just bought a best of...anyone dig them here?

A lot.

I like some of their stuff. I'd probably love a good best of by them. I used to have one when I was much younger, but I wasn't in a place musically to appreciate them at the time like I am now.....

i love cameo..."Single Life" is my anthem!!!

Top 5 fave Cameo songs:

"Candy"
"Rigor Mortis"
"Hangin' Downtown"
"Why Have I Lost You"
"Shake Your Pants"

CinisterCee said:

man the album i bought only has 2 of those songs! (candy and why have i lost you)

badujunkie said:

What ones are you enjoying on there?

Link me to the compilation you bought..

CinisterCee said:

Millenium Compilation

Word Up
Single Life
Candy
She's Strange
Attack Me With Your Love
Back and Forth
I Just Want To Be
Why Have I Lost You
Sparkle
Keep It Hot
Freaky Dancin

whatcha thank

I love "She's Strange".

Thing about Cameo is... they span the 70s and 80s and their sound changed, so 1 disc can't really cover it all. All great songs though, Andrew.

badujunkie said:

Hell yes . Too bad your compilation is missing the greatest Cameo track of all time We're Goin' Out Tonight Oh... there's no Shake Your Pants either

flirt
soul army
it's over
she's mine
don't be lonley
i've got your image
c on the funk

I love Cameo! Been listening to them for years.My top 5 Cameo songs:

"Freaky Dancin" (1981)
"Sparkle" (1979)
"Alligator Woman" (1982)
"Shake Your Pants" (1980)
"Be Yourself (1982)


These guys have so many kickass jams

badujunkie said:

Man,that compilation is missing so much!! Where is "Alligator Woman","Feel Me","Be Yourself","Talkin Out The Side Of Your Neck","Shake Your Pants",etc?? I suggest you get the 2-CD Anthology.

Let's talk about lonliness...

I luv 'em.

Get yourself a turntable and start looking for their vinyl albums because none of the compilations do them justice.

Hell yeah. Loved Cameo forever. Onr of THE best funk bands to ever exist. A lot of the cuts that I dig have already been listed. I'll add three BANGIN' cuts that most folks sleep on;

I Just Want To Be
Alligator Woman (the song)
Keep It Hot

I was just groovin to one of their lesser known ballads, "Let's Give Love A Chance" (from the "Ugly Ego" album....




...

oh yeah, Cameo BROUGHT the funk
(& I imagine that they still do- I'd be ready to pay "almost whatever" to see them again)..


to me their best tracks are :


keep it hot
I just want to be
cameosis
shake your pants - EXCELLENT performance video, got it from a funk website in French..
be yourself
flirt
single life
candy

alligator woman

we're going out tonight
why have I lost you - ORIGINAL version


& there's 1 other very early song.. I don't remember the title but in it they sing "we are here to funk funk".. or something like that..
THIS was the 1st Cameo song I remember hearing.. YEARS ago

"word up" was okay as I song, but I don't like it because they PLAYED IT TO DEATH when it came out in '86. after the 1st 10 MILLION TIMES they played it on the radio.. that was enough for me.


I've heard very little of their albums after the 1 with "you make me work"..
I know there was "emotional violence" & maybe a few other cd's, but I have not heard those at all.
worth getting any/some of those cd's from 1990 on???

mltijchr said:

Yup, that's "Funk Funk" from the "Cardiac Arrest" album (1977)







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Cameo's 'Shake Your Pants' video
http://www.youtube.com/w/...ur%20pants

? I love word up, those snares are crazy, but some of their stuff is set in that same mid-tempo groove. If u love that groove, then obviously, u'll love cameo.

I have their Best of CD too. I always liked Cameo, they're different.

I forgot to add this song to my list...

"Don't Be So Cool"