Anyone check it out??

And your thoughts?

funkpill said:

And your thoughts?

What can I say? I thought it was decent considering the poor way "Unsung" produced their shows.

Timmy84 said:

funkpill said:

And your thoughts?

What can I say? I thought it was decent considering the poor way "Unsung" produced their shows.

yeah...

but never knew Walter had M.S.

a true entertainer

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

What can I say? I thought it was decent considering the poor way "Unsung" produced their shows.

yeah...

but never knew Walter had M.S.

a true entertainer

Yeah sounds like he's been struggling with it all his life too.

Timmy84 said:

funkpill said:

yeah...

but never knew Walter had M.S.

a true entertainer

Yeah sounds like he's been struggling with it all his life too.

Or that William Powell was an herion addict.

Back then, you just heard that he died of cancer.

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah sounds like he's been struggling with it all his life too.

Or that William Powell was an herion addict.

Back then, you just heard that he died of cancer.

WHAT????? William Powell was an herion addict? Oh I gonna hurry up and watch this. I DVRed it, but just came home and I'm too lazy to turn on my TV. Guess I'll check it out tomorrow.

silverchild said:

funkpill said:

Or that William Powell was an herion addict.

Back then, you just heard that he died of cancer.

WHAT????? William Powell was an herion addict? Oh I gonna hurry up and watch this. I DVRed it, but just came home and I'm too lazy to turn on my TV. Guess I'll check it out tomorrow.

Yes, when I watched, I thought he just passed from cancer. It seems like Will took herion as a way for coping with his cancer.

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah sounds like he's been struggling with it all his life too.

Or that William Powell was an herion addict.

Back then, you just heard that he died of cancer.

That too. I was totally shocked by that like "wow."

funkpill said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah sounds like he's been struggling with it all his life too.

Or that William Powell was an herion addict.

Back then, you just heard that he died of cancer.

Damn i got to watch this today. I remember William dying of cancer

when i was in middle school and they replaced him with Sammy Strain.

Yeah I DVR'd it too. I'll have to watch it tonight.

I got rid of Directv and went to Cablevision, yesterday,(long story), so I don't have TV1 anymore. Hopefully, I will be able to catch it on Youtube.

Because I'm a music enthusiast and somewhat of a historian, episodes like this one don't work for me. They are telling me things I already knew. Ep's like Angela Winbush, The Fat Boys and Heatwave, Teena Marie, Stacy Lattisaw & Shalamar held my interest because there wasn't much written and said about them in their hey day. I'm glad they didn't linger on about Gerald and Sean's death. Groups and Solo artists that had tremendous global success shouldn't be on Unsung. Folks that you know, but you don't know the full back story make better Unsung episodes. IMO.

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i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

shorttrini said:

I got rid of Directv and went to Cablevision, yesterday,(long story), so I don't have TV1 anymore. Hopefully, I will be able to catch it on Youtube.

Yeah it's all a game when it comes to Directv and your local cable tv

for customers. They give you a good deal for a year(directv) and local

cable(6 months) before they jack up your prices. The saving grace right

now for me with Directv is TVone, the NBA channel 216, and the NFL Network

but if they try to screw me i'll drop them like a hot potato.

jackson35 said:

i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

They could do a two-hour documentary on their story. They didn't need "Unsung", they really didn't. As far as I know the O'Jays are far from "unsung".

phunkdaddy said:

shorttrini said:

I got rid of Directv and went to Cablevision, yesterday,(long story), so I don't have TV1 anymore. Hopefully, I will be able to catch it on Youtube.

Yeah it's all a game when it comes to Directv and your local cable tv

for customers. They give you a good deal for a year(directv) and local

cable(6 months) before they jack up your prices. The saving grace right

now for me with Directv is TVone, the NBA channel 216, and the NFL Network

but if they try to screw me i'll drop them like a hot potato.

It wasn't even that for me. I recently got a flatscreen for my mom and wanted to switch their HD package. Anyway, the tech came out and spent 3hrs, looking for an HD signal that was not there. He then calls this in to his supervisor, who told him, that he would have to come and survey my "hood", to see if there was a signal. To make a long story short, I had to call Direct, to find out the results because, it is not their policy to call. I had Cablevision, 20 years ago and then switched to Direct in, 2003. I have NBA TV and I can watch my Jets & Giants, plus I have On Demand. The ironic thing is, my bill per month is cheaper now, than with Directv.

jackson35 said:

i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

What I think they're doin are cts more unsung to the white public. They O'Jays may have plenty of top 10 pop hits, but who really knows thm outside the RnB community?

Love the O'Jays but not really interested in seeing this episode

LittleBLUECorvette said:

jackson35 said:

i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

What I think they're doin are cts more unsung to the white public. They O'Jays may have plenty of top 10 pop hits, but who really knows thm outside the RnB community?

The O'Jays definitely have a very diverse fanbase and has had one for over 30 years, so everyone pretty much knows who they are no matter what race one is. I think what TV One is doing is trying to make the Unsung brand more accessible and popular by adding more generally well-known stars who may not of had their stories told before or better yet, told on the screen. The episodes on Teddy, the O'Jays, and George Clinton were perfect examples of that and I think they are gonna keep the momentum going like that with future episodes.

jackson35 said:

i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

Allot of people don't know the history about some of these groups, especially young people. Take Tami Terrell for example, there were things that I found out, that I just did not know. The fact that one wins allot of awards, makes allot of money and has hit singles, does not mean that they are not, human beings that have gone through alot of drama.

silverchild said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

What I think they're doin are cts more unsung to the white public. They O'Jays may have plenty of top 10 pop hits, but who really knows thm outside the RnB community?

The O'Jays definitely have a very diverse fanbase and has had one for over 30 years, so everyone pretty much knows who they are no matter what race one is. I think what TV One is doing is trying to make the Unsung brand more accessible and popular by adding more generally well-known stars who may not of had their stories told before or better yet, told on the screen. The episodes on Teddy, the O'Jays, and George Clinton were perfect examples of that and I think they are gonna keep the momentum going like that with future episodes.

And it's a good thing. No one else is or will do these shows.

I've enjoyed the majority of them.

I decided to take a look at it and it was nice I'd have to say my fav member of the O'Jays has to be Walter "Darling, Darling Baby" that man can sing I was surprised at how many members they actually went through to replace William-kinda sad and of course the deaths of Eddie's son It was a nice episode-glad I changed my mind at watched it

nursev said:

I decided to take a look at it and it was nice I'd have to say my fav member of the O'Jays has to be Walter "Darling, Darling Baby" that man can sing I was surprised at how many members they actually went through to replace William-kinda sad and of course the deaths of Eddie's son It was a nice episode-glad I changed my mind at watched it

Bobby Massy made the wrong choice, lol.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

nursev said:

I decided to take a look at it and it was nice I'd have to say my fav member of the O'Jays has to be Walter "Darling, Darling Baby" that man can sing I was surprised at how many members they actually went through to replace William-kinda sad and of course the deaths of Eddie's son It was a nice episode-glad I changed my mind at watched it

Bobby Massy made the wrong choice, lol.

Yeah he did then they blew up with Backstabbers talk about bad choices

5 O'Jays

4 O'Jays

jackson35 said:

i dont understand what makes the ojays unsung or any of the other acts that thats being covered by this show. most of these people won grammys, made lots of money, had pop hits, i dont get it?

You can't explain the unexplainable. This show and this channel and the micro media mole who run it lack credibility to be covering these subjects. It's like asking Condi Rice or Clarence Thomas to host a retrospective on EPO. If in your core, you don't get it, you never will.

shorttrini said:

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah it's all a game when it comes to Directv and your local cable tv

for customers. They give you a good deal for a year(directv) and local

cable(6 months) before they jack up your prices. The saving grace right

now for me with Directv is TVone, the NBA channel 216, and the NFL Network

but if they try to screw me i'll drop them like a hot potato.

It wasn't even that for me. I recently got a flatscreen for my mom and wanted to switch their HD package. Anyway, the tech came out and spent 3hrs, looking for an HD signal that was not there. He then calls this in to his supervisor, who told him, that he would have to come and survey my "hood", to see if there was a signal. To make a long story short, I had to call Direct, to find out the results because, it is not their policy to call. I had Cablevision, 20 years ago and then switched to Direct in, 2003. I have NBA TV and I can watch my Jets & Giants, plus I have On Demand. The ironic thing is, my bill per month is cheaper now, than with Directv.

You can watch the O'Jays episode on TVOne's website. The Unsung episodes stay on the website for a brief time, though.

http://www.tvoneonline.co...mp;id=3115

They shouldnt had been on this. People know them!