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Thread started 05/12/10 4:01pm

Timmy84

The Gap Band - Outstanding (the 12' version)

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Reply #1 posted 05/12/10 4:32pm

shorttrini

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This was when I stopped listening to the. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.
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Reply #2 posted 05/12/10 4:34pm

Timmy84

shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


That's why you stopped listening to the Gap Band? lol
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Reply #3 posted 05/12/10 4:39pm

SoulAlive

I love the 12" version of this song! music They added some extra percussion or something,making it much better than the regular (album) version.One of my Top 5 favorite Gap Band songs.
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Reply #4 posted 05/12/10 8:43pm

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The 12 foot version? Damn! lol wink
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Reply #5 posted 05/12/10 10:53pm

Timmy84

AlexdeParis said:

The 12 foot version? Damn! lol wink


INCH. brick lol
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Reply #6 posted 05/13/10 4:28am

SoulAlive

shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the Gap Band. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


hmmm I think "Party Train" is when they started to lose something.Don't get me wrong,it's a good song but it's sorta formulaic.Previous singles like "Burn Rubber" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" were edgy and funky,boasting their signature sound.After 1984 or so,they lost the spark.
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Reply #7 posted 05/13/10 6:31am

shorttrini

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Timmy84 said:

shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


That's why you stopped listening to the Gap Band? lol


Yeah, cause up til that point, their slow jams were unique sounding. There was something about the lyrics to "Yearning for your love" and the sentiment behind it that was unique and from the heart. "Outstanding", sounded like it was coming from an brotha who was trying to get some ass, by buttering up his lady, with compliments.
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Reply #8 posted 05/13/10 8:01am

Graycap23

SoulAlive said:

shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the Gap Band. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


hmmm I think "Party Train" is when they started to lose something.Don't get me wrong,it's a good song but it's sorta formulaic.Previous singles like "Burn Rubber" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" were edgy and funky,boasting their signature sound.After 1984 or so,they lost the spark.

Isn't that around the same time drugs over took Charlie?
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Reply #9 posted 05/13/10 10:24am

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Graycap23 said:

SoulAlive said:



hmmm I think "Party Train" is when they started to lose something.Don't get me wrong,it's a good song but it's sorta formulaic.Previous singles like "Burn Rubber" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" were edgy and funky,boasting their signature sound.After 1984 or so,they lost the spark.

Isn't that around the same time drugs over took Charlie?

Yep. They had hit the big time with the III album and Charlie got heavily in2 drugs.
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Reply #10 posted 05/13/10 11:20am

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daPrettyman said:

Graycap23 said:


Isn't that around the same time drugs over took Charlie?

Yep. They had hit the big time with the III album and Charlie got heavily in2 drugs.


I first heard the rumor from a friend that used to set up the stage
at the coliseum in my area back then and i wouldn't believe it. It
wasn't to the early nineties when i saw the Gap Band in concert that
i knew something was up with Charlie by the way he was tentatively
walking across the stage as though he was about to pass out and he
was sweating profusely. Come to find out he had just come out of rehab
and they had just released their Live and Well album. He still sounded
great vocally.
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Reply #11 posted 05/13/10 11:53am

daPrettyman

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phunkdaddy said:

daPrettyman said:


Yep. They had hit the big time with the III album and Charlie got heavily in2 drugs.


I first heard the rumor from a friend that used to set up the stage
at the coliseum in my area back then and i wouldn't believe it. It
wasn't to the early nineties when i saw the Gap Band in concert that
i knew something was up with Charlie by the way he was tentatively
walking across the stage as though he was about to pass out and he
was sweating profusely. Come to find out he had just come out of rehab
and they had just released their Live and Well album. He still sounded
great vocally.

That was around the first time I saw him also. He was really sweating and was really skinny (that I recall).
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Reply #12 posted 05/13/10 1:32pm

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It's OK but it's one of their blander songs of the early 1980s. The 12 Inch is much better than the album version though. The "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" 12 Inch is their alltime best.
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Reply #13 posted 05/13/10 1:34pm

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SoulAlive said:

shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the Gap Band. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


hmmm I think "Party Train" is when they started to lose something.Don't get me wrong,it's a good song but it's sorta formulaic.Previous singles like "Burn Rubber" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" were edgy and funky,boasting their signature sound.After 1984 or so,they lost the spark.


I love the song "Party Train" but there are a lot of bland songs on their "V" album, unlike the "III" and "IV" albums where either every single track was good or almost every track was good.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #14 posted 05/13/10 2:17pm

TRON

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This is my favorite song of theirs. So smooth.
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Reply #15 posted 05/13/10 2:26pm

phunkdaddy

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vainandy said:



I love the song "Party Train" but there are a lot of bland songs on their "V" album, unlike the "III" and "IV" albums where either every single track was good or almost every track was good.


I thought Gap Band V-Jammin was their last classic album.
It's enough funk on that album to last for days.
Shake A Leg,Jammin in America,Jam to the Motha(one of their best),
I Expect More. I even dig mid tempos like I'm Ready which was a great
cut that shoulda been a single and Someday and the ballads My Everything
and Something Special.
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Reply #16 posted 05/13/10 3:13pm

daPrettyman

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phunkdaddy said:

vainandy said:



I love the song "Party Train" but there are a lot of bland songs on their "V" album, unlike the "III" and "IV" albums where either every single track was good or almost every track was good.


I thought Gap Band V-Jammin was their last classic album.
It's enough funk on that album to last for days.
Shake A Leg,Jammin in America,Jam to the Motha(one of their best),
I Expect More. I even dig mid tempos like I'm Ready which was a great
cut that shoulda been a single and Someday and the ballads My Everything
and Something Special.

To me, "Round Trip" was their last real album. That album was really good and had some really good songs on it. Not to mention, they got a number one song from that album.
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Reply #17 posted 05/13/10 3:48pm

PDogz

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TRON said:

This is my favorite song of theirs. So smooth.

Probably mine too. I like "Burn Rubber On Me", but I hate the intro with the tires spinning out. And I like "You Dropped A Bomb On Me", but I hate that whistling sound of the bomb dropping every measure. "Outstanding" was the one hit of theirs that I didn't have any issues with. Smooth & Groovy.
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Reply #18 posted 05/13/10 3:58pm

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phunkdaddy said:

vainandy said:



I love the song "Party Train" but there are a lot of bland songs on their "V" album, unlike the "III" and "IV" albums where either every single track was good or almost every track was good.


I thought Gap Band V-Jammin was their last classic album.
It's enough funk on that album to last for days.
Shake A Leg,Jammin in America,Jam to the Motha(one of their best),
I Expect More. I even dig mid tempos like I'm Ready which was a great
cut that shoulda been a single
and Someday and the ballads My Everything
and Something Special.


It was. I've got the 12 Inch version of it which is better than the album version. It's the B Side of a "Party Train" 12 Inch I have. It looks like an import though because of the thin cover. I have another 12 Inch of "Party Train" that came out before the album did. That version of "Party Train" is a longer version of the 45.
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Reply #19 posted 05/13/10 8:12pm

AlexdeParis

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PDogz said:

TRON said:

This is my favorite song of theirs. So smooth.

Probably mine too. I like "Burn Rubber On Me", but I hate the intro with the tires spinning out.

brick




Seriously, how can you hate that?!? confused


I'm just giving you a hard time. lol
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Reply #20 posted 05/13/10 8:35pm

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AlexdeParis said:

PDogz said:


Probably mine too. I like "Burn Rubber On Me", but I hate the intro with the tires spinning out.

brick




Seriously, how can you hate that?!? confused


I'm just giving you a hard time. lol

lol ...not fond of the sound of metal rakes on cement either, lol.
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Reply #21 posted 05/13/10 8:42pm

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shorttrini said:

This was when I stopped listening to the. Why, cause to me, they sounded like everything that was on the radio at the time.


You mean you didn't accept The Gap Band's apology when they release Party Train?!?
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Reply #22 posted 05/13/10 8:44pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Graycap23 said:

SoulAlive said:



hmmm I think "Party Train" is when they started to lose something.Don't get me wrong,it's a good song but it's sorta formulaic.Previous singles like "Burn Rubber" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" were edgy and funky,boasting their signature sound.After 1984 or so,they lost the spark.

Isn't that around the same time drugs over took Charlie?



I agree about "Party Train". Charlie was on heavy drugs .I use to see him on the streets here in LA broke & cracked out. But he got himself back together now and his voice is better than ever. I wish i can say that about Whitney.
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Reply #23 posted 05/13/10 8:53pm

TonyVanDam

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BONUS QUESTION: How many artists sampled Outstanding?

Ice Cube -- True 2 Da Game
Soul 4 Real -- Every Little Thing I Do (You Blow My Mind)
Shaq -- I'm Outstanding


I like how Soul 4 Real used that sample. Good thing Heavy D was involve because Sean Combs by himself would've screwed it up by making the track slower. lol

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Reply #24 posted 05/13/10 8:56pm

Moonbeam

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Excellent song, and a top 5 Gap Band song for me.
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Reply #25 posted 05/13/10 9:53pm

Thumparello

I wonder what Bernie and George Clinton thought them borrowing their sound?
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Reply #26 posted 05/13/10 10:46pm

phunkdaddy

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The Gap put the bump on this one
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Reply #27 posted 05/14/10 8:55pm

Timmy84

PDogz said:

TRON said:

This is my favorite song of theirs. So smooth.

Probably mine too. I like "Burn Rubber On Me", but I hate the intro with the tires spinning out.


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Reply #28 posted 05/14/10 8:56pm

Timmy84

TonyVanDam said:

BONUS QUESTION: How many artists sampled Outstanding?

Ice Cube -- True 2 Da Game
Soul 4 Real -- Every Little Thing I Do (You Blow My Mind)
Shaq -- I'm Outstanding


I like how Soul 4 Real used that sample. Good thing Heavy D was involve because Sean Combs by himself would've screwed it up by making the track slower. lol



Heavy D CAME RIGHT when it came to who he worked with even if it was BRIEF. lol
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Reply #29 posted 05/14/10 11:11pm

PDogz

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Timmy84 said:

PDogz said:


Probably mine too. I like "Burn Rubber On Me", but I hate the intro with the tires spinning out.



lol Why am I getting The People's Eyebrow? LOL.
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