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1980s R&B Jam of the Day: Alexander O'Neal "Fake" "Can I get some nasssss-tay bass?"
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis balladeer Alexander O'Neal threw a bomb on the dancefloor with his only No. 1 single, "Fake." The lead single from his "Hearsay" album was a throwdown song about a woman who was ... fake, as mentioned in lines such as: "Your hair was long/but now it's short/you said 'I got it cut'/but I don't see no hair on the floor." [Edited 8/1/07 20:14pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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"Can I get some nasty bass"
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Now that was FUNKY SMELLY @ its best....Jam & Lewis brought the SMELL to the dance floor and Alexander vocal wise was ON POINT! I LOVED this album.....WOW!!!!! | |
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In bed this mornin', you called me Clyde
Alex is the name that I go by oh, oh-oh-oh-oh. Smokin' jam. tA  Tribal Disorder
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YESSSSSA! I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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One of Alex's few good songs. "Fake" is great and so is "Innocent" and "Sleigh Ride". He can keep the rest of his dull mellow ass shit.  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: One of Alex's few good songs. "Fake" is great and so is "Innocent" and "Sleigh Ride". He can keep the rest of his dull mellow ass shit.
Come on....u didn't like "Sunshine," "The Morning After", "If U Were Here 2night", "Never Knew Love Like This", "The Lovers" and "Crying Overtime"? I loved his first 3 Tabu albums. I didn't care for "Love Makes No Sense", but the everything else was off tha chain. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: vainandy said: One of Alex's few good songs. "Fake" is great and so is "Innocent" and "Sleigh Ride". He can keep the rest of his dull mellow ass shit.
Come on....u didn't like "Sunshine," "The Morning After", "If U Were Here 2night", "Never Knew Love Like This", "The Lovers" and "Crying Overtime"? I loved his first 3 Tabu albums. I didn't care for "Love Makes No Sense", but the everything else was off tha chain. Dead on man! Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. That had some funk on it too like time's running out,G.U.O.T.R(get up on the rhythmn),this thing called love. Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: daPrettyman said: Come on....u didn't like "Sunshine," "The Morning After", "If U Were Here 2night", "Never Knew Love Like This", "The Lovers" and "Crying Overtime"? I loved his first 3 Tabu albums. I didn't care for "Love Makes No Sense", but the everything else was off tha chain. Dead on man! Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. That had some funk on it too like time's running out,G.U.O.T.R(get up on the rhythmn),this thing called love. Don't 4get Midnight Run. I loved that album. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: phunkdaddy said: Dead on man! Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. That had some funk on it too like time's running out,G.U.O.T.R(get up on the rhythmn),this thing called love. Don't 4get Midnight Run. I loved that album. You are right. That was the foster/mcElroy track. Also Used which was the sequel to criticize. Man you about to make me drive 80 miles to my mom's house and dig in my lp crates. Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: daPrettyman said: Don't 4get Midnight Run. I loved that album. You are right. That was the foster/mcElroy track. Also Used which was the sequel to criticize. Man you about to make me drive 80 miles to my mom's house and dig in my lp crates. http://www.amazon.com/gp/...180&sr=8-7 Amazon has it cheap on cd (used of course). **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Okay, am I the only one who loves "Criticise"?
It's way more pop than his other numbers but this song is simply irresistible. I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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phunkdaddy said: Dead on man!
Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. That had some funk on it too like time's running out,G.U.O.T.R(get up on the rhythmn),this thing called love. Another grooving song from Alexander O'Neal's "All True Man" album was "Every Time I Get Up." I still quote a line from that song: "I get no 'E' for effort." Another song that was memorable was "Somebody (Changed Your Mind)," with the unusual drum programming pattern. On the ballad side, I loved "Hang On," which was more of a blues club feel (Jesse Johnson was the guest guitarist on that track). I got all four of O'Neal's albums on compact disc (including "All True Man") so I still spin those regularly. [Edited 8/4/07 5:43am] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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rushing07 said: Okay, am I the only one who loves "Criticise"?
It's way more pop than his other numbers but this song is simply irresistible. It wasn't my favorite. I remember when they issued that as a 2nd single. I was so upset. I wanted "Never Knew Love Like This". As we all know, it eventually got released, but I didn't think Criticize was good enough for a 2nd single. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: It wasn't my favorite. I remember when they issued that as a 2nd single. I was so upset. I wanted "Never Knew Love Like This". As we all know, it eventually got released, but I didn't think Criticize was good enough for a 2nd single.
I agree. "Criticize" was, IMO, the weakest song on the "Hearsay" album. It had to be remixed to make it more appealing and I felt it was released as the second single because the record company wanted to milk Alexander O'Neal's momentum. I also agree that "Never Knew Love Like This" should have been the second single, followed by "Sunshine." THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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Najee said: daPrettyman said: It wasn't my favorite. I remember when they issued that as a 2nd single. I was so upset. I wanted "Never Knew Love Like This". As we all know, it eventually got released, but I didn't think Criticize was good enough for a 2nd single.
I agree. "Criticize" was, IMO, the weakest song on the "Hearsay" album. It had to be remixed to make it more appealing and I felt it was released as the second single because the record company wanted to milk Alexander O'Neal's momentum. I also agree that "Never Knew Love Like This" should have been the second single, followed by "Sunshine." I have a feeling that they wanted Alex to "crossover" and it didn't work. They probably couldn't figure out how someone could have a BIG #1 r&b hit and not crack the hot 100. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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phunkdaddy said: daPrettyman said: Come on....u didn't like "Sunshine," "The Morning After", "If U Were Here 2night", "Never Knew Love Like This", "The Lovers" and "Crying Overtime"? I loved his first 3 Tabu albums. I didn't care for "Love Makes No Sense", but the everything else was off tha chain. Dead on man! Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. That had some funk on it too like time's running out,G.U.O.T.R(get up on the rhythmn),this thing called love. 
All True Man is my fav Oneal album...arent the first five or six tracks uptempto? The YOKE goes off!!! Space for sale... | |
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sosgemini said:
All True Man is my fav Oneal album...arent the first five or six tracks uptempto? The YOKE goes off!!! "Hearsay" and "All True Man" were mostly uptempo albums, so I'm scratching my head on Vain's logic about Alexander O'Neal's music. And certainly stuff like "Never Knew Love Like This" and "All True Man" doesn't count as ballads. [Edited 8/4/07 8:53am] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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ur hair was long but now it's short u say i got it cut but i don't c no hair on the floor!
 man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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Ahh, A Great Plastic Surgeon and/or Beutician theme song. I bet those with women with overthetop breast enhancements, weaves, butt enhancements and etc. love this song. [Edited 8/4/07 12:34pm] | |
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daPrettyman said:
Come on....u didn't like "Sunshine," "The Morning After", Never heard those. "If U Were Here 2night", "Never Knew Love Like This",
Hated those. "The Lovers" and "Crying Overtime"
Never heard those. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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phunkdaddy said:
Also vain must have never listened to the all true man album. After buying the first album and it had only one jam on it, which was "Innocent", I wasn't going to take the chance of being burned a second time. When the second album came out and I heard "Fake" on the radio, I instantly loved it. However, I figured he would do the same thing he did with the first album....release a hard first single and then the rest of the album would be slow and midtempo songs. I waited around to see if I heard any more hard jams on the radio and I never did, so I didn't bother buying anything else from Alexander O'Neil. . . [Edited 8/6/07 14:55pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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MsLegs said: Ahh, A Great Plastic Surgeon and/or Beutician theme song. I bet those with women with overthetop breast enhancements, weaves, butt enhancements and etc. love this song.
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Still a classic jam and Lewis cd. this is tight jams and melodies and great production. right up there with NE Heartbreak and Janet's early stuff. ______________________________________________
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