Yeah not feeling it! I assumed that this would be a knock out of a song but it does not please my ears at all.

Vanity's vocals aren't very good,but that groove is excellent! the song has that "Minneapolis sound"....very funky.

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

this one of my favorites on that album.

her Wild Animal album needed more grooves like this! It needed more funk.

luxegolightly said:

SoulAlive said:

This is probably my favorite Vanity song, I love her vocals & the French vamps kills me

BEAUGARDE said:

Mechanical Emotion has always been the jam. Period.

"Mechanical Emotion" featuring Morris Day

(written by Vanity)

I'm livin' through this surely yes,I do declare
when it gets to the heavy,I'll be dancing
all of a sudden,you appear
insatiable emotion in my mirror,hey!


(chorus #1)
You appear insatiable emotion
(your choreography has imagination)
baby,your poetry and motion
Ooh,you know I'm the best
(who might you be,what's your name?)
The Greatest!


You want to watch my thunderstorm
ya gotta see my poppin' corn
I participate,end of story
All of a sudden,you delay
numerical emotion in my middle,hey!


(chorus #2)
You delay my numerical emotion
baby don't count on devotion
Girl,let's give a rest
I gave more,you gave less



you're anything but ordinary
and I'm getting your attention hard
your body's shooting X-ray bullets
fire away,I'm unarmed
and all of a sudden,you push replay (replay)
mechanical emotions in my middle,hey!


(chorus #3)
You display mechanical emotion
(ahh you're in my symphony)
baby,in my orchestration
Oh,you keep me a wreck
(Fine! Why? Why? why? I love you anyway)
Baby,I'm sick of this mess



(spoken French part)

(solo chorus by Morris)

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orhcestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orchestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

"oh...you keep me a wreck"

JoeyC said:

SoulAlive said:

Vanity's vocals aren't very good,but that groove is excellent! the song has that "Minneapolis sound"....very funky.

SoulAlive said:

"Mechanical Emotion" featuring Morris Day

(written by Vanity)

I'm livin' through this surely yes,I do declare
when it gets to the heavy,I'll be dancing
all of a sudden,you appear
insatiable emotion in my mirror,hey!


(chorus #1)
You appear insatiable emotion
(your choreography has imagination)
baby,your poetry and motion
Ooh,you know I'm the best
(who might you be,what's your name?)
The Greatest!


You want to watch my thunderstorm
ya gotta see my poppin' corn
I participate,end of story
All of a sudden,you delay
numerical emotion in my middle,hey!


(chorus #2)
You delay my numerical emotion
baby don't count on devotion
Girl,let's give a rest
I gave more,you gave less



you're anything but ordinary
and I'm getting your attention hard
your body's shooting X-ray bullets
fire away,I'm unarmed
and all of a sudden,you push replay (replay)
mechanical emotions in my middle,hey!


(chorus #3)
You display mechanical emotion
(ahh you're in my symphony)
baby,in my orchestration
Oh,you keep me a wreck
(Fine! Why? Why? why? I love you anyway)
Baby,I'm sick of this mess



(spoken French part)

(solo chorus by Morris)

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orhcestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orchestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

Hell, I thought Morris was saying you keep me "erect". Everyone did back in the 80's. That's what started the rumor about them (in addition to that part in Purple Rain when Prince said, "Do you want him, or do you want me"?)

*See thread: Vanity and Morris Day

SoulAlive said:

her Wild Animal album needed more grooves like this! It needed more funk.

Yup, and I also notice too that this tune has that same 80's funky groove (synth and base) as acts like Al Hudson & One Way, Midnight Star, The Dazz Band ect.

PaisleyPrint said:

SoulAlive said:

"Mechanical Emotion" featuring Morris Day

(written by Vanity)

I'm livin' through this surely yes,I do declare
when it gets to the heavy,I'll be dancing
all of a sudden,you appear
insatiable emotion in my mirror,hey!


(chorus #1)
You appear insatiable emotion
(your choreography has imagination)
baby,your poetry and motion
Ooh,you know I'm the best
(who might you be,what's your name?)
The Greatest!


You want to watch my thunderstorm
ya gotta see my poppin' corn
I participate,end of story
All of a sudden,you delay
numerical emotion in my middle,hey!


(chorus #2)
You delay my numerical emotion
baby don't count on devotion
Girl,let's give a rest
I gave more,you gave less



you're anything but ordinary
and I'm getting your attention hard
your body's shooting X-ray bullets
fire away,I'm unarmed
and all of a sudden,you push replay (replay)
mechanical emotions in my middle,hey!


(chorus #3)
You display mechanical emotion
(ahh you're in my symphony)
baby,in my orchestration
Oh,you keep me a wreck
(Fine! Why? Why? why? I love you anyway)
Baby,I'm sick of this mess



(spoken French part)

(solo chorus by Morris)

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orhcestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

You display mechanical emotion
baby,in my orchestration
oh,you keep me a wreck
baby,I'm sick of this mess

Hell, I thought Morris was saying you keep me "erect". Everyone did back in the 80's. That's what started the rumor about them (in addition to that part in Purple Rain when Prince said, "Do you want him, or do you want me"?)

*See thread: Vanity and Morris Day

yeah....I think it's possible that he is saying the word "erect",but she or her record company didn't want to write that word in the lyric sheets,lol

PaisleyPrint said:

SoulAlive said:

her Wild Animal album needed more grooves like this! It needed more funk.

Yup, and I also notice too that this tune has that same 80's funky groove (synth and base) as acts like Al Hudson & One Way, Midnight Star, The Dazz Band ect.

yeah,it has that kickass 80s funk groove! Would have liked more grooves like this from her.

SoulAlive said:

PaisleyPrint said:

Hell, I thought Morris was saying you keep me "erect". Everyone did back in the 80's. That's what started the rumor about them (in addition to that part in Purple Rain when Prince said, "Do you want him, or do you want me"?)

*See thread: Vanity and Morris Day

yeah....I think it's possible that he is saying the word "erect",but she or her record company didn't want to write that word in the lyric sheets,lol

Exactly

SoulAlive said:

PaisleyPrint said:

Hell, I thought Morris was saying you keep me "erect". Everyone did back in the 80's. That's what started the rumor about them (in addition to that part in Purple Rain when Prince said, "Do you want him, or do you want me"?)

*See thread: Vanity and Morris Day

yeah....I think it's possible that he is saying the word "erect",but she or her record company didn't want to write that word in the lyric sheets,lol

Double post

[Edited 1/5/17 16:49pm]

SoulAlive said:

PaisleyPrint said:

Hell, I thought Morris was saying you keep me "erect". Everyone did back in the 80's. That's what started the rumor about them (in addition to that part in Purple Rain when Prince said, "Do you want him, or do you want me"?)

*See thread: Vanity and Morris Day

yeah....I think it's possible that he is saying the word "erect",but she or her record company didn't want to write that word in the lyric sheets,lol

I don't care what people say, her voice made the song more fun and I love her rapping in French!

Man, Motown so dropped the ball on this one. The song was receiving mad airplay on black radio. There was a music video filmed for it and then POOF! No promo for the song and the video was shelved. I just don't get it!!!

kitbradley said:

Man, Motown so dropped the ball on this one. The song was receiving mad airplay on black radio. There was a music video filmed for it and then POOF! No promo for the song and the video was shelved. I just don't get it!!!

yeah,they totally screwed up.No promo,no video....this song didn't stand a chance.

does anyone know why the video was shelved?

SoulAlive said:

does anyone know why the video was shelved?

It seems like someone would have leaked it onto youtube after all these years. I don't know. I think there was something going on behind the scenes with her and the folks at Motown. I mean, there is absolutely no excuse for her two albums not to have been released on CD or digitally by now. They reissue so many obscure artists/titels but tirelessly continue to pass over her work.

kitbradley said:

SoulAlive said:

does anyone know why the video was shelved?

It seems like someone would have leaked it onto youtube after all these years. I don't know. I think there was something going on behind the scenes with her and the folks at Motown. I mean, there is absolutely no excuse for her two albums not to have been released on CD or digitally by now. They reissue so many obscure artists/titels but tirelessly continue to pass over her work.

My guess is that Motown decided to stop promoting this album when the first single "Pretty Mess" didn't do as well as expected.They had big hopes for this album,but it didn't really become a massive seller.When she recorded her next album,Skin On Skin,Motown took more control.They supervised the recording of it,and even chose some of the songs.However,it wasn't any more successful than the previous album.Looking back,they probably don't think much of these albums,which may explain why they haven't reissued 'em.

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

It seems like someone would have leaked it onto youtube after all these years. I don't know. I think there was something going on behind the scenes with her and the folks at Motown. I mean, there is absolutely no excuse for her two albums not to have been released on CD or digitally by now. They reissue so many obscure artists/titels but tirelessly continue to pass over her work.

My guess is that Motown decided to stop promoting this album when the first single "Pretty Mess" didn't do as well as expected.They had big hopes for this album,but it didn't really become a massive seller.When she recorded her next album,Skin On Skin,Motown took more control.They supervised the recording of it,and even chose some of the songs.However,it wasn't any more successful than the previous album.Looking back,they probably don't think much of these albums,which may explain why they haven't reissued 'em.

I've always wondered what happened to the video as well. She even had a director set to shoot a video for "Wild Animal" as well! I wonder what happened.

And then with Skin On Skin, it was doing really well, yet she only had one video for "Under The Influence" which was kinda a big deal for her on the charts. No one really cares for Animals, but I've always liked the songs, and Billboard always had nice things to say about it whenever they reviewed it.

But isn't it crazy how if the albums never lived up to the hype of what the label expected, Vanity was everywhere.