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Thread started 06/26/04 9:20am

DigitalGardin

Favorite Teena Marie album

What is your favorite album from Lady T..Teena Marie

Mine is:
Starchild
Emerald City
It Must Be Magic
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Reply #1 posted 06/26/04 9:48am

Harlepolis

Lady Tee & Irons In The Fire music

Waiting 4 the favorite album from the woman in my avatar's thread! batting eyes
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Reply #2 posted 06/26/04 11:37am

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It Must Be Magic and Emerald City.
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Reply #3 posted 06/26/04 12:04pm

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I only have Wild & Peaceful, Irons in the Fire & It Must Be Magic - love the shit outta all of them love

Tune In Tomorrow
You Make Love Like Springtime
I'll Have My Cake & Eat It Too
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Reply #4 posted 06/26/04 1:03pm

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ROBBERY!
I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ!
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Reply #5 posted 06/26/04 5:46pm

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It must be Magic, Irons in the Fire, ROBBERY and a greatest hits CD I'll have to look for to remember the title. I loves me some Lady TEE!! biggrin
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Reply #6 posted 06/26/04 6:32pm

mrdespues

I've never heard her. What does she sound like?
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Reply #7 posted 06/26/04 7:09pm

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mrdespues said:

I've never heard her. What does she sound like?
Ms. Teena Marie was an R & B soul artist who first appeared on Motown Records in 1978. Most of her hit songs were played on the Urban R & B charts, some more popular ones are " It must be Magic " , " Square Biz ", " Portugese Lover " and " Fire & Desire " with Rick James. She left Motown due to the horrendous contractual constraints that didn't pay her at all during her service there. Her most recent CD and music can be heard on " La Do~na " from CashMoney/ Universal Records.
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Reply #8 posted 06/28/04 12:12am

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Can't decide: It's always a Tug O' War between Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic
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Reply #9 posted 06/28/04 12:33am

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paligap said:

Can't decide: It's always a Tug O' War between Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic
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Hmmm. I wasn't gonna say anything about her but since I respect your opinion on music i've gotta comment.

I've never been able to get into her beyond Lovergirl which was cool because of the track.
To my ears she's always over the top. As if she's trying to prove "I've got soul, and i'm superbad."

What's up with that?

tA

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Reply #10 posted 06/28/04 6:13am

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theAudience said:

paligap said:

Can't decide: It's always a Tug O' War between Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic
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Hmmm. I wasn't gonna say anything about her but since I respect your opinion on music i've gotta comment.

I've never been able to get into her beyond Lovergirl which was cool because of the track.
To my ears she's always over the top. As if she's trying to prove "I've got soul, and i'm superbad."

What's up with that?

tA


Actually, You're not the only one. I've talked to a lot of people that think her emotive singing style is a little over the top, and I know what you mean...It doesn't particularly bother me, though . I look at her as a singer/composer, arranger AND multi-instrumentalist (she doesn't get enough credit for these;a lot of people just think of her as a singer) and I love her compositions, her arrangements and feel, at least from the beginning up through the Robbery and Starchild albums ...after that, it gets kinda hit and miss for me...But I Love tracks like " "You Make Love Like Springtime","Tune In Tomorrow", "Where's California", "The Ballad Of Cradle Rob and Me" " Irons In The Fire" "Revolution" and " Portugese Love", and "365", "Aladdin's Lamp", "Shadow Boxing"...that's the kind of stuff i'm talkin' about!
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Reply #11 posted 06/28/04 6:17am

DavidEye

Favorite Teena Marie album: It Must Be Magic (1981)---contains two of her best songs "Square Biz" and the hypnotic "Portugese Love".


My other favorites:
'Robbery' (1983)---if only for the song "Stop The World"
'La Dona' (2004---outstanding comeback album!
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Reply #12 posted 06/28/04 6:25am

DavidEye

The only Teena Marie album I've never been able to get into is 1988's 'Naked To The World'.I think it's because most songs suffer from the usual late-80s production gimmicks (drum machines,cheesy synths,cluttered production,etc) that ruined alot of albums from this period.If you play this album today,it sounds horribly dated.But I do like the first single "Ooh La La La".
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Reply #13 posted 06/28/04 6:33am

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DavidEye said:

The only Teena Marie album I've never been able to get into is 1988's 'Naked To The World'.I think it's because most songs suffer from the usual late-80s production gimmicks (drum machines,cheesy synths,cluttered production,etc) that ruined alot of albums from this period.If you play this album today,it sounds horribly dated.But I do like the first single "Ooh La La La".



Yeah, it's that kinda thing that soured me on a lot of her later stuff...but then, that happened to everybody's production in the mid '80's...
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Reply #14 posted 06/28/04 6:44am

DavidEye

paligap said:

DavidEye said:

The only Teena Marie album I've never been able to get into is 1988's 'Naked To The World'.I think it's because most songs suffer from the usual late-80s production gimmicks (drum machines,cheesy synths,cluttered production,etc) that ruined alot of albums from this period.If you play this album today,it sounds horribly dated.But I do like the first single "Ooh La La La".



Yeah, it's that kinda thing that soured me on a lot of her later stuff...but then, that happened to everybody's production in the mid '80's...



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we're gonna have to do a separate thread on this....lol...about how alot of music went downhill in the mid-to-late 80s (especially for established artists who were hot in the 70s).
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Reply #15 posted 06/28/04 7:43am

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DavidEye said:

paligap said:




Yeah, it's that kinda thing that soured me on a lot of her later stuff...but then, that happened to everybody's production in the mid '80's...



nod

we're gonna have to do a separate thread on this....lol...about how alot of music went downhill in the mid-to-late 80s (especially for established artists who were hot in the 70s).



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Reply #16 posted 06/28/04 8:58am

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It must be magic

Robbery

Starchild

yes, her singing is over the top sometimes, but since she's been like that since the beginning it doesn't bother me


Cradle rob and me do do ya do do ya do do ya

Square biz was my theme song in highschool...that summer of 81 was great for music, it must be magic, street songs and Controversy were the soundtrack of my life... those were the days.
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Reply #17 posted 06/28/04 12:04pm

SoSaysEye

"Robbery" and "Naked to the World" are probably my favorites.
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Reply #18 posted 06/28/04 1:04pm

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Emerald City
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Reply #19 posted 06/28/04 11:59pm

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butterfli25 said:



Square biz was my theme song in highschool...that summer of 81 was great for music, it must be magic, street songs and Controversy were the soundtrack of my life... those were the days.



nod I totally agree,the summer of 1981 was an AMAZING time for music,particularly R&B/funk.So many hot jams came out that summer,it's ridiculous...lol
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Reply #20 posted 06/30/04 6:09pm

Tajeznah

It Must Be Magic, Wild & Peaceful, Robbery & Ivory
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Reply #21 posted 06/30/04 6:36pm

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Emerald City...



sigh sunny skies....


dont tell me you can listen to that song without crying...it does it to me everytime... sad
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Reply #22 posted 07/01/04 12:54pm

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paligap said:

"Where's California


That song SO hits the spot sometimes nod
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Reply #23 posted 07/01/04 1:02pm

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mrdespues said:

I've never heard her. What does she sound like?

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Reply #24 posted 07/01/04 1:59pm

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1. Wild and Peaceful

2. Whichever is the one that has the slow jams Shadow Boxing, Dear Lover, and Cassanova Brown...
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Reply #25 posted 07/01/04 8:20pm

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Wild and Peaceful
Lady T
It Must Be Magic


"I Can't Love Anymore" is one my favorite slow jams.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #26 posted 07/02/04 4:07am

DavidEye

ReeseStrongnight said:

Whichever is the one that has the slow jams Shadow Boxing, Dear Lover, and Cassanova Brown...


nod

You're talking about her 1983 album 'Robbery' which I consider my second favorite album by her (after 'It Must Be Magic').Imo,the best song on this album is "Stop The World",which I never get tired of hearing.And isn't "Midnight Magnet" one of her strongest uptempo/funk jams? I just recently bought this CD after many years of not having it.
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Reply #27 posted 07/03/04 9:19am

DigitalGardin

theAudience said:

paligap said:

Can't decide: It's always a Tug O' War between Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic
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Hmmm. I wasn't gonna say anything about her but since I respect your opinion on music i've gotta comment.

I've never been able to get into her beyond Lovergirl which was cool because of the track.
To my ears she's always over the top. As if she's trying to prove "I've got soul, and i'm superbad."

What's up with that?

tA

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Well..I never thought of her trying to prove that she has soul. To me, she is the ONLY white artist that genuinely has it without forcing it. Her singing may get over the top at times BUT she will sing any of the r&b females out off the stage..imagine Alicia Keys trying "Casanova Brown." eek sad neutral
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Reply #28 posted 07/03/04 11:53am

Harlepolis

Its funny when people say that Teena, Mariah or Whitney are "over-singing" bitches or "showing off their pipes" ya know? Dumb shit like that.

Thats where I'm sitting like "Isn't that the whole point of singing in the 1st place?" To be doing what most people aren't capable of? Whats the point of them buying your records and seeing yo concerts if they can do what you do? Thats the whole point of singing,,,to be OVER THE TOP.

Ain't nothing wrong to be "over the top" at all. Hell, you can't tell me that Chaka Khan wasn't "over the top" and look at her now? Most of the bitches out-there bite her style and they don't even know it. Off-topic but same point, I give Teena the props & juice 4 being "over the top" if she can touch my & most people's NERVEs then she can get away with saying "I'm bad, I got soul".

You still too cool 4 school in my book tho, Audience.
[This message was edited Sat Jul 3 11:56:45 2004 by Harlepolis]
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Reply #29 posted 07/03/04 12:47pm

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Harlepolis said:

Its funny when people say that Teena, Mariah or Whitney are "over-singing" bitches or "showing off their pipes" ya know? Dumb shit like that.

Thats where I'm sitting like "Isn't that the whole point of singing in the 1st place?" To be doing what most people aren't capable of? Whats the point of them buying your records and seeing yo concerts if they can do what you do? Thats the whole point of singing,,,to be OVER THE TOP.

Ain't nothing wrong to be "over the top" at all. Hell, you can't tell me that Chaka Khan wasn't "over the top" and look at her now? Most of the bitches out-there bite her style and they don't even know it. Off-topic but same point, I give Teena the props & juice 4 being "over the top" if she can touch my & most people's NERVEs then she can get away with saying "I'm bad, I got soul".

With all due respect, I believe my point has been missed.
Being "OVER THE TOP" has nothing to do with whether one has pipes/chops or not. IMO, it's a question of showing discipline, restraint and maturity in using your skills. For example, how is it that B.B. King can say more using just 5 notes at a moderate volume than some flavor of the month guitar-shredder can playing a billion notes per second at 150 dB.? How does that happen? I think it's that discipline, restraint and maturity thing.

This reminds me of a story a good musician friend told me.
He took an older Japanese business man to see a concert by one of these "shredder-type" players. After the performance he was taken backstage to meet the performer. They were introduced and the business man said to the performer using the most respectful tone of voice you could imagine "Ah, many notes....but no meaning." It that don't say it all.

As a musician yourself, you know for a fact that skilled artists "build" a performance. You don't "shoot your wad" on the 1st number. If so, where do you go from there? Nowhere but down. There's an ebb and flow that should be established to keep the emotional interest of "theAudience" (if you will).

Ella, Sarah, Nina, Nancy, etc./ all have shown mad vocal skills yet you never get the sense that they're "showing off their pipes". See what I mean? In the R&B category, I feel the same way about Aretha, Gladys and even Patti eek .

This is one of those things that's gonna boil down to personal preference.
If Teena touches your nerves, great. I ain't mad at ya.
She touches mine too, they just happen to be the wrong ones. wink

For the record, I personally have never consider Chaka "OVER THE TOP".

You still too cool 4 school in my book tho, Audience.

Love you too Harly. hug

tA

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