For all those who know about UNSUNG, Phyllis Hyman's episode debuts later on tonight. DON'T MISS IT! Channel 101 for my Time Warner folks!

Timmy84 said:

I don't have TVOne

SCNDLS said:

Me neither

You youtube buffs BETTER record that whole special












Pretty please?

I would love to see that!!

Direct tv carries TV One on channel 328. The series goes all week at 10pm EST.
Looking forward to Donny Hathaway on 12/2.

Comcast 173 i believe and you can call now and order it.

destinyc1 said:

Yup.

Harlepolis said:

I know...they have a good line up of specials, Phyllis Hyman, The Debarges, Donnie Hathaway...us TV One-less folks can only hope there'll be a good youtube hook-up

SunnySkies said:

Did you check out the preview clipon youtube? It looks like it's going to be gooood

DishNetwork doesn't have TVOne.
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Ottensen said:

No, but i`ll see it now

btw, read the chapter about Phyllis in the david nathan book.

I have to check my cable. Thanks for the info. I Loved her voice and was reading her bio on WIKPEDIA. Didn't know that she did alot for AIDS CHARITIES. REMEMBER the video I DON'T WANNA CHANGE THE WORLD. Can somebody post it? Why did this TALENT go and KILL herself? I know what the note said and about her BIPOLAR and DEPRESSION. What a SAD STORY...PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T TRY SUICIDE! MICHAEL HUTCHENCE was another TRAGEDY...

SunnySkies said:

Oooh I bet THAT was a good read. I've only seen a few quotes here and there on his experiences with her. Poor thing was so troubled...but who knew under all of that talent and height and bravado...?

MRGee said:

Yeah I believed she did.

SCNDLS said:

I just came from checking out the TV One website...they look like they have some good shows, like a very clean, pre-hooch era BET...I'm just so outdone knowing I have to settle for these measly damn clips

....but you should check it out anyway. The roundtable discussion shows look pretty hot and heated. Some brotha already screamin' about why he can't take sistas no mo' . Anyhoo...

http://www.tvoneonline.com/video/

Ottensen said:

I read that she talked with a friend on the phone the night before, and told him that she was thinking of ending her life. He tried to talk her out of it, but she said "you choose to be here, i don`t".
Apparently, the man and some of her other friends showed up at the concert (the day she died) to talk to her about it, but it was too late.

Ottensen, this where ITS at

Ottensen said:

Yeah, but they lose points in my book for giving that fool, Michael Baisden, his own show.

Harlepolis said:

I'll be looking on Amazon

...btw, I just saw the Regina clip talking about Phyllis! Whoo she was a MESS. When Regina Belle said the electrical tape "got down to the while meat" I almost died

SCNDLS said:

It took me a good minute to remember who that brotha was....but then suddenly I was having flashbacks to Phil Donahue and BET's "Our Voices" with Bev Smith, and THENNN I remembered who that fool was . I was thinkin' who wants to hear his ole misogynistic' woman hatin ass with a roundtable show ...

...all I know is that it's 2009, and I'm fista find me a BARACK. That anti-female shit is so played and early 90's

Ottensen said:

No doubt!

But he's a MESSSSS! Honey, I met that fool last year at a party and I didn't know who he was cuz I don't have TVOne or listen to the radio and ANYTIME I've heard his show he's on some bullshit bashing women or talking about sex. Anyway, he came up to me and was chattin' and about 10 minutes into the conversation he asks me, "Do you swing?" I'm like, "No, but I've been meaning to check out a class at one of the local clubs." I was serious too cuz it didn't dawn on me that somebody would just say that shit to someone they just met. He's like "Ummm, no, I mean are you bi-sexual because those are the only kinda women I date." I was like nucca, puhleaze, you can move around now. Plus, he's obnoxious and conceited as hell which amazes me cuz he ain't cute.

Bump, it's coming on in four minutes.

I liked learning a bit about her but I really don't feel like they went in depth very much. It's a bootleg Behind the Music, but with lesser known acts. Still worth watching, but I do wish they'd cover more ground. I thought sure they'd make a small mention of the School Daze song... maybe they just couldn't get the rights

Ok, good news is you can view the WHOLE documentary here:

http://www.youtube.com/re...&aq=-1&oq=

Bad news is, its a matter of time till somebody take it down so watch it while you can.

Brilliant! I liked it...

I just can`t get over how GORGEOUS she was, the face, the lips and those eyes

It was sad seeing Garcia & Hyman's sister trying their HARDEST to compose theirselves through out the whole special I noticed that Sakinah didn't participate in the documentary,,,,she was the one who took it the HARDEST during Hyman's suicide shock.

I agree with CalhounSq, they didn't scratch the surface and they didn't bring out anything new that I haven't already been fimiliar with,,,,but then again, NOT alot of people know Phyllis Hyman to begin with and that might as well be a good start.

Another BIG + is the fact that they shed the light on the mental depression issue and how black folks treat it with SO much neglect and secrecy.

I have couple of family members who are suffering from it and NONE of them seek medical help or therapy sessions(despite the fact that they're well read and educated, go figure).

Thats the thing with alot of black folks, they think CHURCH is the only salvation to their "problems" and if that ain't a solution, then god forbids, some other other dangerous "alternatives"

I like what Jenifer Lewis said in her Wendy Williams interview, that black folks are only 4 generations away from slavery,,,,while RARELY few of them got cured from the baggage that came from that territory, the rest inherited the baggages and demons from generation to generation without ever addressing them or curing them.

Mental depression is like this BIG elephant that is sitting in the middle of the room and everybody acts like it doesn't exist.

Harlepolis said:

Very true & you're right, though they didn't go deep I really didn't know much about Phyllis myself so her journey was interesting


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While not very indepth I still found it hard to watch and enjoyed it if only for all the photos of Phyllis, so many of which I had never seen before. I can't even imagine how much more beautiful she would have been if she were happy inside.

Timmy84 said:

I saw a bit of that. I hadn't heard of that show until I was scrolling through the guide last night, but that was cool.

JackieBlue said:

She really was a beautiful woman. It really is a shame some people just can't stand up to the hurts of this world