Any Loose Ends lovers out there?

I miss this group. I was saddened when they broke up in the earlier 90's. Some of my favorite songs are:

Hangin' On A String
Slow Down
Stay A Little While, Child
Watching You
You Can't Stop the Rain
Mr. Bachelor
I Can't Wait (Another Minute)

You Got Me Hangin' On A String

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

I used to like Loose Ends too. "Hangin on a String" was my jam.

I loved them Too! My favorite CD is out of print "therealchuckieboo"
Mr.Bacholar just gotta have it all is a classic!
And the A little spice!

Mr. Bachelor was the jam!!!!!

Snake said:

I love Mr. Bachelor. I am going to search high and low for 'therealchuckieboo.' Did they put out a 'best of' cd?

PurpleCharm said:

It's only available as an import from the UK:

The Best of Loose Ends
EMI Records

1. Hangin On A String
2. Magic Touch
3. Dont Be A Fool
4. Slow Down
5. Emergency (Dial 999)
6. Tell Me What You Want
7. Choose Me
8. Golden Years
9. Mr Bachelor
10. Nights Of Pleasure
11. Stay A Little While Child
12. Loves Got Me
13. Ooh You Make Me Feel
14. Watching You
15. Cheap Talk

unfortunately no "You Can't Stop the Rain"
[This message was edited Sat Aug 14 22:25:19 2004 by psykosoul]

psykosoul said:

Cool

And yeah, that's a bummer that it doesn't include 'You Can't Stop the Rain.'
[This message was edited Sat Aug 14 22:58:43 2004 by PurpleCharm]

I love the original lineup...I didn't care for the new line up who released "Don't Be A Fool"...this lineup and track didn't compare to the original...why did they break up????? I wonder if the two that left the group ever released solo projects overseas...they made great music.

someone said to me one day that they thought Loose Ends was the beginning of Neo soul.... ...anyway...



I LOVED THEM!!!!

yep, great band loved their early stuff more

No one mentioned 2 of my Loose End favorites:


Choose me - "if im layin in the ghetto, come and rescue me.."

and Tell me What U Want - " aint psychic i cant read ur muuiiinnndd, oh baby.." with that cool ass guitar solo.


Yes of course "Hangin On A String (Contemplating)"


Slow Down
"Stay A Little While Child" - in which Mariah did a nice version of (without the rappers of course).

psychodelicide said:

Mine too

Don't forget " you Can't Stop the Rain" THat was my joint.

PurpleCharm said:

Heck yeah! I love them! I LOVE "Hangin' on a String" and Mr. Bachelor." Oh, and can't forget "Gonna Make You Mine." I almost forgot, but I saw them perform years ago. Definitely one of my all time favorite groups.

when im layin in the ghe-to
(come and rescue me)
when im down and out
(come n rescue me)
when im layin in the ghe-to
(come and rescue me)
oooh will u be around?
(come and rescue me)
ya better come choose...

(Choose me baby dont loose me!)



oh god..lookin 4 that rekid now!

I LOVE this group! They were a big musical influence on me back in the day! A little-known piece of trivia: Loose Ends wrote and played on many of the tracks on Five Star's debut album.

One of my favorite tracks of theirs, "Gonna Make You Mine", has not yet been mentioned in this thread. It was a bonus track on a UK release of Zagora, and was the b-side of the "Stay A Little While Child" 12-inch.

todd305 said:

todd305 said:

Eh-hem! See my previous post.

I love Loose Ends! Listening to them right now, as a matter of fact (Slow Down). I get annoyed that Soul II Soul gets so much credit for "creating" the sound of UK soul (what they created was that damn drum beat that wouldn't go away), when Loose Ends and even groups like Five Star were doing the same thing years before.

Loose Ends is one of those classic groups that reminds us of how beautiful music is.With
arrangements that show what you can do with instruments, Jane's voice and the words.In
1992 they released "Tighten Up. Vol 1." witch is pretty much a remix album with three
new tracks at that time, one of my favorites being "Don't Worry" there is also a Gang Starr
remix of "A Little Spice" that shows the respect that Guru and D.J.Premier have for the music.
The release comes with a 16 page booklet that talks about each piece, what the group
was going through at that time and why they broke up.In 1998 Pete Rock released "Soul Survivor" where he got with both Jane and Carl to do "Take Your Time" witch in my opinion
became an istant classic, it's a nice piece of candy for anyone who's been touched by their
music. "Music Takes Me Higher","Time Is Ticking", "Hold Tight","Symptoms Of Love",
"I Can't Wait Another Minute","You Can't Stop The Rain" and ofcourse all the other pieces
that have been spoken about will remain timeless.

"As grains of sand pass from hand to hand,I watch time stand still I'm just one man that's
out for all,so all should b for one"~Pete Rock

"gonna make you mine" was one of my favorite all time jams by them. While I love the original group the best I did love sunny's vocals on Love Controversy (was that the name of it) and Hold Tight. To this day I am still looking for Gonna Make You Mine

Didn't they have one song called "Let's Get Back To Love"? That's the one I remember listening to as a child.

NWF said:

Yep..I thinks it was on the Zagora album.

UptownDeb said:

Sorry 'bout that Deb! Missed your name-check on that one; good lookin' out! For those who are looking for it, I was actually able to find "Gonna Make You Mine" on mp3 using one of the file-sharing protocols back in the day.

Rhondab said:

I can understand why they would say that (although they're terribly wrong).

sidebar: I saw LE in ATL about 2 years ago and they were smokin'!!!!!

Ohmigod! Ohmigod! A Loose Ends thread! You guys are awesome.

Mr. Bachelor is not only my favorite Loose Ends track but it si also one of my absolute favorite songs, period. The bass is killer!!!

Gonna do a Loose Ends search here, see what songs I can dig up.

Brownie points for "Hangin' On A String."

JANFAN4L said:

I just saw that video for the first time the other day on VH1 Classic.