vainandy said:

Shit, that's when they had that mean ass horn section too. Ahh, the good old days Vain Baby.

Hell yeah. The "I Just Want To Be", "Shake Your Pants", "Freaky Dancing" days.

vainandy said:

Definitely original Soul Train.

I can't choose I like them both!

Gotta go w/ The Gap Band on the strength of Yearning For Your Love ALONE ... LAWD!

I remember a Rick James concert came to my area in the summer of 1981. The concert consisted of Cameo, Teena Marie, and Rick James.

Music videos were not widely popular at that time, especially with R&B acts, so the television commercial for the concert consisted of a clip of the "Give It To Me Baby" music video ("Super Freak" had not exploded yet), a "Soul Train" clip of Cameo, and an album shot of Teena Marie's "It Must Be Magic".

vainandy said:

Rick James looked soooo sleezy in that video.

I've only seen two or three times, but that was probably 20 years ago. I've got his two new DVDs ordered so hopefully it will be on there and I will get to see it again.

I see that we Gappers are in the minority.

Moonbeam said:

I love the Gap Band,I really do.But I think Cameo simply had more impressive songs.The Gap Band lost their way after the 'Gap Band' IV album in 1982.Songs like the formulaic "Party Train" and "Desire" proved that were running out ideas.Cameo,on the other hand,continued going strong at least until the end of the 80s.

I love The Gap Band. I just love Cameo more.

TonyVanDam said:

I love all those songs,plus these...

"Just Be Yourself"
"Alligator Woman"
"Feel Me"
"Sparkle"
"Don't Be So Cool"
"The Single Life"
"Rigor Mortis"
"Why Have I Lost You"
"She's Strange"
"Flirt"


oh hell yeah....Cameo rules!

Don't forget Is This The Way from the Feel Me album. Those horns kill me.

Ohhh man this is tough. I got a headache trying to figure this one out.

I have seen both in concert ( I actually got to meet the Gap Band...I went to school with their niece and when they came to Oakland in 1983 she got us backstage ), I have all of their albums from the 70's and 80's, have been a big fan of both since the 70's.....i have to give a slight edge to Cameo....just barely.

DavidEye said:

Thank you for mentioning Alligator Woman.


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CalhounSq said:

But Calhoun, as great as that song is, you have to agree Cameo crushed the Gap Band from 82-86. Gap fell off after IV right when Cameo was heating up. I know you know your old school history girl.

intha916 said:

That's nice & all but if I were to go on a trip & I could take either my Cameo catalogue or Yearning For Your Love/Outstanding by the Gap Band, I'd take the Gap Band But I guess that's just me

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Alligator Woman is a fucking classic.

Guess who I'm picking???

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DavidEye said:

Agree!

at all of you responding to this unanswerable question..almost unanswerable.

BUT I DONT THINK, Gap can funk it up live like Cameo.

Though I have heard "Alligator Woman" (nothing impressive but funky), my favorite album is "Secret Omen" and "We All Know Who We Are". I also own "Single Life" "Alligator Woman" and "Knights Of The Sound Table"

On the Gap side though I have about the same amount of albums, III, VI, VII, VII and 8.

Hard to choose on album wise

I saw the above posts and I just cant decide!

MsLegs said:

Hell yeah! "Alligator Woman" is a punk funk New Wave classic

hey lady whatcha say...how about some fun today?

that song rocks hard!

Not hard for me: Gap Band.

Moonbeam said:

I just wanna have your babies.

GangstaFam said:

Stymie said:

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!!!


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Stymie said:

There it is!

Can't keep runnin' in and outta my liiiife...

FunkMistress said:

That song frightens me and I don't know why. Everytime I hear it, it gives me a weird feeling.

"....keep runnin'....."

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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

The song does have a lot of soulful feeling in it.It's one of my favorite slow jams by Gap Band.