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New Shalamar(Howard, Jeffrey, Carolyn) - The Real Thing Don't laugh at my funk
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the one thing I can say is....it’s better than that terrible song (“Original”) that Jody’s version of Shalamar released last year  | |
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This song was produced by their longtime producer,Leon Sylvers.I like it | |
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SoulAlive said: This song was produced by their longtime producer,Leon Sylvers.I like it  [Edited 11/8/17 4:06am] Don't laugh at my funk
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Nice song but they need to take that auto tune off Howard's voice. He has one of the best voices in the music industry. He doesn't need any help. | |
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Looks like Micki Free stood in for Jeffrey for a show in August of this year
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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There's a music video now [Edited 11/24/17 23:09pm] 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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Here's a clip from a recent concert 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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OMG they are not very good . The keyboardist is not paying the riff correctly, Howard sounds like his voice is out of breath (what???) and Carolyn looks like a female bodybuilder! , . . Jody's version is much better.  |
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I guess so since she has gym videos on her instagram.
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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^^Which made me think of these 3
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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Carolyn's been like that. You can see her in this video when she was in the 1990s girl group Absolute. She has a jacket on for most of the video, but you can see she's buff at the beginning during the talking part. If you look closely, Jeffrey Daniel is somewhere in the video 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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GaryMF said:
OMG they are not very good . The keyboardist is not paying the riff correctly, Howard sounds like his voice is out of breath (what???) and Carolyn looks like a female bodybuilder! , . . Jody's version is much better. Shit it what universe Don't laugh at my funk
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I've seen Jody's Shalamar live and they sound much better, in terms of vocals and music. . . Judging by this video, the Carolyn version sounds like a bad cover band. I don't know why Howard isn't blowing it away cuz he is the best SINGER out of eveyrone. |
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Jody's version of Shalamar is terrible.Did you hear their song "Original"?
At least "The Real Thing" has a classic old school R&B sound,which I like.And thankfully,it has no unnecessary hip-hop elements. | |
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it is dreadful
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I'm not referring to their new song. . . I'm talking about their live show vs. this clip of this version's live show. This version linked above is not very good as a live performance, whereas Jody's live show is great.. . Some of it could be the sound quality but as I said, the band isn't doing a very good job and the singing is sub par |
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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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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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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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Someone recently posted this. You can see Jermaine Stewart in the back 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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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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While the song is actually ok, in a nutshell, it's sometimes best to step away and be remembered for what was. Shalamar was a very hot group in its day with the memorable lineup of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel. However, much time has passed since then and it's clearly showing with that of Hewett's voice. Not to mention, the group's live stage performance(s) seem out of sync and tired. I'm aware that anything of the past ever done so spectacular can never be reduplicated or recaptured in the same way. That is why imo, certain things should be let go and truly be remembered for its time of greatness. | |
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