he is a smooth crooner for the lady's out there.

he made songs for the lady's....about the lady's....and emotionly for the lady's
and some songs he made for himself.

Didn't he breaks his kneck trying to blow a tranny while driving a car a few years back? big kfc eating looking mofo right?

twink69 said:

I think you mean Teddy Pendergrass

Alexander always looked skeevy to me but I did like many of his songs.

I only like three of his songs.....

Innocent
Fake
Sleigh Ride

vainandy said:

! You only like three songs by Alexander O´Neal ???? YOU ? Of all people on the org ?

What about Criticize ?
Sunshine ?
If You Were Here Tonight ?
A Broken Heart Can Mend ?

What about the collabos with Cherelle ?

Minneapolis Black Music Awards 1983
http://blackmusicamerica.com/mbma


Alexander O'Neal was born in Natchez, Mississippi on November 15, 1953. I began the interview by asking what he feels has shaped his voice the most.
-I'm definitely influenced by gospel, because that was like mandatory in my house for X amount of years, the singer explained.
-My mother sang in the choir all the time and there are a couple of singers, choir-singing church-going types in my family, but I never sang in the choir, because I was too shy. I probably started singing just around the house, in the neighborhood, while listening to the radio, that kinda thing. I can't say my family was really musical, we were just working class, surviving, you know? But I'm sure Gospel would be my first influence, but also I would say that, living down south, we always had great radio. Certainly great black, R&B radio. We always got the best of R&B music and so I grew up on a lot of different artists from Nat King Cole to Otis Redding and James Brown.

But believe it or not, music wasn't his first love, football was. After finishing school, Alex went to Chicago and supported himself by working in a factory. Around 1974, he moved to Minneapolis, where his cousin lived and there, Alex took a job as a petrol pump attendant. This was also the period when he started taking music seriously.
-Yeah, it was in Minneapolis, sometime back in 1974, when I said "hell I gotta go for it". So I started just going for it and developing my craft, feeling my way... started out with local bands, you know?, Alex said and laughed.

In his own words, Alex "bounced around a lot during the seventies". Moving from city to city, he sang in little-known groups like The Philadelphia Stories, Black Market Band and The Mystics, but also in Jackson, Mississippi based Wynd Chymes, a band he left in 1977, prior to them getting a deal with RCA. The following year, Alex joined Flyte Tyme which, among others, consisted of Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Monte Moir, Jesse Johnson and Cynthia Johnson (who later would become the lead vocalist in Lipps Inc., famed for "Funkytown"). When Flyte Tyme merged with Morris Day's group Enterprise, changed name to The Time and Prince got them signed with Warner Brothers, it was made clear to Alex that his services were no longer needed and he briefly ventured into a totally different musical direction.
-Yeah, I formed my own rock group, called "Alexander". We used to play stuff like Billy Squier and Def Leppard!

In 1983 Alex debuted as a solo artist with "Do You Dare" on Erect Records in Chicago and his next single came out on the Rich label. "Attitude" was a song that according to Alex had "the best guitar solo Jesse Johnson ever did".

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Alexander O'neal first came to notice in 1985 with the release of his first album on Tabu records and went on to have major success with many more albums right up to the present day. Before his debut album for Tabu records he released several singles on small local labels in the Chicago area during the early 1980s and this is one of them.

Infact according to an interview with him in 1985 this was his first record released in 1982 on Erect records called "Do you dare" although for this release he just called himself Alexander




http://www.danceclassics....xander.htm

he always looked so shiny and greasy

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KoolEaze said:

Too midtempo. Too slow for the dance floor and too fast for the bedroom. No purpose whatsover.



I hated "Saturday Love". I like stuff from her like....

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Affair
You Look Good To Me
Oh No, It's You Again

vainandy said:

I can see liking only a few songs, but Sleigh Ride is one of those songs?

I bought that one last December. It has become my favorite Christmas song. It's like Christmas Minneapolis Sound style.

I do.

favs:
Innocent
If You Were Here Tonight
What's Missing
A Broken Heart Can Mend
Fake

I absolutely love this guy's voice

Fake, Sunshine, Criticize (it had a hilarious video), Saturday Love...these were the jamz!

"Can I get sone NASTY BASS!!!!!".....NUFF SAID!!!!!

Fake Great song. Thats about it

legendofnothing said:

Nah.....his first two LP's were CLASSICS in the Jam/Lewis production era!!!!! His ballads are CLASSICS as far as 80's love songs. "If You Were Here Tonight" and "Sunshine". Not even counting the Alex/Cherrelle duets!!!! Give him a little more credit than that, y'all!!!!!

woogiebear said:

Thanks to a secret benefactor i'll definitely give him some credit.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

100MPH said:

Kirky J is in this pic. lol.

Graycap23 said:

Which one is it

twink69 said:

*wonders what this has to do with thread title*

Yes, I like Alexander. He's got some damn great tracks.

woogiebear said:

Yep! "Criticize" is my favorite. That song is hot!

I can't believe I'm the first to mention his '90s songs. "All True Man" was a big hit and I love "What Is This Thing Called Love?" "Love Makes No Sense" was also hot. Still, if nothing else, Alex will always be the man for the song "Aphrodisia," which includes (among others) this classic line:

"I got the stuff to make you holler
So let me be your superniiiiigga!"

Good times, good times...

JackieBlue said:

damn i had forgotten all about that with Teddy.....him and Eddie Murphy, when will they learn???

SIRTONY said:

Hi Tony

I like Fake, Innocent and Criticize
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missfee said:

Eddie's dating a different trannie now - Scary Spice.

RipHer2Shreds said:

are you for real?

missfee said:

That's the rumor.

woogiebear said:

YES. Sunsine and If still rock today. Those are my jams. His uptempo stuff was cool too. Maybe he have a jam & Lewis reunion and recreate some magic

Alexander was the man, here's my favs by him:


What's Missing
Are You The One? - This was the B-Side to What's Missing, produced by Monte Moir, for the life of me I can't figure out why this wasn't included on his first Jam & Lewis album. Very funky song!!!
You Were Meant To Be My Lady (Not My Girl)
Innocent
Fake
Criticize
Sunshine
A Broken Heart Can Mend
Saturday Love w/ Cherelle
What Can I Say To Make You Love Me
What Is This Thing Called Love?
If You Were Here Tonight
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IMO, he is a very underrated singer. He has never put out a bad album or song. I love all of his songs especially, "Fake", "What is this thing called love", & "Love makes no Sense". I wish that he would put out something new.

shorttrini said:

He's never stopped making music. He's more popular in Europe than he is in the States.

100MPH said:

In the middle at the bottom.