The remake of "Giving him something he can feel" by Aretha Franklin



En Vogue had class, sex appeal, and could actually
SING!!!

EnVogue is my favorite female group of the 90s. My favorite song is probably either "Lies" or "Give it up turn it loose".

I absolutely love En Vogue! "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" is definitely my favorite video of theirs. Picking a favorite song is hard, but I think I have to go with this one:

En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)

free yo miiind, and the rest will follow

"Free Your Mind" is the funkiest song they've ever done. But there isn't a song I hate on the Funky Divas album. SUCH a great CD.

Waiting On You off the first cd is my favorite song.

"Hold On", "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" and "Don't Let Go" are my favorites.

How could I forgot my co-favorite?

En Vogue - You Don't Have to Worry


Why the hell isn't the video on YouTube?

daytonohioplayer said:

I saw En Vogue right after the first album dropped. They were the 2nd act on the MC Hammer Tour. Vanilla Ice opened, En Vogue was 2nd, then Hammer. I was so NOT into them at the time, and I just found them boring. In reality they probably were NOT boring, but I just wanted to see Hammer. This was 1990 after all. It was when I heard "Never Gonna Get It" that I took a bigger notice, then "Free Your Mind" set me on end! It's a good walk/strut song. Kinda like "Too Funky" is from George Michael.

ernestsewell said:

I went to that same tour, but I was there mostly for En Vogue. I've loved those girls from the start. Cindy had a broken leg at my show and was in a cast.

It's a tie for me between 'Free Your Mind', 'Give It Up Turn It Loose', and 'Giving Him Something He Can Feel'. All great songs. I really love their rendition of 'Yesterday' too. If I remember correctly, Luther couldn't stand EnVogue or Anita Baker. Oooh, I also like 'Whatta Man', even though it was more Salt N Pepa's song...they just sang backup.
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AlexdeParis said:

Hmmm, no cast on my stop. I was in Tulsa, OK at the time. I think it was summer, but no clue when.

AlexdeParis said:

There is a video for that!??!

I was obsessed with this song 2 months ago..hearing it 4 the 1st time...

I would say my fav is Hold On and This Is Your Life too funky...followed by You DOnt Have 2 Worry BOUT A THAAANG!!

Don't Go
from album: Born to sing

Lyrics:

I'm so glad to see you
Now I have the chance to say
Our love's been growing freely
What must I do to make you stay

Don't go

I feel the time is right
'Cause my love for you has grown
Up until this very night
I had doubts your love was strong enough
To break me down
Now I'm caught up in this web
You've spun for me tonight

Don't go

It takes a gifted man
To release the love in me
So far you're the only man
Who has gone this far for me
It feels it's out of my hands
Can't think twice, it's much too right
This may be my only chance

Don't go

I've been such a fool
To have kept my love for you
Could have lost your love searching for the truth
Don't go nowhere
You know I care
Stay right here with me forever baby

Don't go

Let's make sweet love tonight
I won't put up any fight
Your wish is my command
Lay me down upon my bed
And make me feel the heat
Of your body next to mine
I just have one demand

Don't go

You send chills down my spine
I surrendered all my love
You captured all my life
In just one night of ecstasy
You brought me to my knees
Your first bite was just to strong
You left a scar on me

Don't go

I've been such a fool to have kept my love from you
Could of lost your love searching for the truth

Don't go

I'm so glad to see you
Now I have the chance to say
Our love's been growing freely
What must I do to make you stay

Don't go
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Hold On


Part of Me

paisleypark4 said:

Of course there's a video! It was the group's 3rd single. Found it: http://vids.myspace.com/i...d=37779104

Off the top of my head, these are their videos:

Hold On
Lies
You Don't Have to Worry
Don't Go

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
Giving Him Something He Can Feel
Free Your Mind
Give It Up, Turn It Loose

Runaway Love
Whatta Man (Salt-N-Pepa featuring En Vogue)

Don't Let Go (Love)
Whatever
Too Gone Too Long

Riddle
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AlexdeParis said:

Definitely my favorite, Free Your Mind is a close second.

It's hard as hell to pick a favorite but if i had
to pick one it would be Don't Go off the debut album.
I used to be in love with Dawn watching her sing
in this video. Other favorites are:
Can't stay away( I like this remake much better than Giving him
something he can feel)
Lies remix
Strange
Part of me
Never gonna get it
Don't let go
Runaway Love(2nd favorite actually)

Just listening to Part of Me. That debut album brings back
a lot of memories. Best female group of the 90's period.
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probably "Never Gonna Get It"... I like "Don't Let Go" a lot too

Not really my kind of thing, I'm more of a rocker and soul-oldies kinda guy, but I thought Hold On and Never Gonna Get It were fantastic. They were kind of strange, but very danceable and appealing. The harmonies in Hold On are really bizarre for modern R&B but they seem like the close, slightly dissonant harmonies you heard in doo-wopp groups like the Moonglows.

At the time they were having hits on the radio I thought they were THE best popular R&B group I'd heard in years. Too bad it was short-lived but I wish them success in their reunion.

bobzilla77 said:

I never really thought about it that way, but you are right. Maybe that's what the appeal of EnVogue was about in the beginning? A lot of their first album concentrated on old school harmony with up-to-date arrangements.

What a Man- Salt N Pepa and En Vogue

Fave songs:

You Don't Have to Worry
Desire (always had a video in mind)
Lies
Free Your Mind
My Lovin'(You're Never Gonna Get It)


Any update on recording new material? I know they peformed at the Alameda County fair recently.

Sunflower is the latest album



http://music.aol.com/albu...wer/727951
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Hold On,Never gonna get it and Free Your Mind.. they did a great job covering that song and damn they always looked hot..I forgot who said that en vogue must be french for "legs 4 days"..lol

1.Hold On
2.Don't Let Go
3.Give It Up Turn It Loose
4.Free Your Mind
5.Too Gone Too Long
They were great. They were definitely my second favourite girl R&B group of all times after TLC, AND they worked with Prince on Stevie Wonder's What The Fuss. It just seems so unfair they never got a number 1 hit. They were number 2 three times in the states. Hold On in 1990 behind Glenn Medeiros & Bobby Brown's She Ain't Worth It, My Lovin' in 1992 behind Kris Kross' Jump and Don't Let Go in 1997 behind Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart.
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SavonOsco said:

BTW, it isn't a cover; they just used the chorus.

AlexdeParis said:

Right and cleaned the chorus up also

Free Your Mind
Don't Let Go

but I don't really think they aged well as a group. They just oversang so much, and I know it's cause it was revealed that it had something to do with how funky divas was mixed.

Is masterpiece theatre worth buying? I know they combined r&b and classical samples and I heard a few clips.

alphastreet said:

Oversang? Wow, I'm going to have to completely disagree with that.


Well, it's not a favorite. I haven't listened to it in a long, long time. I remember being let down, but I don't remember it being as bad as people say. Still, I wouldn't bother purchasing it until you have Born to Sing, Funky Divas, Runaway Love, and EV3 (which I enjoyed quite a bit).