first song played was "Shake Your Pants" by Cameo

I'm watching it right now the second song played was "I've Just Begun To Love You" by Dynasty

This is a 1980 episode.

Rick James is hilarious

SoulAlive said:

Rick James is hilarious

Rick apparently didn't like Don Cornelius all that much. Hence why his reactions to Don were like " ".

Timmy84 said:

SoulAlive said:

Rick James is hilarious

Rick apparently didn't like Don Cornelius all that much. Hence why his reactions to Don were like " ".

Was this ep shown before? Don looked like he was gonna beat Rick. How many times after this was Rick on Soul Train?

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Damn i hope to get home from work in time tonight and catch it at one.

Was this the Throwin Down album Rick was performing?

not sure

phunkdaddy said:

Damn i hope to get home from work in time tonight and catch it at one.

Was this the Throwin Down album Rick was performing?

Naw "Garden Of Love" album '80.

scriptgirl said:

Was this ep shown before? Don looked like he was gonna beat Rick. How many times after this was Rick on Soul Train?

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Maybe one or two mo'.

StarMon said:

scriptgirl said:

Was this ep shown before? Don looked like he was gonna beat Rick. How many times after this was Rick on Soul Train?

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Maybe one or two mo'.

His first appearance was in late 1978 I believe. Then he appeared later in '79 with Teena Marie for her debut. Then the 1980 performance. And I believe the show had a tribute episode for Rick, I guess, to honor his impact in the few short years of his success. I believe it was in 1981.

Timmy84 said:

StarMon said:

Maybe one or two mo'.

His first appearance was in late 1978 I believe. Then he appeared later in '79 with Teena Marie for her debut. Then the 1980 performance. And I believe the show had a tribute episode for Rick, I guess, to honor his impact in the few short years of his success. I believe it was in 1981.

& the

StarMon said:

Timmy84 said:

His first appearance was in late 1978 I believe. Then he appeared later in '79 with Teena Marie for her debut. Then the 1980 performance. And I believe the show had a tribute episode for Rick, I guess, to honor his impact in the few short years of his success. I believe it was in 1981.

& the

Timmy84 said:

SoulAlive said:

Rick James is hilarious

Rick apparently didn't like Don Cornelius all that much. Hence why his reactions to Don were like " ".

I can only imagine what Ricks issue with Don would have been , lol.

PDogz said:

Timmy84 said:

Rick apparently didn't like Don Cornelius all that much. Hence why his reactions to Don were like " ".

I can only imagine what Ricks issue with Don would have been , lol.

No blow in the dressing room.

StarMon said:

PDogz said:

I can only imagine what Ricks issue with Don would have been , lol.

No blow in the dressing room.

Who knows

SoulAlive said:

Timmy84 said:

Rick apparently didn't like Don Cornelius all that much. Hence why his reactions to Don were like " ".

Cornelious isn't a likeable person.

S.O.S was putting it down on this episode. This was their horn based

sound before Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis gave them a more polished

R&B sound.

TD3 said:

SoulAlive said:

Cornelious isn't a likeable person.

I see that.

The way he kept the crowd going fter the song was over - true Soul Train moment. To those who think Rick James wasn't popular in the 80s - there's your proof. I've never seen that happen for that long on Soul Train before. The crowd LOVED Rick.

Yeah, you could tell the crowd loved Rick and Don hated that. The only other time I saw a crowd get happy like that on Soul Train was when Vanity was on there.

scriptgirl said:

Yeah, you could tell the crowd loved Rick and Don hated that. The only other time I saw a crowd get happy like that on Soul Train was when Vanity was on there.

They got all crazy when James Brown and Marvin Gaye were on there. You should've seen how the girls were swooning when Marvin lipped "Sexual Healing" on there. They were all like .

They were pretty excited over Al Green's appearance back in the 70s, too. A few performers have incited excitement; that's one thing. I have never seen the crowd go on that long after the song was over That was my point. They were in the Rick zone and would have chewed Don's ass out if he tried to stop them.

It was also funny when Rick intimidated Don with his "junk"

BlaqueKnight said:

They were pretty excited over Al Green's appearance back in the 70s, too. A few performers have incited excitement; that's one thing. I have never seen the crowd go on that long after the song was over That was my point. They were in the Rick zone and would have chewed Don's ass out if he tried to stop them.

It was also funny when Rick intimidated Don with his "junk"

That's right!!! Al ripped it up in '74. Arm sling and all.

BlaqueKnight said:

They were pretty excited over Al Green's appearance back in the 70s, too. A few performers have incited excitement; that's one thing. I have never seen the crowd go on that long after the song was over That was my point. They were in the Rick zone and would have chewed Don's ass out if he tried to stop them.

It was also funny when Rick intimidated Don with his "junk"

That show aired yesterday, that's one of the few times I've known Cornelious (usually a reserved man) to gush over an artist.

Timmy84 said:

BlaqueKnight said:

They were pretty excited over Al Green's appearance back in the 70s, too. A few performers have incited excitement; that's one thing. I have never seen the crowd go on that long after the song was over That was my point. They were in the Rick zone and would have chewed Don's ass out if he tried to stop them.

It was also funny when Rick intimidated Don with his "junk"

That's right!!! Al ripped it up in '74. Arm sling and all.

Al Green is sexy . . .

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

That's right!!! Al ripped it up in '74. Arm sling and all.

Al Green is sexy . . .

scriptgirl said:

Was this ep shown before? Don looked like he was gonna beat Rick. How many times after this was Rick on Soul Train?

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Yeah back in 06 or 07 when "Best Of Soul Trian" was on UPN. This was one of the episodes I made sure I taped!

2 other show moments were with Mary Wilson of The Supremes who i think is the only one who got Don to join her with dancing in the Soul Train Line,

and an interview with funk group Aurra. Starleana really had an "aura" of sensuality when she performed and Mack Don told her "i'll see you backstage", lol.