I started making a list and then I realized that the artists I was most into then, I'm still most into now.

Anx said:

I think that's just how the mind's memory works. Like obviously if you have forgotten about some groups or singers for good, then you won't recall them instantly for your list today.

well, some stuff i listened to then that i don't listen to as much now:

skinny puppy, ministry (i give them both a spin every now and then), the woodentops, stump, book of love, public image ltd., dead milkmen, dredd zeppelin, they might be giants, flying lizards (though if i could get my hands on their TOP TEN album, i'd listen to 'em all the time still)...

CinisterCee said:

well, some stuff i listened to then that i don't listen to as much now:

skinny puppy, ministry (i give them both a spin every now and then), the woodentops, stump, book of love, public image ltd., dead milkmen, dredd zeppelin, they might be giants, flying lizards (though if i could get my hands on their TOP TEN album, i'd listen to 'em all the time still)...

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DUDE , U ROCK !
I dig ALL these 2 !

Maaan , i'm about to see Don Blackman funk it up later this year in London .

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Remember Ola Ray from " Thriller " ? ... that's her perfect fit over there .

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I would say she's got to be a dancer ... with a body like that !

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Oh, Ok !! So that's Ola! Man, I thought she looked familiar!!!
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DUDE , U ROCK !

Maaan , i'm about to see Don Blackman funk it up later this year in London!

100MPH said:

Yeah, Don's The Man!! I saw a performance a few year back that included Lenny White on drums Don Blackman on keys, and Foley on Basses!

But I didn't like Don's last Cd, called "Listen"...my advice is..."Don't"..it was weird, it's like he forgot all the things that made that first album(And his stuff with Lenny White) So funky and melodic....
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..... that must've ROCKED HARD ! ... where was that at & did U tape that ?
Maaaan , Lenny & Don go waaaayyyy back 2 the Twennynine days .
Remember Peanut Butter ( 1979 ) & Time ( 1978 + Marcus Miller ) or Universal Love ( 1978 ) ?

paligap said:

The thing i regret about the album , is that the real live drums are missing ... it sounds a bit too clinic .
But nevertheless , i think there's a real gem in there like Ghetto Lament which is Don's salute to the late Weldon Irvine , where Don kinda started off his musical voyage .
Other cats like Lenny , Nard , Tom Browne , Bobby Broom have all started in Weldon's Jamaican funk school in Queens .

Some other tracks on [img]Listen[/img] i dig :
Get Your Freak On
although with the mechanical drum , i felt a kinda same vibe as with Deaf Hook Up Connection , You Ain't Hip & [img]Yabadabadoo[/img].

[img]Just Can't Get Enough[/img] + [img]This Thing Called Love[/img]
Now there's a story behind these tracks , because if you listen close , you'll hear that acoustic-sound is a slight different than most of the tracks on [img]Listen[/img].
I knew about the excistance of them already before it eventually was released on that cd .
In a magazine-article from about 1987 , there was the mentioning of an unreleased project called LBR , which stood for the initials of Don and 2 other artists i have to look up .
Now , when Listen finally came out , i recognised those other artists names , and everything i had wondered about that LBR-project fell in place .
So yeah , for me personally them songs are from much value .

And besides that , if tracks from [img]Listen[/img] are gonna be played live , then the vibe is so much different ... something i already experienced at another concert from him , back in 2000 .
The London fans go deep when digging on jams during a concert .... one of the first times i felt such an atmosphere .
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Yeah, I was a Big Lenny White and Twennynine fan (Best of Friends was one o'my favorites! also Lenny's album, Streamline, with Don, and Marcus Miller)


I gotta respect the tribute for Weldon, and it was his tune after all. The only reason I didnt like the newer version of Ghetto Lament is that I have an amazing version that Don, Lenny, and EW&F's Larry Dunn produced for Sylvia St. James (on her album, "Magic")around '81...Have you heard that version? it also features Dave Gruisin's string arrangements, and a great Don Blackman piano solo at the end....it's one of my favorite pieces of all time...so when I heard Don's newer version, I was like,"....mmmmm....ok, I guess...."

Btw, I did acouple of threads on the whole Jamaica, Queens Kats thing...and Yeah, Weldon Irvine was like their Quincy Jones, all those Kats came through his bands: Tom Browne, Marcus Miller, Don, Bernard Wright, Omar Hakim, Bobby Broom, etc....

Aw man , that's kewl ... thanx for telling .
Are them topics from this year still ?
Ever since the Arista/GRP productions came out i've been a DEVOTED fan ,
and tried to find every GRP-production from that era .
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The Jets (I know, I know).

Which artists did you dig the most DURING the 80s?

I was into Tina Turner, MJ, Janet, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Phil Collins, Lionel Ritchie, Whitney, Sheena, Gloria Estefan, Sammy Hagar, Jody ("don't you want me") Watley, Huey Lewis, Prince, Tom petty, and esp THE POINTER SISTERS! my first concert.

in retrospect there is a lot of 80s music I listen to NOW that I like better, more r&b, but i guess i was a pop whore as a little kid.

Early 80's? Prince, Cyndi Lauper, WHAM!

100MPH said:

Damn, y'know I think the most recent one was still last year...Looks like we have to do a new new thread,if ya want! !

btw, I'll orgnote you the version I was talkin' about...I have her later album, I know it has the song, Evening Rainbow on it...I'll have to check it again for
The Martinez track!
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jillybean said:

My wife was just singing "You got it over Him" a few days ago, ...
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paligap said:

Actually i've got a solid jam by the Jets called Rocket 2 U , produced by & with the clear trademark of Bobby Nunn .

PRINCE, U-2, Madonna, Duran Duran, Split ENZ, Talking HEADS, Roxy Music,Depeche Mode.....Siouxsie and THE BANSHEES. I basically was a NEWWAVER but had PRINCE and Madonna in the MIX>>>>
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