This wasn't one of his biggest hits,but I like it alot

http://www.youtube.com/wa...-g7I60MHVs


Takes me back to Christmas 1984,it was getting alot of airplay during that period.

Cool performance from SOLID GOLD - God, I loved that show!

Ray's lyrics are funny to me....

I trained her just the way I wanted her
taught her every trick in the book
Now,it ain't fair for her to give it all to some other guy

SoulAlive said:

David, that's not funny. It's sexism and it's serious business!

RipHer2Shreds said:

in his defense,he also wrote "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)"

SoulAlive said:

Women do not need the love of a man to get on in this world. Did you learn nothing from the fallout in the John Meyer, Daughter thread?

I'm just gonna shut up cuz I'm being stoopeed.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah but then he wrote that he was in love with the other woman.

David, do you remember Randy Hall? I've been looking for I've Been Watching You for at least ten years. Everytime I hear Ray's Jamie, I think of Randy Hall.

Lothan said:

Yeah,I remember him.Didn't Ray Parker Jr. appear in his first music video? I can't remember the name of the song but in the video,Randy stole Ray's girlfriend.

SoulAlive said:

Yep, that was the song I've Been Watching You.

Lothan said:

***In 1978,Ray declared that Jack cheated on Jill,and he was sympathetic to Jack ("Jack and Jill")

***In 1981,he was sympathetic to women,warning the fellas that their ladies could cheat too ("A Woman Needs Love")

***In 1982,he forgot about that advice and cheated on his own lady he fell in love with "the other woman".

***In 1983,he admitted that he had been a "Bad Boy" and begged to be forgiven.I guess she didn't take him back because the next song was....

***"I Just Can't Get Over Loving You"

***In 1984,he once again tried to get the girl back ("Jamie")

SoulAlive said:

You are so awesome, David.

this song sucks!!!

This is one those songs that sticks in your head, especially those of us who had a Jamie in our lives.

I never cared for this song.

Damn, you pulled out a song that I haven't listened to since it was popular. I've got the 45 somewhere way down in the stacks.

That song is contained on the "Woman Out Of Control" album. I bought that album strictly for the song "Invasion" which is very futuristic and spacey and puts me in the mind of Prince's "Automatic". It doesn't sound like "Automatic", they just have the same futuristic feel to them.

SoulAlive said:

You forgot one:

In 1992, he updated "A Woman Needs Love" with a new jack style, added Father MC, and called it "She Needs to Get Some." He even borrows the line "a woman needs love just like you do."

Of course, I really like that song.

I like "Jamie," too, but "A Woman Needs Love" is still his best song.

vainandy said:

I bought the 'Woman Out Of Control' album at a vinyl dig last year.I like the title track and "In The Heat Of The Night" but this is a weak album,for the most part.

Lothan said:

Most of his songs are about relationships."Ghostbusters" was one of the few times that he wasn't singing about cheating on his girlfriend,and begging to get her back

AlexdeParis said:

I forgot to add...


***In 1985,after "Jamie" apparently didn't take him back,he decided to enjoy the single life for awhile.He released a single called "Girls Are More Fun" from an album that was titled 'Sex And The Single Man'