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Thread started 01/13/12 2:21pm

SoulAlive

80s R&B flashback: "The One You Love" by Lushus Daim and the Pretty Vain (1985)

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Reply #1 posted 01/13/12 2:23pm

SoulAlive

from the album 'More Than You Can Handle'

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Reply #2 posted 01/14/12 10:43am

SoulAlive

hey,I know it wasn't a hit,but surely someone must remember this lol

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Reply #3 posted 01/14/12 11:21am

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ok now that the my mistake is fixed..

this is my shit..

I love the part where she says "I had no idea Id get this involved" near the end

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #4 posted 01/14/12 11:22am

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and why did the Billboard ad call her Alvin?

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #5 posted 01/14/12 1:00pm

SoulAlive

rdhull said:

I love the part where she says "I had no idea Id get this involved" near the end

nod

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Reply #6 posted 01/14/12 10:17pm

Shard

I like this song but I prefer some of their other tracks more ("More Than You Can Handle", "Attention Addict" and "For You").

It's a shame they didn't have more success. The only performance I know of by them was on 1 episode of Soul Train but I'm not old enough to have been able to watch it back then lol and I haven't found a clip online yet.

and Lushus Daim was quite the foxy lady! Not quite on Vanity's level, but I'm sure she turned plenty of heads in her day.

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Reply #7 posted 01/14/12 11:33pm

Romeoblu

I love this song and the album is great.

If you like 80's funky pop you need this album.

Check out the the thread about being cold in Norway.
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Reply #8 posted 01/15/12 9:15am

SoulAlive

I remember reading articles about Lushus in Right On! and Black Beat magazines and I put the pictures on my wall lol I really thought she would be a major star but after "The One You Love",I never heard anything else about her.

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Reply #9 posted 01/15/12 9:18am

SoulAlive

Lushus Daim & The Pretty Vain

Lushus Daim was a female R&B singer from the mid-80's. Not much information is given on her, but she was on the Motown\Conceited Records label and released only one album.
In 1985, she released the album, "More Than You Can Handle" under the name "Lushus Daim & The Pretty Vain" which managed to peak at #52 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.
The first single, "The One You Love" was released and managed to peak at #65 on Billboard's R&B charts. The title song was also released as a single, but it's unknown how well it did. After that, it seemed as if Lushus Daim has practically seemed to fallen off the face of the earth and into obscurity.

(Update: 09\17\10) Here's a post about the latest update about Lushus Daim:
http://musicrareobscure.b...pdate.html

To see the music video for "The One You Love," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...-CROlkvmf0

3 comments:

Kendall and Amy said... Thank you! I have been for this for so long! June 7, 2010 10:13 PM
Just Kiddin said... I think the lady on the front of the darker cover is not Lushus but a stand in named Poney. Who's brothers were in a group called Real to Reel...Maybe spelled Ponet July 31, 2010 12:39 AM
UB said... Yes; I also noticed that on 'live' photos Lushus Daim was smaller and has brighter, shorter hair. The stand in was larger and had longer, darker hair. Any other information about who the stand in was?
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Reply #10 posted 01/15/12 9:20am

rdhull

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I was goin' through it at the time this jam came out...along with Lisa Lisa All Cried Out

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #11 posted 01/15/12 10:03am

SoulAlive

She was on Motown Records at the same time that Vanity was.It seems that Motown chose to focus more on Vanity,which is why Lushus didn't get the promotion she deserved.

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Reply #12 posted 01/16/12 5:15am

SoulAlive

rdhull said:

and why did the Billboard ad call her Alvin?

huh? hmmm what Billboard ad?

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Reply #13 posted 01/16/12 5:16am

SoulAlive

here's the video for the song (it's in poor quality though)

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Reply #14 posted 01/16/12 6:40am

SoulAlive

Shard said:

Lushus Daim was quite the foxy lady! Not quite on Vanity's level, but I'm sure she turned plenty of heads in her day.

nod I had a crush on her,as did many other guys.

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Reply #15 posted 01/16/12 11:30am

Shard

SoulAlive said:

Shard said:

Lushus Daim was quite the foxy lady! Not quite on Vanity's level, but I'm sure she turned plenty of heads in her day.

nod I had a crush on her,as did many other guys.

Did you ever see their Soul Train performance? All I know is it was on the same episode as New Edition when they performed "Count Me Out" in 1985. I wanna know how Lushus looked live lol.

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Reply #16 posted 01/16/12 12:06pm

SoulAlive

No,I never saw that Soul Train performance.In fact,I never saw any live or TV performance by Lushus Daim.I heard that one single on the radio and saw the video,then she just disappeared.

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Reply #17 posted 01/16/12 1:04pm

MadamGoodnight

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from the album 'More Than You Can Handle'

There's a name I haven't seen in a very long time. I remember seeing this cover in the wrecka stow, though I don't remember her material. The wrecka stow owner pointed out her cover to me. smile The guys liked it.

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Reply #18 posted 01/16/12 1:27pm

SoulAlive

MadamGoodnight said:

SoulAlive said:

from the album 'More Than You Can Handle'

There's a name I haven't seen in a very long time. I remember seeing this cover in the wrecka stow, though I don't remember her material. The wrecka stow owner pointed out her cover to me. smile The guys liked it.

yeah,that album cover got more attention than the actual music on the record lol

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Reply #19 posted 01/16/12 2:59pm

MadamGoodnight

SoulAlive said:

MadamGoodnight said:

There's a name I haven't seen in a very long time. I remember seeing this cover in the wrecka stow, though I don't remember her material. The wrecka stow owner pointed out her cover to me. smile The guys liked it.

yeah,that album cover got more attention than the actual music on the record lol

lol biggrin

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Reply #20 posted 01/16/12 3:14pm

SoulAlive

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Reply #21 posted 01/17/12 6:51am

SoulAlive

Shard said:

I like this song but I prefer some of their other tracks more ("More Than You Can Handle", "Attention Addict" and "For You").

The title track received a little airplay.I heard it on the radio a few times.

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Reply #22 posted 01/17/12 11:04am

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SoulAlive said:

No,I never saw that Soul Train performance.In fact,I never saw any live or TV performance by Lushus Daim.I heard that one single on the radio and saw the video,then she just disappeared.

Her Soul Train performance was how I first heard her two singles. I do remember seeing the video for "The One You Love" later. I made a mental note at the time to get the album if I ever saw it cheap anywhere, but never did. The melody for "The One You Love" continues to go through my head occasionally to this day.

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Reply #23 posted 01/17/12 1:47pm

SoulAlive

sextonseven said:

SoulAlive said:

No,I never saw that Soul Train performance.In fact,I never saw any live or TV performance by Lushus Daim.I heard that one single on the radio and saw the video,then she just disappeared.

Her Soul Train performance was how I first heard her two singles. I do remember seeing the video for "The One You Love" later. I made a mental note at the time to get the album if I ever saw it cheap anywhere, but never did. The melody for "The One You Love" continues to go through my head occasionally to this day.

nod it's a very memorable,hypnotic melody.A really great song that deserved to be a hit.

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