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Thread started 08/29/07 3:41am

AvramsDad

Deniece Williams!!!

Just rediscovering her and it's sooo nice. Wish ya'll could be here.









































































Go 'head Neicy!!!

Choice cut RIGHT now...
"Silly", but then again, she can't lose.
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Reply #1 posted 08/29/07 7:37am

Ottensen

About to put on "Cause You Love Me Baby" right now before I go downtown music music music
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Reply #2 posted 08/29/07 7:54am

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I love Deniece. She is one of my favorite female artists of all time. "My Melody" is PERFECTION!!

Tracklist
1. My Melody
2. It's Your Conscience
3. Silly
4. Strangers
5. What Two Can Do
6. You're All That Matters
7. Suspicious
8. Sweet Surrender
**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
U 'gon make me shake my doo loose!
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Reply #3 posted 08/30/07 2:13am

SoulAlive

daPrettyman said:

I love Deniece. She is one of my favorite female artists of all time. "My Melody" is PERFECTION!!

Tracklist
1. My Melody
2. It's Your Conscience
3. Silly
4. Strangers
5. What Two Can Do
6. You're All That Matters
7. Suspicious
8. Sweet Surrender


"What Two Can Do" is the cut!!! music I have a 'Best Of' CD by her and can you believe it doesn't even have that song?! mad
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Reply #4 posted 08/30/07 5:13am

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I have been in total bliss with that song "If You Don't Believe". It's so evocative and deeply sad. In fact, I have had the "Gonna Take A Miracle: The Best Of Deniece Williams" compilation in constant rotation lately. I can't believe this is the only thing I have by her in my collection.

This woman is truly an angelic songstress! music
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Reply #5 posted 08/30/07 5:15am

SoulAlive

silverchild said:

I have been in total bliss with that song "If You Don't Believe". It's so evocative and deeply sad.In fact, I have had the "Gonna Take A Miracle: The Best Of Deniece Williams" compilation in constant rotation lately.I can't believe this is the only thing I have by her in my collection.

This woman is truly an angelic songstress! music



that's the compilation I have lol "Black Butterfly" is such an amazing song.....strong message,heavenly arrangement and melody.
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Reply #6 posted 08/30/07 5:24am

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SoulAlive said:

silverchild said:

I have been in total bliss with that song "If You Don't Believe". It's so evocative and deeply sad.In fact, I have had the "Gonna Take A Miracle: The Best Of Deniece Williams" compilation in constant rotation lately.I can't believe this is the only thing I have by her in my collection.

This woman is truly an angelic songstress! music



that's the compilation I have lol "Black Butterfly" is such an amazing song.....strong message,heavenly arrangement and melody.
[Edited 8/30/07 5:16am]


Yeah, I utterly love that song because it's very optimistic and I've always thought of it as a metaphoric song about the pride of being an African-American. Its message is powerful as well!
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Reply #7 posted 08/30/07 5:37am

SoulAlive

silverchild said:

SoulAlive said:




that's the compilation I have lol "Black Butterfly" is such an amazing song.....strong message,heavenly arrangement and melody.


Yeah, I utterly love that song because it's very optimistic and I've always thought of it as a metaphoric song about the pride of being an African-American. Its message is powerful as well!


Indeed! lol The lyrics are so uplifting and positive!
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Reply #8 posted 08/30/07 5:40am

Najee



Deniece Williams has such a beautiful voice. Some of my favorite songs have been named, but let's also mention her biggest hits:

"Free"
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" with Johnny Mathis
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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Reply #9 posted 08/30/07 6:57am

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Deniece Williams has such a beautiful voice. Some of my favorite songs have been named, but let's also mention her biggest hits:

"Free"
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"
"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" with Johnny Mathis

I love those songs as well. And, I agree she has such a beautiful voice. She's yet another artist who's shamefully underrated. sad
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Reply #10 posted 08/30/07 7:02am

SoulAlive

Every few years,I see her in concert.She frequently performs at our Super Oldies Concerts with other classic R&B acts.Her set begins with a stunning,breathtaking a capella rendition of "God Is Amazing".The audience goes nuts lol Then she launches into "It's Gonna Take A Miracle","Silly,"Let's Hear It For The Boy" and a brilliant encore "Free".

I hope she appears at the next show,in February 2008.
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Reply #11 posted 08/30/07 3:34pm

PFunkjazz

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Amazing Grace
Deniece Williams, Emotions at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18


By Ernest Hardy
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 4:25 pm
Deniece Williams, Emotions
at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18

It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of “God Is Amazing,” punctuated with sista-girl testifying, only to tumble from the stage in a fall that left her lying on the ground for a good 10 or 15 minutes as the hushed crowd wondered how badly she’d been hurt. Minutes crawled as her sons rushed tearfully from backstage, dramatically hugged, lead the crowd in prayer and sang gospel songs. Eventually, she was given a mike, and she joked, “I am fine. I’m not leaving here till I sing something.” And from the ground, she performed a stellar version of “’Cause You Love Me, Baby,” insane high notes and all. The crowd went nuts. Then she was lifted back onstage, hobbling onto a chair where she sat and sang the hell out of “Silly” – hair askew, clear grimace of pain on her face (she kept rubbing her head) and tears flowing.

It wasn’t just a textbook case of “the show must go on” but a sublime lesson in performance — she funneled her obvious physical discomfort into the song’s words of emotional anguish. The result was transcendent, and she climaxed with gospel fervor. Following “Black Butterfly,” which she introduced with an apropos speech about the necessity of hardship and obstacles in life, she asked the crowd, “Two more [songs]? Is that okay? Cause I’m sitting up here with an ankle the size of Baltimore.” But the pain won out, and after a lilting version of “Free,” she was rolled from the stage via wheelchair and shuttled to the hospital. It’s hard to imagine a better overall performance (magnificent talent, unscripted drama, barreling forward through pain) all weekend.

Earlier, the Emotions had won the packed crowd over with hits everyone knew (“Best of My Love,” “Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Flowers”) and classics from their Stax days (the Isaac Hayes–penned “Show Me How”). Their joy in performing was obvious — the very animated Sheila broke out every old-school ’80s dance except the Running Man — even if their voices were sometimes ragged and poorly miked. Still, their harmonies were often as thrilling as ever, with the combined voices somehow filling in what the sisters might have individually lost to time.


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Reply #12 posted 08/30/07 4:56pm

TotalAlisa

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i love her voice so much... i want to get her greatest gospel hits....
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Reply #13 posted 08/31/07 12:00am

SoulAlive

PFunkjazz said:



Amazing Grace
Deniece Williams, Emotions at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18


By Ernest Hardy
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 4:25 pm
Deniece Williams, Emotions
at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18

It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of “God Is Amazing,” punctuated with sista-girl testifying, only to tumble from the stage in a fall that left her lying on the ground for a good 10 or 15 minutes as the hushed crowd wondered how badly she’d been hurt. Minutes crawled as her sons rushed tearfully from backstage, dramatically hugged, lead the crowd in prayer and sang gospel songs. Eventually, she was given a mike, and she joked, “I am fine. I’m not leaving here till I sing something.” And from the ground, she performed a stellar version of “’Cause You Love Me, Baby,” insane high notes and all. The crowd went nuts. Then she was lifted back onstage, hobbling onto a chair where she sat and sang the hell out of “Silly” – hair askew, clear grimace of pain on her face (she kept rubbing her head) and tears flowing.

It wasn’t just a textbook case of “the show must go on” but a sublime lesson in performance — she funneled her obvious physical discomfort into the song’s words of emotional anguish. The result was transcendent, and she climaxed with gospel fervor. Following “Black Butterfly,” which she introduced with an apropos speech about the necessity of hardship and obstacles in life, she asked the crowd, “Two more [songs]? Is that okay? Cause I’m sitting up here with an ankle the size of Baltimore.” But the pain won out, and after a lilting version of “Free,” she was rolled from the stage via wheelchair and shuttled to the hospital. It’s hard to imagine a better overall performance (magnificent talent, unscripted drama, barreling forward through pain) all weekend.
http://www.laweekly.com/m...ace/17079/



Absolutely amazing!! clapping That's a real performer right there!
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Reply #14 posted 08/31/07 2:52am

soFRESHH

SoulAlive said:

PFunkjazz said:



Amazing Grace
Deniece Williams, Emotions at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18


By Ernest Hardy
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 4:25 pm
Deniece Williams, Emotions
at Sunset Junction, Saturday, August 18

It was the bitterest of ironies. Deniece Williams opened her Sunset Junction set with an a cappella version of “God Is Amazing,” punctuated with sista-girl testifying, only to tumble from the stage in a fall that left her lying on the ground for a good 10 or 15 minutes as the hushed crowd wondered how badly she’d been hurt. Minutes crawled as her sons rushed tearfully from backstage, dramatically hugged, lead the crowd in prayer and sang gospel songs. Eventually, she was given a mike, and she joked, “I am fine. I’m not leaving here till I sing something.” And from the ground, she performed a stellar version of “’Cause You Love Me, Baby,” insane high notes and all. The crowd went nuts. Then she was lifted back onstage, hobbling onto a chair where she sat and sang the hell out of “Silly” – hair askew, clear grimace of pain on her face (she kept rubbing her head) and tears flowing.

It wasn’t just a textbook case of “the show must go on” but a sublime lesson in performance — she funneled her obvious physical discomfort into the song’s words of emotional anguish. The result was transcendent, and she climaxed with gospel fervor. Following “Black Butterfly,” which she introduced with an apropos speech about the necessity of hardship and obstacles in life, she asked the crowd, “Two more [songs]? Is that okay? Cause I’m sitting up here with an ankle the size of Baltimore.” But the pain won out, and after a lilting version of “Free,” she was rolled from the stage via wheelchair and shuttled to the hospital. It’s hard to imagine a better overall performance (magnificent talent, unscripted drama, barreling forward through pain) all weekend.
http://www.laweekly.com/m...ace/17079/



Absolutely amazing!! clapping That's a real performer right there!
I love her voice..
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Reply #15 posted 09/01/07 10:41am

SoulAlive

has anyone got her latest CD? Is it any good? I love Deniece,but I'm sick of covers album so I didn't buy it.Am I missing out?
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