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Did people think The Jets were black when they came out? Just curious, cause from what I can tell, black radio and audiences took to them pretty quick. "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Are they like DeBarges? PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Whatddaya mean? "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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I remember them always saying they were from Tonga in interviews. It's pretty likely that some people who didn't know that assumed they were though. When  go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all  up in the house but when log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming! | |
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Yeah, they're Tonganese "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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They must couldn't see too well.
Back then R&B radio played Falco, Culture Club, Hall & Oates, Wham!, Phil Collins, Miami Sound Machine, Sheena Easton and other acts who obviously weren't black. I do remember some people thinking Lisa Lisa was black though. I recall one girl calling her "the black Dolly Parton" after the Take Me Home video came out. 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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See, they are DeBarges. Even there album cover was Debarge-esque. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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No, they got the Debarges, Jacksons, Osmonds, and the rest beat. 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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18-that's enough to populate a small nation "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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As I recall, the Jets' Polynesian background was always a big part of their marketing. It was received as a fairly novel thing on R&B radio back then. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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In March 1986,I saw the Jets in concert.They were on a bill with Ready For The World and Doug E. Frsh featuring Slick Rick...talk about a blast from the past | |
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I remember when they came out their first single I heard first was 'Curiosity' don't recall seeing their video for it right away but I thought they were another 'DeBarge' type of group. Then their second single 'Crush on You' seeing the video for that song I thought they were black but British. | |
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