One of the baddest jams of the disco era. This one really had the asses shakin' on the skate floor.

One of my faves. I always dug this waaaay more than Boogie Nights.

love that song .. crank it up

Oowot Oowot Oowot Oowot Oowot Oowot, Ooooooww

This is the jam. Love the way it starts off with that keyboard and then the funky guitar.

At one point in 1978,I made a list of all the 45s I was gonna buy when I got my allowance.This song was at the top of my list,lol.

blackguitaristz said:

I can't choose, I love them both

abigail05 said:

Don't get me wrong....I like Boogie Nights. But that and the seriously over played "Always and Forever" (cue for another thread) always got the glory.

Still play "Grooveline" and "Boogie Nights" alot. A couple of songs that don't get much mention are "Mind Blowing Decisions"(classic imo) and "Ain't No Half Steppin." I don't listen to "Always and Forever" as much anymore. Prolly need to be in a certain mood, but I tend to change the channel when it does come on.

OH HELL TO THE MOTHERFUCKING YEAH! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

That bass line is WICKED! And the whole thing is catchy as shit. Scratchy guitar, funky bass, the "OHW! OHW!" chants, and the detuned/honky tonk/saloon piano...AWESOME. All the elements of a classic song from that period. And SO well done.

I never get tired of this song.

Reminds me of The Gap Band's "Party Train"

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SoulAlive said:

I got the album as part of a deal with my Mom. I could get an album if
i made all A's and B's on my report card if i didn't have enough allowance
to buy it. This is one of the first albums she bought me. She jammed off
this album too. Still rock this album til this day.

A-MA-ZING!!

One of Rod's best compositions, and easily Off The Wall quality.

Btw, what did Rod had to say bout MJ's death?

graecophilos said:

What do you think he said, if anything? That he was happy? He was relieved? He's upset and sad of course. Who knew MJ and ISN'T sad at his passing? Why does everyone have to say something.

ernestsewell said:

I just wanna know. And btw, from the monetary aspect Rod can be quite happy bout MJ's death. He will easily earn another million.

graecophilos said:

At this point, Rod has his money. Those couple of songs for MJ aren't the only songs he's written and makes money from. No one that was close to MJ is 'happy' about the checks rolling in based on the album sales since his death.

Well...except Akon. He's just a dirtbag.

Rod's a genius, don't go making this a MJ thread, people.

Timmy84 said:

Amazing isn't it.

Timmy84 said:

Exactly. Rod's a songwriter on his own, not just because he wrote "Thriller" or "Off The Wall", or that other one for MJ.

PS, here's the man in question, then and now:




Here's some of Rod's songwriting:
* Michael Jackson: "Rock with You", "Off the Wall", "Burn This Disco Out", "Baby Be Mine", "The Lady In My Life" and "Thriller", "Someone In The Dark", "Hot Street".
* Heatwave: "Boogie Nights", "The Groove Line", "Gangsters of the Groove", "Lettin' it loose", "Always and Forever", "Keep Tomorrow for Me"
* James Ingram & Michael McDonald: "Yah Mo B There".
* Tamia: "You Put a Move on My Heart".
* Rufus: "Masterjam", "Live In Me".
* The Brothers Johnson: "Stomp!" and "Treasure" "Light up the Night", "All About The Heaven".
* Donna Summer: "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)", "Livin' In America" and "Love Is Just A Breath Away".
* Quincy Jones: "The Dude", "Razzamatazz", "Somethin' Special", "Turn On The Action", "The Secret Garden" and "Back On The Block", "Baby Come to Me", "You Put a Move on My Heart" and "Q's Jook Joint".
* Herbie Hancock: "Lite Me Up", "Getting To The Good Part", "Motor Mouth".
* Aretha Franklin: "Livin' In The Streets".
* Jeffrey Osborne: "We Belong To Love" (which Temperton also produced).
* Bob James: "Sign Of The Times" and "The Steamin' Feelin'".
* The Manhattan Transfer: "Mystery", "The Spice Of Life", from their Bodies and Souls album.
* George Benson: Give Me The Night LP, including "Love x Love", "Turn Out the Lamplight" and the title track.
* James Ingram: It's Your Night LP.
* Anita Baker: "Mystery" from her Rapture album.
* Patti Austin: Every Home Should Have One LP; "Do You Love Me?", "The Genie".
* Second Image: "Lights Out" on Strange Reflections
* Michael McDonald: "Sweet Freedom".
* Stephanie Mills: "Time of Your Life" and "Hold On to Midnight".
* Karen Carpenter: "Lovelines" and "If We Try".
* LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men: "Hey Lover".
* Mica Paris: "Love Keeps Coming Back", "Two in a Million", & "You Put A Move On My Heart".
* Mýa: "Man in my Life".
* Klymaxx: "Man-Size Love".
* C+C Music Factory: "Share That Beat of Love".
* Angie Stone: "Lovers' Ghetto" from her Stone Love album.
* Mariah Carey: "I'm That Chick" (which sampled Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall") from her E=MC² album.

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah it is. And thanks, Ernest, for bringing up that list. The man was the brains behind Heatwave too. A lot of the shit that people have either sampled or covered from them was Rod's writings.

ernestsewell said:

My first posting in here was his full disography.

ernestsewell said:

Is he British? For some reason I always thought Rod Temperton was black. This guy has a lot of soul!!

dannyd5050 said:

Yeah he's from Leeds, I believe.

Timmy84 said:

Cool. He's bad ass. Always loved his music but never saw a picture of him. Just his name on some of my favorite record's credits! I asked if he was British because I remember reading that Heatwave were British.

How did a guy from England get hooked up with heatwave? He hasn't aged well at all

scriptgirl said:

I believe the late Johnnie Wilder who was one of the lead vocalist
in the group helped form the band when he was stationed overseas
in England along with his brother Keith Wilder. I believe a few
of the members in the band were british. Another british funk band
was Average White Band.

scriptgirl said:

That's a bit judgmental and dismissive. He's 61, and had a great life, and lives well. Seems like age isn't too much of an issue to him.

dannyd5050 said:

Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton (born 1947 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

Temperton attended the De Aston School in Market Rasen. He was one of the original members of the popular funk/disco band, Heatwave. With the band, he composed some of the group's big-selling singles including "Boogie Nights", "Groove Line" and the memorable ballad, "Always and Forever". All three tracks were million-sellers in the U.S.

In 1972 Temperton and guitarist Bernd Springer formed a soul cover band in Worms, Germany called Sundown Carousel. With Temperton on an old Hammond organ, the band performed in clubs and GI bars in cities such as Mannheim. During the 1970s Temperton started to work with Quincy Jones, who once visited Temperton in Worms. In the early 1980s Temperton left Germany and moved to Beverly Hills, California.

In 1979, he was recruited by Quincy Jones to write for what became Michael Jackson's first solo album in four years, and his first full-fledged solo release for Epic Records, entitled Off The Wall. Temperton wrote three songs for the album, including Rock with You which became the second US #1 single from the album. In 1982, Temperton wrote three songs, including the title track, for Jackson's next LP, Thriller, which became the biggest-selling album of all time.

Temperton was nominated for an Oscar for a song on the soundtrack of the film, The Color Purple, as the co-writer of the song "Miss Celie's Blues"

ernestsewell said:

Thank you!