sextonseven said:

i love the system, but not their first album much

Mic murphy had a sort of princely solo album out too

blackguitaristz said:

So you're saying, I didn't miss much. Well I was just curious. I remember being a kid in San Francisco and seeing Jak's album and almost buying it. But my instincts told me to do otherwise. Apparently, I made the right decision. Then again, I'm sure those rip-off artists are collector's items now.

Sextonseven, you actually found the album to Lushus. I never even saw that. I just remember her one performance on Soul Train. You people are thorough.

brothaluv said:

I remember that Soul Train performance too. She did "More Than You Can Handle" and "The One You Love". But no, I never found her album. The Rockwell one I do have on vinyl, but that Lushus Daim scan is a single from ebay.

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GaryMF said:

I remember the lead singer for Madame X had a Fish Hook shaped hairdo that was bright orange (YUCK!). I saw the Bands Reunited episode with Klymaxx. You could tell that the rest of the band was very hurt by what Cheryl Cooley did to them (Taking the rights to the band name, songs etc.) Especially Bernadette Cooper. But they were tough back in the day. My favorite song was "Meeting In The Ladies Room".

vainandy said:

Remember Rick James video for "Glow"? If that wasn't a blatant rip-off from "Purple Rain" I don't know what is. From the ruffled shirts even to the part where he rushes to the main floor to get his girl back, like Prince did Appolonia at the end of the movie.

ThePunisher said:

Not surew hat fish hook hairdo means....but they all had 80's assymetrical 'dos . They performed live on Joan Rivers' short-lived late night show and totally rocked it!

Somebody slap me! Radar!!!

Yeah, I've got that video on DVD. There's about five videos on there. Someone on the org said that Rick looked like the lion on "The Wiz" in the "Glow" video. I'm a huge Rick James fan but I've got to agree with that statement.

sextonseven said:

I remember Lushus Daim!! I was madly in love with her

I had pictures of her on my wall,taken from the pages of Black Beat and Right On magazine.I really thought she would go far.Her single "The One You Love" is GREAT,but for some reason,she faded away after that.

ThePunisher said:

Rick's "Glow" video is a trip,isn't it? A total rip-off of "Purple Rain"!! When Rick was sitting in his dressing room,I expected Jerome Benton to appear,making a silly wisecrack (LOL).

That had to be a difficult concession for Rick to make. We all know about the rivalry between him and Prince. The Glow video is proof postive that Prince won. That's the difference between Prince and James. With Prince, it was never good enough to just jam. The Purple Wonder tried to bring a certain gravitas to his music as well. But I digress.

I remember Lushus' one appearance on Soul Train and the verbal exchange she had with Don Cornelius afterwards. Don gave her a compliment along the lines of wanting to get with her and she kinda laughed in his face. Looked like she was dogging out the hand that fed her.....didn't see her on the show after that.

I like Klymaxx too. That "Men all Paused" was really big in the day. I remember being disappointed when we actally saw the lead vocalist though. With a song like that, you'd expect more of a Vanity look-alike...

DavidEye said:

No shit! I was sooooo let down by Rick that he would pimp himself out like that. He's going to talk a grip of shit about somebody, then turn right around and bite off of him like that. I was like "What the fuck is Rick doin'?!"

Rick sold out so to speak. But hey, Prince made similar concessions to rappers.

He sure did. I read that he was furious to see them on the same charts with him. Then, then he turns his ass around and joins them.

I remember Lushus' one appearance on Soul Train and the verbal exchange she had with Don Cornelius afterwards. Don gave her a compliment along the lines of wanting to get with her and she kinda laughed in his face. Looked like she was dogging out the hand that fed her.....didn't see her on the show after that.


All she had to do is tell O Bryan.

carlcranshaw said:

Hahahahahahaha! Good one.

brothaluv said:

brothaluv said:

Call me naive, but waht does that mean?

I"d love to hear her song btw.

GaryMF said:

In the 80's, it was rumored that Don Cornelius had a homosexual affair with singer O'Bryan Burnette. O'Bryan was famous for his song JUST A GIGOLO, I'M FREAKY and the updated theme song for Soul Train.

brothaluv said:

I used to like the single "Lovelite".

I liked it too. I thought his remake of You And I, though, was better than Stevie Wonders. O'Bryan was a copy cat too. Not the sound of his music, but his showmanship. That jacket he would wear all the time toward the end of his career was an attempt to be like his purple-ness.

DavidEye said:

Angela Winbush is opening up for Morris Day and the Time when I go see them next week.

Really? So she's still around. Wasnt' she part of the Renee and Angela duo or am I thinking of someone else?

Yep. That's her.

a funny gem for you all: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five "We Don´t Work For Free" (1984)- i swear to god- i don´t know the singer (C. Savage)- but he tries to sing like Prince really bad!!

check the 30 sec. stream:

http://www.amazon.com/exe...87-9558566
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urbanfox3105 said:

LOL
That sounds like Jesse Johnson, with a cold, imitating Prince

sitruk7 said:

yea!, but what u hear isn´t the worst part. i got it on that GM Flash collection- this guy is so funny!

That's priceless! Almost broke my ribcage from laughing...

urbanfox3105 said:

I used to have that 12" single.

DavidEye said:

I have that album and it isnt half bad. She was a serious Vanity competition back then.

GaryMF said:

I have Madame on CD