Showing posts with label Rick James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick James. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Ooh Ooh Hoo Ooh Ooh

The moral of this video is never ever get in a plane if Rick James and Smokey Robinson are your pilots.  Of course you won't have to worry too much since Rick James passed away years ago, but it could still happen with Smokey around!  This short film music video that runs just over seven minutes was a collaboration between the two and produced a #1 R&B hit.  I don't ever recall watching this video though, but the "rescue" makes total sense once you watch it.  Here is "Ebony Eyes"...



Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...
Wind in your hair, sun on your skinYoure looking good, girl, all over againHey there, Miss BrownI want you to know I love you
Brown as the sand, youre soft as the shoreYoure leaving me hungry, Im crying for moreOoh, we, baby, girl, youre such a scoreAnd I want you to know that, you know what, girl
I love youI bet you didnt know that, girlYou didnt know thatI need youRight now, baby, right now, babyAnd I bet you didnt know that ebony eyes
Ooh...ooh...hoo...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...Ooh...hoo...hoo...ooh...hoo...ooh...ooh...
Lips soft and tender, ready to speakHer voice says, I love you {I love you} and its making me weakHey there, little girl, may I just say I love youTell em how you feel, Rick[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/ebony-eyes-lyrics-james-rick.html ]
Love is the brown skin girl in my eyesThink its time that I told you, dont you realizeYoure such a queen, woman, youre such a prizeAnd I want you to know that, you know what, girl
I love youAnd I bet you didnt know that, girlYou didnt know thatI need youRight now, baby, right now, babyAnd I bet you didnt know that ebony eyes
I love you ebony eyes, oh, myI need you, womanI need you (Ooh...)Oh, and I bet you didnt know that ebony eyes
I really love you (Ooh...ooh...), woman, I love you (Love you)Ebony eyes (Ooh...), oh, myI wanna say that I need you (Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...), honey, I need youAnd I bet you didnt know that ebony eyes
Ebony eyes (Woo...woo...ooh...woo...hoo...)Ebony eyes, oh, my (Hoo...)Ebony eyes (Hoo...hoo...hoo...)Girl, and I bet you didnt know that ebony eyes
Love you (Love you, love you)Ebony eyes

Read more: JAMES RICK - EBONY EYES LYRICS 


"Ebony Eyes"
Single by Rick James and Smokey Robinson
from the album Cold Blooded
Released1983
Format7"
GenreR&B
Length3:56
LabelMotown
Writer(s)James Johnson [1]
ProducerRick James

U.S. R&B charts peak:  #1

Monday, August 3, 2009

She's A Very Kinky Girl

U Can't Touch This! Well, before MC Hammer sampled it and busted out with his rap anthem, there was the song that inspired the track for that Hammer song by the late Mr. Rick James back in 1981... born in New York, his Uncle Melvin was a bass vocalist for The Temptations... Rick's lifelong battle with drugs namely crack cocaine eventually led to his death in 2004... so, on the 5th anniversary of his death, let's take a look at a glittery Rick on his most popular song - "Super Freak"...




Lyrics | Rick James lyrics - Superfreak lyrics

"Super Freak"

Single by Rick James
from the album Street Songs
Released November 5, 1981
Recorded 1980-1981
Genre R&B, Funk
Length 3:24
Label Gordy
Writer(s) Rick James, Alonzo Miller
Producer Rick James

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Eddie, I Can't Understand Why You Want To Hurt Us?

Why is it that I actually find my foot tapping along to this song from 1985 whenever it comes on the satellite radio? I'm not going to admit that it's a guilty pleasure, but dang it's got a funky beat... comedian and major motion picture star Eddie Murphy was in one of my posts during the Michael Jackson tribute week a short time ago with his duet with Michael Jackson called "Whatzupwitu" which was a collosal disaster... but, before that wreck, he actually had a hit single with a little help from producer and muscian Rick James of "Superfreak" fame... Rick overacts just a tad in this video and then just can't contain himself and has to join Eddie at the end of the song... here is a song that should have been a disaster but Eddie pulls it off as the song peaked at #2 in 1985 - my girl likes to "Party All the Time"...




Lyrics | Eddie Murphy lyrics - Party All The Time lyrics

"Party All the Time"

Single by Eddie Murphy
from the album How Could It Be
Released 1985
Recorded 1985
Genre Synthpop
Label Sony
Writer(s) Rick James
Producer Rick James

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2