vainandy said:

So should this be the battle of the falsetto's instead?

MrSoulpower said:

With all do respect i have never even heard of the notations or natural four.
The impressions were okay for a couple of songs much like the main ingredient
but not in the class of the groups that are left particularly judging the
number of top ten hits they had. It's not even a contest with the ojays,spinners, or stylistics.

vainandy said:

Behind the Delfonics ... wait a minute, I just noticed the Delfonics weren't even included in the survivor. FuNkeNsteiN, what's up?

FuNkeNsteiN said:

We'll be at the 1990s, in no time...

MrSoulpower said:

I love a whole bunch of lesser known vocal groups too, it's just that it's hard to have a thread like this with bands no one else knows

Anyways, I love the Ralph Johnson era Impressions. Ralph has an amazing tenor.
My favorite album has got to be 'Finally Got Myself Together'

funkpill said:

Good idea!

Man, we need to have one of those survivors after this one

phunkdaddy said:

Oh? That's kinda surprising
I've got a couple of their tunes on some comps

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I have to admit that I only had one of their albums at the time I created this survivor, "The Delfonics" (ok, I gotta admit, it's good enough to merit a position here ), but I checked allmusic, and saw that their essential albums, were released durin 68-70, so they would've been a poor inclusion to a soul survivor concentrating on artists' 70s output

Oh and, I just recently got their two earlier albums and a comp to boot

FuNkeNsteiN said:

DAS MA SAWNG *grabbin my drink*

phunkdaddy said:

With all respect, theses are The Notations
I'm Still Here



http://www.youtube.com/wa...nD6BOzCK7U



The Natural Four

Can This Be Real



http://www.youtube.com/wa...Jlp4M3_Ybg

What about The Manhattans? I think they are great too.

EccentricLady said:

Indeed

'Kiss And Say Goodbye'
'Shining Star'

FuNkeNsteiN said:

My song was "I Wanna Be (Your Everything)" from the 50's

My favorite songs from them are:

Kiss And Say Goodbye

Don't Take Your Love From Me

There's No Me Without You

Wish That You Were Mine and It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad.

I gotta give props to one group that was eliminated the moments. I
underestimated them. I heard sexy mama on a old school format on sunday.
I had no idea that was the moments. I went out and listened to some
of their old stuff. Man them cats would hurt you. I like i do, sunday,
lovely way she does, and love on a two way street of course. But sexy mama
is utopia.

phunkdaddy said:

The Moments are indeed incredible.

phunkdaddy said:

I loves me some Moments phunk.They are my seconds favorite of the lush balladeers from the late 60's early 70's right behind the Delfonics. They could do know wrong.

Also, don't forget "My Thang"

LittleBLUECorvette said:

[Edited 3/5/08 21:35pm]

phunkdaddy said:

HHEEEY! NOW N NOWWWW we talkin...see yall dont know!

funkpill said:

I was just listening to some Notations at work today
'Super People'

FuNkeNsteiN said:

This has slyvia robinson's pillow talk written all over it.

phunkdaddy said:

She actually remade that song for herself on one of her album...along with Sunday

Man people really are so so sleep on the Moments

paisleypark4 said:

The Moments "With You" was my slow jam at like age 5. My parents had the 45, and it got played alot.

I have to vote Chi-Lites.....even though I love "Have You Seen Her", "Oh Girl", and "Coldest Days Of My Life". And "Are You My Woman" is the groove for Beyonce's "Crazy In Love". I like the Spinners, Dramatics, Stylistics & the O'Jays a little more!!!!!

Is that the final nail in the coffin of the Chi-Lites, FuNkeNsteiN?

AlexdeParis said:

Haven't counted the votes yet...
I hope not

phunkdaddy said:

You've never heard of the Notations and Natural Four? I guess you have a lot of catching up to do, then. Because their records feature some of the most outstanding male group performances I've heard (and yes, of course I am very familiar with the other groups mentioned on this thread).

I don't think the title of the thread says "Battle of the best known male soul vocal groups", right? I think it should be about quality, not popularity.

MrSoulpower said:

I couldn't give a rat's ass about album sales by any artist. All I care about is if I like their music or not.

Are you hip to 'Masterfleet', by the way?

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Is it that stuff you use to get your ass cleaned?

MrSoulpower said:

Maybe you are a tad bit older than i am. I listened to the videos of these two
groups and while there performances are okay. You can't seriously say these groups are better than the ojays, stylistics, spinners, and even a few others in
this thread. No i never said that popularity or record sales always determine
quality and performance of an artist but i think in this case it does. Remember music wasn't manufactured in the 70's like it is now, so when it comes to these groups i think the proof was in the pudding.