Bo's New CD "Best Kept Secret"

[sukkafu]

it was suspended due to excessive bandwith. i didn't know bo needed that much band backing his vocals to make the song work!

[selfishreasons]

MikeNYC said:

If it's all that,why is it secret ?

because some secrets are meant to be saught out and not just handed out.

[KEEKS]

WOW!!!
I just read through 4 pages of (insert lips sesaled smiley)...I don't know what!!!!
For a fan website there sure is alot of hate here.
Sukka are you still hating Bo or have you listened to the CD yet. You say you didn't care for his rendition of a particular C5 hit. Well since his album is all original material you should be fine with it huh...
I pray Bo doesn't surf in here after viewing the thread title..he will be in for a shock.
If you don't like Bo's singing thats one thing but anyone who is commenting on "Secret" without taking a little listen is just plain wrong...
Give it a chance, or save the cheap shots...
Grant it, its free country here but if you are gonna speak your mind on the issues, ......its best to come prepared.

[Ivory Fair]

For a fan website there sure is alot of hate here...... I pray Bo doesn't surf in here after viewing the thread title..he will be in for a shock.


Now that brings up an interesting point. Now let me say first off that I agree with what you're saying Kiki, we need to make INFORMED decisions, but I'm talking about something else. IF we decide we don't like something AND that decision is an educated one, what's wrong with letting the performer know? (and that may not be what you're saying, it just reminded me of it.)

Sometimes I see WAY too much butt-kissing on these boards (all the Tempts' boards, not just this one.) Now maybe I'm just jealous that the Tempts get more attention than me ;D but they DO have the potential for failure, all of 'em, O, Dennis, Ali, Bo, and yes, EVEN Theo!!! :hairraiser: *

* (Kalisa, please note I mean EVERYONE, even the folks I didn't mention)

Anyway, IF they do a bad job with something, then we should feel free to say it, not worry that somone's gonna read it and get their feelings hurt. I did not like the remakes of "Elevator Eyes" and "Error of Our Ways" and if the Tempts asked, I'd have no problem telling them that. Now I'd be sure to add that I thought the remake of "A Love I Can See" kicked natural hind-end, but I wouldn't have a problem telling them I didn't like the other two.

The way I look at it, *WE* pay these guys' salaries, call me vain, but just like in any service industry, if anyone should be worried about kissing anyone's butt ........... well, it shouldn't be us.

Again Kiki, hope you don't take this as me picking on you, I'm not, what you said just reminded me of it.

[MikeNYC]

Informed ? Good choice of words! But NEVER put into use! Only when it's to the poster's advantage! So,if that's the way it should be,can't too many people speak on the HOF6! In order to know where you are going,you have to know from whence you came! To build a Temptations temple,you heve to have a STRONG FOUNDATION! If the groung floor is weak,the whole thing is no good! If you know the groundwork,the rest is easy! :read: :yourock: temptsinfo.com/smilies/wtg.gif

[selfishreasons]

I agree that the tempts have to be praised from the floor up, Mike. Gotta know from "whence you came" as you put it. This is why the new jacks have to sing the classic songs. It humbles a person.

[MikeNYC]

selfishreasons said:

I agree that the tempts have to be praised from the floor up, Mike. Gotta know from "whence you came" as you put it. This is why the new jacks have to sing the classic songs. It humbles a person.

All the more reason for them NOT to,unless they are allowed to sing it to suit their style .David Sea comes to mind! It's a no brainer to say that nobody can sing it like the HOF6 ! So bring your own flavor,of sing your own songs! I don't want to hear Dennis sing Treat Her Like A Lady,just as much as I don't want Woodson to sing Papa Was A Rolling Stone! Unless they bring their style to the tune! That's why David Sea's "Rain " is not compaired to Ruffin's. Mr. Sea brought himself to the song! A sign of TRUE TALENT ! temptsinfo.com/smilies/wtg.gif

[selfishreasons]

I am in full agreement, Mike. This is why I support Bo, singing it.

[MikeNYC]

selfishreasons said:

I am in full agreement, Mike. This is why I support Bo, singing it.

Yeah,but put your own flavor to it,not like on Oprah! A lot of people say they don't like Richard singing My Girl. But FEW people remember him singing it before the Reunion. After the Reunion ,Rich changed the way he sang the song,to more of the way Ruffin did during the tour......BIG MISTAKE,and people are raking him over the coals about it! If they knew how he did it before,they would say something different! That's what is meant by being INFORMED ! If I never saw or heard Richard sing it BEFORE the Reunion,I would join in on the coal-raking!
This is why I say get your foundation strong,this way we can understand what is being said. It's hard to understand what is being said to you when the person that's saying it has their foot in their mouth! temptsinfo.com/smilies/wtg.gif

[selfishreasons]

Man, I've heard Bo sing it and have never heard him try to sing it like ruffin. He does it like Bo.

[MikeNYC]

selfishreasons said:

Man, I've heard Bo sing it and have never heard him try to sing it like ruffin. He does it like Bo.

Not the way he did it on Oprah!

[sukkafu]

maybe bo did it that way on oprah because it was a mixed audience of people-not all tempts fans -as well as being on national tv - so he felt he had to put up a front.

[selfishreasons]

Yeah, I will have to agree with you sukka. the audience was a mixed audience, who probably expected to hear it a certain, so he was probably told to sing it a certain way.

[MikeNYC]

Tote that ball,whip that bail,get a little drunk!

[sukkafu]

and you land on oprah! ;D