I think the 60's were the best decade for love songs, especially in R&B music. I mean those songs wasn't just about sex. It was about love and making love, not war (what are we fighting for)? In other words they were special. They could really put you in the spirit of passion, even if you didn't have that special somebody, somebody. I mean you had folks like the temptations, Smokey Robison, Marvin Gaye, Al. Green, Teddy Pendegrass, The Stylistics, Sam Cooke, the delfonics, the list can go on. When they song about love, you know exactly what they were talking about, because it touched like this place inside your soul. I guess that's why they call it soul music.

Nowadays, they don't know how 2 make love songs like they use to. Even though 90% of what they play on the radio today are about love, it's just not the same. Half the time, the lyrics don't even make any sense. I don't know if any of y'all heard that song I can read your mind by Avant, but I was listening to this R,kelly wannabe, shaking my head in the shame, thinking this guy needs to go back 2 old school 2 learn how ta write a real love song, seriously.

Back then they knew what love was all about. These days young bucks out here don't have the slightest idea. Listen to me, I'm beginning to sound like my grandmother now, but it's the truth

is y'all feelin' me though ?

They Just don't make love songs like they use too

They are dead

Lisa,I agree with you! Just the other day,I heard Smokey Robinson and The Miracles' "Ooh Baby Baby" on the radio,and I thought "Damn,this song is so beautiful...why can't TODAY'S artists come up with something this timeless?".When you think of the sorry state of today's R&B,it just makes you sad,doesn't it? Songs in the 60s (and 70s) are so dramatic,well-written,lushly orchestrated,with REAL singers singing real songs with real melodies.Most of today's R&B producers don't know a damn thing about song structure and chord changes.

People always accuse me of "living in the past" when it comes to music,but I wouldn't have it any other way

Finess's list of classic slow jams

1.cause i love you- Lenny Williams
2.bless my soul-skip mahoney and the casuals
3.spell -Blue Magic
4.like an open door-the fuzz
5.sitting in the park/i do love you -Billy stewart
6.these arms of mine - Otis Redding
7.ooh baby,baby, smokey and tha miracles
8.by the time i get to phoenix- Isaac hayes
9.just my imagination -the temptations
10.a love of your own- AWB
11.you're still a young man- tower of power
12.willing to learn- tower of power

Finess,stop stealing my favorite songs

DavidEye said:

lol id swear we related lol

well to tell the truth... they don't make ANY songs like they used to...

that is why The Darkness surprise me so much, they kick ass ! everything else is crap


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[This message was edited Fri Dec 26 6:56:54 PST 2003 by FunkyStrange]

No way, all the decades had good slow songs, you just had to look beyond radio.

Deja Vu, Dionne Warwick
Reasons, EWF
Float On, The Floaters
All This Love, DeBarge
Kissing You, Keith Washington
You Are So Beautiful, Whats his name..lol
Wildflower, Color Me Badd
The Closer I Get To You, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack
Quiet Desperation, Family Stand
If You Go Before Me, TTD
My Precious Love, Lenny Kravitz
Dust In The Wind, Kansas.
So many more..shame shame .

2freaky4church1 said:

Ain't it the truth!
You Remind Me Of Something--R. Kelly

You remind me of something
I just can't think what it is

Chorus:
You remind me of my jeep; I wanna ride it
Something like my sounds, I wanna pump it
Girl you look just like my cars; I wanna wax it
And something like my bank account, I wanna spend it

It's something about your love that's got me going crazy
Baby you know I want you real bad
And girl I really like your freaky style
How can I be down with you?
So get a little closer to my ride
I wanna get to know you lady
And hip me up on how to get inside you - listen pretty baby
I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it is all I wanna do for you baby
Girl it's something kind of sexy goin' on about you

Chorus

Now I would like to take you for a ride
Girl you know we'll have so much fun
And give you everything your body needs
Satisfaction guaranteed
So pull up to my bumper and
let the system sound
Girl, I bet cha' I can drive you crazy
And let me be the one to drop you off -
babe listen to me
I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it is all
I wanna do for you baby
Girl it's something kind of sexy
goin' on about you

Chorus

UptownDeb said:

what kind of stupid shit is that...

If his woman reminds him of a Hummer she must be ALL that.

UptownDeb said:

r,kelly needs a good ole fashioned ass beatin lol

Finess, you just violated my coprright..lol.

Here's my list



La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Summer Breeze- The Isely Brothers
I want you- Marvin Gaye
As- Stevie Wonder
Stay In My Corner - The Dells
Hold What You've Got - Joe Tex
Love Is A Hurting Thing - Lou Rawls
The Chokin' Kind - Joe Simon
Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations
Hypnotized - Linda Jones
I Do Love You - Billy Stewart
Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
Baby, I'm For Real - The Originals
Yes, I'm Ready - Barbara Mason
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify
Close Your Eyes - Peaches & Herb
Going In Circles - The Friends Of Distinction
Baby, I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis
A Thin line Between love & Hate
Killing me softly- Reberta Flack
Feel like making love- Reberta Flack
Ain't no way- Aretha Franklin

DigitalLisa said:

sounds like a show i did...

dont nobody know nuthin about

"If You Really Wanna Make iT - Family Circle

"Day By Day" - Continental IV


i need 2 buy the whole "Underground Soul" series!

I agree

The missing ingredient is romance.

It's all sex, today, which is alright, but when it's substituted entirely for romance, it's rather bland.

Prince's songs were sexual, but they were also always romantic. As were the timeless Motown grooves.
[This message was edited Sun Dec 28 10:37:24 PST 2003 by VoicesCarry]

Keeping this thread alive,here is my list...


"Hey Love" by the Delfonics
"Yes,I'm Ready" by Barbara Mason
"Somebody Please" by The Vanguards
"Cross My Heart" by Billy Stewart
"What Love Has Joined Together" by Mary Wells
"Hello Stranger" by Barbara Lewis
"Make It Easy On Yourself" by Dionne Warwick
"These Arms Of Mine" by Otis Redding
"Oh My Angel" by Bertha Tillman
"Baby Baby Don't Cry" by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
"Look Over Your Shoulders" by the Escorts
"Answer To My Prayers" by Blue Magic
"In The Rain" by the Dramatics
"I Want You Back" by the Larks (not a Jackson Five remake)
"Sunshine" by Enchantment
"Love Jones" by Brighter Side Of Darkness
"Stairway To Heaven" by The O'Jays
"Sho Nuff Must Be Love" by Heatwave
"When Will I See You Again" by the Three Degrees
"The Bells" by the Originals
"The Sly,The Slick and The Wicked" by the Lost Generation
"Looking For Another Pure Love" by Stevie Wonder
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" by Major Harris
"Never Had A Love Like This Before" by Tavares
"At Last" by Etta James

DavidEye said:

But where's "Ooo Baby Baby", the best ballad Smokey ever cut?

GREAT list btw.

VoicesCarry said:

VoicesCarry said:

yeah,that is probably Smokey's best song,but I was trying to add songs that others hadn't already listed...lol...

diamond pearl 1 presents: lovezone the mixtape (if i've mentioned some 1n's that have already been mentioned don't trip, 'cause it just means old souls think alike...)

my baby's house-michael cooper
playin ur game baby-barry white
don't let me be lonley 2night-issac hayes
girl-the time
be alright-zapp
let's love-ohio players
shake u down-gregory abbot
2 occasions-the deele
4ever mine-the o'jays
pop, pop, pop, pop, goes my mind-levert
u got it all-the jets
stuck on u-lionel richie
everything-jody watley
1nce, 2wice, 3 times-howard hewett
love's train-con-funk-shun
portugese love-teena marie
starting over-slave
never let it go away-instant funk
just wantin u-jesse johnson
human nature-michael jackson

can u name some new sould classic soundin oldies maybe?

"Butta Love" Next

"Meeting In My Bedroom" - Silk

"Pretty Brown Eyes" - Mint Condition

"Baby Baby Baby" - TLC

"Can You Stand The Rain" - New Edition

paisleypark4 said:

What about that new Alicia Keys song? I heard she added the phone call part because it reminded her of those kind of breaks in old school love songs.

paisleypark4 said:

lovezone 2: best of the nu skool

4 the cool in u-babyface

love u 4 life-jodeci

some1n 2 love u-ruff endz

ready 4 love-india aire

4 u-kenny lattimore

symptoms of love-loose ends

love no limit-mary j. blige

when a woman's fed up-r. kelly

love u betta-ll cool j

how does it feel?-d'angelo

u should be here-rapheal saddiq

the way-jill scott

the sweetest thing-lauryn hill

hopeless-dionne farriss

outside ur door/the way u do-meshell nedegeocello

u don't know nothin-4 real

my dear/u send me swingin/some1n 2 love-mint condition

"They Just don't make love songs like they use too"

Actually they do. Radio just doesn't play em like they used to.

* Never Knew Love Like This - Alexander O'Neal & Cherelle

* Tender Love - Force Md's

* Your Smile - Rene & Angela

* Here I Go Again - Force Md's

* I Want My Girl - Jesse Johnson's Revue

* Saturday Love - Cherelle & Alexander O'Neal

* If Only You Knew - Patti Labelle

* Do Me, Baby - Melisa Morgan

* Tell Me If You Still Care - SOS Band

* Weekend Girl - SOS Band

I love 80's r&b.