I have had the unfortunate pleasure of being exposed to these Prince biting freaks once again by some fool at work telling somebody that they rolled with prince in 85. After punching that fool in his mouth for saying that shit I told him the truth about how all they did was bite the man's style. After that incident I thought to myself hell it's been a long time and you were younger, maybe they weren't that bad... So I downloaded o sheila, digital display and love you down...It's still awful!!! My God the whining!!! Melvin Reily kills Keith Sweat in the whinny nasal voice category. Digital display is decent but the rest is... my God...Who hear likes or can't tolerate that thieving ass group?

I like Oh Sheila ,but u r correct they did pretty much suck 4 the most part

They were the most blatant Prince clones,ripping off the Mineapolis Sound of 1982-83.Their first two albums sound like outtakes from the '1999' album.Having said that,I must admit I liked many of their songs...

***"I'm The One Who Loves You" (1985)---the last song on their first album.Listen to that Prince-like drum machine.

***"Digital Display"(1985)---don't front,y'all know that this was the jam back then!

***"Ceramic Girl"(1985)

***"Baby (Let Me Love You)" (1986)

***"Mary Goes Round"(1986)---the lyrics are fun and VERY Princely

***"Some People Don't Care"(1986)---with more songs like this,they could have been something more than just second-rate Prince clones.This groove is FIERCE!

***"It's All A Game"(1986)---probably their best slow jam

***"Do You Get Enough"(1986)

I always liked "Let Me Love You Down". Not that it's a fantastic song, just cuz it brings back good memories from the 80s...

A dance version of Oh Sheila has just been released in the UK.

Works surprisingly well... but now sounds nothing like a P rip-off

What about "Tonight?"

You didn't like that slow jam?

Sinister said:

Well it seems like I am the odd one out.
But I have no idea what you are on about.

Let me try and get this straight in my head.

You met some people who went around trying to eat Prince. One of them that you met said he was rolling in a airplane tyre down a hill with Prince. Because he told you this you were so jealous that you weren't also in the tyre with Prince, you punched this fool in the face. Since then you have come to realise that this all happened a long time ago and that you really should stop being jealous about it. So you download some songs (illegally from the internet) and then complain how bad they are.

Melvin reily (maybe one of your friends who was in the tyre?) kills Keith Sweat because he has a more whiny voice than he does. This is getting all rather strange I must say.

The you go on to call them a bunch of thieves who steal donkey's... Man what a world you must live in.

Airplane tyres, violence, murder, theft...


You are just weird.

jbchavez said:

Tonight was the jam. I admit I liked some of their songs but they did sound like amateurs. That's okay though. I think some folks are taking it too seriously.

Sinister said:

Great 80's R&B band. I have their greatest hits!

I never associated them with Prince in any way, I don't know why anyone else would.

I just Wanna Be Loved
Long Time Coming
My Girly
Straight Down to Business

still hold up today

FunkyStrange said:

This is the funniest ish, I have heard today!!
You got me rollin!! :tears rolling down:

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[This message was edited Sat Nov 8 8:53:23 PST 2003 by jthad1129]

Sinister said:

did you really punch that fool in the mouth? pathetic.

anyway, i never saw RFTW as prince biters. i saw them more as a time ripoff (yes, i know. but let's pretend for a moment that the time are a separate thang from prince).

loved their first album, liked about half of their second one. deal with it.

Please, if u get the chance check out "Baby let Me Love You" right after "Love U Down" on the Long Time Coming album. I really like RFTW. Another good one was "My Girly"

whodknee said:

Daym what a HOT song.

'Tonight', 'Deep Inside Your Love', and 'I'm The One Who Loves You' were the jams back in the day. Only 'Tonight' may still be listenable today.

I actually have the video for "Digital Display". So 80's, it's not even funny. OK, yes it is.

CAN HE DO IT LIKE THIS

TONIGHT

DEEP INSIDE YOUR LOVE

DIGITAL DISPLAY

CERAMIC GIRL

OH SHIELA

LOVE U DOWN

MARY GO ROUND

IN MY ROOM

OUT OF TOWN LOVER

SLIDE OVER

the funkiest thing to nothave come out of Minneapolis

I liked them when I was young and dumb. When I hear that crap now, it almost makes me blush.

Lammastide said:

Gotta agree with you.I loved their albums back in the 80s,but for some reason,their music hasn't aged that well...lol..

well, yeah

can he do it like this . . . baby?!

leave Melvin and his boys alone!! they were doing their thing!! and melvin has went on to do his solo thing too and i like it!! one song in particular . . . "you complete me" - it uses a m.ripperton sample - very nice!!!

RFTW was the bomb!!!

jbchavez said:

His fake moaning used to piss me off. If I have to listen to a RFTW cut, it's gonna be My Girly.

Wonder what you think about The System?

PFunkjazz said:

Who me? Don't Disturb This Groove is sublime.

They are not to blame. Too much jheri curl activator seeped into their brains is all.

UptownDeb said:

Ready For The Curl!

stymie said:

I agree,that fake moaning on the "chorus" was annoying...

"Ohhh...oh...ohhh...ohhh...girl,Tonight"


as far as their slow jams go,I prefer "Slide Over" and "It's All A Game",but even those songs haven't aged well.