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Thread started 06/11/09 11:25am

scriptgirl

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80s Jam of the Day: "Call Me" by Skyy

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #1 posted 06/11/09 11:38am

vainandy

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Great jam from a great group.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #2 posted 06/11/09 1:07pm

scriptgirl

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Did they have more than one hit?
"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #3 posted 06/12/09 12:28am

SoulAlive

scriptgirl said:

Did they have more than one hit?


nod They had many hits throughout the 80s.Do you remember these songs...

"First Time Around" (1979)
"High" (1980)
"Super Love" (1980)
"Here's To You" (1980)
"Let's Celebrate" (1981)
"When You Touch Me" (1981)
"Moving Violation" (1982)
"Givin' It To You" (1986)
"Start Of A Romance" (1989)
"Real Love" (1989)
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Reply #4 posted 06/12/09 12:36am

SoulAlive

"Let's Celebrate"


"High"


"Superlove"


"Here's To You"
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Reply #5 posted 06/12/09 1:00am

StarMon

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Roberts and Muller productions.
✮The NFL...frohornsNational Funk League✮
✮The Home of Outta Control Funk & Roll✮
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Reply #6 posted 06/12/09 1:15am

woogiebear

When phone calls used to cost a dime.....
cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #7 posted 06/12/09 5:32am

SoulAlive

I love this absurd line...

though your girlfriend is a friend of mine
here's my number and a dime,call me anytime



****She's stealing her friend's boyfriend
****She's even offering him a dime to call her

falloff no shame at all!
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Reply #8 posted 06/13/09 10:00am

SPYZFAN1

Sadly there's still some women (and men) that live by that rule today.
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Reply #9 posted 06/13/09 12:14pm

Timmy84

This was the precursor to "If That's Your Boyfriend, He Wasn't Last Night". lol
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Reply #10 posted 06/13/09 1:11pm

funkyslsistah

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SoulAlive said:

I love this absurd line...

though your girlfriend is a friend of mine
here's my number and a dime,call me anytime



****She's stealing her friend's boyfriend
****She's even offering him a dime to call her

falloff no shame at all!



Exactly! I didn't anything of it back then, but I shake my head today.
"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #11 posted 06/13/09 8:42pm

phunkdaddy

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Timmy84 said:

This was the precursor to "If That's Your Boyfriend, He Wasn't Last Night". lol


And that skanky SWV song we just spoke of last week
You're the one for me.
Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #12 posted 06/13/09 10:11pm

PDogz

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woogiebear said:

When phone calls used to cost a dime...

...and when there were "phone booths" to insert that dime into, lol.
"There's Nothing That The Proper Attitude Won't Render Funkable!"

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Reply #13 posted 06/15/09 4:38am

SoulAlive

funkyslsistah said:

SoulAlive said:

I love this absurd line...

though your girlfriend is a friend of mine
here's my number and a dime,call me anytime



****She's stealing her friend's boyfriend
****She's even offering him a dime to call her

falloff no shame at all!



Exactly! I didn't anything of it back then, but I shake my head today.


A few years later,Yarbrough and Peoples came out with "Don't Waste Your Time",which features a similiar situation...

Don't waste your time....she's my friend
and I tell you she ain't no good


lol
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Reply #14 posted 06/15/09 4:46am

Harlepolis

SoulAlive said:

I love this absurd line...

though your girlfriend is a friend of mine
here's my number and a dime,call me anytime



****She's stealing her friend's boyfriend
****She's even offering him a dime to call her

falloff no shame at all!


She's desparate,,,,he's triflin, they deserve each other lol

I try to block the lyrics when I hear the song though, coz the groove is just MURDER love dancing jig
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Reply #15 posted 06/15/09 8:38am

Timmy84

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

This was the precursor to "If That's Your Boyfriend, He Wasn't Last Night". lol


And that skanky SWV song we just spoke of last week
You're the one for me.


Right! falloff
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Reply #16 posted 06/15/09 8:40am

IAintTheOne

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Mixed by Shep "Holy shit" Pettibone
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