Favorite Sylvers LP?
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peace, Day
at gunpoint,id have to take 2
- Wish That I Could Talk To You
- Folls Paradise
- Only One Can Win
What's fucking with that leadoff three?
Yeah, they smash you with those first 3 on s/t. I honestly can't choose between those Sylvers albums though (we ARE just talking about their 1st three, right? Not that I don't love "Boogie Fever"... just sayin')... each of them have their share of
Usually if I play one of them, I gotta then play the other two as well (or just play my homemade "best of Sylvers" cd-r, made from MP3s I illegally downloaded off of soulseek
man, i dont even diferentiate those things...they all blend together seemlessly. best songs? "whats it all about" , "we can make it", and despite plaid out factor,you gotta tip hat to "misdemeanor"
Fool's Paradise
Only One Can Win
Even This Shall Pass Away
I Know Myself
(tie)Cry Of A Dreamer / I'll Never Let You Go (love songs about muthafuckas going blind are so
for me...it's #1 for overall album....although, the "We Can Make It If We Try" of 2nd...is
..."cry of a dreamer" "I don't need to prove myself" etc.
Whoever did the songwriting and orchestration for them was
I have 1 and 2 but I still have yet to hear 3. Crazy, I know. I need to
It is RAER... at least compared to the first two.
That's good to know. I was feeling like a
P*t***klittle dude after posting that. I think it's time for a real heads post.when u lost ur siiiiiiiiight ...
af-ter the doctor said u'd never see agaaaaaaain
i knew right then what our love life would be liiiiike
but u mustn't feel that ur ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE"
That song is
Favorite LP ?
Combine the beginning of 1 ,the middle of 2 and the end of 3 and you have a perfect album
Yep that's the one.
WE CAN MAKE IT IF WE TRY!!!
Not many Sylvers vid on u tube :/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_RhHvTdnY
man, the FROS at about 3:20 on this clip!
II
Harvey Mason?
II is the better album for me.
fosters solo shit isnt too far behind either.
ask guzzo
but you gotta love that make it if we try
I second day in the fact i have yet to here the 3
Don't take the credit away from the man who is credited with writing a lot of those songs: Leon Sylvers III. It's not surprising that he went on to be a first-call soul producer in the eighties.
Unfortunately, I believe Sylvers kept writing for his brothers and sisters on into the Capitol years as well.
Why do I say "unfortunately?"
Because when the family went to Capitol, it sounds like Leon dumbed himself down to get bigger hits!
When I first heard the Sylvers' first elpee on Pride, I was shocked at how advanced the shit sounded, considering their "OTHER Jackson Five" role as teen idols. Even Foster Sylvers' hit, "Misdemeanor," had some intelligent lyrics for a J-5 ripoff, especially when Foster's older sisters (who sang backup) "comment" on his heartbreak, comparing it to "when you get your first ticket for illegal parking...for all you know, it's no big deal...take it slow, she's not for real...it's just a misdemeanor."
Think you're gonna get that kind of insight from Chee Chee & Peppy? Think again!
on their first album for Capitol (the one from '76) they have this great slowjam called "Storybook Girl".
On the moder tip theres a nice Edmund Sylvers joint from '81 and a nice Sylvers group joint from the same year.
none of these things are touching the Pride label output though
A friend of mine's dad played with a lotta people in LA and was part of a motown group in the 80's says Leon hummed entire songs. All the parts, never wrote (don't think he knew how to) shit down. He always says Leon Sylvers was the most talented person he ever worked with. This was pre jigga lol.
We Can Make it if we Try + Stay Away From Me =
Storybook Girl -