My top 5 cameo albums:
1.Alligator Woman
2.Style(underrated album)Remember the elvis
presley remake of i can't help falling in love
3.Knights of the Round Table
4.Feel Me
5.Cameosis

The funk just didn't get any better with the alligator woman
album.

Sorry somehow i got an error with the original thread.

Alligator Woman - nu-wave funk at its finest.

'Alligator Woman' is their masterpiece

Their first and their fonkiest - no question!

i never quite understood who or what cameo are/were

is this the band that had that "Word Up" hit.

the ones with the red plastic underwear?

if so, what does their other music sound like? do
they have a lot of different styles, like prince,
or what?

IstenSzek said:

Word up was bullshit. That song and candy were their crossover pop hits
which gave the band a token new audience. However after those crossover
hits cameo had to go back to the drawing board and do what made cameo
a favorite among funkateers over the years. I believe after word up and
candy the band only had one more major hit skin i'm in which was deep
lyrically.
If you really want to know what cameo was all about and you like funk,
check out cameo's discography before 1986 when word up was released and
you will see that word up was wack compared to cameo's body of work
before then. The band also had some killer ballads back then too.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I agree this first lp was wonderful

I am also going for knights of the soundtable

knights of the sound table
cameosis
style--yeah I still feel that I can't help falling in love joint.

I had to put them down when they went commercial, I remember seeing a video and wondering where the hell the rest of the band was??

Why have I lost you, Sparkle and I never knew are still in my top 25!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

"We All Know Who We Are" - great song! I have the actual '78

Knights of the Sound table

closely followed by

Cameosis

1. Knights of the Sound Table
2. Feel Me
3. Cameosis
4. Alligator Woman

I don't have the album with "I Just Want To Be" and "Sparkle" on it. I only have those two songs on a greatest hits compilation. If I did have that album, it would probably be in my top 5.

vainandy said:

That's Secret Omen (1979). Slammin' album!!!






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phunkdaddy said:

cool! i´ll make sure to check out their pre-86 stuff

IstenSzek said:

be sure to do that, 'cuz the have some of the juiciest and funkiest basslines ever recorded. might even hear a bits and pieces that could've or just might've influenced p himself.

Interestingly enough, I just bought their "Gold" collection and I'm hooked. But I'd say that albums I dig would be "Alligator Woman" and "Single Life. I don't own them, but they're cool anyways.

Attention all CAMEO fans:


They will be on this week's episode of CLASSIC SOULTRAIN, it's a classic epi from the 1981-1982 season. I think they do FLIRT maybe?

Abdul said:

thanks for the heads up!

Thanx for this information on their earlier stuff which I'm not too familiar with. They are a big influence.








I like to introduce to everyone here at the org a new funk outfit called ARJUN.
This funk-indie-rock-jazz-groove trio just released their debut album entitled, "Pieces"
It's an instrumental outing with heavy grooves, improvisation and a HUGE Prince influence.

Hear for yourself.

Check em out at:

www.arjunmusic.com

www.myspace.com/arjunmusic

www.cdbaby.com/arjuntunes

Thank you for your time.

Pieces

"C-Funk"

1. Cameosis
2. Aligator Women
3. Knights Of The Sound Table
4. Feel Me
5. Cardiac Arrest

We All Know Who We Are , She's Strange , Secret Omen , Style , Single Life , Ugly Ego.
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Alligator Woman, Cameosis, Secret Omen, Ugly Ego, Feel Me, Cardiac Arrest, We All Know Who We Are, Knights of the Sound Table





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Knights of the Sound Table
Alligator Woman
Cameosis

In that order for me!!

Feel Me
Knights of the Sound Table
Alligator Woman
Ugly Ego
Cameosis

StarMon said:

paligap said:

As usual, Pali picks what I would pick! But choosing just ONE, it would DEFINATELY be Alligator Woman. Hands down.

andyd said:

Funk!! Funk!!

magnificentpentatonic said:

You funk traditionalists can hate all you want on Cameo's pop era. But I felt that was when they truly found their sound and identity. Before they moved into Synth-Funk stuff like "She's Strange" and "Single Life, Cameo were seen as a poor man's P-Funk or Ohio Players. Sure, they had some great tunes, but they sounded like they could been done by those aforementioned bands. Even Larry Blackmon's vocal style obviously resembled Sugarfoot Bonner. But by the mid-80's, I felt they came into their own when they put out "She's Strange" and the albums after that. Plus, that's the Cameo that I remember well when I was growing up. And I'm pretty sure that when you think of the band, you think of their mid-80's pop era the most. Sure they might've had great and funkier songs before that but you can't deny their subsequent work. Besides, their older material could've been anyone's really. It would'nt be any different than what the Ohio Players were doing for example. So don't hate, appreciate.