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Thread started 06/19/12 7:32pm

Gunsnhalen

Toto- Georgy Porgy

Some funk/soul from Toto

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Reply #1 posted 06/19/12 8:28pm

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Gunsnhalen said:

Some funk/soul from Toto

Great song!!

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #2 posted 06/19/12 8:53pm

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I can't get over Cheryl Lynn singing background on this

"Lack of home training crosses all boundaries."
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Reply #3 posted 06/20/12 2:16am

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Reply #4 posted 06/20/12 2:41am

Shard

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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Reply #5 posted 06/20/12 4:06am

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Shard said:

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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How would you define the word "Hit"?

It went to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and #18 on the R&B charts.

It was also played constantly the year it came out...

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #6 posted 06/20/12 7:57am

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shorttrini said:

Shard said:

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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How would you define the word "Hit"?

It went to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and #18 on the R&B charts.

It was also played constantly the year it came out...

I meant it should have been bigger than that.

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Reply #7 posted 06/20/12 8:38am

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Shard said:

shorttrini said:

How would you define the word "Hit"?

It went to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and #18 on the R&B charts.

It was also played constantly the year it came out...

I meant it should have been bigger than that.

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Yes. It should have been.

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #8 posted 06/20/12 8:43am

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Great song by a very good band. Cheryl Lynn was icing on the cake.

It also later brought us this gem:

"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #9 posted 06/20/12 8:55am

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Reply #10 posted 06/20/12 1:17pm

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I hated Lyte's version-how many versions of this song are there?

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Reply #11 posted 06/20/12 1:21pm

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shorttrini said:

Shard said:

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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How would you define the word "Hit"?

It went to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and #18 on the R&B charts.

It was also played constantly the year it came out...

It sure was. It was all over the radio at the time.

Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #12 posted 06/20/12 1:22pm

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scriptgirl said:

I hated Lyte's version

I did too. Nothing like a rapper to ruin a good song. lol

Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #13 posted 06/20/12 1:28pm

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scriptgirl said:

I hated Lyte's version-how many versions of this song are there?

Everything about "Poor Georgie" is fantastic: the message, the clever sampling, the delivery... it was truly Lyte's finest hour. Hip-hop isn't even half as good as this song nowadays. sigh

"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #14 posted 06/20/12 5:04pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #15 posted 06/20/12 5:13pm

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Of course, the remix of Joe's "All or Nothing" features a sample:

"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #16 posted 06/20/12 5:29pm

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I've heard some smooth jazz versions, but I don't know who they were by.

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #17 posted 06/20/12 5:41pm

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Toto was a fantastic band Shit, them guyz could play it all and then some.....Jeff Porcaro is 1 of the reasonz I love/respect drummers 2 this day.......

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Reply #18 posted 06/21/12 8:44am

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Shard said:

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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didn't know it wasn't it hit...funny how some songs become classics without being a hit.

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Reply #19 posted 06/21/12 10:11am

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From the 80's R&B group, "Side Effect" featuring, Mikki Howard.

From the 80's group, "Charme" featuring, Luther.

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #20 posted 07/24/12 9:54pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #21 posted 07/25/12 10:16am

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robertlove said:

Shard said:

Love this biggrin Toto ft. Cheryl Lynn is the business!!! I just don't understand why it didn't become a hit...

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didn't know it wasn't it hit...funny how some songs become classics without being a hit.

Toto was relatively new on the scene when this record was released. I believe it was a single release off their very first album. They were pretty much a Pop/Rock band. "Georgy Porgy" was more of a groover and they had a female R&B singer sharing the vocals. It was just different from everything else on that album. Maybe that's why the public didn't initially buy it? I'm not sure because I remember it getting heavy radio play back in '78. But, the chart performance on the Pop side didn't show what was happening at radio.

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Reply #22 posted 07/25/12 11:24am

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Really loved this when it came out. cool

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