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with song titles like "Stingy"? There was a Billboard article about it.
The members of The Time predict that this will be the year the iconic funk group's original lineup releases its first album since 1990's "Pandemonium."
Bassist and primary producer Terry Lewis tells Billboard.com that the as-yet-untitled set -- which The Time has been working on in earnest since reuniting for the 2008 Grammy Awards -- is "going into mixing," though keyboardist Jimmy "Jam" Harris, who promises that we'll "absolutely hear (the album) this year," cautions that "we probably have a couple more songs in us" before the set is complete.
And frontman Morris Day says that's been the problem -- too much of a good thing. "The album has been done for a long time now, but we keep adding to it," Day notes with a laugh. "So the deal is we've got to stop cutting at some point because it just keeps getting better and better. At some point we have to have the attitude that, OK, there can also be a second and a third project; we don't have to shoot the whole wad on this one. So I think we're gonna stop now; we might do one or two (more) songs, but we're going to go ahead and put this thing out, finally."
The Time is currently unsigned, but Jam says the group is exploring several options and has had plenty of inquiries, including from Island Def Jam's L.A. Reid, who's a big fan. "Our thing is let's get the record done, then we'll find the best home for it," Jam explains. "We want to go with somebody who's a big fan and is really going to appreciate what we're doing." With the 30th anniversary of its first album coming in 2011, the group also has interest in a retrospective and possibly revamping and reissuing its back catalog.
Day says Time fans will not be surprised by the new songs, which he describes as "hard to classify. It's got funk and it's got rock. It's cool, sexy music with attitude." Jam adds that the group has "15 songs, and we probably really love 10 of them -- and that varies from day to day as we listen, honestly." Song titles include "Stingy," "Strawberry Lake" and "If I Were Your Man," and some of the material dates back to writing that began after "Pandemonium" was released. "We didn't anticipate we wouldn't make another album for 20 years," Jam explains. "Most of those ideas are still valid ideas."
Jam says the new material "is definitely funky" and promises that "there's definitely going to be some extended jams on there. We've never been into writing three-minute songs. Our three-minute songs always turn into six minutes; there might be three minutes of song and three minutes of a groove and we don't want to lose any of the groove. Some songs we can certainly edit down to single length, but on the album we're going to leave the grooves intact."
The Time -- which also includes guitarist Jesse Johnson, keyboardist Monte Moir, drummer Jellybean Johnson and hype man Jermone Benton -- is in the midst of a four-date Stingy Tour, which recently played in Las Vegas and will bring the band to its longtime stronghold of Detroit on June 11 and a homecoming show on June 13 in Minneapolis. "It's good creative fuel for us to perform live," Jam says, "and then we can get back in the studio and bring that energy with us." Jesse Johnson, meanwhile, will spend the summer touring to promote his latest solo album, "Verbal Penetration Vol. I & II" and plans to open for the Time when it tours in earnest to promote the new album.
Day, who still leads an adjunct of the Time that includes Moir and Johnson, says that The Time's prospects after the album's release are "yet to be revealed."
"We all have busy careers and lives and families and all of that now," he says. "Whether everybody is going to be able to go out there on the road and do this like we used to is questionable. But we're definitely going to put a tour together and drop this music and see where it goes."
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The TIME about to drop something?? The TIME's Twitter page says to be around at 7pm CST (Minneapolis time).
http://www.theoriginaltimeband.com/
Hope it's their new CD.
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Let's see, in 4 days it will be the band's 30th anniversary... | |
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I hope it's their new Album but i hope too that they will re-release their past Albums with unheard material but i doubt it...because our Beloved Prince with WB own the rights of the song & we all know the behaviour of Prince with such possibility.....NO WAY ....but we will see ?
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what ever happened to that new album that they were working on? | |
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I'll be checking this out... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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............Nothing. You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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Really dissapointed. I had my hopes up that maybe we might get some info on their new music(if it really ever sees the light of day) . Not really any info at all. | |
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Just nonsensical gibberish. That can't be the real band can it? Somebody say it ain't so! | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Come on,guys....release that new album! No more delays! Hell,even The Family (now known as FDeluxe) are releasing their new CD 'Gaslight' in September.
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Yeah...under ANY name! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Exactly! I don't even care if they change their name,just release it!!! It's been far too long. | |
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This Billboard article is over a year old...it's "time" to release that new album,guys! The Time Reunite For Tour, New Album
by Gary Graff, Detroit | June 07, 2010 11:50 EDT
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the hands of the clock go round and round, round and round, round and round, the hands of the clock go round and round, round and round, round and round....
groundhog day II: the time strike back
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz can someone wake me up because i think my morris day alarm clock is broken?
holding something together that is falling apart
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On the 29th of July the 'Morris Day & the Time' will be at BB Kings in NYC/Times Square for 2 shows that night. When  go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all  up in the house but when log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming! | |
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I truly can't be bothered anymore. They really suck ass at communicating shit with their fans. | |
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It would be nice if they could just be honest and give us some straight talk.Let us know when and if the new CD is being released. | |
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All that hoopla, then nothing.
my dream deserves a bigger audience....
i had a dream that is was judgement day and prince was being pursued a cyberdyne systems model 101 terminator. it had been sent back to 1999 by morris day to terminate prince and his contractual obligations with warner brother records.
once prince has been terminated all rights to THE TIME would belong to morris day. pure genius!
the terminator finds prince at a warner brothers party being held for mo ostin. roger troutman and zapp are the entertainment. prince is about to be terminated when roger launches into "more bounce for the ounce". however the sound of roger's vocoder messes with the circuits in the terminator's microprocessor...which makes the terminator think he is a jehovah witness.
the terminator drops his uzi 9mm then picks up prince "chuck huntsberry" style and takes him into a small recording studio where they spend the night putting down basic tracks for "the rainbow children" album and the as yet unreleased track "i'll be back" (you can find the "hasta la vista baby extended club mix" bootleg on youtube).
with his plan foiled morris day ended up sending himself up on "new attitude" and roger troutman embraced the relationship between his vocoder and new technology by releasing the classic "computer love".
that as the old saying goes is showbusiness.
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We will hanging with The Time here in Connecticut Satruday night at the Mohegan Sun casino. Be sure to ask the fellas the latest .
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Tell the fellas and my man Arlington I said hi. I haven't seen them in awhile!!! | |
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no dont hold your breathe | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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7pm CST (Minneapolis time) came and went & guess what? Nothing? Not a bean!
Whoever runs that site is full of it. I'm bored of this conversation now & have nothing else to say on the matter.
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I'm with u 100% on this one....The TIME .....BORING TIMES......pffffffffffff!!
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Saw Morris and SOME of the boys last night at BB Kings. They played two sets one at 8 PM and the second at 10:30. I was at the 10:30 show. The perfromance was just over 60 mins with a decent energy for such a small stage. Frankly, the Time's sound, energy and Morris' still salacious ego were all too big for the venue. BB's is a decent place don't get me wrong but I expected a little more both sound & authenticity-wise.
They opened with COOL, which briefly brought me back to Prince's shows in MSG and NJ Dec/Feb. I did not keep a set list but of course 777-9311 sounded pretty good, Lonely Gigolo, The Bird (got everyone moving), Get it up, Pandemonium, Jerk-out (sounded tight) and only one encore with of course Jungle Love. They also did Morris' solo hit Fishnet. I was hoping for some covers maybe even a Prince one but I must have been delusional.
The show was way too quick and my biggest disapointemnt was the lack of original members. NO Jimmy or Terry, No Jesse, No Jerome which I really wanted to see "Tricky". At first, I thought wow Jerome's really put on weight but it was his "replacement" Sylvester somebody... who told me after the show he fillis in for Jerome when he can't make it. He was a very nice guy and did his best to mirror (pun intended) Mr. Benton. I was really pumped to see everyone like they did back in the Flamingo Hotel, Vegas and felt a bit cheated.
Overall, Morris still has his voice and distict showmanship. He still put's it accross pretty well white topcoat, shoes and all. I would definitely see them agian but would hope for the full cast. Kudos to Monte Moir and Jellybean they definitely showed and provided some Timely Funk. Happy 30th Anniversary guys.
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The Time is full of crap. They got nothing new coming. All hype. Im done with them as far as following them for anything new | |
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Hung out with The Time last night in Connecticut. Great show. More later on the stage specifics.
Yes, the new album is legit. Sooner than later. Hold on to your wigs.
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