Two of my favorite slices of Minneapolis funk (though I prefer the full 10 minute album version of Innocent to this single version). They sound like different takes on the same song, both smokin'.


Alexander O'Neal - Innocent



The Time - Get It Up

TommyRoss said:

Nice, never saw this one b4.

CinisterCee said:

You don't look nearly as pissed as homegirl. Maybe you're not so innocent.

TommyRoss said:

...and that surly waitress in "innocent" cracks me the fuck up.

as for which song wins for me: "innocent", hands down.

On which album is Innocent ? I´ve always wondered about this because I have the first three of his albums and Innocent is only part of a medley on the first album, so I thought that it was only released as a 12 " single....so, is the ten minute version probably on a different version of the first album ?

TommyRoss said:

She's just mad at Wardrobe.

KoolEaze said:

the 10-minute version is on the 12" single version, IIRC (i used to have a copy of it).




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KoolEaze said:

Innocent was the first single from his first album. It debuted on the chart in February 85. The B-side was a tune by the name of Are You The One? (I've not heard it).

Aaah, Ok, thanks to both of you. That´s what I was thinking because it´s only part of a medley on the album, and I remember it as a huge club hit way back in the day so I thought there must be a single or something.

I love that song , I´m addicted to the Minneapolis Funk since day one but I had never seen the video to Innocent before.

Great song but sometimes it´s better not to see the videos twentysomething years later.... ..a lot of them are unintentionally funny.

Two great songs, but I'm picking "Get It Up." My Alex jam of choice is "Criticize."

AlexdeParis said:

Hah! I'm listening to that one right now

AlexdeParis said:

Same.

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Innocent gets my vote!

But The Time gets a better vote with Cool:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...xHs8xsT4dU

wow..never seen either...my vote goes to Innocent...

and i do believe that Cherelle has never looked better then in that video.

sosgemini said:

TonyVanDam said:

Better than the Cherrelle I saw this summer with silicone grapefruits stuck on her chest.

Enjoyed both-but I'm partial 2 The Time!

Get It Up wins out over Innocent for me. It's cooler, darker, a little more subdued. Alex wouldn'tve worked with The Time. If You Were Here Tonight is a better ballad than Morris ever did though.

TommyRoss said:

Are You The One? is a great song,Monte Moir wrote that tunefor Alex. It 's also the B-side of Alex's "WHAT'S MISSING".
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the time album was a blueprint 4 the minneapolis sound.
i love both of 'em
on the alex 9000 innocent, does anyone know wtf they are chanting?????

TommyRoss said:

Her titties did not move.


Anywho, my vote for video goes to Innocent but I love the song Get It Up more. The Time had ZERO stage presence back then.

This thread made me listen to this in my car today:




1. Fake
2. A Broken Heart Can Mend
3. Sunshine
4. Criticize
5. You Were Meant To Be My Lady (Not My Girl)
6. Never Knew Love Like This
7. All True Man
8. If You Were Here Tonight
9. Crying Overtime
10. Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II

CinisterCee said:

That CD is missing The Lovers.

Stymie said:

...among others.

If you have to get a compilation, this one is better:

AlexdeParis said:

I've never seen that one.

What's on it?

AlexdeParis said:

I have Hearsay on CD, and Best of Cherrelle too.

Stymie said:

1. Never Knew Love Like This
2. Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II
3. Fake
4. All True Man
5. Criticize
6. Saturday Love
7. If You Were Here Tonight
8. Hearsay '89
9. (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
10. The Lovers
11. What's Missing
12. A Broken Heart Can Mend
13. What Is This Thing Called Love?
14. You Were Meant To Be My Lady (Not My Girl)
15. Love Makes No Sense

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Innocent
All in all I prefer The Time.