But. that was her one good song.

Vh1 Classic just played the video. Tell me the video doesn't cop a lot from Prince? Her guitarist even looks like Prince, a bit.

The stage and the moves are a lot like the little fucker.

But. that was her one good song.

2freaky4church1 said:

Bad single. That was Teena trying too hard to crossover.
[Edited 8/12/05 15:02pm]

Bad single. That was Teena trying too hard to crossover.

RipHer2Shreds said:

oky, admit it was not like one of her classic funk jams... but it still was slammin... and compared to billions of other lame attempts still one of the best "crossover" songs the 80s produced

Dancelot said:

I liked it when I was younger, but I don't care for it much now. I'm not dismissing it because it's not a funk tune - my musical tastes go far beyond that. I just think it's rather generic, especially that guitar part.

RipHer2Shreds said:

well, let's just say it beats "Dancing on the ceiling" and "Ghostbusters"

how many videos did Teena make?

i've never seen any

please, please, someone have a link to this video

i won't ever die happy until i see it

RipHer2Shreds said:

Agreed. Teena is a Soul/Funk Singer not Pop Crossover artists.

I wanna see a Teena Marie sextape of her from the 80s.

Prospect said:

That would be interesting.....

Speaking of Teena's guitarist in the "Lovergirl" video his name is Nikki Slikk. He was a member of her group, Ozone. She had gotten them a record deal with Motown, Gordy label & they released a few albums. I'm sure y'all remember "Gigolette" because that was the jam...It was hot! And they were also her tour band during the 80's, and they could really funk it up! I heard that Teena & Ozone TORE IT UP when she opened up for Prince's on the "Dirty Mind" tour in '81. I heard that Prince really felt the heat! Teena and Nikki were really really close. They may have been an item back in da day. Her first bass player, Allen McGrier was a member of Ozone as well and he's back touring with her again this year. Nikki and Allen grew up together in Detroit.

funkpill said:

Oh, I have that, too

RipHer2Shreds said:

well, let's just say it beats "Dancing on the ceiling" and "Ghostbusters"

Speaking of Teena's guitarist in the "Lovergirl" video his name is Nikki Slikk. He was a member of her group, Ozone. She had gotten them a record deal with Motown, Gordy label & they released a few albums. I'm sure y'all remember "Gigolette" because that was the jam...It was hot! And they were also her tour band during the 80's, and they could really funk it up! I heard that Teena & Ozone TORE IT UP when she opened up for Prince's on the "Dirty Mind" tour in '81. I heard that Prince really felt the heat! Teena and Nikki were really really close. They may have been an item back in da day. Her first bass player, Allen McGrier was a member of Ozone as well and he's back touring with her again this year. Nikki and Allen grew up together in Detroit.

how many videos did Teena make?
i've never seen any

kinaldo said:

surprisingly,Teena didn't make too many videos even though she had alot of hits.I can't recall seeing any videos from her Motown years.These are the only videos I've seen by her...


"Robbery" (1983)
"Lovergirl" (1984)
"Lips To Find You" (1986) (many people think Prince co-wrote this song)
"Work It" (1988)
"Here's Looking At You" (1990)


there's a video for her latest single "A Rose By Any Name" but I've never seen it

2freaky4church1 said:

Bad single. That was Teena trying too hard to crossover.
[Edited 8/12/05 15:02pm]

Speaking of Teena's guitarist in the "Lovergirl" video his name is Nikki Slikk. He was a member of her group, Ozone. She had gotten them a record deal with Motown, Gordy label & they released a few albums. I'm sure y'all remember "Gigolette" because that was the jam...It was hot! And they were also her tour band during the 80's, and they could really funk it up! I heard that Teena & Ozone TORE IT UP when she opened up for Prince's on the "Dirty Mind" tour in '81. I heard that Prince really felt the heat! Teena and Nikki were really really close. They may have been an item back in da day. Her first bass player, Allen McGrier was a member of Ozone as well and he's back touring with her again this year. Nikki and Allen grew up together in Detroit.

I'm fortunate because I have mostly all of Teena's videos & tv appearance, but I'm sure there are more tv appearances that I haven't gotten my hands on yet...I'm still searching. As far as I know, Teena's made videos for "Lovergirl", "Robbery", "Lips 2 find U", "Work It"(one of my favs), "Here's Looking At You", "Warm As Momma's Oven"(another one of my favs) "A Rose By Any Other Name"(another one of my favs). She also appeared in the "King Dream Holiday" video, Rappers LA Nash's "Ain't A Damn Thing Change" video & Afu-Ra's "Open". There may be more that I don't know about, but like I said I'm still searching. Not a video, but I have her appearance on the "Beverly Hillbillies as the tap-dancing 8-year-old. She was just so tiny that she only looked like she was about 4-yrs-old. She was absolutely ADORABLE! She went by the name Tina Brockert when she started her career as a child actress.

Here's some stills from some of the videos & tv shows that I have. I'll will post more when I have time to do so. Maybe the one of her on the "Beverly
Hillbillies".

Videos
"Lovergirl"

"Work It"

TV Appearances
Singing "OOO LA LA LA" on Soul Train

[Edited 8/13/05 20:17pm]