i'm hooked on lady t's voice and proud 2 admit it lol her voice is so potent that i listened 2 "fire & desire" last night and started shakin... then i made it 2 out on a limb but when it got 2 the chourus the walls came a tumblin down....lol

HUGE Teena fan. My fave of her's is "You So Heavy" from her best album "Emerald City".

blackguitaristz said:

i've been lookin 4 that album 'cause they never put any of the songs from it on her "best of" sets which i hate..... what do u think is her best guitar work? all i've heard her rip on is "lovergirl" but i'm open 2 get schooled....

HAIL 2 MISS T ( lol ... i just started a topic about Mr. T )


.... classic album !



Check out her live-version of "Square Biz" , on a deluxe-cd of RICK JAMES :
http://download.passalong...01clip.wma

http://cgi.ebay.com/Song-...dZViewItem

I love Teena Marie. One of my favorites.

One of the most under-rated great artists of all times. What ticks me off is most people dont' know who she is.....

diamondpearl1 said:

Lovergirl is the only cut that I know of where she's credited on lead. On Emerald City, Side One is off the hook. That whole album DESTROYS P's ATWID, in my opinion. Stevie Ray Vaughn is playing some serious Hendrix type shit on "You So Heavy". Especially at the end. She had another cat named Bendrix playing that album. Bootsy is also dropping some vocals and bass on the title track.

I love Teena Marie too. She is one of my favorite singers. She is a beautiful woman with soul and she is a kickarse producer. She is so underrated and too bad some people only know her as singing Lovergirl.

Portugese Love

favorite uptempo song by her: "Behind The Groove"
favorite ballad by her: "Portugese Love"

Teena is one artist that I listen to frequently

diamondpearl1 said:

"Out On A Limb" is just amazing,isn't it? Her ballads are so emotional and powerful...you can really feel what she's singing about! Have you ever heard "Stop The World"? That song kills me!

She's one of the few people I can truly say sings just as well live as in the studio.

LOVE HER!

DavidEye said:

Good grief, DE, sometimes when I read your posts about music I think we were twins separated at birth:lol:---As soon as I even clicked on this thread you KNOW those were the two jams that were totally on my brain !

Ottensen said:

Teena Marie Song of the day: "Stop The World" (1983)

(written by Teena Marie)

Late last night I couldn't stop the tears from falling
seems like I was crying all night long
Me baby gone away and left me blue
and there's not alot that me can do
and there's not alot that me can do

Foolish pride to think that I could just forget it
knowing that the need would still be there
Lonely,lonely room I hold my pillow close to me
just an empty bed of memories
just an empty bed of memories

(chorus)
Stop the world,I want to get off
it's turning much too fast
it's turning,it's turning baby,much too fast
Stop the world,yeah,stop the world

So political,the situation's really
crazy like-a-you-know what I mean
me baby come and gone
vibration too far out of hand
just an empty bed in my homeland
just an empty bed in my homeland

(chorus)
Oh stop the world,I want to get off
it's turning much too fast
it's turning much too fast,much too fast
Stop the world,yeah,stop the world

stop,stop,breaking my heart
stop,stop,breaking my heart
stop,stop,breaking my heart
stop,stop,breaking my heart
stop,stop,breaking my heart
stop,stop,breaking my heart
Oh stop the world

Stop the world,yeah stop
Stop the world,I want to get off
Stop the world,oh,ooh baby
Stop the world,baby,stop the world
Oh baby,you're breaking my heart baby
Stop the world,baby stop the world
Oh...oooooh

SQUARE BIZ!

I named my new band project after her, so I am kind of tied with it at least for some period of my life.

Of course the name also implies that she has died, but that's a whole another matter.

Strangely in the Portuguese love she doesn't sing in Portuguese but in spanish!

DynamicSavior said:

Ditto. Takes me back to my youth.

Love Lady T! She has more soul than a lot of these so-called R&B acts today.

I'm listening to "Lovergirl" right now!

yes i loved teena.. she is truly a vocalist.. i love her song " if i were a bell" " dear lover" and " ooh la la"

I have almost everything she ever made! There's almost no female singer I can think of who has as much talent as Lady T. Can anyone name a female, particularly in today's market, who can hang with her? And Madonna had the nerve to talk about her back in the day, when she doesn't have a tenth of Tee's ability!

I just bought the 20th Century Masters collection of her Motown-era hits. Classic jams!

New Song "Ooh Wee" From Her Upcoming Album "Sapphire"

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary 'blue-eyed' soulful
songstress Teena Marie has the #1 most added song at Urban AC Radio this week.
Her sizzling new single "Ooh Wee," is the first release from her forthcoming
sophomore album Sapphire, on Cash Money Classics a division of Cash Money
Records. The album is a follow-up to Teena's critically acclaimed 2004 album,
La Dona, which heralded Ms. Marie's return to the music industry after a
13-year absence.
Sapphire, produced by Ms. Marie, is the fifteenth album from the effusive
vocalist, who is regarded as one of the most influential R&B female singers of
all times. Known for her ability to effortlessly navigate soul/R&B/funk and
hip-hop, Teena Marie has also forged many chart-topping collaborations with
superstars such as the late Rick James, Common, Gerald Levert and MC Lyte,
among others.
A multi-instrumentalist herself, Teena Marie has maintained a production-
hand in every one of her albums except her debut Wild And Peaceful (1979). The
popular songstress and 3-time Grammy nominee has delivered an arsenal of genre
defying albums along the way, including Lady T (1980), Starchild (1984), Naked
To The World (1988), which featured the #1 classic "Ooh La La," and 1994's
independently released Passion Play. Ms. Marie has released 10 compilation
albums as well since her stunning national debut on Motown Records in 1979.
Known for her tireless and universally acclaimed live performances, Ms.
Marie is currently making plans to showcase selected songs on her upcoming
album Sapphire, due in stores Spring 2006.



SOURCE Cash Money/Universal
Web Site: http://www.universalrecords.com

Just been listening to RJ's Street Songs (Deluxe Edition)

That live version of 'I'm Just A Sucker For Love' on disc 2 is awesome, worth the price of the album alone. I think she's just a great, powerhouse vocalist.