By Junior, has anyone ever heard this song? Please say you have. I heard it in the grocery store yesterday and fell out on the floor dyin, laughin like a lush cause the shit was High Larry Yoose. First of all, that growlin falsetto hook. Then there's like a 2-minute instrumental break that features a spoon-bangin-on-a-bottle solo. Was Junior a jug band by any chance? Was that bass line played on a broomstick-rubberband-washtub? Insane. I gotta know who produced it.

I don't know why you're trying to shit on that cut, because that shit was the jam.

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Nah, b. They just told you it was.

TheSmyrk said:

I don't know who "THEY" is, sorry, but I think for myself and the shit was the jam back in the day and I'm PRETTY sure you're gonna be in the MINORITY on dissin' "Mama Used To Say"...what you think?

I used ta Groove on that Jam!! actually I loved the whole album, Called "Ji" (1981)...






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Well, maybe I need to rethink my stance on bottlespoon solos. It's a wonder Fat Albert's Junkyard Band didn't sell more records.

whas' wrong wit'chall? Bottlespoon solos are Slammin!!



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TheSmyrk said:

Nah, it sounds crazy dated now, but that was THE jam back in the day.

Universaluv said:

Yes it was the jam back in the day. It was played all over the r&b stations. He also had another song called "Too Late" that was also the jam. And Smyrk? That was cold, Calling the bottle solo Fat Albert and the Junkyard Band! I can't stop laughing.

Take Your Time Young Man ..Right? Excellent tune....

i liked the song myself...

Call me crazy, but this song reminds me of Carlton from Fresh Prince

you must've been buying your crack at the grocery store

it was good then and it's still good.
High Larry Yoose? S'wrong with you

TheSmyrk said:

Told ya you was gonna be in the minority as a hater .

Minority don't mean wrong, babies. A lotta people liked Hitler, slavery and New Kids on the Block, but I didn't. And I don't like Junior. So take your time wit dat, son! Ohhhh!


lol. God, I'm retarded, but still smarter than a spoonbottle solo. HA!

Universaluv said:

It sounds dated but I'm kind of surprised it was from the early eigthies. I figured it was closer to the mid eigthies...as if there is a difference, right? I started to hear that every so often on the radio here....great song.

TheSmyrk said:

But not by much.

Love this song! In the early spring/summer of '82,this was the jam.Junior was on fire with this track,and he followed it up with another great single called "Too Late".

paligap said:

I can't find that fucking album but I love this song.

I love this song..."dont you rush to get ooold"

Damn Smyrk..so far you're getting SHUT OUT! LOL!

The song is an R&B classic club jam!!!...and you still hear it on radio stations today.

And then his nephew Richard Blackwood sampled it for his "I'm the British Will Smith and Eddie Murphy I am" flop single 'Mama Who Da Man'

Take your time, young man
Don't you rush to get old
Take it in your stride
...Live your life



I guess Mama forgot to add: Leave the Haterade alone! 'Cause this song is still a cut.

Aw, this my shhh, this my shh...

Loved it then and still love it when I hear it now. Actually just heard it a few days ago and rocked it.

Transcripts of rarely heard live version:


Junior: "Can the drummer get some? I say, can the drummer get some?"

*loud thigh and belly slapping commences*

Junior: "Yeeeeehaw!"
[Edited 1/20/06 10:55am]

TheSmyrk said:

STILL reachin' for SOMEONE - ANYONE - out there to agree with you on HATING on this cut huh, bro? LOL! GOOD LUCK!

ChristopherTracyParade said:

*sigh* looks like it. The spoons have it. Guess I was wrong.

TheSmyrk said:

TheSmyrk said:

Damn right you were wrong! How old are you, anyway? Cause damn near everybody old enough to remember that song when it was out, KNOW'S THAT WAS THE JAM!!!