Ima loving on ole school music tonight--so I have to show some love for some seriously excellent singers and songwriters--who are not only still performing but still together as a couple after all these years! Amazing! Saw them on PBS last year and they are still "solid as a rock" and loving each other and the music they perform!

Here's a real flashback for ya:

http://www.thirteen.org/s...t-11-1972/

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

Here's a real flashback for ya:

http://www.thirteen.org/s...t-11-1972/

What a blast from the past! Thanks for that link! Love seeing Ashford and Simpson back when they were young (I was a little kid LOL). Wish we could post the video--such great music from such an unlikely couple!

purplethunder3121 said:

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

Here's a real flashback for ya:

http://www.thirteen.org/s...t-11-1972/

What a blast from the past! Thanks for that link! Love seeing Ashford and Simpson back when they were young (I was a little kid LOL). Wish we could post the video--such great music from such an unlikely couple!

You're welcome. I knew you'd dig it.

Oh gawd I love them. My fave duo

Here's a song they wrote and produced. The steps are smooth too.

Aight, I do love them..I really do. Yet, anyone else get a Star Jones/ Al Reynolds vibe from the two? Just asking.

sosgemini said:

Aight, I do love them..I really do. Yet, anyone else get a Star Jones/ Al Reynolds vibe from the two? Just asking.

Nope. Not at all. For once, you get the real thing--not the illusion!

sosgemini said:

Aight, I do love them..I really do. Yet, anyone else get a Star Jones/ Al Reynolds vibe from the two? Just asking.

Ya kno what? Yeah. Honestly..I was always kinda catchin some of that......

But their stuff is SOOO good & their story (as a duo & couple) has just washed all that away for me with the passage of time. I love em to death.

JamFanHot said:

sosgemini said:

Aight, I do love them..I really do. Yet, anyone else get a Star Jones/ Al Reynolds vibe from the two? Just asking.

Ya kno what? Yeah. Honestly..I was always kinda catchin some of that......

But their stuff is SOOO good & their story (as a duo & couple) has just washed all that away for me with the passage of time. I love em to death.

Well...whatever vibe you get from this dynamic duo who have been together for...forever...it is all good!

purplethunder3121 said:

JamFanHot said:

Ya kno what? Yeah. Honestly..I was always kinda catchin some of that......

But their stuff is SOOO good & their story (as a duo & couple) has just washed all that away for me with the passage of time. I love em to death.

Well...whatever vibe you get from this dynamic duo who have been together for...forever...it is all good!

Exactly...that's what I mean. It's like that with a lotta "top tier" musical talents. The MATERIAL and the execution is soooooo "next level" you just stop CARING about the esoterica.

Ashford & Simpson are def in that category....just.....awesome.

Also.....you prolly couldn't FIND two nicer & more lovely human beings than Nick & Val. Super folks...always have been...on TOP of the longevity & talent.

JamFanHot said:

Also.....you prolly couldn't FIND two nicer & more lovely human beings than Nick & Val. Super folks...always have been...on TOP of the longevity & talent.

I luv the fact that they are such an unlikely couple that people still question their togetherness as a fluke, facade, or an unnatural act! They have been together forever....

this is my favorite song by them

70s soul flashback: "It Seems To Hang On" by Ashford and Simpson (1978)

80s R&B flashback: "Street Corner" by Ashford and Simpson (1982)

Their best video,imo

"High Rise" by Ashford and Simpson (1983)

SoulAlive said:

80s R&B flashback: "Street Corner" by Ashford and Simpson (1982)

Yeah, man...don't both of those feel good? I have a HARD time pickin faves with these two....SO much material (both as "Ashford & Simpson"...and a TON of great stuff they wrote for other acts).

Another favorite,from 1977....

"Don't Cost You Nothing" by Ashford and Simpson

JamFanHot said:

SoulAlive said:

80s R&B flashback: "Street Corner" by Ashford and Simpson (1982)

Yeah, man...don't both of those feel good? I have a HARD time pickin faves with these two....SO much material (both as "Ashford & Simpson"...and a TON of great stuff they wrote for other acts).

I agree,it's nearly impossible to pick a favorite.

SoulAlive said:

Unlikely couple...but meant to be! Solid like a Rock!

JamFanHot said:

Also.....you prolly couldn't FIND two nicer & more lovely human beings than Nick & Val. Super folks...always have been...on TOP of the longevity & talent.

I was lucky enough to meet them after a (fantastic) gig a few years ago and they were just too sweet and genuine. They are a rare kind of producer duo that manage to get the best out of the people they work with. The albums and songs they wrote and produced for Ms Ross, Gladys Knight, Chaka etc are easily among the best of their careers.

Lots of great jams....

Street Corner

Found A Cure

Don't Cost You Nothing

High Rise

Outta The World

And my alltime favorite from them...."Nobody Knows". That's a true ass shaker right there!

SoulAlive said:

80s R&B flashback: "Street Corner" by Ashford and Simpson (1982)

You know I love that one right there.

whitesockedfunk said:

JamFanHot said:

Also.....you prolly couldn't FIND two nicer & more lovely human beings than Nick & Val. Super folks...always have been...on TOP of the longevity & talent.

I was lucky enough to meet them after a (fantastic) gig a few years ago and they were just too sweet and genuine. They are a rare kind of producer duo that manage to get the best out of the people they work with. The albums and songs they wrote and produced for Ms Ross, Gladys Knight, Chaka etc are easily among the best of their careers.