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80s Classic of the Day: "Mr Telephone Man: by New Edition "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Old school NE is always great. That song's all Ray Parker, Jr. (instrumentation). | |
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I knew it. That sounds just like Ray song "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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You can tell that it is a Ray Parker Jr. song, cause it sounds like this
All Ray did, was change the lyrics... "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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Damn. how unoriginal. "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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scriptgirl said: Damn. how unoriginal.
Well, I wouldn't say that. Lot's of artist have done this. Babyface, for example. For me, it is the way that it's done. "Mr. Telephone Man", is a great song. Had he done the same thing for a song of lesser value, it would be another story. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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Yeah, Babyface's stuff all sounds the same and it is whack, to boot "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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shorttrini said: scriptgirl said: Damn. how unoriginal.
Well, I wouldn't say that. Lot's of artist have done this. Babyface, for example. For me, it is the way that it's done. "Mr. Telephone Man", is a great song. Had he done the same thing for a song of lesser value, it would be another story. Really. | |
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Timmy84 said: shorttrini said: Well, I wouldn't say that. Lot's of artist have done this. Babyface, for example. For me, it is the way that it's done. "Mr. Telephone Man", is a great song. Had he done the same thing for a song of lesser value, it would be another story. Really. Timmy, even Babyface runs out of ideas.... [Edited 11/12/09 12:32pm] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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There are plenty of good producers who have come up with a "sound" that they've overused. While Mr. Telephone Man does sound a lot like Parker's A Woman Needs a Man (a lot of the same instrumentation, keyboard sounds), it's not reusing the backing track (listen to Janet's "Come Back to Me" and Human League's "Human" back to back -- this is a very similar case). Here's the kicker... check out what John Barnes did with Cheryl Lynn's "Love Rush." It's the exact same backing track as Janet's "Don't Stand Another Chance." Not sure which one was recorded or released first (both released sometime in '84), and I have no idea why he would choose to reuse the track.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...xTiOzyI3aE [Edited 11/12/09 12:50pm] | |
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pzlyprk said: There are plenty of good producers who have come up with a "sound" that they've overused. While Mr. Telephone Man does sound a lot like Parker's A Woman Needs a Man (a lot of the same instrumentation, keyboard sounds), it's not reusing the backing track (listen to Janet's "Come Back to Me" and Human League's "Human" back to back -- this is a very similar case). Here's the kicker... check out what John Barnes did with Cheryl Lynn's "Love Rush." It's the exact same backing track as Janet's "Don't Stand Another Chance." Not sure which one was recorded or released first (both released sometime in '84), and I have no idea why he would choose to reuse the track.
http://www.youtube.com/wa...xTiOzyI3aE [Edited 11/12/09 12:50pm] It's funny that you mentioned,"Human", it sounds exactly like MJ's "Man In The Mirror". [Edited 11/12/09 13:02pm] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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shorttrini said: Timmy84 said: Really. Timmy, even Babyface runs out of ideas.... [Edited 11/12/09 12:32pm] Right. 'Face been run out of ideas lol | |
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one of my Top 5 songs by them.It's got that classic Ray Parker Jr/Raydio sound  | |
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cute!  | |
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I love the extended version with the acapella coda and the phone ringing unable to make call notation  Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records. | |
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I always thought that Junior Tucker's version of this track was better....then again, his whole album was slept on by most. Worth seeking out. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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