Classic 80's...

Meh.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Meh.

Alright then, young'in.

I heard it at the movie theatre recently. It's still fun to me...

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ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Meh.

Alright then, young'in.

Use to love it Eddie's voice was decent

mjscarousal said:

That's my girl!

What the hell...I'll throw this one in for ya too...

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Mix Rick James and michael Jackson together and it equals this song. Love it! I wish I could say the same for everything else Eddie released music wise.

aardvark15 said:

Mix Rick James and michael Jackson together and it equals this song. Love it! I wish I could say the same for everything else Eddie released music wise.

michael likes to party all the time doesn't it sound like that too?

alphastreet said:

aardvark15 said:

Mix Rick James and michael Jackson together and it equals this song. Love it! I wish I could say the same for everything else Eddie released music wise.

michael likes to party all the time doesn't it sound like that too?

And we all know what type of party Eddie likes....

Interestingly,Rick James was blacklisted from MTV because,in the early 80s,he accused them of being racist.But this video (which features Rick) was all over MTV in late 1985 So he made it onto MTV via another artist.

aardvark15 said:

alphastreet said:

michael likes to party all the time doesn't it sound like that too?

And we all know what type of party Eddie likes....

liberal party?

alphastreet said:

aardvark15 said:

And we all know what type of party Eddie likes....

liberal party?

Check the whatzupwitu thread

aardvark15 said:

alphastreet said:

liberal party?

Check the whatzupwitu thread

Dude, I'm all over that thread! The party is in my pants, not eddie's!

SoulAlive said:

Interestingly,Rick James was blacklisted from MTV because,in the early 80s,he accused them of being racist.But this video (which features Rick) was all over MTV in late 1985 So he made it onto MTV via another artist.

They were racist in the early 80's though

Why hasn't anyone discussed how awful this video is? It's so bad that it's good!

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alphastreet said:

Why hasn't anyone discussed how awful this video is? It's so bad that it's good!

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Well yesterday i talked about that cum face rick makes around 2:49

And how he is acting like he is really feeling this shit... as if this is gonna be the next big grammy winning joint

MickyDolenz said:

Gunsnhalen said:

alphastreet said:

Why hasn't anyone discussed how awful this video is? It's so bad that it's good!

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Well yesterday i talked about that cum face rick makes around 2:49

And how he is acting like he is really feeling this shit... as if this is gonna be the next big grammy winning joint

You wrote that in the whatzupwitu thread and I replied back to you while laughing so hard behind my screen

I watched it again today and he was so demanding telling eddie to get his ass in the studio, and those people in the studio during the choruses are soooo funny The way Rick is getting into it reminds me of MJ...I must say I love Rick's adlibs at the very end, best moment in the song

But seriously, though Eddie has a decent voice, he just has no charisma as a singer, was he doing this for comedy or serious?

alphastreet said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Well yesterday i talked about that cum face rick makes around 2:49

And how he is acting like he is really feeling this shit... as if this is gonna be the next big grammy winning joint

You wrote that in the whatzupwitu thread and I replied back to you while laughing so hard behind my screen

I watched it again today and he was so demanding telling eddie to get his ass in the studio, and those people in the studio during the choruses are soooo funny The way Rick is getting into it reminds me of MJ...I must say I love Rick's adlibs at the very end, best moment in the song

But seriously, though Eddie has a decent voice, he just has no charisma as a singer, was he doing this for comedy or serious?

I agree, i think Eddie has a decent voice to!

But just the song is 80's cheese... not that it's a bad thing

Also when Rick is all rocking & mimicking the drum machine... i mean he just really acted like this song was the shit

I'm a huge fan of 80's music and have been around it my whole life so I don't always laugh at the cheese or catch it though now it's slowly happening, but I first saw the video in the late 90's (late I know) and I just could not stop laughing and being hyper. And I was already familiar with Rick James and Eddie Murphy since the 80's, so it wasn't that. The groove of the song is hot too, something just ticked in me I guess, like they were all in on some joke and on some Mary Jane.....

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ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

mjscarousal said:

That's my girl!

What the hell...I'll throw this one in for ya too...

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at that 3rd one

^ see that's who ricky reminded me of when getting into it we're talking another kinda mj here

Haha

Rick James said in his book that Eddie's label didn't know what to do with him but said he could mimic others real well (Stevie, MJ, Prince). Apparently he was saying "Eddie didn't stand a chance" in the music business.

Wasn't like he was lying. I still ain't forgave the brother for "Put Your Mouth on Me"...

No, no, no .... HELL NO.

BAD

aardvark15 said:

SoulAlive said:

Interestingly,Rick James was blacklisted from MTV because,in the early 80s,he accused them of being racist.But this video (which features Rick) was all over MTV in late 1985 So he made it onto MTV via another artist.

They were racist in the early 80's though

That would be a good topic for another thread

I don't think MTV were racist per se. It's just that R&B and funk didn't fit in their format, which was rock and new wave, which was played on the Top 40 stations. They later started another channel (VH-1) for light rock & adult contemporary acts that didn't fit on MTV. After the Disco Sucks demolition (which was organized by white rock DJs), radio became more segregated. Performers who played R&B/funk was considered disco by default, so was mostly only played on R&B stations, which didn't have as many listeners as pop stations. This is when crossover started to become a goal. There was country crossover (Kenny Rogers), R&B crossover (Lionel Richie, Kool & The Gang), metal crossover (Bon Jovi), jazz crossover (Al Jarreau, Kenny G.), and rap crossover (Young MC). Acts that didn't dilute their sound had a harder time getting played (if at all) on the Top 40 stations. The main reason for crossover is because that's where the most listeners were, and so that's the way to make more money.