FuNkeNsteiN said:

Agree


With the exception of Won't You Come Dance With Me

funkpill said:

Won't You Come Dance with me is kinda a, well, run-of-the-mill uptempo cut. There's really nothing special about it. I truly wish that cut would grow on me, but thus far it hasn't happened. I mean I can listen to the song, but it doesn't have the *it* factor, that some of their other stuff has, e.g. Brick House, Too Hot Ta Trot, Slippery When Wet, I'm Ready & Machine Gun.
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

This how the album should've been in this order


Side 1


Won't You Come Dance With Me


Zoom


BrickHouse (The extended version)



Side 2


Easy


Funny Feelings


Too Hot To Trot



That would've been explosive


The rest like you said, were just fillers..
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funkpill said:

Exchange Won't You Come Dance With Me to Squeeze The Fruit and the album would be smokin'

FuNkeNsteiN said:

But I dig that tune

Maaaaan! "Y" y'all messin' wit that album.

StarMon said:

Because it needs to be reconstructed

funkpill said:

Out with the filler, in with the killer
Dig it

FuNkeNsteiN said:

"I can dig it"

I'm down with new & improved

Great Band. They had a blend of Pop, Funk, Jazz, Gospel and even Country. There's no one like them

StarMon said:

Yeah just let a masterpiece be!

phunkdaddy said:

Reconstruction zone.

funkpill said:

How dare you leave out "Funky Situation"! That's one of the best songs!

SoulAlive said:

nope...nope ..nope..


Not diggin that ...


okay....re-reconstructin


In this order:


Side 1


Won't You Come Dance With Me


Zoom


BrickHouse (The extended version)



Side 2


Heaven Knows (The only best filler)


Too Hot To Trot


Easy



yeah...that's betta

SoulAlive said:

What about the underrated gem, 'Lucy' ?

Speaking of Commodores, I thought the next funk band to wear the Motown label was Ozone but after the Send It, and Lil Suzy albums the changed directions...bad directions.. around the period when labels were downsizing due to production cost. Heres a video link of the history of the band http://kachingrecords.com...eVideo.htm

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You better be careful funkenstein because vainandy might get you.
This is probably one of those commodore songs he calls boring.
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I remember the last commodores show i saw with lionel during the in the pocket album. It was a great show. Cheryl Lynn opened followed by maze and when the commodores hit the stage the crowd went crazy. They opened up with Keep on taking me higher in a cloud of smoke and the cannon crackers firing off. I have to hang on to that memory because these days lionel richie is sir nose d void of funk.

phunkdaddy said:

The whole album is pretty boring except for 'Lady' and 'Lucy'. I gotta give it a few more spins and see if any of the other tracks grow on me.

Midnight Magic is probably the only Commodores album that you can play all the way through

They have their moments on the other albums...

funkpill said:

Hot On The Tracks & Caught In The Act are ones I can play all the way through.

funkpill said:

The self-titled album from 1977 is their masterpiece

'Midnight Magic' has its moments,though.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I like keep on taking me higher, lady, and saturday night.
The in the pocket album was probably right along with natural high as far
as being the weakest commodores w lionel richie albums.

phunkdaddy said:

They had their moments on all of their albums, but none of them just weren't great as a whole.

Midnight Magic came close..

I have to disagree. I thought caught in the act, movin on, hot on the tracks, and their self titled album were all gems.