Icicle said:

It's no secret that Cassnova Brown was about Rick James. But I like the first & second verse:

My baby's fine
He always keeps me guessing
But never keeps me guessing about his love
He's had more girls than Howard Hughes had money
and you may think it funny when I say he loves me only
and who are you to say what he did when I was not around
just because I fell in love with Casanova Brown

Act 2 scene 5 is my command peformance
my name is clairvoyance and it's all too clear
I was the one
who said tune in tomorrow
I think about tomorrow, even when I am asleep and
who are you to say
what I did when you were'nt around
just because I fell in love with you
Casanova Brown

blackguitaristz said:

I've never notice that in so much detail, I just figured it was a note of some sort. since you brought it to attention. I had to hunt the lp and yes i see the 777-9*** the index finger is covering the rest.. great eye for detail.

Like i said never really paid that any attention, other than knowing the lyrics were on the liner.

I stated this over a year ago on here and I must state this again:
1} "You So Heavy' is one of the most coldblooded songs. And from a female, this is just hardcore proof on how HARD Teena is. This woman is off the hook. I ran a thread on this very song over 2 years ago and it got NO love. Which is surprising actually. It has a great vocal performance. The music is funky. It's always reminded me of "The Beautiful Ones", musically. But it's much harder. And the very Hendrix inspired guitar solo by the late Stevie Ray Vaughn.

2) Her whole Emerald City album is not only my fave album by her but it's one of my all time fave albums by anyone. THIS is what P should have done after Purple Rain. This is the follow up to Purple Rain. This album puts P's ATWIAD to shame. She even beat P to the punch with one side of the album being the artsy, jazz inspired side similar to what P ended up doing on Parade. The whole "funk/rock" side with Bootsy's hendrix like speech on "Emerald City' to the bangin' tribute to Prince "Lips 2 Find U" and "Once Is Not Enough" and of course the great "You So Heavy". Here's a white woman paying SERIOUS tribute to all of the black rock cats; Hendrix, Bootsy and Prince. And doing it with such flair and ease. It's so natural for Teena. Teena was like "Oooh,...I love that shit. I'm going to do some of that." And did it. She even went so far as to rename one of her guitarists in her band "Bendrix". Teena's off the hook. Always have been.

blackguitaristz said:

Emerald City is my favorite Teena Marie album. Very underrated.

CosmicTalk said:

Teena has always been a Prince fan.Her good friend/backup singer was Jill Jones,who later became a Prince protege.I bet she wasn't allowed to bring up Prince's name around Rick,lol.

Ooo La La La

I think I have to get the Emerald City album then. And by "getting" it, I mean stealing it off the internet.

SoulAlive said:

And if she did bring up P's name, I bet that's when Rick coined his infamous phrase "I'm Rick James, bitch!"

DirtyChris said:

I LOOOOOVE Where's California!

gypsyfire said:

WTF!!! I just found out that "Emerald city" is OOP!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Eme...256&sr=1-1

I already have it, so i don`t care, but still....

Icicle said:

Used from $45?! Thats crazy. iTunes has it for &7.98, of course no liner notes included.

One of the things I like about Teena‛s discography is that even though I‛ve loved her forever, I don‛t have all of it so there‛s always something for me to go back and discover or add to my collection.

JackieBlue said:

I know, especially considering i payed about $7 for a new copy a few months ago...

You Make Love Like Springtime
Tune In Tomorow
I'm Gonna Have My Cake (& Eat It Too)
365
Yes, Indeed
Portuguese Love
I Need Your Lovin
Where's California
I'm A Sucker For Your Love

Most of my favorites have been mentioned, but I must be the only one who loves "Here's Looking at You"!

AlexdeParis said:

That song right there is Teena's take on New Jack Swing. I've seen the video on YouTube about a month ago before it was removed.



EDIT: BTW, I also like the 12" version of The Sugar Shack.
[Edited 3/3/07 17:32pm]

AlexdeParis said:

"who's that peepin in my window..."

had this cassette single as a kid
recently bought the 12" for a buck!!!

Behind The Groove
Square Biz
I'm Just a Sucker For Your Love
Don't Look Back
You're All The Boogie I Need
First Class Love
It Must Be Magic
Jammin'
Chains
I Need Your Lovin'
Fix It
Lovergirl
Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before)
I Can't Love Anymore
Portuguese Love
Dear Lover
Out On A Limb

SoulAlive said:

another tidbit o trivia...jill introduced chrise bruce to wendy and lisa who later became close friends and bandmate.

Where to start? Where to start? They're all so wonderfully horrible...

I'll say "Lovergirl." There's no better fun than listening to all that insanely bad Franglais.

Lammastide said:

sosgemini said:

Are you calling me a suburban snob!?!?!