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  • Friday Throwback – I Wanna Sex You Up

    After being on Mission: Man Band, former Color Me Badd lead singer Bryan Abrams was shown as a drunk and as my buddy Speeddeezy put it, someone who ate the rest of Color Me Badd. But he still had that voice. As the lead singer of CMB, he was one of the voices of the early 90s. Though I Wanna Sex You Up wasn’t a US number 1 hit, if not for this song, I Adore Mi Amor and All For Love would’ve never hit number 1. Maybe the apex of their career was when they were the focus of an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 where they were horded by fans all over, and then invited a non-fan in Kelly Taylor into their room to chat. Yes, to chat. You mean they didn’t wanna sex her up? Well, I don’t think Kelly was into the 4 on 1 action.

    This song sampled not only Slick Rick, but also Betty Wright.

    • You had one guy who was a George Michael look alike and one guy who was a Kenny G look alike. Both in the same group!
    • Did you know that this song was originally on the New Jack City soundtrack?
    • Can you really make love until you drown? What are they, on a boat?
    • Does a song like this really need the running man choreography in the background?
    • And then the New Kids/New Edition choreography in the dirt?
    • Kenny G kind of got lucky there didn’t he? No game!

    I do hope that Abrams finds some success with Sureshot, the group created out of the Mission: Man Band show. The music business is rough. How Abrams, who had star written all over him, could miss for all these years is a mystery.

  • Friday Throwback – Can You Feel It

    When I was working back at Blockbuster Video, we’d play videos before the store opened. There was one assistant manager who always put Michael Jackson videos on while we were prepping the day. There was one video called Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues which showed the video to the Jacksons’ Can You Feel It, a single on their Triumph album. I think the video was actually produced in 1980. Dick Clark said at the time, that when Michael told him he wanted to show him this film they created based on the song, Clark told him no one wanted to see that, and they just wanted to see Michael and his brothers perform. Clark also said that he completely missed the boat on music videos and the Jacksons were before their time. I’m not sure what the first official music video was, but Can You Feel It had to be one of the first, as far as music videos as we know them today.

    • What’s up with the National Geographic spoken word intro?
    • Did they steal those sound effects straight out of Star Wars?
    • I’ve always wanted to spread pixie dust over the world like that.
    • Did the golden hues that surrounded the Jacksons signify all the Grammys that Mike was about to win in two years?
    • Mike just lifted a rainbow over his head. I’m at a loss for words.
    • All of the people turned golden because of that ring of fire? What?
    • I think Mike should’ve just moonwalked across the water. Wait, that came about 4 years later.

    All the herky jerky sound effects hurt the video, but in 1980, those special effects were on fire like that ring. It’s an odd video, but hey, the Jacksons were some odd folks. And Mike would use his powers for good in future videos. Don’t you remember how he healed the elephant in the Earth Song?

  • Friday Throwback – Love U 4 Life

    After three albums, Jodeci finally got their wedding song on. The wedding song is the one song that makes groups timeless. It’s the one song that gets played at weddings, and once you’re on the wedding playlist, you’re on it for life. Always And Forever anyone?

    This song is not a song about freakin’. Not every freakin’ day, or every freakin’ night. It’s a love song. Give it to ‘em K-Ci.

    • Is T-Boz in her bra?
    • “I wanna love you for life, because your love is why I live.” I wonder if K-Ci sang that to Mary J. Blige.
    • Even with the pimp daddy hat and the pimp daddy suit, why does K-Ci still look like Tyrone Biggums?
    • Someone tell Jo-Jo that wearing the Sox hat was old by then.
    • Especially with a suit.
    • I swear I thought the Pastor looked like Rev Run.
    • It has to be Rev Run.
    • Why wasn’t the DMC the ring bearer?
    • When Dalvin slobbed down T-Boz, I wonder if Mack-10 was ready to get his backyard boogie on? Get your boogie on …

    This would be Jodeci’s last hit single I believe. K-Ci and Jo-Jo would take this blueprint and successfully launch a career as the two-some of the creative name of K-Ci and Jo-Jo. All the songs about freakin’ and feenin’ and were replaced by songs about love and love, and more love. They became romantic balladeers. One of these days, when I’m out of ideas, I’ll work in my favorite K-Ci and Jo-Jo song, All My Life.