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Another Barkays rip off album from the 80s The album Dangerous has the most blatant rip of MJ's Billie Jean in history in a song called Dirty Dancer. And Prince should send Londell to collect some royalties for their song called Dance, Party, Etc. It is a shamelss rip of DMSR - hell, the song title is even a rip off!!
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moderatorwell the album's called "Dangerous"... so...  "I don't need your forgiveness, cos I've been saved by Jesus, so fuck you." | |
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LOL....yeah they started getting desparate for hits .
They have a tune that sounds like Give It To Me Baby--Rick James, No Parking On the Dancefloor-- Midnight Star, DMSR--Prince, Three Times A Lady--Commodores The entire lp was infringement, but it sold!! Prince ripped off Mtume on a tune note for note. I remember Mtume being pissed. Nobody knew who Mtume was most thought it was new and fresh tune. I think it's "She always In My Hair" Mtume has an original tune with the same music. | |
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Also, the Bar-kays have song called Sexomatic which is personal favorite. It sounds like Automatic with faster tempo. | |
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Thats right Hotlegs. They started copying everyone with a big hit. | |
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Thumparello said: LOL....yeah they started getting desparate for hits .
They have a tune that sounds like Give It To Me Baby--Rick James, No Parking On the Dancefloor-- Midnight Star, DMSR--Prince, Three Times A Lady--Commodores The entire lp was infringement, but it sold!! Prince ripped off Mtume on a tune note for note. I remember Mtume being pissed. Nobody knew who Mtume was most thought it was new and fresh tune. I think it's "She always In My Hair" Mtume has an original tune with the same music. ----- Yes, I tune no one has ever heard before.(LOL) Mtume use to bitch a lot back in the day and then fucked up when he put out a third CD which was awful. | |
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laurarichardson said: Thumparello said: LOL....yeah they started getting desparate for hits .
They have a tune that sounds like Give It To Me Baby--Rick James, No Parking On the Dancefloor-- Midnight Star, DMSR--Prince, Three Times A Lady--Commodores The entire lp was infringement, but it sold!! Prince ripped off Mtume on a tune note for note. I remember Mtume being pissed. Nobody knew who Mtume was most thought it was new and fresh tune. I think it's "She always In My Hair" Mtume has an original tune with the same music. ----- Yes, I tune no one has ever heard before.(LOL) Mtume use to bitch a lot back in the day and then fucked up when he put out a third CD which was awful.  You're right Laura. That 3rd Mtume Lp was hitting on shit but the last2 were the  shit with hits like Juicy Fruit, You Me And He, and C.O.D. just to name a few.[Edited 8/8/05 9:29am] | |
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 What was the Mtume tune that
Prince rip-off??? [Edited 8/7/05 19:01pm] | |
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blade said: The album Dangerous has the most blatant rip of MJ's Billie Jean in history in a song called Dirty Dancer. And Prince should send Londell to collect some royalties for their song called Dance, Party, Etc. It is a shamelss rip of DMSR - hell, the song title is even a rip off!!
I really love the BarKays,but they have a long history of ripping off other artists.Like you pointed out,the song "Dirty Dancer" (which I love) blatantly "borrows" the synth riff from "Billie Jean".And it's obvious that "Dance,Party,Etc" is a rip-off of "DMSR".They even have a song from the 70s (can't remember the title) that sounds just like EW&F's "Shining Star". | |
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funkpill said: What was the Mtume tune that Prince rip-off???
yeah,that's what I wanna know  | |
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Hotlegs said: Also, the Bar-kays have song called Sexomatic which is personal favorite. It sounds like Automatic with faster tempo.
Yeah! Thats it! I couldnt place which Prince tune it was. I love that song - my favorite Barkays tune. | |
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DavidEye said: funkpill said: What was the Mtume tune that Prince rip-off???
yeah,that's what I wanna know I dont want to know. Prince has to rip off Mtume?  Right. | |
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blade said: Hotlegs said: Also, the Bar-kays have song called Sexomatic which is personal favorite. It sounds like Automatic with faster tempo.
Yeah! Thats it! I couldnt place which Prince tune it was. I love that song - my favorite Barkays tune.  | |
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DavidEye said: blade said: The album Dangerous has the most blatant rip of MJ's Billie Jean in history in a song called Dirty Dancer. And Prince should send Londell to collect some royalties for their song called Dance, Party, Etc. It is a shamelss rip of DMSR - hell, the song title is even a rip off!!
I really love the BarKays,but they have a long history of ripping off other artists.Like you pointed out,the song "Dirty Dancer" (which I love) blatantly "borrows" the synth riff from "Billie Jean".And it's obvious that "Dance,Party,Etc" is a rip-off of "DMSR".They even have a song from the 70s (can't remember the title) that sounds just like EW&F's "Shining Star". That would be 'Too Hot To Stop'.... Plus they have another song called 'Shine', that sounds like EWF's 'On Your Face'..... [Edited 8/8/05 14:37pm] | |
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blade said: The album Dangerous has the most blatant rip of MJ's Billie Jean in history in a song called Dirty Dancer. And Prince should send Londell to collect some royalties for their song called Dance, Party, Etc. It is a shamelss rip of DMSR - hell, the song title is even a rip off!!
Billie Jean is a direct rip-off of Steely Dan's Do It Again. Everything everyone's done has pretty much been done before. There are very few true musical innovators.Its all good I suppose - they are still funkier than any of today's crap. | |
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DavidEye said: blade said: The album Dangerous has the most blatant rip of MJ's Billie Jean in history in a song called Dirty Dancer. And Prince should send Londell to collect some royalties for their song called Dance, Party, Etc. It is a shamelss rip of DMSR - hell, the song title is even a rip off!!
I really love the BarKays,but they have a long history of ripping off other artists.Like you pointed out,the song "Dirty Dancer" (which I love) blatantly "borrows" the synth riff from "Billie Jean".And it's obvious that "Dance,Party,Etc" is a rip-off of "DMSR".They even have a song from the 70s (can't remember the title) that sounds just like EW&F's "Shining Star". "Open Your Heart" from their 1980 album, "As One" sounds a little like Earth, Wind, and Fire. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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funkpill said: DavidEye said: I really love the BarKays,but they have a long history of ripping off other artists.Like you pointed out,the song "Dirty Dancer" (which I love) blatantly "borrows" the synth riff from "Billie Jean".And it's obvious that "Dance,Party,Etc" is a rip-off of "DMSR".They even have a song from the 70s (can't remember the title) that sounds just like EW&F's "Shining Star". That would be 'Too Hot To Stop'.... Plus they have another song called 'Shine', that sounds like EWF's 'On Your Face'..... [Edited 8/8/05 14:37pm] Some of the "Too Hot To Stop" album also sounds a little like The Ohio Players. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: Some of the "Too Hot To Stop" album also sounds a little like The Ohio Players. True... | |
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vainandy said: "Open Your Heart" from their 1980 album, "As One" sounds a little like Earth, Wind, and Fire. Very true but the 'Open Your Haart' track is a great one so no problem. Surely we only have a problem if the sound-alike track is poor. That track is tops.  The Funk, the whole funk & nothin' but the funk, ya dig?! | |
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funkymf said: vainandy said: "Open Your Heart" from their 1980 album, "As One" sounds a little like Earth, Wind, and Fire. Very true but the 'Open Your Haart' track is a great one so no problem. Surely we only have a problem if the sound-alike track is poor. That track is tops. Correct. I've never had a problem with The Bar-Kays. They are my third favorite group of all time.  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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