Pretty good song; decent Prince imitation there. I really digged that chain she had on her lip..lol.

I bet she works in a donut shop now--figures.

I thought it was Sheila E the first time I heard that song.

2freaky4church1 said:

She was cool, but I think she was going for a fake Teena Marie vibe.

The lyrics "you cut like a knife, you make the knife feel good" always bothered me.

lazycrockett said:

"I don't wanna fall in love
Love cuts just like a knife
You make the knife feel good"

I like that line. It's a pain/pleasure thing.

Anyway, the New Jack Swing Remix is off the hook!

Jane Child= precursor to Pink

I love this song but it's not a Prince imitation and she was hardly a Teena Marie wannabe.


The lyrics "You cut just like a knife, you make that knife feel good" are nice -everybody has had a love that they knew was bound to end up hurting them but y couldn't stop loving them all the same.

AlexdeParis said:

Yep.

pbrite said:

Totally. She could remake that song!

AlexdeParis said:

Hell yeah! Teddy Riley liked Jane's original version so much that he made a remix version that ended up become more popular at the dance clubs (especially Club MTV & The Party Machine).

The Remix CD was one of the first CD's that I purchased... in 1990 CD's were still kind of a newer format... I remember taping the entire Remix CD on cassette for my walkman. It's crazy how times have progressed.

AlexdeParis said:

You took me back. I got her album--now I gotta go find the New JAck Swing remix on vinyl!

That remix was off the chain!

2freaky4church1 said:

Jane Child's a great musician who no doubt keeps up with technological innovations. There's always work for someone who knows his/her instrument. Ask Chuckii Booker. Just because one's not in the public eye doesn't mean they're working "in a donut shop".

Musicians are musicians - that's their trade/how they pay the bills. Shoot, giving music lessons is lucrative in itself. There are more than a few ways to make a living in music. I'm sure Miss Child is doing fine...

2freaky4church1 said:

In what way was she imitating Prince?

AlexdeParis said:

damn i always thought she said you make the "nite" feel good. she was so EMO!!!!!

2freaky4church1 said:

I think Jane Child is one of those people that is stil around, probably working on an album for like ten years now or something.

That song was the jam. The albumw as OK, too.

didn't Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produce some of the songs off her debut album? I think I remember seeing their names in the liner notes.

It was a good album, but from the cover you almost got the impression it was going to be an industrial album or something, when the music inside sounded quite different.

Her hair was freaky, it was like a cross between Crystal Gale and a mullet.

EverlastingNow said:

same here! I don't know why,but this sounds like a Sheila E. song to me.When I first heard it,I really thought it was Sheila's new single.

Tom said:

No. Jimmy & Terry had nothing to do with her first record. Her brother contributed a little guitar work if I'm not mistaken but thats about it. She was self-produced.
She became very adept at programming the Fairlight synthesizer. In the 80s, it was a big, bulky and complex computer workstation that very few people knew how to use. She used it better than practically anyone in my opinion.
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