Graycap23 said:

Giovanni777 said:

Yeah, I noticed that it seemed to be in a different key, and not one that worked. I agree that it could have been a monitor issue.

Excuses. I've seen this guy live from the front row.

He just isn't good live.

So.... you had front row seats to a Robin Thicke show, but

somehow

you're not a fan.

Timmy84 said:

robertlove said:

Maybe for people who like a certain type of music like R&B he had some hits, for the big public he really didn´t. Most people don´t even care about a R&B chart or a rock chart or whatever.

I think most people didn't even know him before Blurred Lines.

Yep. And even being big on R&B myself, he only really hit it big with three songs and one of them was number-one but most of his other songs were quite forgettable. BL joins Lost Without You and When I Get You Alone as his most memorable.

Actually When I Get You Alone was the one that didn't chart well.

That's when people didn't know who Robin Thicke was or didn't pay him any attention.

I'm not sure why people are all of a sudden making it seem like he wasn't relevant

before Blurred Lines. Maybe he wasn't known to the pop culture then but he got lots

and lots of love on R& B radio and it ain't no shame in that. I don't care what others say.

Magic and Sweetest Love went to number 2 Urban AC.

Love And War was his other single that topped the Urban AC charts. Lost Without You

was the first. I don't know how high All Tied Up charted but I know it got a lot of

airplay and that one is my favorite by him. I like Complicated too from the Evolution

album. I actually discovered this week I have a burned copy of Something Else that I

didn't even remember I had and it was probably because I paid more attention to

Eric Benet's Love and Life around that time. I did play my burned copy of Evolution

a lot.

Cinny said:

Graycap23 said:

Cinny said:

So.... you had front row seats to a Robin Thicke show, but

somehow

you're not a fan.

First, I'm am a fan. Second, I see just about about every act, fan or not.

Damn. Sorry! Let me find my chair here.

I feel like I just got that avatar right in the fanny.

Cinny said:

I feel like I just got that avatar right in the fanny.

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, so I just caught up to that ridiculous Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus "duet", and I learned two things.

A) Miley Cyrus must have a thing for ecstacsy cocaine.

B) Robin Thicke can't sing live... He was so far off key it was confusing to hear.

That's all for now.

There, THAT'S^ better.

Cinny said:

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

Yep. And even being big on R&B myself, he only really hit it big with three songs and one of them was number-one but most of his other songs were quite forgettable. BL joins Lost Without You and When I Get You Alone as his most memorable.

Actually When I Get You Alone was the one that didn't chart well.

That's when people didn't know who Robin Thicke was or didn't pay him any attention.

I'm not sure why people are all of a sudden making it seem like he wasn't relevant

before Blurred Lines. Maybe he wasn't known to the pop culture then but he got lots

and lots of love on R& B radio and it ain't no shame in that. I don't care what others say.

Magic and Sweetest Love went to number 2 Urban AC.

Love And War was his other single that topped the Urban AC charts. Lost Without You

was the first. I don't know how high All Tied Up charted but I know it got a lot of

airplay and that one is my favorite by him. I like Complicated too from the Evolution

album. I actually discovered this week I have a burned copy of Something Else that I

didn't even remember I had and it was probably because I paid more attention to

Eric Benet's Love and Life around that time. I did play my burned copy of Evolution

a lot.

You keep saying the same thing, but lots of love on the R&B radio doesn't mean you hit it big. You're only interesting for the people who are into R&B, not the big public.

I've been following Robin Thick since his first album, "When I get you alone" was actually a hit in holland (I think the only country where it was a hit LOL), but he's everywhere at the moment and I never saw that before with him.

robertlove said:

phunkdaddy said:

Actually When I Get You Alone was the one that didn't chart well.

That's when people didn't know who Robin Thicke was or didn't pay him any attention.

I'm not sure why people are all of a sudden making it seem like he wasn't relevant

before Blurred Lines. Maybe he wasn't known to the pop culture then but he got lots

and lots of love on R& B radio and it ain't no shame in that. I don't care what others say.

Magic and Sweetest Love went to number 2 Urban AC.

Love And War was his other single that topped the Urban AC charts. Lost Without You

was the first. I don't know how high All Tied Up charted but I know it got a lot of

airplay and that one is my favorite by him. I like Complicated too from the Evolution

album. I actually discovered this week I have a burned copy of Something Else that I

didn't even remember I had and it was probably because I paid more attention to

Eric Benet's Love and Life around that time. I did play my burned copy of Evolution

a lot.

You keep saying the same thing, but lots of love on the R&B radio doesn't mean you hit it big. You're only interesting for the people who are into R&B, not the big public.

I've been following Robin Thick since his first album, "When I get you alone" was actually a hit in holland (I think the only country where it was a hit LOL), but he's everywhere at the moment and I never saw that before with him.

I actually get that he has more mass appeal now but you can't discard his previous

success with R&B. There were topics here before about Robin Thicke. His success on the

R&B charts is what drew the jealous ire of Jon B another blue eyed soul boy. There are

acts out there who are big without a pop audience. Do Maze and Jill Scott ring a bell?

As someone mentioned before Teena Marie up until her death was huge with R&B

audiences and even after the success of her one pop hit Lovergirl she continued to have

success as an R&B artist. I think it's crazy to think an artist can't be big if you don't have

a pop audience. With Robin's current single it was just timing and a stroke of luck. One artist can never predict if fans from another genre are gonna like a song that wasn't there intended audience. I'm quite sure the Commodores never expected Brick House and Easy to extend over to the pop charts or Cameo with Word Up. Sometimes it just happen with no rhyme or reason.

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, so I just caught up to that ridiculous Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus "duet", and I learned two things.

A) Miley Cyrus must have a thing for ecstacsy.

B) Robin Thicke can't sing live... He was so far off key it was confusing to hear.

That's all for now.

It proved nothing except that doing Award show presentations at that level are difficult if you can't find your proper level. That's happened to the greatest vocalists you can think of. Chaka Khan is one that comes to mind.

Ottensen said:

I've been to his shows before. He's not a bad singer and I've always enjoyed his concerts. But

Him being off key the entireperformance was likely him not being able to hear himself or the music properly from his ear monitor. It happens.

What's more cumbersome than this particular performance though, was his choice of MONOPOLY Jailbird ensemble that was supposed to pass as a suit...that, and the fact that he's one good meal at the Ivy away from developing Child Bearing Hips attempting to wear aforementioned attire.

Trickology said:

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, so I just caught up to that ridiculous Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus "duet", and I learned two things.

A) Miley Cyrus must have a thing for ecstacsy.

B) Robin Thicke can't sing live... He was so far off key it was confusing to hear.

That's all for now.

It proved nothing except that doing Award show presentations at that level are difficult if you can't find your proper level. That's happened to the greatest vocalists you can think of. Chaka Khan is one that comes to mind.

I hear that, and I've even been there. It's scary if you can't hear your voice properly.

But also, his voice had no real quality to it... He may have been pushing it too hard in order to try to hear himself.

Trickology said:

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, so I just caught up to that ridiculous Robin Thicke/Miley Cyrus "duet", and I learned two things.

A) Miley Cyrus must have a thing for ecstacsy.

B) Robin Thicke can't sing live... He was so far off key it was confusing to hear.

That's all for now.

It proved nothing except that doing Award show presentations at that level are difficult if you can't find your proper level. That's happened to the greatest vocalists you can think of. Chaka Khan is one that comes to mind.

This has happened to many great artists, not only Chaka Khan. It used to happen to Nippy often. At least that's what her fans used to claim to excuse her poor live performances during the last 10 years of her career. It was always because there was something wrong with the mike so she was not able to hear herself properly. I can see that happening every now and then. But performance after performance? No, I don't think so. Some people are just not great live performers.

Eric Benet doesn't get enough props...he's had some good albums that have gone overlooked

nobody paid attention to her vocals because she was acting like a stripper but miley's vocals were actually way much worse than robin's..

cindymay said:

nobody paid attention to her vocals because she was acting like a stripper but miley's vocals were actually way much worse than robin's..

Yes, Miley's few vocals were awful. But I agree with the others that there were probably sound problems at the VMAs. Robin Thicke has performed live recently on other shows and didn't sound nearly as bad. I am sure he is regretting agreeing to perform with Miley, though. What a disaster!

cindymay said:

nobody paid attention to her vocals because she was acting like a stripper but miley's vocals were actually way much worse than robin's..

Was she even trying? I really had the feeling that she felt she was doing all she needed to with her fine "dance moves" and didn't need to bring anything else to the table. I have no idea what that was.

I float the idea that once things got started, Thicke realized what he was in the middle of and just wanted to be somewhere else. Heck, why sing? No one's gonna even notice you're there, especially since Miley just hit you with a big foam hand.

EddieC said:

cindymay said:

nobody paid attention to her vocals because she was acting like a stripper but miley's vocals were actually way much worse than robin's..

Was she even trying? I really had the feeling that she felt she was doing all she needed to with her fine "dance moves" and didn't need to bring anything else to the table. I have no idea what that was.

I float the idea that once things got started, Thicke realized what he was in the middle of and just wanted to be somewhere else. Heck, why sing? No one's gonna even notice you're there, especially since Miley just hit you with a big foam hand.

probably that shit was really REALLY embarrassing in every aspect visually, sonically..

CarolineC said:

cindymay said:

nobody paid attention to her vocals because she was acting like a stripper but miley's vocals were actually way much worse than robin's..

Yes, Miley's few vocals were awful. But I agree with the others that there were probably sound problems at the VMAs. Robin Thicke has performed live recently on other shows and didn't sound nearly as bad. I am sure he is regretting agreeing to perform with Miley, though. What a disaster!

don't know if he regrets.. he evolved into a big attention whore this year...

My daughter said she's watched it . She said that performance was terrible

BobGeorge909 said:

im no huge thicke fan.... that said... tbh, i dont know how 'on key' i could stay if some boney harlot was rubbing her flabby chicken butt on my junk, squatting all over the place, and wagging her tongue out like she was trying to catch a load of nutt that wasnt there. i applaud the dude for not collapsing from laughter.

Graycap23 said:

Giovanni777 said:

Yeah, I noticed that it seemed to be in a different key, and not one that worked. I agree that it could have been a monitor issue.

Excuses. I've seen this guy live from the front row.

He just isn't good live.

So what was it about him that made him suck live? I am always curious when I hear stories like this about how some artists are just no good live.

BobGeorge909 said:

im no huge thicke fan.... that said... tbh, i dont know how 'on key' i could stay if some boney harlot was rubbing her flabby chicken but on my junk, squatting all over the place, and wagging her tongue out like she was trying to catch a load of nutt that wasnt there. i applaud the dude for not collapsing from laughter.

yes indeed