is Last $500 Gambled on a Sexy Tape, Princely Georgio Allentini Signs on to Make Millions with Motown

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This Aly James guy has them all beat . lol

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Reply #91 posted 01/17/15 2:27pm

terrig	Averett said: I submit for your consideration: https://www.youtube.com/w...8I58EtRMNk OMG - I forgot how funny this video can be [Edited 1/15/15 21:13pm] OMG i remember thiis lolololol
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Reply #92 posted 01/17/15 2:44pm

This article about Georgio is too hilarious for words.

is Last $500 Gambled on a Sexy Tape, Princely Georgio Allentini Signs on to Make Millions with Motown

When Georgio Allentini, 22, approached station KJLH in Los Angeles on amateur Music Day last October, the staff knew right away he was unusual. Georgio, as he bills himself, didn't even have the normal demo record to push. All he had was a cassette of a song he'd written in one day and then taped with his last $500, not only doing the singing but the instrumentals. "Highly unusual," notes KJLH disc jockey Frankie Ross. But, recalls music director Licia Torres, who listens to about 20 amateur entries every weekly Music Day, "The first time I heard the song, I knew it was going to be hot. There was no doubt it was going to be a hit." The station aired Georgio's funky Sexappeal, and, says KJLH program director Cliff Winston, "Our phone lines lighted up. Everyone wanted to know where to get the new Prince record. He does sound like Prince—but he has his own style. And whatever it is, it's working."

Sure is. After his radio debut Georgio hastily cut a record of Sexappeal for Macola, a distribution label, and it sold 9,000 copies in just four days. Macola, in turn, sold the album rights to Motown Creative Division President Russ Regan. After one listen, Regan signed the unknown to a seven-year, multi-record contract that he and Georgio say is worth "something like" $6.9 million.

That is a very good yield on your last 500 bucks.

Georgio, who grew up in San Francisco as the son of a Navy petty officer and a Macy's saleswoman, is immodest about all of this. He has single-handedly produced for Motown an album of new compositions on which he sings and plays—thanks to the miracle of dubbing—keyboard, guitar, bass and drums. "It's going to sell one billion copies," he says of the recently released album. "If Motown promotes me the way CBS promoted Michael Jackson, I'll be great. I have everything he has—and more."

Already Georgio has let success un-cramp his recently simple style. He has moved from the bachelor digs he shared with two cousins to a new three-bedroom L.A. house complete with pool, Jacuzzi and huge stereo system. And instead of bumming around town in buses or friends' cars, he has treated himself to a snazzy Porsche Carrera Turbo. Still, he says, "I don't want to spend all my time driving around enjoying the weather instead of taking care of business." Maybe he should try it, while there's still time.

Full link from People June 29 1987 - http://www.people.com/peo...34,00.html

I even suspect his real name is not even Georgio Allentini, but probablyplain old George Allen.

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Reply #93 posted 01/17/15 3:37pm

earl01	has anyone forgot about the group, Dream Boy and the song entitled, "I promise"? you can find it on youtube, I'm still new to this touch screen phone and I cannot paste it.
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Reply #94 posted 01/17/15 4:45pm

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Stayce and Kimiko's Wait for Me. This song had a bit of Prince, Jam and Lewis, and Gap Band going on.

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Reply #95 posted 01/17/15 4:46pm

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RFTW stole from Dreamboy IMO
Both were from Flint where that MPLS thing was huge in the 80's.
Detroit as well...
No surprise bands from there were doing that mpls thing
It was like the Beatles or Stones to those young dudes wanting to be in a band back then.

minor keys and drugs don't make a rollerskate jam

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Reply #96 posted 01/17/15 4:49pm

SoulAlive	I have Dreamboy's first album.Love the song "Walk The Streets"
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Reply #97 posted 01/17/15 4:54pm

SoulAlive	"69" by JAK
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Reply #98 posted 01/17/15 5:37pm

Adorecream	SoulAlive said: "69" by JAK That was just painful, the falsetto was just all wrong . Meanwhile a true classic Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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Reply #99 posted 01/17/15 5:41pm

Some more of Dezzraye and the band

Some juicy bass and an extended funk mix, a 12 inch exists of it. This has a cool Time and Jam n Lewis feel.

The great jam with the Silky hair line. It has a more harmony type feel and smooth romantic feel. The line is delivered with a simmering Morris Day type falsetto. I am now sure this brother Dezzraye or what ever his name was wanted to be Morris and Prince cool

Another funk jam for you all, this one also has pictures of the group in the video.

It has a I wanna be your lover feel to it as well.

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Reply #100 posted 01/17/15 6:43pm

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The more I dig into this guys schtick, the more intrigued I become lol

Yasuyuki Okamura

"He's also known in some places for having a strong resemblance to Prince around the time his second album DATE debuted, including strongly sexual performances and lyrics, Purple Rain-esque suit and cravats, and high "owwww!" shrieks. He has cited "Purple Rain" singer Prince as a primary influence." eek

This video gives me a sense of what it would have looked like it Prince ever embraced voguing. The video also screams GB - Tick, Tick, Bang about a minute into it:

A comfort level wearing purple while playing guitar? Check!!!

https://www.youtube.com/w...VAeVmfv3mk

This track musically seems very inspired by Prince:

https://www.youtube.com/w...tCZgbkpulg

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Reply #101 posted 01/17/15 7:29pm

SoulAlive	Exactly these guys were trying too hard,lol Adorecream said: SoulAlive said: "69" by JAK That was just painful, the falsetto was just all wrong
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Reply #102 posted 01/17/15 8:11pm

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JoshuaWho said:

tangerine7 said:

Yes. Prince and The Time 'Rip-Off' Some ppl argue you can hear The Jacksons in there.. I said No right away but after listening times over and waiting later and listening I say 'maybe" I hear The Time the most with a mix of a few different Prince songs 80's era also James Brown

I really love George Michael. Although I've gotta admit when I hear and watch "I Want Your Sex" I am sure that he was influenced by Prince. It's obvious.

It's a good thing for some songs that's out there. The two I've quoted here are no where near the worst! I think Mark Ronson - Bruno Mars and George Michael were inspired by Prince ...The Time ( The Minneapolis Sound) I also think George Michael was just truly inspired and out came IWYS

Prince changed the Game it really was a Sign O' The Times

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

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I think there is a fine line between being heavily influenced and just flat ou riipping off Prince. THe Deele didnt rip hi off. They had some musical merits of their own and did have their own sound - albeit similar to Prince's. ON the other hand, Ready For The WOrld ripped Prince off to the greatest effect - as stated earlier, they were not on the map until they manage to make people think they were Prince when they released the classic Oh Sheilla. Proof that they werw a rip off is that they turned into a New Jack Swing/Hip Hop group when the Mpls craze died down and rap emerged.

I agree with you.. You seem to understand what I was saying in my post. I would have gave Ready For The World credit *if* they'd not jumped on another 'band wagon' with new jack & Rap/hip-hop back then.. atleast one can tell who were the real posers and who were genuinely inspired by Prince and (The Minneapolis Sound)

( I quoted an org users post that somehow ended up in all bold, IDK how it ended up all bold without the usersname in the quote, I must've hit something in the html section of the reply box, sry. about that, the original post in on Page #1 of this thread topic.)

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Reply #103 posted 01/17/15 8:14pm

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Phil Collins demo for Sussudio which sounds even more like 1999 than the finshed song.

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Reply #104 posted 01/17/15 8:55pm

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kape said:
Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars...Even the title is a wee bit Princey. 'Uptown Funk'its called.

I don't know about that one, it does seem liek a Time tribute based on the video but can't think of a song it sounds similar too.

Now Justin Timberlake's 'Untill the End of Time' has Prince written all over it. Oh andD'angelo's '(Untitled)' to the point I could swear Prince was singing back up on the song.

http://PrincePodcast.com

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Reply #105 posted 01/17/15 9:41pm

antpooh said:

kape said:
Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars...Even the title is a wee bit Princey. 'Uptown Funk'its called.

I don't know about that one, it does seem liek a Time tribute based on the video but can't think of a song it sounds similar too.

Now Justin Timberlake's 'Untill the End of Time' has Prince written all over it. Oh andD'angelo's '(Untitled)' to the point I could swear Prince was singing back up on the song.

You guys have got to do this as a future Podcast - Prince soundalikes, I would love to hear Bigsexy review the Exotic Storm, Jak and Georgio albums.

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Reply #106 posted 01/17/15 10:05pm

antpooh	lrn36 said: I always thought B52s Legal Tender sounded like When You Were Mine Good lord if that Laurnea's 'Infatuation' doesn't sound directly out of the Prince vault. Good job. http://PrincePodcast.com
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Reply #107 posted 01/18/15 1:27am

Freek99999	This could turn into a 3 cd set. (wonder if I'll listen to it often, but compiling it i fun). I'm gonna call it "Copycats Are Alive (And They Take From MPLS)" One exception I think: it was Prince who was inspired by new wave (like The B52's) with When You Were Mine, not the other way around.
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Reply #108 posted 01/18/15 4:13am

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JoshuaWho said:

It was the new wave era. Music was not homogenized as it is today. Black artists would actually play real instruments and do somethig other than rap. I have all these records because I still miss it.

Amen to that.

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Reply #109 posted 01/18/15 1:34pm

Adorecream	Freek99999 said: This could turn into a 3 cd set. (wonder if I'll listen to it often, but compiling it i fun). I'm gonna call it "Copycats Are Alive (And They Take From MPLS)" One exception I think: it was Prince who was inspired by new wave (like The B52's) with When You Were Mine, not the other way around. Tracklist??? Please. Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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Reply #110 posted 01/18/15 1:39pm

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Averett said:

The more I dig into this guys schtick, the more intrigued I become

Yasuyuki Okamura

"He's also known in some places for having a strong resemblance to Prince around the time his second album DATE debuted, including strongly sexual performances and lyrics, Purple Rain-esque suit and cravats, and high "owwww!" shrieks. He has cited "Purple Rain" singer Prince as a primary influence."

This video gives me a sense of what it would have looked like it Prince ever embraced voguing. The video also screams GB - Tick, Tick, Bang about a minute into it:

https://www.youtube.com/w...dZ7Eg3i1LY

A comfort level wearing purple while playing guitar? Check!!!

https://www.youtube.com/w...VAeVmfv3mk

This track musically seems very inspired by Prince:

https://www.youtube.com/w...tCZgbkpulg

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omfg I'm laughing so hard in the first video they're pretty much singing the 'yeah yeah yeah' part of alphabet st in Japanese! 'Hai, Hai,hai'

The guy does look a lot like P in some ways. Freaky! I'm gonna delve into this guy and see what else he's done pahaha

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Reply #111 posted 01/18/15 2:58pm

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Wow - I swear a hear a snippet of a Prince track at the 2:09 mark eek I wish I could readily recall the track it reminds me of.

3:18 - someone seems to be trying to get their inner Prince working hmmm

He sure uses horns to accent this track kinda like someone we know...

More info from the web:

"He's known as Japan's number one singer-songwriter-dancer-producer. He's famous for once being the Prince of Japan and for his 2011 regenesis. European fans know him for the ending theme of City Hunter season two. No matter what face you see of him, his name is still Yasuyuki Okamura."

Oh by the way, he's also known by his symbol lol

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Reply #112 posted 01/18/15 3:22pm

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JoshuaWho said:

One of the most overlooked Prince clone albums. He is from my hometown - I used to see him in the local mall shoppig at Merry Go Roound around the tie he released this.

This is a pretty good album actually, thanks for the recommendation, never seen it mentioned in similar threads before smile

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Reply #113 posted 01/18/15 3:29pm

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The Bar-Kays 1985 Bangin' The Walls LP is very Princely to the point of plagerism in parts, they're all over Cameo and Rick James too but I think that's par for the course for them, they're still a great band.

-- Crazy You?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPEApc1k4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpOFJj_avo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-bW6NF684

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Reply #114 posted 01/18/15 3:32pm

laurarichardso n	SoulAlive said: also,in 1985,there was a band called Exotic Storm.I've never heard their record,but I read a very negative review that said it was truly a Prince rip-off.... These guys were actual cast offs. They all had tried to get on other Prince side projects and were rejected so they decided to form their own group (LOL)
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Reply #115 posted 01/18/15 3:35pm

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JoshuaWho said:

I am old enough to remember the early 80s and how everyone was ripping off Prince and the Minneapolis Sound.

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And yet this thread hasn't even got more than a dozen examples, most of them utterly obscure.

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"Everyone" my ass.

If you were not into the American RnB scene at the time you have no clue on this topic but I know that will not stop you adding noting to the conversation.

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Reply #116 posted 01/18/15 4:52pm

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Didn't Bootsy admit that his record company pushed him to do the Prince influence Body Slam?

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Reply #117 posted 01/18/15 5:01pm

laurarichardson said:

SoulAlive said:

also,in 1985,there was a band called Exotic Storm.I've never heard their record,but I read a very negative review that said it was truly a Prince rip-off....

These guys were actual cast offs. They all had tried to get on other Prince side projects and were rejected so they decided to form their own group (LOL)

Evidence please? As far as I know, they were from Racine Wisconsin and only heard of the Minneapolis sound, deciding to make a sound a like album based on it.

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Reply #118 posted 01/18/15 5:12pm

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NouveauDance said:

The Bar-Kays 1985 Bangin' The Walls LP is very Princely to the point of plagerism in parts, they're all over Cameo and Rick James too but I think that's par for the course for them, they're still a great band.

-- Crazy You?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPEApc1k4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpOFJj_avo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-bW6NF684

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Fuck, I just had my memory jogged by the internet and now I remember that most of the guys in the Bar Kays died in the plane crash that killed Otis Redding, that makes this version in the 80s even weirder.

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