Ray was also on Jimmy Fallon's show last night with The Roots performing some Raydio songs

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purplethunder3121 said:

The video was cooooooooooool I even like On Our Own from Ghosbusters 2 (1989) with Bobby Brown https://www.youtube.com/w...aIZvCDWAcQ

I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr,but I hate the fact that "Ghostbusters" is the song that he's most remembered for.It's a fun song but very cheesy I prefer the material on his first four albums with Raydio

SoulAlive said:

I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr,but I hate the fact that "Ghostbusters" is the song that he's most remembered for.It's a fun song but very cheesy I prefer the material on his first four albums with Raydio

Totally! The way he wrote "Ghostbusters" is like.. it's an extended jingle. I love Raydio's schitt.

Ray founded, produced and wrote for Raydio, played on the Talking Book I Want You albums, worked with Chaka Khan and Rufus, Herbie Hancock, Denise Williams, Barry White and countless others. That he's best known for writing what amounts to a novelty tune is really tragic.

Identity said:

Ray founded, produced and wrote for Raydio, played on the Talking Book I Want You albums, worked with Chaka Khan and Rufus, Herbie Hancock, Denise Williams, Barry White and countless others. That he's best known for writing what amounts to a novelty tune is really tragic.

SoulAlive said:

I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr,but I hate the fact that "Ghostbusters" is the song that he's most remembered for.It's a fun song but very cheesy I prefer the material on his first four albums with Raydio

and i'm actually beginning to like the song

times change when u have grandkids

Identity said:

Ray founded, produced and wrote for Raydio, played on the Talking Book I Want You albums, worked with Chaka Khan and Rufus, Herbie Hancock, Denise Williams, Barry White and countless others. That he's best known for writing what amounts to a novelty tune is really tragic.

Your post reminded me that TVOne did a great Unsung documentary on him, in 2012.

HuMpThAnG said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr,but I hate the fact that "Ghostbusters" is the song that he's most remembered for.It's a fun song but very cheesy I prefer the material on his first four albums with Raydio

and i'm actually beginning to like the song

times change when u have grandkids

It's a fun song that's the soundtrack for a comedy movie. There's nothing offensive about it. The only offensive things is that Ray's "grown up" music isn't well known.

purplethunder3121 said:

HuMpThAnG said:

and i'm actually beginning to like the song

times change when u have grandkids

It's a fun song that's the soundtrack for a comedy movie. There's nothing offensive about it. The only offensive things is that Ray's "grown up" music isn't well known.

very true

Grown up music or not, he did the damn thing writing and producing "Mr. Telephone Man"

If there's something strange in your neighborhood who you gonna call? GHOST BUSTERS!!!!!! I always loved this song as a kid and the movie! The original movie is so much better. Hollywood stay fuqing up the classics!

I saw it as a bit of a tom mood.

purplethunder3121 said:

It's a fun song that's the soundtrack for a comedy movie. There's nothing offensive about it.

The general public doesn't care about session musician work and I like the Ghostbusters theme. Ghostbusters the movie is way more popular in the USA & internationally than Raydio. Probably without the new movie, Ray wouldn't be getting this publicity now. The new version sounds more like an emo song though, no fun.

MickyDolenz said:

purplethunder3121 said:

It's a fun song that's the soundtrack for a comedy movie. There's nothing offensive about it.

The general public doesn't care about session musician work and I like the Ghostbusters theme. Ghostbusters the movie is way more popular in the USA & internationally than Raydio. Probably without the new movie, Ray wouldn't be getting this publicity now. The new version sounds more like an emo song though, no fun.

What new version.

purplethunder3121 said:

is that song a rip off of "i want a new drug" by huey lewis??

IamBryan said:

is that song a rip off of "i want a new drug" by huey lewis??

I was looking at this article earlier from MTV News 3/23/2001

RAY PARKER JR. SUING HUEY LEWIS OVER 'GHOSTBUSTERS' COMMENT

LAWSUIT, FILED THURSDAY, CLAIMS SINGER'S 'BEHIND THE MUSIC' COMMENTS BROKE EARLIER SUIT'S CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

Ray Parker Jr. is suing Huey Lewis over comments he made in his "Behind the Music" special, accusing the pop singer of breaking a confidentiality agreement concerning Parker's 1984 hit "Ghostbusters."

The suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, states that Lewis breached the agreement by publicly discussing the lawsuit he filed against Parker 17 years ago, claiming "Ghostbusters" infringed on the copyright of Huey Lewis and the News' hit "I Want a New Drug."

The settlement agreement Lewis and Parker reached for that lawsuit in 1995 banned them from revealing any information that was not included in a press release they jointly issued at the time. The press release stated that the matter had been "amicably resolved."

Parker's lawsuit quotes Lewis (born Hugh Cregg) saying on "Behind the Music": "The offensive part was not so much that Ray Parker Jr. had ripped this song off, it was kind of symbolic of an industry that wants something — they wanted our wave, and they wanted to buy it. ... [I]t's not for sale. ... In the end, I suppose they were right. I suppose it was for sale, because, basically, they bought it."

That money was paid to resolve the lawsuit was protected by the confidentiality agreement, Parker claims.

The lawsuit states that the confidentiality agreement was "directly related to [Parker's] comfort, happiness and welfare," and that Lewis' comments were "inflammatory and disparaging" and "false" and caused Parker emotional distress.

Parker is seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages as well as lawyer's fees and "further relief as the Court deems just and proper."

Huey Lewis' lawyer, Gerry Margolis, said he could not offer comment when reached Friday evening (March 23). He said he had just received a copy of the suit and had not had a chance to review it fully.

If you ask me, "I Want A New Drug" sounds like THIS:

SoulAlive said:

Identity said:

Ray founded, produced and wrote for Raydio, played on the Talking Book I Want You albums, worked with Chaka Khan and Rufus, Herbie Hancock, Denise Williams, Barry White and countless others. That he's best known for writing what amounts to a novelty tune is really tragic.

Not sure I would say it is tragic as I believe it is largely of his own making. I was a huge fan when he was creating tracks like You Got the Love for Rufus, playing on some of the coolest r&b, funk and jazz of the 1970s and then the mostly stellar first two Raydio albums. But once Jack and Jill became a big crossover hit he could not resist following that money and completely sold out the r&b, funk and jazz for watered-down pop-r&b lite bullshit (for the most part) and never returned to the funk. I group him with folks like Lionel Richie and George Benson as being among the greatest real music sellouts.

Cinny said:

If you ask me, "I Want A New Drug" sounds like THIS:

I love you Brother Cinny. I've been telling for more than a decade that Huey & Ray rip-off M.

HardcoreJollies said:

SoulAlive said:

Not sure I would say it is tragic as I believe it is largely of his own making. I was a huge fan when he was creating tracks like You Got the Love for Rufus, playing on some of the coolest r&b, funk and jazz of the 1970s and then the mostly stellar first two Raydio albums. But once Jack and Jill became a big crossover hit he could not resist following that money and completely sold out the r&b, funk and jazz for watered-down pop-r&b lite bullshit (for the most part) and never returned to the funk. I group him with folks like Lionel Richie and George Benson as being among the greatest real music sellouts.

You can say that about bands like Kool & the Gang, too--doesn't take away from their good years for me, though.

HuMpThAnG said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm a huge fan of Ray Parker Jr,but I hate the fact that "Ghostbusters" is the song that he's most remembered for.It's a fun song but very cheesy I prefer the material on his first four albums with Raydio

and i'm actually beginning to like the song

times change when u have grandkids

phunkdaddy said:

HuMpThAnG said:

and i'm actually beginning to like the song

times change when u have grandkids

yup

SoulAlive said:

TonyVanDam said: