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Reply #120 posted 09/30/06 12:05pm

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GaryMF said:

Xavier23 said:


whats wrong with "if only you knew" the best part of that song is coming on to the ned when she does that iiiifffff only you knew how much i care for you. that shit is magical


School him Xavier!!!! If Only You knew is saanging! And live it's off the chain!



The song doesn't bother me so much now. But back then when I was 14 years old, I wasn't into ballads really, especially one that was as overplayed as that one was at the time.
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Reply #121 posted 09/30/06 2:40pm

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GaryMF said:

And to answer your original question..... 2 words: JOdy Watley!


Now that's a hard one because Shalamar was so great when Jody Watley and Jeffery Daniels was in the group. I didn't like Shalamar near as much with their two replacements. As for Jody Watley solo, her music (especially that first album) was great but it's because of Andre Cymone. After the second album, I dropped her because she had become a balladeer like all the rest of them.

As for Howard Hewitt, he should have replaced Shalamar members as many times as he could to keep his career going because his solo stuff was horrible. He had lost all funkiness. lol
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Reply #122 posted 09/30/06 2:42pm

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TonyVanDam said:

vainandy said:



For someone who went from making jams like "For Those Who Like To Groove", "Still In The Groove", and "Hot Stuff" to resort to making something like "Ghostbusters"....he needed his ass beat. lol
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And that's EXACTLY what piss me off the most! Ray Parker Jr. was a musical genius in his own right. But instead of modern pop culture remember this, the first thing that come to their mind is that damn Ghostbusters theme song.

THAT freaking song ruined Ray's career. Quote me on this!


"Ghostbusters" turned Ray Parker Jr. into a joke. People laugh when they hear his name these days. I have a Ray Parker Jr. greatest hits compilation and the word "Ghostbusters" is in the damn title of the CD.
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Reply #123 posted 09/30/06 2:43pm

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sextonseven said:

I'll give you guys an easy one: Earth Wind & Fire vs. Philip Bailey


Earth, Wind, and Fire by far. I think I remember Maurice White having a solo album also and remember not liking it.
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Reply #124 posted 09/30/06 3:05pm

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"Ghostbusters" turned Ray Parker Jr. into a joke. People laugh when they hear his name these days. I have a Ray Parker Jr. greatest hits compilation and the word "Ghostbusters" is in the damn title of the CD.
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Ghostbusters may have been bad. (Mainly because he ripped off the music from Huey Lewis & The News "I Wanna New Drug") But "Girls Are More Fun" was worse! Remember that one? The video SUCKED just as bad as the song. It starts out with Ray trying to hit on Irene Cara (Where's She Been?) She shoots him down real quick. And near the end, Ray is dressed up as a Drag Queen.... A very ugly drag queen. He was uglier then Wesley Snipes in "Thanks From Julie Newmar" lol
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Reply #125 posted 09/30/06 3:49pm

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vainandy said:



"Ghostbusters" turned Ray Parker Jr. into a joke. People laugh when they hear his name these days. I have a Ray Parker Jr. greatest hits compilation and the word "Ghostbusters" is in the damn title of the CD.
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Chartbusters was the first of many Ray Parker Jr. Greatest Hits compilation (which is out of print now). It's also the one with Jamie on it.

Right now, I looking for a compilation with Girls Are More Fun & She Need To Get Some.
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Reply #126 posted 10/01/06 7:56am

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David Lee Roth. Although the Eat 'Em And Smile group was great.
‎"The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page
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