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The Best of Soul Train 5-12-07 One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Strokety Stroke - The O'Jays Scramble Board tune (Leslie Uggams): Your Sweetness Is My Weakness - Barry White Performance: Atlantic Starr - Stand Up Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire Performance: Freda Payne - Livin' for the Beat Get Off - Foxy Performance: Freda Payne - Happy Days Are Here Again Don't Stop, Get Off - The Sylvers Performance: Atlantic Starr - Don't know the name of this one. Soul Train Line: Only You - Teddy Pendergrass Performance: Freda Payne - Falling In Love Love, Peace & SOUL tA  Tribal Disorder
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Isn't "Strokety Stroke" one of the funkiest jams that the O'Jays ever did? 
They played that song on lasty week's episode too,along with EW&F's "Got To Get You Into My Life". Freda Payne was just alright...nothing special 
Overall,not a very exciting episode,especially considering the era they were in. | |
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SoulAlive said: Isn't "Strokety Stroke" one of the funkiest jams that the O'Jays ever did?
They played that song on lasty week's episode too,along with EW&F's "Got To Get You Into My Life". Freda Payne was just alright...nothing special
Overall,not a very exciting episode,especially considering the era they were in. I was hoping she would perform "Band of Gold", her biggest hit. Here's more on Freda Payne: http://www.youtube.com/wa...Xmzf7fg2Qs | |
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"Band Of Gold"  my favorite song by her | |
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dreamfactory313 said: SoulAlive said: Isn't "Strokety Stroke" one of the funkiest jams that the O'Jays ever did?
They played that song on lasty week's episode too,along with EW&F's "Got To Get You Into My Life". Freda Payne was just alright...nothing special
Overall,not a very exciting episode,especially considering the era they were in. I was hoping she would perform "Band of Gold", her biggest hit. Here's more on Freda Payne: http://www.youtube.com/wa...Xmzf7fg2Qs Was it her only hit??  | |
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Freda didn't do a good job lip-singing, she was off on all three songs, was it me or did she seem a little high?
It was an okay episode, if they are going to show episodes from the same season they could at least show ones where different songs are played. We already heard that E.W.F. cut and that O'Jays cut. | |
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Abdul said: Freda didn't do a good job lip-singing, she was off on all three songs, was it me or did she seem a little high?
It was an okay episode, if they are going to show episodes from the same season they could at least show ones where different songs are played. We already heard that E.W.F. cut and that O'Jays cut. Nope, wasnt just you. Her performances were terrible.  | |
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Episode was ok- I didn't know that Atlantic Star, the same group that gave me "Always" and "Secret Lovers", was so big with the horn section and all. I also didn't know that they did funky uptempo songs.
Felt kinda shortchanged on the Soul Train line. | |
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dreamfactory313 said: Abdul said: Freda didn't do a good job lip-singing, she was off on all three songs, was it me or did she seem a little high?
It was an okay episode, if they are going to show episodes from the same season they could at least show ones where different songs are played. We already heard that E.W.F. cut and that O'Jays cut. Nope, wasnt just you. Her performances were terrible. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this Her performances were terrible,indeed...especially that tacky disco version of "Happy Days Are Here Again"  | |
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CoolMF said: Episode was ok- I didn't know that Atlantic Star, the same group that gave me "Always" and "Secret Lovers", was so big with the horn section and all. I also didn't know that they did funky uptempo songs.
Oh yeah,Atlantic Starr could funk it up,when they wanted to."Stand Up" is a jam and even during their mid-80s crossover period,they still managed to release the super funky "Freak-A-Ristic". | |
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funkpill said: dreamfactory313 said: I was hoping she would perform "Band of Gold", her biggest hit. Here's more on Freda Payne: http://www.youtube.com/wa...Xmzf7fg2Qs Was it her only hit?? No,she also had another big hit "Bring The Boys Home" in the early 70s
If I'm not mistaken,during the 70s she was married to singer Gregory Abbott,who had a big hit of his own in 1986 ("Shake You Down"). | |
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I thought the episode was simply decent. They are in the right era but Atlantic Star and Freda Payne are not artists that the era was known for.
Since Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels are former "Soul Train" dancers, they really should show the episode with Shalamar performing "The Second Time Around". Not only would the show be highlighting one of "their own", but it also would be very indicative of how the era really was.....not to mention, it would be a very enjoyable episode (I saw it and want to see it again). Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Abdul said:
It was an okay episode, if they are going to show episodes from the same season they could at least show ones where different songs are played. We already heard that E.W.F. cut and that O'Jays cut. Exactly. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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CoolMF said:
Episode was ok- I didn't know that Atlantic Star, the same group that gave me "Always" and "Secret Lovers", was so big with the horn section and all. I also didn't know that they did funky uptempo songs. This is back before Atlantic Starr became sellouts. They were never one of my favorite groups but I did enjoy their music.....before they became a group's answer to Shitney Houston. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: I thought the episode was simply decent. They are in the right era but Atlantic Star and Freda Payne are not artists that the era was known for.
Since Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels are former "Soul Train" dancers, they really should show the episode with Shalamar performing "The Second Time Around". Not only would the show be highlighting one of "their own", but it also would be very indicative of how the era really was.....not to mention, it would be a very enjoyable episode (I saw it and want to see it again). I agree,they need to bring out the artists who truly represented that era!! Where is Rose Royce,The Brothers Johnson,Natalie Cole,Ray Parker Jr and Raydio,The Commodores,etc? Let's see those episodes. | |
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SoulAlive said: vainandy said: I thought the episode was simply decent. They are in the right era but Atlantic Star and Freda Payne are not artists that the era was known for.
Since Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels are former "Soul Train" dancers, they really should show the episode with Shalamar performing "The Second Time Around". Not only would the show be highlighting one of "their own", but it also would be very indicative of how the era really was.....not to mention, it would be a very enjoyable episode (I saw it and want to see it again). I agree,they need to bring out the artists who truly represented that era!! Where is Rose Royce,The Brothers Johnson,Natalie Cole,Ray Parker Jr and Raydio,The Commodores,etc? Let's see those episodes. Or Amii Stewart, The Village People, The Jacksons, etc. Disco was huge so they need to show some disco acts that appeared. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: CoolMF said:
Episode was ok- I didn't know that Atlantic Star, the same group that gave me "Always" and "Secret Lovers", was so big with the horn section and all. I also didn't know that they did funky uptempo songs. This is back before Atlantic Starr became sellouts. They were never one of my favorite groups but I did enjoy their music.....before they became a group's answer to Shitney Houston. 
Always was :puke:city Don't laugh at my funk
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I wasn't able to catch this episode over the weekend; judging from yalls posts, looks like I wasn't missing all that much.  "Say I'm lookin' at you, from the corner of my eye..."  | |
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vainandy said: I thought the episode was simply decent. They are in the right era but Atlantic Star and Freda Payne are not artists that the era was known for.
Since Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels are former "Soul Train" dancers, they really should show the episode with Shalamar performing "The Second Time Around". Not only would the show be highlighting one of "their own", but it also would be very indicative of how the era really was.....not to mention, it would be a very enjoyable episode (I saw it and want to see it again). I am agreeing as well. I think don is just b s sing us, killing time until the shows of today starts back up. as many clips of performers singing their hits we are getting just the average shows. I did like the first song atlantic star did. but like vain said they were not known until the eighties. and freda was doing some awful lipsincing. and the second song she performed was cool but sounded a lot like linda clifford. COME ON GUYS BREAK IT DOWN FOR US!  nipsy | |
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chewwsey said: vainandy said: I thought the episode was simply decent. They are in the right era but Atlantic Star and Freda Payne are not artists that the era was known for.
Since Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels are former "Soul Train" dancers, they really should show the episode with Shalamar performing "The Second Time Around". Not only would the show be highlighting one of "their own", but it also would be very indicative of how the era really was.....not to mention, it would be a very enjoyable episode (I saw it and want to see it again). I am agreeing as well. I think don is just b s sing us, killing time until the shows of today starts back up. as many clips of performers singing their hits we are getting just the average shows. I did like the first song atlantic star did. but like vain said they were not known until the eighties. and freda was doing some awful lipsincing. and the second song she performed was cool but sounded a lot like linda clifford. COME ON GUYS BREAK IT DOWN FOR US! Don needs to be reading Soul Alive's thread about what we would pick for upcoming episodes. There were some great suggestions on that thread....except for the few that wanted late 80s or 90s episodes....Don needs to overlook those posts. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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dreamfactory313 said: Abdul said: Freda didn't do a good job lip-singing, she was off on all three songs, was it me or did she seem a little high?
It was an okay episode, if they are going to show episodes from the same season they could at least show ones where different songs are played. We already heard that E.W.F. cut and that O'Jays cut. Nope, wasnt just you. Her performances were terrible. I noticed she was off too. That was the worst lip synching job i've ever seen and yes she did look high. i actually don't know anything about her but she was off for sure! Once again this was not a great episode for me. I wish they would stick with the 80's! | |
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DadeCounty305 said: I wasn't able to catch this episode over the weekend; judging from yalls posts, looks like I wasn't missing all that much.
You really weren't This was a very mediocre episode.Don is holding back on the really GOOD episodes from this period. | |
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yes I did see soul alive's list. I saw some really cool ones. the shows have been episodes that I didn't even know were recorded. nipsy | |
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