80's R'n'B/Electro-soul

[luka]

 

[reeltoreel]

Check El Debarge and the dudes from Miami Vice...

El Debarge - You Wear It Well

 

[reeltoreel]

...and this from Midnight Star, priceless video with inexplicably large telephones...

Midnight Star - Operator (SOLAR Records)

 

[noel emits]

Check El Debarge and the dudes from Miami Vice...

El Debarge - You Wear It Well

Good work.

Edit - actually I have to say that sounded better in my head before I played the vid. Good work nonetheless

Should absolutely be in the yacht disco thread though!

 

[Client Eastwood]

talking of phones . . . . have we had this ?

loose ends - surely one of the, if not the best, uk soul group. eva

999

 

[craner]

Alton Edwards.

 

[craner]

Cherelle & Alexander O Neal


Edit: a video. Alexander, are you wearing a tracksuit?

 

[Immryr]

Cherelle & Alexander O Neal


Edit: a video. Alexander, are you wearing a tracksuit?

so THATS where terror danjah sampled that frim!

 

[drilla]

I will save this thread LIKE SO:

 

[luka]

im not sure my jaw will ever rise again

 

[Client Eastwood]

sun is out, time to revive this thread

skipworth & turner
thinking about your love


sounding like stevie wonder in this one . . .

 

[drilla]

ssss



strangely catchy, even with its tonedeaf singer

 

[mistersloane]

strangely catchy, even with its tonedeaf singer

Even though this thread is starting to melt my brain, that one is a bit of a classic.

 

[drilla]

Patricia Rushen

Remind me


Forget Me Nots


Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)


Haven't You Heard


Don't Blame Me


could be the compression of youtube but that snare really hits

 

[Client Eastwood]

^ ^ hell yeah, i dont think she's been mentioned at all in this thread, what an oversight. i fking love those double claps in 'forget me knots'.

 

[Client Eastwood]

this one's a personal -

patrice again

watch out

 

[Tyro]

Disco-Soul-Boogie in London tonight

STRUT!

DJ's BOBBY & STEVE
THE LEGENDARY PAUL TROUBLE ANDERSON
+
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RETRORUSS
&
PAUL LENEY
Bringing the Disco back to the West End

7pm till 2am

£5 before 10pm £7 after

100% Funk Soul Disco & Boogie

Strut is at Corks

28 Binney Street

London W1W 5BW

For more info:

http://www.discostrut.com/

 

[craner]

 

[drilla]

oh come on, don't make a joke of it... this is a holy place

 

[hint]

Been listening to this a lot recently:

Great video -

"As you feel her tightening grip,
Like a genie I will slip,
In your heart"

Accompanied by sinister hand movements.