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Thread started 09/08/07 1:02pm

VinnyM27

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Unexpected source of funk..check this out.

I'm not going to say who this is because I want people to be surprised. What I will say is that it's an eighties artist (with a song from the 80s) and is produced by Jam and Lewis (and I'm nearly sure it was written by them as well). I would be surprised if people familar with the artist have heard this song unless they are big fans (or maybe heard it in the eighties).

http://www.youtube.com/wa...1N4X3VMUHI

I want people to hear it and tell me if I'm nuts...Is this not surprisingly funky by a group that isn't known for funk at all?

I know about the album this came from (and it's major hit single) but I never heard this song until yesterday. I also have the groups greatest hits album and this track isn't on there (and it's not like this is a group with a too many hits in America!) so I had no idea they ever did anything this damn funky.
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Reply #1 posted 09/08/07 2:51pm

planetearthsuc
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want us to guess?
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Reply #2 posted 09/08/07 5:25pm

VinnyM27

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planetearthsucks said:

want us to guess?


I forgot to post the link! Damn it! Just fixed it.
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Reply #3 posted 09/08/07 6:38pm

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VinnyM27 said:

I'm not going to say who this is because I want people to be surprised. What I will say is that it's an eighties artist (with a song from the 80s) and is produced by Jam and Lewis (and I'm nearly sure it was written by them as well). I would be surprised if people familar with the artist have heard this song unless they are big fans (or maybe heard it in the eighties).

http://www.youtube.com/wa...1N4X3VMUHI

I want people to hear it and tell me if I'm nuts...Is this not surprisingly funky by a group that isn't known for funk at all?

I know about the album this came from (and it's major hit single) but I never heard this song until yesterday. I also have the groups greatest hits album and this track isn't on there (and it's not like this is a group with a too many hits in America!) so I had no idea they ever did anything this damn funky.
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Haven't click on there yet.

But it sounds like The Human League hmmm

Am I right?? biggrin

I too had a greatest hits of theirs and that tune wasn't on it.
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Reply #4 posted 09/09/07 6:12am

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wow....that is totally not who i expected to see

i loved the song "Human" they did

but that was about it

i see what you mean though but i couldn't get into it
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Reply #5 posted 09/09/07 6:21am

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Dude, this is not a surprise since "Crash" is one of the League's most popular albums. And they've always had the groove. It was just in electronic form. You ever listen to their first single, "Being Boiled". Electro-Funk at its best.
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Reply #6 posted 09/09/07 6:31am

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I knew it was Human League! biggrin
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Reply #7 posted 09/09/07 7:03am

Najee

Yeah, 1986's "Crash" is the album where Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced several songs -- "Human," "I Need Your Loving" and "Love Is All That Matters." This song was the follow-up to "Human."

I wouldn't necessarily call "I Need Your Loving" funky, though -- it sounds like a typical slap-and-swing Flyte Tyme tune.

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Reply #8 posted 09/09/07 8:02am

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confused
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Reply #9 posted 09/09/07 6:18pm

VinnyM27

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I guess I let people down...sorry...
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Reply #10 posted 09/09/07 6:32pm

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Najee said:

Yeah, 1986's "Crash" is the album where Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced several songs -- "Human," "I Need Your Loving" and "Love Is All That Matters." This song was the follow-up to "Human."

I wouldn't necessarily call "I Need Your Loving" funky, though -- it sounds like a typical slap-and-swing Flyte Tyme tune.

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your love's missing from this room
(Somethings coming in) (I need your love)
I need your lovin
I need your kisses babe!

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FUNKY! Fuck that
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Reply #11 posted 09/09/07 6:40pm

Quamirozsaz

Oh, I thought it was Pia Zadora.

Vinny, it ain't on the greatest hits 'cause it wasn't a hit.
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Reply #12 posted 09/09/07 7:19pm

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Quamirozsaz said:

Oh, I thought it was Pia Zadora.

paisley, it ain't on the greatest hits 'cause it wasn't a hit.


Scream aint on Michael Jacksons greatest hits either but that dont make it less of a jaym
Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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Reply #13 posted 09/09/07 10:49pm

Quamirozsaz

I'm sorry, paisley, that last remark wasn't intended to be directed towards you. Erase-erase.
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