version being popular, especially since the famous video featured more breakdancing and popping which was really popular at the time, plus the hip hop fashion in it. Like Blondie's Rapture, and Tom Tom Club's Wordy Rappinghood, the released video helped push hip hop culture to more mainstream popularity. This one looks like a Rick James video. lol


The original absolutely made that impact on me... the DJ spinning white vinyl and all that breakin'.

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Reply #14 posted 12/07/16 9:09am

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kitbradley said:

WB probably switched this out for the breakdancing video because "I Feel For You" was meant to get Chaka a younger audience. As Chaka stated, the label told her they wanted something from her the teeny-boppers would buy. biggrin In 1984, teenagers related to breakdancing, not strippers.

Yeah it was the early years of hip hop, and when I hear about one of the first r&b/hip hop collabs, THIS is always what I thought of, never Mariah Carey or Janet.

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Reply #15 posted 12/07/16 11:21am

scorp84

This version doesn't really stand out imo. I think I remember hearing that the break dancers (Shabba Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp) were filmed for a clothing commercial or something and their sequences were spliced into the newer, more popular version later on.
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Reply #16 posted 12/07/16 1:36pm

SoulAlive

I like the idea of scandily clad women roaming the city streets dressed like that biggrin reminds me of Prince's lyric in DMSR ("do whatever we want,wear lingerie to the restaurant").

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Reply #17 posted 12/07/16 5:14pm

SPYZFAN1

eek .....cocaine is a helluva drug.

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Reply #18 posted 12/07/16 5:59pm

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alphastreet said:

kitbradley said:

WB probably switched this out for the breakdancing video because "I Feel For You" was meant to get Chaka a younger audience. As Chaka stated, the label told her they wanted something from her the teeny-boppers would buy. biggrin In 1984, teenagers related to breakdancing, not strippers.

Yeah it was the early years of hip hop, and when I hear about one of the first r&b/hip hop collabs, THIS is always what I thought of, never Mariah Carey or Janet.

Absolutely! "I Feel For You" is credited as a first in introducing a guest rapper on a Pop song. there was a documentary a few years ago about Hip-Hop where this was discussed. I can't remember the name of the rapper (it was the guy who always has an afro pick in his head), but he was saying how the song really gave Hip-Hop a huge boost in being accepted in mainstream culture and how people felt less threatened by it because it was a Pop song instead of straight up hip-hop.

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Reply #19 posted 12/08/16 11:39am

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SPYZFAN1 said:

eek .....cocaine is a helluva drug.

she does look high in this video,doesn't she? smile

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