Speaking of This Girl We Claim to Possess...
By Mr. Moderator on Oct 2, 2007
Bringin' it all back home!
Or is this what I was thinking of...?
6 comments
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Which fashion touch in this clip would you most like to see make a comeback, the satin jacket or the biege outfit with epaulets? I'm having a tough time deciding myself.
10/02/07 @ 07:58
Comment from: hrrundivbakshi [Member] 
I kept waiting for the song to bust out into the "She Used To Be My Girl" chorus, but it never showed up! Is this the same group, and which song came first?
Also, major ups for the reference to the "big-leg girl" while the back-up singers all slap their thighs in unison.
Also, major ups for the reference to the "big-leg girl" while the back-up singers all slap their thighs in unison.
10/02/07 @ 08:16
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
You're right, Hrrundi! I also felt I was missing a more dramatic chorus. The first clip I posted was The Four Tops, from 1981. I kept looking at the YouTube listing and thinking they had the wrong band. I thought it was an old TSOP recording by The O'Jays . Turns out The O'Jays did, in fact, record the song we expected to hear. I wonder if there's a link in the songwriting. I wonder what the guys from Pitchfork and The Big Takeover think about all this!
10/02/07 @ 08:32
Comment from: BigSteve [Member]
The khaki bush jacket look never goes out of style, especially if you want to give the impression of having just seized power in a military coup. I also dig the guy holding the headphones underneath his chin so the top part doesn't mess up his hair. That's a man who understands the importance of Look, as I do.
Is that a real Stevie Wonder chromatic harmonica solo, or is it memorex?
Online research reveals that this song was a #1 R&B hit, barely missing the pop top ten. I have no recollection of it, but I probably didn't listen to the radio much in '81.
Is that a real Stevie Wonder chromatic harmonica solo, or is it memorex?
Online research reveals that this song was a #1 R&B hit, barely missing the pop top ten. I have no recollection of it, but I probably didn't listen to the radio much in '81.
10/02/07 @ 15:24
Comment from: Rick Massimo [Member]
"Honest, fellas!" (On "Used Ta Be My Girl"): One of the best fadeout ad-libs ever.
Also, this looks like as good an excuse as any to say again that The O'Jays, two-thirds of whom are still original and only death keeps that from being three-thirds, still Bring It. If you get a chance to see 'em, do it.
Also, this looks like as good an excuse as any to say again that The O'Jays, two-thirds of whom are still original and only death keeps that from being three-thirds, still Bring It. If you get a chance to see 'em, do it.
10/02/07 @ 15:32
Comment from: alexmagic [Member]
I guess the dictator bush jacket and the satin jacket would both come in well ahead of the mesh ballcap with his name on it that Lawrence Payton was sporting there.
10/02/07 @ 15:46
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