oh Richard.

chewwsey said:

So glad you felt my story!

As a music lover, it really is amazing the kind of disregard that that a talented band/singer get in the face of all the trash that litters the music world This has always pained me about this band. Live they were absolutely incredible and the fact that they rely on their abilities, their music translates perfect live because they are doing the same thing onstage as they have done in the studio.

It should also be noted that the BNH were one of the first groups to promote a new genre of music that was very powerful in the Europe of the early 1990s .. ACID JAZZ. The Heavies started on Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz Records. I still have the Totally Wired compilation which featured their first track (an instrumental Funk tune, by the way). I got it in 1988, right after it was released ... and I didn't think too much of that track at first.

JackieBlue said:

JackieBlue said:

Well I can imagine how exciting it must be for your to read a post like this because I would absolutely flourish if someone devoted a thread like this here




You know, there was a point where she was in this freakin zone and she looked totally posessed It was great to just see her owning every second of the time she spent on that stage




N'Dea said during the concert that they were back together so I'm glad that it's going to stay that way I think sometimes as fans we can be selfish and not realize or take into account that sometimes people need to stop what they are doing for very legitimate reasons. Throwing a fit about money, or control or anything like that does not qualify! But if someone needed to raise their kids, or if they are facing some personal hardship or they need to grow in other more important ways, then I can really understand why someone would choose to not be a part of such magic. But she was just silent for too long.



Yeah, at the time I had no idea that she had actually interrupted her solo career to become a part of this band and was just destroyed that she left them. But she did so to resume what she had intended to do all along. And really, I think she needed that extra time to develop her own voice so to speak. I think her solo is absolutely stellar. Very different than the Heavies stuff, but very fulfilling in it's own way I will touch on that album in a bit

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purplecam said:

I definitely recommend Brother Sister but do yourself a favor and pick up their first CD too! Did I sound emotional when I told you about this? I felt like bursting into tears the whole time I was telling that story

Stymie said:

!!!!! Those are for you just because

!!!!! Those are for the experience you got to have with India and Robin! I remember when you talked about meeting India and I thought that was simply amazing. I was so happy for you and for your experience. I was sort of jealous It couldn't have happened to a more beautiful woman though

So far I have had the opportunity to tell 2 of my musical heroes what their music means to me. N'Dea and the lead from Inner City, you know the songs Good Life and Big Fun? I got to tell her what her music did for my life as well I did meet Me'Shell N'Degeocello at an in-store appearance for Comfort Woman and she was signing autographs and stuff and I blew it. Instead of taking the proper few minutes to express myself, I chose to say simply thank you and to tell her she has no idea what her art has done for our lives. She was very gracious, thanked me kindly and I moved on.

Now the reason I chose to keep it extremely brief is because there were people in line that were acting like total stalkers and I didn't want to be that to her. I really wanted to respect her space but now that I look back I should have beat them bitches and taken the time that they squandered just being asses I could kick myself for letting that slip by. But next time, and there will be a next time, I will seize the opportunity to its fullest

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Jude418 said:

SHE. LOOKS. GREAT in that vid!

To be honest, I haven't seen any videos from Brother Sister until this thread

manki said:

coming from an org musical legend !!!!!

Cinnie said:

I must admit, I wanted more than anything to convert a god like yourself to this band And because you're not just any sucka, I won't blast you for it



But now you know why I'm whipped out on this band I have been working to rid myself of the scariness I feel for expressing myself publicly or to people I might otherwise be intimidated by If this had been the old me I probably would have fainted or thrown up

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DiminutiveRocker said:

Now I just have to find a good place to blog

If I have a title for my blog I think I am going to call it

We are the Sun....

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I mean I don't want to sound like a total stalker oh my god I hugged her! But it was just monumental to be able to say the things that were on my heart Music has been so commercialized that many consumers look to it as a commodity and it is often treated as such. Like cattle for the slaughter Dispensible, consumed and shat out. Music is so much more to me than that. Music has always been my salvation and is the thing that helps inspire me to write as music touches my soul. I'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to express just a slice of that. So grateful

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You did but I understood. It's like it came full circle for you. It put a smile on my face as you were telling it to me.
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'm kinda surprised Cee isn't all over The Heavy Rhyme Experience.

AlexdeParis said:

I think he doesn't know about it cuz I haven't told him! Bet that would be right up his alley

AlexdeParis said:

More reasons to want to bang, I mean be your friend




Googled the lyrics and came up with this:

Never stop me for give in up
Never stop me for give in up
Never stop me for give in up X 2


"Never stop me for give in up"?????



Never stop never giving up, never stop never giving up





Never stop never giving up
Never stop never giving up
Never stop never giving up X 2

Give it up feels so good to be together
Spending some time
Makin love
Makin plans to last forever
Stayin true until the end

True, there aint a minute in the the day that's without you
Hoping that you feel it too
What you want
What your feelin I am feelin too
Never stop never giving up

Never stop never giving up
Never stop never giving up
Never stop never giving up

evergreen, growin up but fadin never
this is what our love became
free at last
free from all the pain and sorrow
never feel the hurt again

take your time wont you try love
not a thing you can buy love X 2


never stop
never stop.....



That is the kind of positivity and flourish I am talking about Living and loving the flowers and thunder that only love can bring.

WildheartXXX said:

Interesting. That is a Jan Kincaid song. Are you saying you don't like any of the broads they have offered as fronts?

It's an excellent song though. I totally agree

Need your
hand to
help me over
need your shoulder

Need your
light to
bring me closer
to your shelter

Damn, they can be so fucking positive!

Wow.

You know what, Richard? I've always enjoyed the BNHs (especially looking at Jan ), but I never really thought about how good their music made me feel... until this thread. Their stuff is just good, quality feel-good music. Solid musicianship, respectable writing, great vocals. Nothing fluffy, but definitely lifting. Who couldn't use something like that in their life?

After reading your post, I'm gonna revisit their catalog and probably replace my damaged and lost stuff of theirs.

Thanks, bruh... and I'm thrilled to hear you've been so blessed by their music.

Harlepolis said:

That is going to change very soon!



Wow! And yes, it's in there I can't believe I have been on your radar that long! You know I loves me some Harly



Yeah, it only took me 5 months to get to it! I'm buying a laptop this year! My shit needs to hit the presses as soon as it happens!



Hopefully this doesn't derail the thread but enhances it instead

The fiercest Diva ever to live:



Miss Chaka Khan

I pasted the Chaka Mouth between her legs:








I wanted to find an isolated version of this mouth but had no luck on the net:



But I'm only working with Microsoft paint and don't have any ability to isolate the mouth from the album cover

Anyway, I revere Chaka Khan, Love the exaggerated mouth and loved the idea of placing the mouth on her loins as a symbolic way of representing the way she gives birth to her gift of voice

Matter of fact, during the concert I was so focused on N'Deas mouth as the instrument it is. It's just so perfect and the vehicle for the deliverence of light

2freaky4church1 said:

They are absolutely tight

Pochacco said:

Her stage presence is just amazing. She was non-stop, dancing and singing. I mean for real dancing and singing.
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CalhounSq said:

What did you say about Forever? Something like her voice sounded like smooth warm caramel? Love that! That song is just killer Killer KILLER!. Forever.....

ThreadBare said:

I better not even catch you dissin N'Dea I really can't stand when people try and dismiss her as oversinging! That is what most of the reviewers for the Shelter album have done in promoting Seidah over N'Dea. It's like pointing to Vadgedonna as the real deal because Aretha Franklin is just oversinging her shit WTF?!

I'm going to come back to Shelter for my take on it

HamsterHuey said:

!!!!!

Who's the dutch singer? And how hot is he? grrr.....

AlexdeParis said:

Well one thing is for sure, I knew exactly who that song was sung by I'm not sure what other song should have been a single though.

butterfli25 said:

If you were a woman standing in line it might have gone like this:

Lady in line -----> <----- Supa



You know there were people at that concert that were literally talking through the performance and they were right up front!

!!!!!

It pissed me off that some poor fan who really deserved to be there had to miss out because of some stupid bimbos that got in for free just because they had a hookup simply to have something to do that night

But if you were behind me in line, we would have been crying together!

Slave2daGroove said:

Thank you The next phase of life is beginning for me and I'm excited to have been able to include someone who's music has really helped me to get to where I'm going in life

dawntreader said:

Now I'll just have to alert you when I do that other thread

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Those are my fave 2 songs by them - Brother Sister being 1st, Forever being 2nd.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

absolutely true. they came to the southern part of america ( not south america but a southern part of america) that far, and no one hardly stood in line for their autographs, and I believe this was their first time to an essence festival. it was held in texas. But like I said they did well the night they performed. you know, some of these entertainers you can see on a regular and you can get their autographs anytime. but when groups like these will travel like that and no one really notices them is really shocking. And you are right. the studio sound just solidifies what they can do live and no straying away from how they do their music to steer the audience in a different direction.


glad you are doing well. hugs back to ya. stay this way is a fav and BNH.
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MrSoulpower said:

OK, there are two truths about this band. They are talented as hell and their music is fonkay in its own right. But without the right lead, they can be forgettable. You can only rely on instrumentals to take you so far, you know? The difference between the stuff they recorded with Jay Ella Ruth and the reworks with N'Dea is just absolute night and day. Her voice is the engine to the band's gas. With the weaker singers it's like pouring gas on a bicycle and expecting to hit 0 to 60 in 5.2 seconds

I got into other Acid Jazz acts, like Incognito, because of this band. That genre is/was very fulfilling to me. Bring back the soul and live feel that was missing from the pre-fab music that was happening at the time

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