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Genius.

Best tour!!

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LMAO!

hell yeah! I remember leaving school during lunch break to go to the mall to pick this up, feeing so excited! I played it at night and thought it was like a softer version of the Janet album and yet was surprised by how different it sounded from the last. I thought the red hair was really cool too, but the era got exciting for me more when she went on Oprah, when I read magazine interviews to get to know more about her and when I could relate to Together Again and I Get Lonely and eventually most of the songs if not all. And I also got to meet her and see the Velvet Rope concert, which was my first and bought the tourbook as well great memories, great times!

My FAVE album from her. And I didn't need no damn "hearing aids" or "subtitles" to enjoy it

And the B-Sides/Outtakes were brilliant as well

BTW, is that Big Jim Wright on the keys in "I Get Lonely" performance?

So far, The Velvet Rope is definitely Janet's final career masterpiece.

TonyVanDam said:

So far, The Velvet Rope is definitely Janet's final career masterpiece.

Agree. She's been releasing nail polished crap since then. I mean LITERAL crap

I wished THIS Janet returned. The other albums were good but she definitely hit her strides here.

Harlepolis said:

My FAVE album from her. And I didn't need no damn "hearing aids" or "subtitles" to enjoy it

And the B-Sides/Outtakes were brilliant as well

BTW, is that Big Jim Wright on the keys in "I Get Lonely" performance?

Yup, that's him. He's brilliant!

He lost so much weight since this performance.

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midiscover said:

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Genius.

Best tour!!

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It's been 13 years! OMG--what happened?! Did I fall asleep like Rip Van Winkle? It can't have been that long--

Harlepolis said:

And I didn't need no damn "hearing aids" or "subtitles" to enjoy it

Aw hell, I still don't know the words to this one:

alphastreet said:

hell yeah! I remember leaving school during lunch break to go to the mall to pick this up, feeing so excited! I played it at night and thought it was like a softer version of the Janet album and yet was surprised by how different it sounded from the last. I thought the red hair was really cool too, but the era got exciting for me more when she went on Oprah, when I read magazine interviews to get to know more about her and when I could relate to Together Again and I Get Lonely and eventually most of the songs if not all. And I also got to meet her and see the Velvet Rope concert, which was my first and bought the tourbook as well great memories, great times!

Me too

Yea, silverback, we're not talking about that crappy disco you call music.

I'm still hot and cold on The Velvet Rope but it's definitely her most interesting and daring album. Songs like What About, Special, I Get Lonely, Go Deep (probably my favorite song on the album), You, and Free Xone are some of her absolute greatest songs. She proved the critics wrong with this one

Man I remember when this album was in the process of recording. There were some people saying Janet had "lost it" or something because they showed the cover and saw that she had the red hair and the nose ring. And people kept making jokes. Then the album came out and initially didn't perform as well as janet. had done but she got back at them quick with the singles and the tour was hot too.

I didn't even know and I was listening to this CD yesterday!

My favorite Janet album. It's a masterpiece. It definitely takes you on a musical/lyrical journey.

The music. The look. The videos. Such a great era.

the title track is one of my favorites.

I remember buying it at Musicland on CASSETTE when it first came out for $9.99!

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Everything about that era was just right.

I'm listening to this album right now and so many memories are coming over me right now. I just think back to '97, looking at that album cover and popping the CD in and thinking "is this the same Janet?" Something about it was unique then and it still is, I just can't put my finger on it. A masterpiece indeed and without a doubt, her greatest album.

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I've always like that album cover.

I remember listening to this and saying to myself, "this is some deep shit." This scared the hell out of me back in October of '97....this is definitely one of the greatest and stankiest grooves Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis ever laid down (that bass, the James Brown and Archie Bell samples...no comment!):

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her last great album. also the first signs of the bullshit creeping in.

midiscover said:

Yea, silverback, we're not talking about that crappy disco you call music.

yeah, why has Janet never done some Casio "Funk" album like the Bar-Kays?

oh wait.... I know now! ...because it sucks!!

Cinnie said:

Harlepolis said:

And I didn't need no damn "hearing aids" or "subtitles" to enjoy it

Aw hell, I still don't know the words to this one:

You don't know the words???? Well, here ya go...

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

Have a feelin', now believin'
That you were the one
I was meant to be with
Oh, how I'm wishin'
Thinkin', dreamin' 'bout you
And the love, how'd I ever let you get away?
Got 'til it's gone
Got 'til it's gone

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

If I could turn back hands of time
Make you fall in love
In love with me again
So would you give me another chance to love?
To love you, love you the right way
No games
Got 'til it's gone
Got 'til it's gone

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's
Yeah, let me just fuck with it for a minute
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

Now you are realizing when the nights go long, right
Campaign for me to stay
When you know that I'm gone, right

You act all wild
When I tell you to settle
I was working 'round the clock
But your girls want to meddle
Talkin' about, I heard he swims with his chick on the beach

That was out with the tide
But my love you impeached
Now you lookin' at the walls
Head in hand, cold jonezin'
Ringing my house
Hangin' up and then posing

Now why you wanna go and do that?
Love huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
And do that? Huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
Love huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
And do that? Huh

Now why you wanna go and do that?
Love huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
And do that? Huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
Love huh
Now why you wanna go and do that?
And do that? And do that?

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone

That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Dust

The Velvet Rope is a masterpiece. The title track, with it's sampling of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (a.k.a. that song from "The Excorcist") and Malcolm McLaren's "Hobo Scratch", is all kinds of awesome!

This was my jam, right here...

And, of course, Got 'Til It's Gone, with Mark Romanek's stunning, Drum-inspired video.

deebee said:

This was my jam, right here...

And, of course, Got 'Til It's Gone, with Mark Romanek's stunning, Drum-inspired video.

omg i was bumping this yesterday....this is my favorite janet cd...i can play this whole cd without skipping a song...

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......Walking over and pulling out the CD and dusting off club boots....