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Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 23, 2004 8:19:41 GMT -5
Uh ............ last time I listened to "America's Top 10" the pop singles chart still mattered.  |
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 23, 2004 15:30:40 GMT -5
Uh ............ last time I listened to "America's Top 10" the pop singles chart still mattered. Not to REAL music listeners. |
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Post by ghostman on Jun 23, 2004 17:52:05 GMT -5
What I meant to say was that the target audience of Tempts records has been R&B fans, and this has pretty much been the trend from the mid-70's onward. Whether or song makes a dent in crossover or not is not reflective of its success. If it went top 20 crossover, then yes, but otherwise, R&B charting should be the gage.
It's nice if the musically illiterate (teeny bop / pop) fans catch on, but their reaction is not the judge of what is good music or not.
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Post by ghostman on Jun 23, 2004 18:07:20 GMT -5
One more quip about this album's uniqueness. It's the only one on which the lineup features the 5 guys with the most tenure. "Back To Basics" had most of the songs with this lineup except for the 1 or 2 with Ali. And I believe "Special" had one track too.
Dennis - lead, Ron - alto and tenor, Richard - tenor, Otis - baritone, Melvin - bass.
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 24, 2004 12:04:41 GMT -5
What I meant to say was that the target audience of Tempts records has been R&B fans, and this has pretty much been the trend from the mid-70's onward. Whether or song makes a dent in crossover or not is not reflective of its success. If it went top 20 crossover, then yes, but otherwise, R&B charting should be the gage. It's nice if the musically illiterate (teeny bop / pop) fans catch on, but their reaction is not the judge of what is good music or not. Well said. A lot of times..some don't know that they are even listening to R&B. |
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Post by ((LEGACY)) on Jun 25, 2004 23:31:45 GMT -5
....but wouldn't it be great though if Otis and Dennis got together again?? i mean they where best friends at one point in their lives .....REUNION!!!!!!
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Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 26, 2004 8:29:28 GMT -5
They were?  I think we may be over-romanticizing things a bit there. |
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Post by MikeNYC on Jun 28, 2004 12:51:25 GMT -5
....but wouldn't it be great though if Otis and Dennis got together again?? i mean they where best friends at one point in their lives .....REUNION!!!!!! It wouldn't be good for Dennis. Best friends? That's NOT their legacy. :nono |
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Post by LUVERMAN36617 on Feb 21, 2005 21:34:28 GMT -5
YEAH I GOT "TOGETHER AGAIN" ON TAPE---LAST TEMPS ALBUM WITH DENNIS EDWARDS---HE ONLY STAYED WITH THE GROUP FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE THEY RE-HIRED ALI-OLLIE WOODSON. THIS WAS MADE DURING THE "BLACK POP" PERIOD. WHAT I MEANT WAS R&B ARTISTS LIKE MJ AND HIS SISTER JANET, LIONEL RICHIE, WHITNEY, PRINCE, NEW EDITION, AND OTHERS CROSSING OVER TO THE POP CHARTS. DON'T GET ME WRONG--AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH BLACK POP--I LIKED IT WHEN I WAS A TEEN.
I REMEMBER THE TUNE "LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED"---DENNIS WAS TRYING TO OUT-DO ALI-OLLIE WITH THOSE 5-OCTAVE FALSETTO SCREAMS, AND I ADMIT---HE DID A GOOD JOB. SO DID RON.
"I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW"---I REMEMBER THAT MUSIC VIDEO BET AIRED YEARS BEFORE---SO HILARIOUS!! BILLY DEE WILLIAMS DID A GOOD ACTING JOB WOOING LEADING LADY AFTER TELLING THE TEMPS "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU GUYS NOT TO SING THAT SONG AGAIN" AND THEY POINTED TO THAT LADY SAYING "SHE WANNA HEAR IT!" OH, AND FRED "RERUN" BERRY WAS HILARIOUS ALSO.
I ALSO LIKE "LITTLE THINGS," "DO YOU WANNA GO WITH ME?" "EVERYTIME I CLOSE MY EYES," AND "10x10."
J.D.
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