RipHer2Shreds said:

Yeah, Eurthymics stuff is great, but I find Annie Lennox solo very boring.

I have to say NU SHOOZ, I CAN'T WAIT and POINT OF NO RETURN were great.

Anybody like CATCH ME I'M FALLING by PRETTY POISON?


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sextonseven said:

See, I understand what you're saying. It's just that I don't see alot of difference between the two, except that Eurythmics have a more rock sound because of Dave Stewart's guitar.

To me, that's the only difference. She wrote Eurythmics lyrics, and her solo stuff could be Eurythmics songs. So I don't get how you could like one and not the other.

But since this is a Nu Shooz vs. T'Pau thing, I'll let it go before Anx bitch-slaps me for jacking his thread.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

That's another non-NY/non-Miami freestyle track (from Los Angeles I believe). I used to have the album because of the Andre Cymone tracks, but eventually sold it and kept only the 'Catch Me (I'm Falling)" 12".

Xagain said:

You already answered your own question. I'm not going to like a record for lyrics alone. There has to be music behind it that appeals to me. That bland AAA style of Annie Lennox solo is not to my liking.

"legendnary" none of them

Xagain said:

You really think there's no difference between her solo work and songs like Who's That Girl, Here Comes the Rain Again, Sweet Dreams, etc.? Some similarities lyrically, sure. But entirely different sound.

RipHer2Shreds said:

SOME difference, obviously, because of Stewart's input. But the lyrics, the melancholy mood, the points of the songs, are the same. Maybe you've only heard the Lennox songs that hit the radio, but have you heard "Bare?" It's a break-up album, full of all the biting cynicism of Eurythmics stuff. Songs like "Bitter Pill," "Loneliness," and "Erased" stand up against any Eurythmics stuff.

Anyway, my point was not that there was NO difference, only that there isn't enough of a difference to like one and dislike the other. It's all good.

theAudience said:

TA Baby, you're killing me with the Mars Blackman image from She's Gotta Have It.

Xagain said:

Apparently there is enough of a difference for at least two of us.

sextonseven said:

i don't enjoy saying this, but i kind of agree.

i LOVE LOVE LOVE diva, though i do think it's a far more adult-contemporary oriented album than eurythmics' stuff - still and all, it was full of the drama and mood that i'd always expected from annie.

the albums after diva, though, just feel thin. like there's something really integral to what she used to be so good at, that just isn't there anymore.

medusa feels phoned-in to me, though i've warmed up to it JUST A LITTLE over the years.

bare, well - i understand and respect what a personal album it is to her, but it really doesn't touch me very much at all. it just isn't very catchy or intense or memorable in any way to me. it's no fault of her voice - she still sounds gorgeous - it's just the songwriting that i find dull.

kpowers said:

they're epochal!

Hotlegs said:

Mars Blackmon is the man...



..."Please baby, please baby, please baby, baby baby please!"


tA

Tribal Disorder

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

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

There was a freestyle comp (not sure if that song is considered "freestyle" either) that I wanted to order with that song but it went out of print....

theAudience said:

TA Baby, this cat was one of the most hilarious characters in that movie and I am glad that you found some additional images. You read my mind TA!

Parts of Nu Shooz second album "Told U So""we're recorded in Paisley Park; even Maceo PArker played on that album. I have it on L.P.

daydreamer said:

True.

Anxiety said:

You're breakin' my heart.

"Bare" chills me to the bone, with some of the most perfect arrangements I've ever heard. The voices weaving in and out of each other in "Honesty." The eruption in the middle of "Pavement Cracks." The build-up in "Loneliness." And the songwriting?

Sorry, I know this is an homage to Nu Shooz. Just Annie's a sensitive subject.

SpareSenik said:

Nu Shooz' "I Can't Wait" was a #3 hit in the U.S. in 1986. I'm not sure how well it did in your country.

I just bought Nu Shooz "Greatest Hits"...well, sort of. It's a CD called "Dance Traxx, Volume 2" that features dance hits from Atlantic Records from 1986 or 87. It has both the mentioned hits in extended verisons along with everyone's favorite Stacey Q (two of her hits, "Two of Hearts" and "We Connect") and Regina's "Baby Love". I got it really cheap at Media Play but it sells for $30+ on Amazon! If I ever get tight for money, I'll need to remember that.

Thread of the year.

VinnyM27 said:

I have that on cassette! That's where I first heard that extended mix of Point of No Return.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I like it. I like it a lot!

Do you have volume one and if so, what's on there?

VinnyM27 said:

Sorry. I don't have it, and I don't know what's on it. I don't, however, think it can be any better than the dance cheese that's on Vol 2!

RipHer2Shreds said:

I paid $4 for this (I got some great eighties, ninties and noughties dance stuff for a bargin) and would have paid the $30 just for "Baby Love"...it's killing me in the best possible way!

VinnyM27 said:

Yeah, I gotta find it on CD. My cassette is crap. According to amazon.com there's also a VHS of this?

VinnyM27 said:

I really liked Regina's second single "Beat Of Love" a lot more than
"Baby Love", but it was a big flop so I might have been the only one.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Now that would be a great to own!

SpareSenik said:

I already said "china in ur hands" u ding dong. As did some others before me. Read the whole thing and turn that cricket off
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