B4 the 80's they were a really good group who was also related to the infamous Millie Jacson, I think the pointer sisters are most definetly a underrated group.....

DigitalLisa3000 said:

The only cd of theirs that I own is Breakout and it's a great 80's new wave album. "Automatic" is probably my favorite song by them but that entire album is good accept for "i'm so excited" which I can't stand.

dancerella said:

I have that on tape...I think it's the only one that had the most hits. They shoulda never deuted with Bruce WIllis

superspaceboy said:

They deuted with Bruce Willis? No wonder it's over for them. I have a 3-CD set that that there stuff as a trio (mostly the high energy eighties stuff, and probably contains the full "Breakout" CD with some 12" mixes) and I like them. Awesome vocals. They could probably sing the phonebook. Too bad the last few (maybe more than a few) years have been full of so much drama, with one of them (I think June) having major drug problems and getting kicked out.

VinnyM27 said:

Didn't she pose for Playboy also?

VinnyM27 said:

Well one of them did...what was that shitty song again? Came out round the same time that shitty Eddie Murphy song came out.

"I'm so excited!!!" and "Yes" (off of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack) are great songs. I also like "(I need a man with a) Slow Hand", and there was another one too...???

You guys must be kinda young if you only associate The Pointers with the Eddie Murphy 80's stuff.... most of the good stuff was in the 70's

superspaceboy said:

I think they all attempted solo careers (and some solo singles appear on that 3-disc set) but nothing stuck out as that terrible. Also, I had no idea that any of the Pointers posed fo "Playboy".

missfee said:

There was a whole lot of hits they had in the eighties (they had a decent number in the seventies as well). "Jump", "Dare Me", "Goldmine", "How Long (Betcha' Gotta Chick On the Side)", "Neutron Dance", "Fire", "He's So Shy", "Yes We Can Can", "American Music"...a lot of hits...

VinnyM27 said:

If you can ever find a copy of 'Playboy's Entertaining Women' newsstand special from 1985, you can see June Pointer's pix along with Vanity's (pre-boob job).

sextonseven said:

I assume June did this before their big eighties success? Was it an artsy thing? If not, what was she thinking?

VinnyM27 said:

If the 1985 Playboy special was a collection of already published photos then it must have been before the 'Breakout' album.

I love some Pointer Sisters:

Yes We Can Can
Betcha Got A Chick On The Side
Fire
He's So Shy
Slow Hand
Automatic
Jump (For My Love)
Baby Come And Get It
Neutron Dance

....and Bonnie Pointer's "Heaven Must Have Sent You"
[Edited 4/11/05 23:50pm]

"No way to control it
it's totally Automatic
whenever you're around
I'm walking blindfolded
completely Automatic
all of my systems are down,down,down"

oh god how could I had forgotten about "Jump" and "he's so shy"...

For the record, the Bruce Willis song the Pointers sang backup on was called "Respect Yourself."


They were great and have a lot of great songs in the catalogue. I saw them a few years ago in a touring company performance of "Fats Waller's 'Aint Misbehavin.'" It was a good show, although it is hard to hear/see that show and not think of Nell Carter. (I digress...)

DavidEye said:

12 inch rules.

They'd kill Sister Sledge in a fistfight too.

vainandy said:

yep!!

you know,I'm gonna have to get me another Pointer Sisters compilation.The one I have is good,but it only features their 80s hits and it stops in 1985.It does include the 1979 hit "Fire",however.I need a set with more 70s stuff and a few of their 80s hits that came after 1985,such as "Twist My Arm" and "Goldmine".

Any suggestions?

The one I have doesn't have any of the 1970s hits except for "Fire". What I love about it is it includes some 12 Inch versions. It's called "Greatest Hits" and here is the track list (since it doesn't list which ones are 12 Inches, I will include the minutes):

Jump (For My Love) 6:24
Neutron Dance 4:59
Dare Me 6:16
Fire 3:27
Automatic 6:06
I'm So Excited 5:41
He's So Shy 3:37
Slow Hand 3:54
I Need You 5:51
If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady 6:09
Freedom 6:21
American Music 3:58
Baby Come And Get It 7:14

missfee said:

"Yes" was actually done by Mary Clayton

As 4 the Pointer Sisters, the word "Underrated" always seems 2 come 2 mind. I've always enjoyed them.

DavidEye said:

Without a doubt, this is what you need.

It's a 3-CD set titled "Legendary" and the price is amazing! $13.90 at CDuniverse....And it's an import!

It's all the RCA (or MCA, whatever....) stuff, so that's "Goldmine", "Twist My Arm" and more! 50 tracks (including some nice 12" mixes). Sadly, none of their early stuff but you can get that somewhere else.

1. Fire
2. Dirty Work
3. Everybody Is A Star
4. Happiness
5. (She's Got) The Fever
6. Dreaming As One
7. Could I Be Dreamin'
8. He's So Shy
9. LOVE TOO GOOD TO LAST, The
10. Should I Do It
11. Slow Hand
12. Someday We'll Be Together
13. Sweet Lover Man
14. What A Surprise
15. Got To Find Love
16. Heart To Heart
17. I Feel For You
18. Heart Beat
19. See How The Love Goes
20. American Music
21. Automatic
22. Baby, Come And Get It
23. Easy Persuasion
24. I Need You
25. Jump (For My Love)
26. Neutron Dance
27. Telegraph Your Love
28. I'm So Excited
29. Dance Electric
30. Operator
31. I'm Ready For Love
32. Twist My Arm
33. Hey You
34. Pound Pound Pound
35. Freedom
36. Dare Me
37. Burn Down The Night
38. Back In My Arms
39. Bodies And Souls
40. Contact
41. Goldmine
42. Overnight Success
43. I'm In Love
44. Moonlight Dancing
45. I Will Be There
46. Automatic [12- Extended Mix]
47. Dare Me [12- Extended Mix]
48. I'm So Excited [12- Extended Mix]
49. Jump (For My Love) [12- Extended Mix]
50. Neutron Dance [12- Extended Mix]

You'll notice a Prince cover in there...No, not "Dance Electric" (it's a different song) but "I Feel For You", probably done right after Prince's verison and very similar to his.
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DavidEye said:

I thought that was DeBarge?

Tom said:

Definitely...



...The Pointer Sisters - Break Out


Automatic

Look what you've done to me
I'm utterly at your whim
All of my defenses down

Your camera looks through me
With its x-ray vision
And all systems run aground

All I can manage to push from my lips
Is a scream of absurdity
Every word I intended to speak
Winds up locked in a circuitry


No way to control it
It's totally automatic
Whenever you're around
I'm walking blindfolded
Completely automatic
All of my systems are down, down, down, down



tA

Tribal Disorder

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

theAudience said:

I'm listening to my Pointers CD tonight while finishing up my lesson!

There's a great song of theirs called "Movin' On" that has a great keyboard riff and cool lyrics. I've only seen it on '45, though...

my lord..a first..ive never gotten chills reading a thread till this one...i had never realized how many hits this ladies had...they really deserve much more respect then the entertainment industry gives them....CLASS!! (well, except for that whole June Pointer smoking crack outside in front of a cop incident...such a shame)..


at anyrate....help me here folks.....what song goes, "he turns me..tur tur tur tur tur turn me..he turns me around"...i think it was from Action Jackson?

sosgemini said:

"He Turned Me Out" from the Action Jackson soundtrack. I have it for the Vanity/Jesse Johnson tracks.

VinnyM27 said:

Anything we should learn?

tA

Tribal Disorder

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