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La La (Means I Love You) Prince or J5 version? Wtf. I just realised J5 sings the original version of this. I got the Diana Ross Presents J5 CD recently and this track came on and I was like "  ...   " coz I thought Prince did it.
What version do you prefer? Gah I can't choose.. The J5 version is so adorable though.  | |
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Ummm.... how about The Delfonics?
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Oh god I'm confused now. So The Delfonics did it first? -Insert embarrased face here- | |
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DANGEROUSx said: So The Delfonics did it first?
Yep. 1968. | |
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DANGEROUSx said: So The Delfonics did it first?
 And best (although I like the J5 version better than Prince's)."Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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I prefer Prince's version over all the rest.  | |
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Oh. LOL. I still prefer J5.  | |
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sexxydancer said: I prefer Prince's version over all the rest.
To be really real, me too. There are Delfonics songs I like more than "La La" even though it is damn near their signature hit. | |
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Cinnie said: sexxydancer said: I prefer Prince's version over all the rest.
To be really real, me too. There are Delfonics songs I like more than "La La" even though it is damn near their signature hit. Well, that and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Delfonics and J5  "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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i don't give a SHHHHHIT! about j5's | |
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All other version are just okay compared to The Delfonics' original.  They're certainly not bad at all, but I'm on  with The Delfonics. To me, they're the best of the Philly soul sound. Nothing against Gamble & Huff's work, but Thom Bell created vocal magic with them. | |
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Cinnie said: i don't give a SHHHHHIT! about j5's
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DANGEROUSx said: Wtf. I just realized J5 sings the original version of this. I got the Diana Ross Presents J5 CD recently and this track came on and I was like "
... " coz I thought Prince did it.
What version do you prefer? Gah I can't choose.. The J5 version is so adorable though. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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In a related note ... The Jackson 5ive used to actually open up for the Delfonics back in 68 on the chitlin' circuit (before they were signed to Motown) at the Apollo, Regal, Uptown, Howard ect. One of the brothers actually said the 'Foncis was his favorite group.
The Delfonics
“Can You Remember,” one of the album’s William Hart/Thom Bell-penned originals, ended up redone by the Jackson 5 on their Motown debut album. The Delfonics had already crossed paths with the pubescent Gary, Indiana, lads prior to their Motown crowning. “we used to do a lot of shows at the Regal Theater in Chicago, and at the Capitol Theater there,” William Hart recalls. “I remember they didn‘t have a place to change clothes, and we had a big trailer and all. They were opening up the shows for us at that time, the Jackson 5. And they thought that was nice of me, to let them come in and change, I remember Michael saying, ‘Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!’ I told them, ‘Hey, one day I may need you, who knows? I‘ve got a lot of faith in you guys.’” The connection paid off-the J5 subsequently covered “LA-La” and “Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can‘t Hide From Love)” from the Delfonics songbook as well. “They got on The Ed Sullivan Show, and they asked the Jackson 5, who was their favorite group? And they said, ‘The Delfonics,’ laughs Hart. “They should have said the Temptations! But they were young, and just being honest.” PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: DANGEROUSx said: Wtf. I just realized J5 sings the original version of this. I got the Diana Ross Presents J5 CD recently and this track came on and I was like "
... " coz I thought Prince did it.
What version do you prefer? Gah I can't choose.. The J5 version is so adorable though. | |
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DANGEROUSx said: LittleBLUECorvette said: Out of that box and listen up ! 
You know the track "Can You Remember" on that same disc (number 4 I believe) is also a Delfonics original. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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LittleBLUECorvette said: DANGEROUSx said: Out of that box and listen up !
You know the track "Can You Remember" on that same disc (number 4 I believe) is also a Delfonics original.  | |
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DANGEROUSx said: Wtf. I just realised J5 sings the original version of this.
 It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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FuNkeNsteiN said: DANGEROUSx said: Wtf. I just realised J5 sings the original version of this.
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I've always preferred J5   I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Believe it or not..
I dug Prince's version of this tune also.. Sounds like he recorded it somewhere around 78 Added Chante Moore on the backgrounds just to upgrade the tune I guess | |
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funkpill said: Believe it or not..
I dug Prince's version of this tune also.. Sounds like he recorded it somewhere around 78 Added Chante Moore on the backgrounds just to upgrade the tune I guess  It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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FuNkeNsteiN said: funkpill said: Believe it or not..
I dug Prince's version of this tune also.. Sounds like he recorded it somewhere around 78 Added Chante Moore on the backgrounds just to upgrade the tune I guess Just my observation
But it does have that youthful sound.... | |
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J5 isn't even in the mix for me! As much as I LOVE Prince, I still can't decide between his version and the Delfonics! I guess IF I was forced to, I might go with the Delfonics...the originals.... Never trust anything spoken in the presence of an erection.
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CalhounSq said: I've always preferred J5
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The Delfonics. I will admit, I never knew the J5 did a cover of this song but I'm sure The Delfonics still did it better. As much as I love Prince, this is one of Prince's worse covers, hell his worse songs. His version makes me wanna  Too damm sweet for me.  I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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The Delfonics first, then Prince. I don't like The Jackson Five's version. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Gotta be The Delfonics version for me but I also like Todd Rundgren's version from the album "A Wizard, A True Star". | |
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