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Thread started 04/09/20 10:30am

Poplife88

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Jill Jones - Violet Blue

I think we all can agree that her album is one of the best "protege" albums and wish it did better commercially. Bad timing and no marketing put this one to bed before it had a chance.

However I just wanted to call out this gem of a song. Lyrics, voice, music, and sensuousness...its a slice of perfect purple pop imo. It doesn't age.

Anyone agree? Or something else from this album?

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Reply #1 posted 04/09/20 2:30pm

woogiebear

Poplife88 said:

I think we all can agree that her album is one of the best "protege" albums and wish it did better commercially. Bad timing and no marketing put this one to bed before it had a chance.

However I just wanted to call out this gem of a song. Lyrics, voice, music, and sensuousness...its a slice of perfect purple pop imo. It doesn't age.

Anyone agree? Or something else from this album?

I just wish the Album had been released in 84 or 85! Definitely one oif the BEST Protege' Albums! And when that Bass Linekicks in on "Violet Blue"?? NASSY!!! cool cool cool

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Reply #2 posted 04/09/20 7:04pm

JoeyCococo

woogiebear said:



Poplife88 said:


I think we all can agree that her album is one of the best "protege" albums and wish it did better commercially. Bad timing and no marketing put this one to bed before it had a chance.



However I just wanted to call out this gem of a song. Lyrics, voice, music, and sensuousness...its a slice of perfect purple pop imo. It doesn't age.



Anyone agree? Or something else from this album?



I just wish the Album had been released in 84 or 85! Definitely one oif the BEST Protege' Albums! And when that Bass Linekicks in on "Violet Blue"?? NASSY!!! cool cool cool




ABSOLUTELY...what an album and what a song. I hope they remaster this. His version of Baby You're A Trip sounds so good...ibhave lots of hope of how this may sound
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Reply #3 posted 04/18/20 7:25pm

bsprout

agree...I love this song, and Jill Jones' voice.

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Reply #4 posted 04/21/20 7:19am

lastdecember

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There was too much going on in 84-85 for him to even focus on it or for her to have a place, with the Time and Apollonia 6 plus Shelia E, it was too much plus She wasn't doing music in Purple Rain had she been a focus or had her own group in that movie then I think you could make the case for a release then but in all the traffic of that releasing it in 84-85 would have gotten it lost quicker.


"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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