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PrintableRipHer2Shreds said: DavidEye said: 
Who remembers hearing "Freak-A-Zoid" for the first time? It was the early summer of 1983 and this song was da shit! A slick electrofunk jam that dominated R&B radio that summer.But that was just the beginning.The 'No Parking On The Dancefloor' album generated one big hit after another."Wet My Whistle" soon began making waves and in my area,the track "Electricity" received tremendous airplay on the radio,even though it was never officially released as a single.Ditto for "Slow Jam".This album was one of the biggest R&B albums of 1983,and just when you thought it was finally running out of steam,they released the funky title track in spring 1984.It too becamne a classic. I can't say that I remember the first time I heard Freak-A-Zoid.  I do love that one though. That whole album is a lot of fun. Wet My Whistle is my favorite one on their. You're reading my mind this morning, David! Friday was the first time I gave this album a listen:
It's a good album, but I prefer No Parking on the Dancefloor. Some of it's way too breakdancing sounding. That was good for me when I was 11-years-old, but not so much now. I looooove Curious! That song is pure 80s smooth jam dreaminess. I remember hearing that on the radio when I was a young'un.
I'm curious About your loving I'm curious I wanna know what's on your mind   'Planetary Invasion' is a solid album,even though several of the songs sound just like the songs from the previous album,lol.On 'No Parking...',they came up with a winning formula and they didn't wanna mess with it.I love the track "Scientific Love"...I was shocked when that song didn't become a major hit."Operator" is one of their finest singles ever. | |
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DavidEye said: vainandy said: Oh, I forgot how much I hated "Don't Rock The Boat". Like I said before, the late 80s.....yuck!
The late 80s was a rought time for R&B bands.Synthesizers and drum machines took over.Even the Bar-Kays' late 80s music was weak. It sure was. "Struck By You" was horrible. You know how they like to copy other artists anyway. It sounded like they were going after EU's "Da Butt" sound.
Another thing about the late 1980s is that, besides the changing of instruments, a lot of full fledged bands were breaking up because of particular artists in the group wanting to go solo. Then, when they went solo, they tried to make big money by crossing over to pop or becoming a balladeer. The Calloway Brothers' music was horrible and I hated Babyface's solo stuff. It's hard to believe he came from the same band that did "Body Talk". . . [Edited 2/7/06 7:12am] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: I love Midnight Star. I've never seen them live but I've heard them live on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" and they put on a great show.
My favorites are: Electricity Operator Freak-A-Zoid Snake In The Grass No Parking On The Dance Floor Planetary Invasion Night Rider Pamper Me Engine No. 9 Slow Jam Feels So Good Let's Celebrate Curious Good list Vainandy.  | |
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i'll bet most old schollers remember midnight 4 them jerri curls/bad perms they was wearin from 83' 2 86'....lol anyone remember that 1986 "headlines" album cover? | |
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diamondpearl1 said: i'll bet most old schollers remember midnight 4 them jerri curls/bad perms they was wearin from 83' 2 86'....lol anyone remember that 1986 "headlines" album cover?
if you really want to see them at the height of their "jeri curl era",check out the "Wet My Whistle" video. | |
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DavidEye said: 
They're one of the nine acts featured on the "Valentines Super Oldies Love Jam" concert that makes it's way to my area on Saturday.I've been a fan of theirs since the early 80s,but I never saw them in concert before.Should be alot of fun.My favorite songs by them: "Hot Spot" (1982) "Freak A Zoid" (1983) "Wet My Whistle" (1983) "Electricity" (1983) "Playmates" (1983) "No Parking On The Dancefloor" (1983) "Body Snatchers" (1984) "Scientific Love" (1984) "Operator" (1984) "Planetary Invasion" (1984) "Snake In The Grass" (1988) what are your favorite Midnight Star songs? As usual, you have C-LOCKED all of my MS faves---but let us know how the show goes! When I was teen I saw them a few times in concert at the height of their popularity and they put on a SOLID show. Very Old Skool, tight band, great vocals... evoking a lot of feeling and sentiment....just hella GOOD  ....so we even have such a thing as R&B bands anymore? Or is that some weird relic lost on those of us who were living and buying music prior to 1992???? | |
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DavidEye said: onenitealone said: Midas Touch
 oddly enough,"Midas Touch" is one song by them that I don't like 
maybe it's overplayed too much? Uh, no. It was just tooooo cheezy! Even for the accepted standard at THAT time !!!! | |
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Ottensen said: DavidEye said: oddly enough,"Midas Touch" is one song by them that I don't like
maybe it's overplayed too much? Uh, no. It was just tooooo cheezy! Even for the accepted standard at THAT time !!!!indeed! Plus,it sounded a little too much like "Wet My Whistle". | |
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Ottensen said: DavidEye said:
They're one of the nine acts featured on the "Valentines Super Oldies Love Jam" concert that makes it's way to my area on Saturday.I've been a fan of theirs since the early 80s,but I never saw them in concert before.Should be alot of fun.My favorite songs by them: "Hot Spot" (1982) "Freak A Zoid" (1983) "Wet My Whistle" (1983) "Electricity" (1983) "Playmates" (1983) "No Parking On The Dancefloor" (1983) "Body Snatchers" (1984) "Scientific Love" (1984) "Operator" (1984) "Planetary Invasion" (1984) "Snake In The Grass" (1988) what are your favorite Midnight Star songs? As usual, you have C-LOCKED all of my MS faves---but let us know how the show goes! When I was teen I saw them a few times in concert at the height of their popularity and they put on a SOLID show. Very Old Skool, tight band, great vocals... evoking a lot of feeling and sentiment....just hella GOOD ....so we even have such a thing as R&B bands anymore? Or is that some weird relic lost on those of us who were living and buying music prior to 1992???? I miss R&B bands! With horns,saxophones,etc...REAL MUSIC! | |
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DavidEye said: Ottensen said: As usual, you have C-LOCKED all of my MS faves---but let us know how the show goes! When I was teen I saw them a few times in concert at the height of their popularity and they put on a SOLID show. Very Old Skool, tight band, great vocals... evoking a lot of feeling and sentiment....just hella GOOD ....so we even have such a thing as R&B bands anymore? Or is that some weird relic lost on those of us who were living and buying music prior to 1992???? I miss R&B bands! With horns,saxophones,etc...REAL MUSIC! at least we have "mint condition" 2 remind us of that era.... | |
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I saw them in concert at First Avenue Nightclub in the mid-eighties. They put on one of the best shows i've ever seen. They had had the whole place jumping. The brother who sings the lead on "I'm Curious" Sounds very much like Marvin Gaye. | |
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DavidEye said: [
 I need to see that video now! Anyone know where I can see it?David, there's a bootleg DVD of them in concert in Los Angeles from 1983 which also includes three of their promos(including Operator).Have fun at the concert! | |
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PhilG said: DavidEye said: [
I need to see that video now! Anyone know where I can see it?David, there's a bootleg DVD of them in concert in Los Angeles from 1983 which also includes three of their promos(including Operator).Have fun at the concert! Yeah,I've heard about that DVD. | |
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Ottensen said: DavidEye said: oddly enough,"Midas Touch" is one song by them that I don't like
maybe it's overplayed too much? Uh, no. It was just tooooo cheezy! Even for the accepted standard at THAT time !!!!You ain't lying! Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: You ain't lying! It is cheesy. But that's the bit I like. 
"Touch... Touch..." It's infectious. | |
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onenitealone said: vainandy said: You ain't lying! It is cheesy. But that's the bit I like.
"Touch... Touch..." It's infectious. I was watching this video with a friend of mine recently. I had to explain what a Midas touch was. He kept saying, "What the hell is a Midas touch?" Apparently he'd missed all those muffler commercials and the fable.  | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: onenitealone said: It is cheesy. But that's the bit I like.
"Touch... Touch..." It's infectious. I was watching this video with a friend of mine recently. I had to explain what a Midas touch was. He kept saying, "What the hell is a Midas touch?" Apparently he'd missed all those muffler commercials and the fable. speaking of misunderstood song meanings....what the hell does "wet my whistle" mean?  | |
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DavidEye said: RipHer2Shreds said: I was watching this video with a friend of mine recently. I had to explain what a Midas touch was. He kept saying, "What the hell is a Midas touch?" Apparently he'd missed all those muffler commercials and the fable. speaking of misunderstood song meanings....what the hell does "wet my whistle" mean? It means  | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: DavidEye said: speaking of misunderstood song meanings....what the hell does "wet my whistle" mean? It means I just had to wet my whistle when I kissed your lips,girl it was much too much I had to wet my whistle just a little bit,baby was much too much  so it's nothing nasty? | |
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DavidEye said: RipHer2Shreds said: It means I just had to wet my whistle when I kissed your lips,girl it was much too much I had to wet my whistle just a little bit,baby was much too much so it's nothing nasty? No Whistle is old slang for mouth or lips. Wet my whistle - kiss my lips.  Of course, they're sorta using it in a different way, I guess. "I had to wet my whistle" = "I had to kiss my lips."
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"I had to kiss my lips"
but yeah,I get it now. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: onenitealone said: It is cheesy. But that's the bit I like.
"Touch... Touch..." It's infectious. I was watching this video with a friend of mine recently. I had to explain what a Midas touch was. He kept saying, "What the hell is a Midas touch?" Apparently he'd missed all those muffler commercials and the fable. Good job they don't have a song called 'Icarus'. 
That sounds like one of my mates. She's a sweetheart and only 9 years younger than me but it surprises me what I have to explain sometimes. Mind you, she's the one who said "I love that song - what's it called?". (Hums tune). "I know - 'Dance Merry-go-round'". Me: "'Raspberry Beret'?". 
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I love all these songs..... would love ot see Midnight Starr live.
but in a way, aren't "whet my whistle", No parking Baby, and Let it Whip all kind of the same song??  |
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DavidEye said:
Who remembers hearing "Freak-A-Zoid" for the first time? It was the early summer of 1983 and this song was da shit! A slick electrofunk jam that dominated R&B radio that summer.But that was just the beginning.The 'No Parking On The Dancefloor' album generated one big hit after another."Wet My Whistle" soon began making waves and in my area,the track "Electricity" received tremendous airplay on the radio,even though it was never officially released as a single.Ditto for "Slow Jam".This album was one of the biggest R&B albums of 1983,and just when you thought it was finally running out of steam,they released the funky title track in spring 1984.It too becamne a classic. Wet Ma Whis-oh! dum dum duuuum.. Just like sweet wine baby Your love's intoxicatin' (funky synth)
Ill be your Freak A Zoid, cum on and wind me up!!
This is a hot album. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records. | |
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GaryMF said: I love all these songs..... would love ot see Midnight Starr live.
but in a way, aren't "whet my whistle", No parking Baby, and Let it Whip all kind of the same song?? I don't know about that,but I do know that the Bar-Kay's 1984 hit "Freakshow On The Dancefloor" is a blatant rip-off of "No Parking On The Dancefloor". | |
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DavidEye said: GaryMF said: I love all these songs..... would love ot see Midnight Starr live.
but in a way, aren't "whet my whistle", No parking Baby, and Let it Whip all kind of the same song?? I don't know about that,but I do know that the Bar-Kay's 1984 hit "Freakshow On The Dancefloor" is a blatant rip-off of "No Parking On The Dancefloor".maybe they're not all the same, and i'm on a hotel now, but i remember listening to "Let it whip" and singing Freek A Zoid or No parking over it and it wokrd perfectly. |
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kewl. I like them too.
My city has a couple of old school concerts this month too. They're all outta my price range, but I'd love to go to them: • 2/14 - The Sweat Hotel at the Atlanta Civic Center at 8 PM. Featuring Keith Sweat, Charlie Wilson, Teddy Riley, Silk, Kut Close, and comedian Light Foot. $45 - $50. • 2/17 - Valentines Celebration Continues at the Atlanta Civic Center at 8 PM. Featuring O'Jays, Stephanie Mills, and The Whispers. $50 - $65. • 2/24 - New Jack Reunion Tour at the Atlanta Civic Center at 8 PM. Featuring Guy, Blackstreet, Tony, Toni, Tone, and After 7. $45.50 - $75. "Pedro offers you his protection." | |
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mochalox said: • 2/24 - New Jack Reunion Tour at the Atlanta Civic Center at 8 PM. Featuring Guy, Blackstreet, Tony, Toni, Tone, and After 7. $45.50 - $75. Fun show! | |
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AWWWWW I LOVE MIDNIGHT STAR... I HAVE THEIR GREATEST H ITS... I LOVE THEIR SONGS... I FIRST SAW THEM ON VH1 CLASSIC.. I SAW THEIR VIDEO TO "OPERATOR" AND I LIKED HOW THEY WERE GROOVING... lolol |
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RipHer2Shreds said: mochalox said: • 2/24 - New Jack Reunion Tour at the Atlanta Civic Center at 8 PM. Featuring Guy, Blackstreet, Tony, Toni, Tone, and After 7. $45.50 - $75. Fun show! exactly! I wish I had a benefactor right-about-now.... "Pedro offers you his protection." | |
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