vainandy said:

I remember saying on the debarge thread that their album covers and the deele album covers reflected the style and dress of the l.a west coast scene at the time. I can't speak for debarge, but i don't think the members of the deele were bi coastal but it should be about the music anyway.

Yeah, it definately should be about the music first but having style and looking unique are interesting also. That's another thing wrong with today's artists, none of them have a style of their own visually because they are so afraid of what people might think of them. It was more fun when artists simply didn't give a damn and let you think what you wanted to think. Nobody looks freakish and outrageous anymore. I could look out my window and see average everyday people looking like today's artists. I've always liked my artists looking larger than life.
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You are right vain. I had just mentioned in this thread that while the original trio of shalamar were better musically i kind of liked that new punk edge that mikki free bought to shalamar. I remember when the new shalamar appeared on soul train and don interviewed mikki, he stated after all the turmoil that went on with shalamar he said the old recipe is the best recipe and that was to bring back the funk.

However vain i said i thought that style of dress in the 80's was cool.
Don't get any ideas and try to rock that style now especially with you
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That's why The Barkays have always been one of my favorites. They've always had the hard funk and the freaky look to go with it. They were interesting both musically and visually. Prince and Rick are my favorites too and the same thing goes with them also. I'm a person that gets bored easily so you can imagine how I felt when a sweet little all American wholesome girl singing sweet little average songs (I won't mention any names) came on the scene. I was like...."what the fuck?".

Hey, I've been there and done that. I used to dye my hair a different color every time the roots grew out. I would still be dying it if I had not developed an allergy to the hair dye and severely burned my scalp several times in the past.

In the early 1990s, I was working in a convenience store. I was just starting to get wild and my manager transferred me to a store in a redneck area of town thinking it would "straighten me out". Well, nobody straightens Andy out. The more the rednecks didn't like it, the wilder I would get just to flaunt it in their faces. They kept tying to ask me questions but I kept my attitude cold, distant, and mysterious because I was not going to be their joke either. Hey, I'm a Prince fan so I've always carried myself with a "fuck you" attitude to people I don't like. The sales in the store went up because those rednecks started shopping there more often just to see what look I had on a particular day.
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daPrettyman said:

Somebody said "Sweet November"! I thought The Org was slipping for real!

I am freaking crazy about that song!!

I loved the Deele. My fave songs from them were: Just My Luck, Shoot 'Em Up Movies, Body Talk, I'll Send You Roses, Can You Dance, Body Talk, Sweet Nothingz, and Video Villian. They were real cool.
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vainandy said:

The 80s was the decade of ANDROGYNY.Look at Prince and Michael Jackson...wearing eyeliner,make-up and lace gloves.And let's not even talk of the pop artists (Boy George,David Bowie,etc) and those big hair hard rock bands wearing spandex and lipstick,lol.

The Deele were just trying to fit in.