probably,

maybe

the

BEST

song ever written 4 a two hit wonder?


I cannot tell u how much this song means 2 me. I know every note, every gingle in the 6 minute opus.

honorable mention to :Choose Me // Tell Me What U Want // Watchin' U


And...what are ur views?

What happened 2 them also?

Really? That was a really Great song. I loved that . Sick how acts just come and go.

I love that song! In the summer of '85,that song was all over R&B radio.It has a hypnotic groove that you just can't get out of your head.Very underrated group.

Loose Ends had a few other great singles,such as "Slow Down"(1986).

Do you remember the video actually had strings hanging from the ceiling. I had their album, it was good.

waauw great song.eye played it last weekend at the end off the night.eye got a very good respons 2 it.

dug that Jam&Band.they were the Pre-Cursors too what Soul 11 Soul&The Fugees were.the 3 Person Band&Vibe.

Yeah, that song was tight. I liked the video for it too.

Yeah the video woth the ropes hanging added 2 the mystery 2 the song.

Damn that song is tight.

Loose Ends a two hit wonder ?
You must be kidding.

paisleypark4 said:

2 hit wonder?

They had a few... Slow Down, Stay Awhile Child, Mr. Bachelor, Don't Be Fool.

Don't Be A Fool was from their last release in 91 I think.

Loose Ends was like mistermaxx said a precursor to Soul II Soul, the group was basically a Carl McIntosh project (much like Soul's Jazzie B/Nellee Hooper).

I remember seeing an interview on Video Soul (with Donnie Simpson remember him? LOL) and Jimmy Jam / Terry Lewis pegged Loose Ends as a rip off of their sound--a Brit version of S.O.S. Band. With the percussion programming of Hangin On a string and Slow Down I hear what they're saying, but those songs still were the jam.

Ppl used to walk around sayin "Don't take my heart to wipe your feet on" and Carl doin that crazy "wipe your feet" dance in the video LOL.

That's the only song I remember by the group, and I loved it too. For some reason that song SORT OF reminds me of something Change might do.

Speaking of Change, anybody here have their one and only greatest hits cd? If so, are the songs "A Lover's Holiday" and "Searching" the album versions or the single edit versions?

The time isn't listed on the back. I need to know!

Supernova said:

I have that CD and unfortunately,it only contains the single versions...

"A Lover's Holiday" 3:55
"Searchin" 3:40

I remember that song. I used to love it and BET played that song a lot. I never got tired of hearing it. Good memories.

yeah it was a great song.

Didnt they also have a song called 'the sweetest pain'?
I loved that one too

DavidEye said:

Thanks David. That means I'll have to get their debut album then.

Awww, man, talk about British R'n'B breaking in2 the states, Steve Nicol, Carl MacIntosh and Jane Eugene set the trend.

Much respect 2 them...

When :I: was younger, ppl would say :I: looked like the younger version of Keyboard player Steve Nicol.
:I: eventually met the man himself when :I: was 15 at a service and it was almost like staring at an older version of me!! creepy... great guy tho'....

:I: think he eventually ended up having an affair with my 1st girlfriend... small world huh?

'dre
[This message was edited Wed Nov 27 22:08:07 PST 2002 by DreZone]

NuPwrSoul said:

I had think on that for a bit, and I think I used to get Loose Ends mixed up with the S.O.S. Band for a minute. I have the remix or extended version of "Hanging on a String"..."I'm not your play thing...look on love." on tape, back when taping songs from the radio was the thing, and I also have "Mr. Bachelor" on another tape. Once I got the Best of the S.O.S. Band, the confusion ended.

its so great hearing early Luther vandross in there...especially on "searcin" Luther was also on alot of Gregg diamond and Bionic Boogie tracks...Chains...Risky changes...classic music...

Finess said:

Luther also appeared on a few Chic records (that's him chanting "Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!" on their 1977 smash "Dance,Dance,Dance"),as well as recordings by Roberta Flack,Quincy Jones,and David Bowie.

DavidEye said:

yeah that i know...did u also know 2 issues of the original 12'' of dance dance dance.. appeared on 2 different labels... Buddah being the 1st and Atlantic Later..

Finess said:

Very interesting.

And Atlantic had so much talent under its roof for sooo many years.

The Real Chuckie-boo!

I was listening to The Real Chuckie-boo and Zagora the other day.

You Can't Stop The Rain. "Dom, Dom, Dom , Da Da Dum, La da La, la, da, dom, dam a o.!

"Watching Me, Watching You" from their third album was one of my faves. Hangin & Slow Down does sound like the early Jam/Lewis productions for SOS Band.