Continued from the now iconic T'PAU VS NU SHOOZ thread, we have the next round in my musical THUNDERDOME:

Who do you choose....

JANE CHILD OR ROBBIE NEVIL???

"C'est La Vie" was the jam, but Robbie was a little too whiny for me.

Couple Jane's one-woman-show, Stevie/Prince/Lenny-type production style and her follow-up to that debut ("All I Do" is the JAM, mind you), I gotta go with Ms. Child. She bad.

Jane Child!

She's had three albums up through the year 2002, but her first was the best. I love all these songs...

1. Welcome to the Real World
2. I Got News for You
3. Don't Let It Get to You
4. Don't Wanna Fall in Love
5. You're My Religion Now
6. Hey Mr. Jones
7. Biology
8. DS 21
9. World Lullabye

trivia: Robbie Nevil wrote a song or two for Vanity's Skin on Skin album
[Edited 7/20/05 21:25pm]

MsLegs said:

Nah. Teddy's remix was good, but the original was plenty good on its own.

RipHer2Shreds said:

No I sorry but the remix was fly as hell and there is no denying it. Otherwise, her career would've just stayed localized in Canada if it wasn't for Teddy. Teddy's remix allowed her single to be a crossover into not only the Pop Charts, but the Dance, and Urban Contemporary.

Whereas with Robbie, his stuff was naturally funky. So, he didn't need no damn remix to make his stuff funky. Instantly, his songs charted on Pop and Urban Contemporary without a damn remix unlike Jane's faking the funk ass.

MsLegs said:

don't hold back now!

Anxiety said:

Don't worry Anxiety, the Org Funkologist is just getting starting. I take the Funk seriously at the org.

"I Don't Want My Funk Stepped On."

Anxiety said:

I pick Jane Child for her brand of synthrock.

i always think of them as the same person when i hear their songs, so...

MsLegs said:

I think Don't Wanna Fall In Love (Teddy Riley Remix) was better than the original too.

Jane Child, of course.

I'm gonna go with Robbie Nevil though C'est la vie is the only song of his that I know. It was funkier. Whatever happened to him?

dancerella said:

He has written songs for La Face Records.

Jane Child.

MsLegs said:

You're mistaken. The original version of the song was a hit on pop stations, not Teddy's remix. I don't recall ever hearing the Teddy mix on pop radio, but I heard it some on R&B stations. Teddy didn't bring her popularity out of Canada.

And I didn't say the remix wasn't good. I said the original version was good all by itself.

RipHer2Shreds said:

This is exactly what happened. Teddy's remix gave Jane Child a hit on black radio. It was so successful that her label rereleased her first single "Welcome To The Real World", with a similarly funked up remix by Jam & Lewis.

Robbie had more hits, but I never liked any of them. I have Jane Child's first CD and three 12" singles so she gets my vote.

sextonseven said:

Exactly. That remix gave her crossover success

funny, all i remember is the original version
i'll have to check out the remixes, i guess

Robbie Nevil, his first two albums were pretty good.

Jane needs to buff my floor with that wack hairdo of hers.

RipHer2Shreds said:

, I am not mistaken. At the end of the day, if it wasn't for the Teddy remix, she wouldn't have sold as many records and became an instant crossover artist period. So you can try to skirt around the issue if you want to but the truth is the truth.

2freaky4church1 said:

cranshaw62 said:

What ever happen to the Dan Reed Network?

Anxiety said:

I'll always go with the artist that is posing with the synths and computers they program.

CinisterCee said:

Whatever floats your boat.

It's the safer blander pick of the two but I dug Nevil's easy pop hit. Wot's It To Ya, Dominoes and C'est La Vie were harmless enough coming out of my radio, just nice late 80's tunes to hum along with. I never really dug Jane Child but I din't try very hard either. She's probably brilliant.