The Commodores were a great group . They had alot of nice tunes and my favorite is "OH NO." I love this song . It is such a beautiful love song with a great melody. What's your favorite Commodores tune?

(1) Three Times A Lady
(2) Brick House
(3) Sail On

ZOOM!!! is my absolute favorite...

luv4u said:

The extended version is the best!!!!

funkpill said:

ZOOM is a nice, soulful tune funkpill .

luv4u said:

That one was too dang slow for me...

The extended version of 'Fancy Dancer' is a jam too!!!





Okay..

I'm done...

funkpill said:

It's the words I like, plus Lionel Richie is singing it. If not for him, The Commodores would not exist
[It's a good song for kissing someone edit]

luv4u said:

Very true..

They seem to have lost something once he had left..


But then again, they were becoming watered down when he was there, with that tune...

luv4u said:

Lionel was the entire group .

Oh!!!!


And Slippery When Wet, was another jam!!!

funkpill said:

Never heard that one.

nurse said:

From their second album...

A true funk jam!!!





Yes,

Once upon a time, Lionel was funky...

funkpill said:

Thanks funkpill I'll have to search that one out and yes Lionel use to be funky! How does one lose their funk?

nurse said:

By Truly, Dancing On The Ceiling, All Night Long....




In other words, POP!!! goes the weasel!!!

But he was a great songwriter..

Penny Lover & Hello are my two favorites...

funkpill said:

Dancing On The Ceiling , but yes he was a great songwriter.

nurse said:

I think that tune was the begininng of the end of his stardom.

funkpill said:

You may be right and that beat down from Brenda didn't help either .

nurse said:

He was on the ceiling then huh??

funkpill said:

He definitely was .

Way too many too list..
"Machine Gun"
"Funny Feelings"
"Squeeze The Fruit"
"Fancy Dancer"
"Sweet Love"
"Just To Be Close To You"
"Zoom"
"Funky Situation"

SPYZFAN1 said:

Another classic!!!!

Still

Sail On

Zoom

Oh No

Jesus Is Love

Sweet Love

Brick... HOUuse

Three Times A Lady

funkpill said:

CO-SIGN!!!!!

Girl,I think the world about you,from Hot on the tracks
/peace Manki

http://www.youtube.com/wa...commodores




http://www.youtube.com/wa...%20lady%20



http://www.youtube.com/wa...l%20richie
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funkpill said:

That was the stronger era when he was working with James Anthony Carmichael .
Just recently i played the opening/title-track Can't Slow Down which has a great drive .
I saw at someones home a live-performance of St. Paul Peterson in 1985 , playing that track . But instead of the synth-bass like in Lionel's version it was replaced for a booming slapthumbfunk MusicMan bass .
You catch the drift if you've ever experienced that bass-sound .

I like his mid-temp-ballad on that album too : Love Will Find A Way


And another fine mid-temp around the same year from the Commodores :



Guitarist Thomas McClary went solo too in 1984 and delivered some strong cuts :
- Man In The Middle
- Contagious
- Gonna Get You Back


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"Love Will Find A Way' is a GREAT song. What was the name of that song/video that Lionel put out in 1996? It sounded just like "Just To Be Close To You". Great song also.

SPYZFAN1 said:

"Don't Wanna Lose You Now".This song was produced by Jam and Lewis.

manki said:

that song blows my mind!