JamFanHot said:

Cinny said:

What is strapped to his thigh? Is there a lyrical reference for this cover?

It's spear-fishing gear (which you can see better on the dust jacket...Andy....seriously..the dust jacket....that's one you GOTTA get...lol)

Oh hell, now I gotta find that album.

"(we are here) to geek U up" was the jam on "Slingshot" along with "In it for the goodies"

SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

"Slingshot" was 1983.

Vainandy,I am shocked you're usually so good with remembering dates!

Slingshot is the sixth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. Released in 1981 on Buddah Records.

I could have sworn it was 1983. But then again, the only song I remember from that album that got any airplay was the slow song with Phyllis Hyman "Can't We Fall In Love Again" that does sound more like 1981 rather than something in 1983.

That also would explain why "Fickle" wasn't on that album which I definitely remember being from 1983. I remember reading the tracklist of the "Slingshot" album in recent years and saying "Where's Fickle?".

benjaminira said:

"(we are here) to geek U up" was the jam on "Slingshot" along with "In it for the goodies"

That bad boy is on my ALL TIME list. Essential funk.

Did people get the double entendres when it came out?

scriptgirl said:

Did people get the double entendres when it came out?

I didn't For so many years,I had no idea what this song was about (lol).

duccichucka said:

I always thought Wide Receiver meant "gaping asshole."

so did I. ppl KNEW he wasn't talking about football but in my hood, i remember hearing as a that the song was a metaphor for him taking the "receiver" in the uh, rear. only other song I knew by MH was Starship. this Slingshot cover is mad susPECT.

datdude said:

duccichucka said:

I always thought Wide Receiver meant "gaping asshole."

so did I. ppl KNEW he wasn't talking about football but in my hood, i remember hearing as a that the song was a metaphor for him taking the "receiver" in the uh, rear. only other song I knew by MH was Starship. this Slingshot cover is mad susPECT.

at one point in the song,an obviously gay guy can be heard saying "Yoo-hoo....any of you fellas need a tight end?"

SoulAlive said:

datdude said:

so did I. ppl KNEW he wasn't talking about football but in my hood, i remember hearing as a that the song was a metaphor for him taking the "receiver" in the uh, rear. only other song I knew by MH was Starship. this Slingshot cover is mad susPECT.

at one point in the song,an obviously gay guy can be heard saying "Yoo-hoo....any of you fellas need a tight end?"

That's my favorite part. His voice sounds just like Bugs Bunny.

SoulAlive said:

phunkdaddy said:

If this was really the album cover i'm surprised the label even let him get away

with that in 1980. Was there any backlash?

This was the album cover for Slingshot,his 1981 album (a year after "Wide Receiver").

but yeah,it's surprising that he got away with that.I don't remember any backlash.

There was no backlash over the album cover because nobody bought it. I hadn't even heard of the album until it was recently reissued on CD by FTG.

The album performed fairly well in 1980.

It peaked at # 6 and # 35 on the Soul and Pop Charts, respectively.

http://funkytowngrooves.c...gshot/3234

It's a pretty good album. But, according to Wikiepedia, it topped out at #14 R&B and #86 Pop.

[Edited 7/16/12 8:51am]

AsherFierce said:

JamFanHot said:

silkman said:

JamFanHot said:

That bad boy is on my ALL TIME list. Essential funk.

True indeed. In It For The Goodies,Come To Me, & Take Care.......whewwwwwwwwww, that "Sling Shot" album was the biz.

Oh yeah, the ballads were dope too!

Identity said: