It seems such a basic song but there lies it's power . Classic & fine !

http://www.youtube.com/wa...y%20parker

I love all these kind of "instructional songs" that were part of R&B (and Pop!) music back in the day! I was just listening to this, Bobby Womack's "A Woman's Gotta Have It", and Dionne Warwick's "Wives And Lovers" yesterday...and was cracking up; it used to be that songs came with actual instructions for how to keep the one you love RIGHT by your side ....now everybody's too busy running around listening to songs like "SMACK MY BITCH UP"

100MPH said:

Dang!!!

You beat me to it!!!


I just got the cd format of this album yesterday...

Ottensen said:

Ray specialized in these types of "instruction" songs....

"Jack and Jill" (1978)
"More Than One Way To Love A Woman" (1979)
"Bad Boy" (1983) (his "take me back,I was a fool" song,lol)

you can tell Ray Parker Jr, updated this song on Mr. Telephone Man, for New Edition, this song and Mr Telephone Man sounds exactly the same

krazykid18 said:

That's Ray..

by the time poor jack, returned to the hill, somebody elllllse had been fuuuuu ckiiiiin jiiiiilllll

Finess said:

That whole album is good. Especially "Still In The Groove" and "It's Your Night".

"Billy Dee Jr"..That what we used to call him back then. Ray was rocking the skinny ties and shag-fro back then. Saw him on TV not too long ago..He married the blonde in the "Ghostbusters" video and they had some kids. He makes big $ in real estate now.

SPYZFAN1 said:

What it is, Brotha man?! U know, I could always tell that Ray had something going on with that blonde, just from the chemistry they had. It was clear as day.

Whazz goin' down Brutha B? Yeah Ray had that mojo on her, huh? (lol)

Til I heard this song, I never knew that a woman needed love like I did.

And that you can't change that.

I heard some new cuts of his on his myspace page. He has a new album coming out. The music is great - Ray Parker's guitar playing is on point and he even has a spanish-flavored cut on there. The lyrics, though...

"You Can't Change That" and "Mr. Telephone Man" are probably my two favorite Ray Parker Jr. songs. And of course, I dug all the funky Raydio instrumentals from back in the day

SPYZFAN1 said:

Yeah he did. That ole' black magic! I use it all the time and I KNOW u do to!

i always thought this was a cheesy song...

LOL!!! Ah ya' got me B!..I'm GUILTY!! (playa to playa)

SPYZFAN1 said:

Hi SPYFAN1,

That's the way to do it. Real Estate and Musical Copyrights.

Ray is a tasteful player and a smart man. "Old Pro" was one of those "instructional songs" back in the day.

What's up Carl? Yes you are right. That is the way to go! Cool to see ray having fun playing. The song "Mid Life Crisis" is kinda funny.

The "remake", his own "she needs to get some", is alot better then this. "a woman needs love" sounds like it should be used in early 80's porno.



http://www.youtube.com/wa...arker%20jr

Unfortunately, i cant find a vid for "she needs to get some", but the link above is a fun song. Sorta like New edition but with ray singing