Apparently BET J must be changing into a new network called Centric which was down in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Anyway, they played a 1971 episode of "Soul Train" this evening in it's entirety featuring The Jackson 5 and Jermaine Jackson as a solo artist. Did anyone see it?

Yepped and it's on again right now. Go Centric! Network looks promising, seen some ol clips of JB (I mean old clips of JB not JB when he was old!)

vainandy said:

I saw parts of it. Yeah they done changed their name to CENTRIC. I think they're regularly airing Soul Train... so I may have to tune in...

Nice to see Jermaine with his 'Fro.

Can anyone tell me the name of the song that's about to come on either now or after the J5 perform Corner of the Sky? It was Funky as an unwashed navel.

I hope it's going to be a regular thing but I'm scared it might just be for tonight since they have been promoting it as Michael Jackson Day. They just got finished showing a one hour show on the mansion he was in when he died. I've searched online and I can't find a schedule for the network and the BET J site doesn't have anything updated.

vainandy said:

It's regular, just not right away. It won't premier in the regular schedule until about some time in mid October.

That's an extemely old episode. The only songs I recognized that were played for the dancers were "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" by The Temptations and "The Babysitter" by Betty Wright. And the theme music for "Soul Train" is a trip. It sounds like one of the old slow 1960s songs. Funny hearing a slow song with the cartoon train going down the tracks. I've never seen that set either. I wonder if it is from Chicago before they moved to Los Angeles.

vainandy said:

Not these tracks, (I recognized these of course) it should be the the track coming on right after this current commercial break.

I just kept hearing the words "We The People" and some funky drums. And Miss Thang that's dancing right now really needs to do something with that hair.

vainandy said:

Yeah, you don't know nothin' bout that track? Also that's probably how chick broke her leg in the first place, with those broke moves.

vainandy said:

Yeah Vain, they had a Fame marathon earlier today and they showed a Soul Train commercial, they said it would come on nightly starting Oct.8

I've never heard it. I was only 4 years old in 1971 and the only thing I was listening to was "Old McDonald Had A Farm".

Apparently, the song must have not gotten much airplay after it lived it's heyday. Too bad Mr. Soulpower isn't watching this evening. This is definately his favorite era.

I saw one episode of "Fame" earlier right before they aired "Soul Train" for the first time this evening. Looks like I'm gonna have to go to the store and buy some more blank DVDs.

Y'all be on the lookout for the guy in the grey T Shirt with the sweat stains under his armpits.

Well, now it's the next night and Centric certainly ain't shit tonight. Same ole shit as usual.

vainandy said:

I ain't been looking anyways, lol

I was asleep earlier but when I woke up and turned on the TV, they were playing Patti LaBelle videos. But they were late 80s and 90s videos that have been worn out over the years. If they want to do something different, they need to play early 80s videos or "promo clips" as they were called back then, and show more 1970s stuff. The late 80s and 90s have been absolutely worn out and everyone had VCRs back then and would have recorded that stuff if they wanted it. VCRs were too expensive in the early 80s and 1970s so a lot of that stuff hasn't been seen in years.

Then I flipped back over later and they were doing an interview with Patti LaBelle. I think it was their "Divas" series. Hell, that stuff has been worn out too and they only interviewed the hugest stars that have been worn out over the years. Hell, interview somebody like The Barkays or Lakeside that hasn't been worn out and people haven't seen in years.

vainandy said:

I don't know why TV acts lazy. They never interview anyone you don't expect.

vainandy said:

They said the station will be like this until late in the year (beside Soul Train debuting full time in a few weeks.) The station is airing earlier than originally planned so nothin' is ready yet. For the next two months or so, it will be lots of Run's House, Workin with Diddy and the Sal N Pepa Show and the series that were already on BET J.

Than, they will put on lots of promotion in time when the station was originally supposed to debut.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

So basically it's BET J until next week?

Timmy84 said:

YEah, I don't think BET J played Runs House and the likes. Just like 8 hours of Soul Sessions, American Gangster, Steve Harvey Show and Timeless.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The syndicated version of Soul Train from LA debut Oct. '71. In Chicago you got to watch the in color synidcated version of the show on CBS channel 2 and the "original" Soul Train on WCIU channel 26.... in black & white.



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The Soul Searchers or Chuck Brown & The Soul Seachers, the founders of Washington D.C. Go-Go music.

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

"Bustin' Loose"
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
"If It Ain't Funky"
"I Gotcha Now"
"Could It Be Love"
"Game Seven"
"Berro E Sombaro"



Jim Browns - Blaxplotation film: "Slaghter's"




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TD3 said:

This is wild, I just did a post on the Soul Searchers yesterday morning, here:

http://prince.org/msg/8/320041







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I missed it

paligap said:

Thank you. I knew I saw a thread about the Soul Searchers! Oh we gotta talk about these guys. Later... I gotta work.

I love the Jackson 5.

DId u guys see the new re-aired episode this Friday? It was a repeat of the Minnie Riperton tribute episode. Next week, they are reairing a Luther Vandross episode. Not sure from which year, though.

daPrettyman said:

I think it might be the one from 81' or 82' that was showed on "Best Of Soul Train" back in 2007.