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Post by richardjohn on Aug 3, 2006 19:41:45 GMT 1
I have slated this album before , so in order to be fair i thought that i would give it t another listen to see if i was missing something.
I wasn't. Apart from 'Chica Da Silva' nothing else on the album sounds like Boney M oh and maybe 'Todos Buenos' in the chorus. I 'm sure it could have been improved with distinctive vocals from Liz and Marcia (were they even there?), but the songs are a bit ropey and the cover versions of Dreadlock Holiday and My Cherie Amour downright embarrassing. I bet 10cc and Stevie Wonder were impressed! It sounds like Supermarket or lift music!
Reggie has a great voice but it was just too much to have a different singer taking the leads and not giving Marcia any at all. So imagine, there i am stuck in the worst traffic jam ever in the English Riviera listening to the worst Boney m album ever.
Terrible album, awful songs,hideous cover, not a good journey home!
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Post by boneyMitchell2006 on Aug 3, 2006 20:41:24 GMT 1
Apart from 'Chica Da Silva' nothing else on the album sounds like Boney M!!! how true well its got the lead singer singing the track i love it its great i dont hate eye dance i like it infact its diffrent yes but liz and reggie do a great job! love reggies voice and young free and single and todos buenus are great any one got the usa dj edit of todos buenus? its a official recording and its superb bang bang lulu is fun!! not everyones cup of tea but its fun.... i do like the album its not one of my all time favs but at the time young free and single was a well played song in 1985 i do like it. but my all time fav is 'Chica Da Silva' pure boney m and pure class liz mitchells vocal on this are stunning  i love when liz sings give it up a just wanna make it stop!! on the track "give it up" the covers not a fav but i dont mind it its a change the back covers nice with them all on it. |
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Post by richardjohn on Aug 4, 2006 19:10:57 GMT 1
Maybe when Liz sings ' i just wanna make it stop' she was refering to this awful album!
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Post by richardjohn on Aug 4, 2006 22:36:12 GMT 1
Sorry, l'm not very trendy, IMFAO means  ? Thanks for the picture though, I have been wondering what you look like! |
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Post by summerleeway on Aug 6, 2006 19:01:38 GMT 1
Let me take the opportunity to check this Boney M. Album . the first thing i miss was the Original Logo on the Front cover. The whole album was a typical mid 80's production. It surely was the Album that leaves most of the Fans unsatisfied when it was released. It sounds a little bit of a Reggie soloalbum than a Boney M.But i still like it, not as much as the other albums but i like it. Exept SAMPLE CITY here's Farian recyling himself again . A part of uses the same passages as Eruption's I can't stand the rain. Dreadlock holiday is a very bad cover from 10cc's hit. And the synthesized guitar on the first part Of CDS sounds very cheap.So it goes with the refain always repeatin'4 times CDS. My favourite was '' My cherie Amour'' . I remember when it comes out 1985 the people run to the dancefloor as often as it was played. But why the Hell is Farian again doin' Vocals alone on EYE DANCE?
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Post by jdbaptist on Aug 8, 2006 14:00:34 GMT 1
Eye Dance is perhaps the weakest of Boney M. albums, but not so much weaker than '10,000 Lightyears' which is not a great Boney M. album either.
The fact that Farian sings a lot of the stuff is nothing new to Boney M. albums. Remember, as far as Frank Farian is concerned, he is Boney M. I think that 'Sample City' is Farian's tongue-in-cheek offering about the whole Boney M. story and I like it! It has much more artistic effort then most of the tracks from this album.
'My Cherie Amour' is my favourite and I remember too that dance floors in the mid-Eighties would fill up for this one! It's amazing that it was such a club hit but chart success didn't follow. 'Young Free & Single' was also a good one for clubs and got played alot (it even got good reviews in the UK!) but never came through with chart success.
The album has a greater amount of male lead vocals aswell and perhaps a lot of this was meant to be a solo Reggie album. It may have worked okay as a solo album but it is not a great Boney M. album at all.
'Chica Da Silva', although a very beautifully produced track with Liz on lead vocals is not even an Abba take-off but more on the lines of 'Brothrehood of Man's' 'Angelo' !! Boney M. really should have left this kind of mulch long behind them at this stage.
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Post by boneyMitchell2006 on Aug 8, 2006 14:13:43 GMT 1
Eye Dance is perhaps the weakest of Boney M. albums, but not so much weaker than '10,000 Lightyears' which is not a great Boney M. album either. The fact that Farian sings a lot of the stuff is nothing new to Boney M. albums. Remember, as far as Frank Farian is concerned, he is Boney M. I think that 'Sample City' is Farian's tongue-in-cheek offering about the whole Boney M. story and I like it! It has much more artistic effort then most of the tracks from this album. 'My Cherie Amour' is my favourite and I remember too that dance floors in the mid-Eighties would fill up for this one! It's amazing that it was such a club hit but chart success didn't follow. 'Young Free & Single' was also a good one for clubs and got played alot (it even got good reviews in the UK!) but never came through with chart success. The album has a greater amount of male lead vocals aswell and perhaps a lot of this was meant to be a solo Reggie album. It may have worked okay as a solo album but it is not a great Boney M. album at all. 'Chica Da Silva', although a very beautifully produced track with Liz on lead vocals is not even an Abba take-off but more on the lines of 'Brothrehood of Man's' 'Angelo' !! Boney M. really should really have left this kind of mulch long behind them at this stage. 'Chica Da Silva', although a very beautifully produced track with Liz on lead vocals is not even an Abba take-off but more on the lines of 'Brothrehood of Man's' 'Angelo' !! Boney M. really should really have left this kind of mulch long behind them at this stage.[/ dont make me laff please 'Brothrehood of Man's' thats song is nothing like 'Chica Da Silva', the only song on eye dance that sounds like boney m is 'Chica Da Silva' are you on drugs again? |
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Post by richardjohn on Aug 8, 2006 21:03:47 GMT 1
It's interesting to me that people have such different views of this album. I hadn't expected anyone to come out in support of it at all. I had assumed that everyone disliked it as much as me.
I can't really hear the similarity between 'Chica da Silva' and 'Angelo' although it must be said that i haven't listened to any Brotherhood of Man songs since the 1970s! I do own a copy of 'Save All Your Kisses' but i wouldn't admit to it in public!
As for My Cherie Amour and Sample City , to me not so much uplifting music , more like lift music but there you go. Perhaps that's why Farian couldn't get it right at the end. Too many people expecting different things.
I have learn't one thing though in the last few months, Frank Farian was Boney M. Although to me Liz's voice was and always will be the most important element of the groups vocal sound, Boney M was a name for Frank Frank to trade under and he merely used Liz, Marcia, Reggie and all the backing singers to create the sounds that he wanted, much like many of today's dance DJs who use a name (Fatbloy Slim for example ) to release records under but use various people for the vocals.
I think it's a bit of a shame that he didn't care a bit more for his artists careers, integrity and respect but on the other hand he brought them success and exposure that they could have only dreamed of otherwise.
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Post by jdbaptist on Aug 8, 2006 22:45:35 GMT 1
You are absolutely right richardjohn. It is to Frank Farian's shame though the way he has treated the members of the group which fronted his activities in the studio. His productions are a mirror to who the group was and the group was Bobby, Liz, Maizie and Marcia. He did give them all huge exposure but at the same time did very little to help them achieve or develop artistically. And from the sounds of it they all worked very hard for that exposure and it is they who turned Frank Farian's idea into an actual walking talking dancing singing live act. Farian could not have done it without them (any of them). That is quite obvious because any attempt then and since to relaunch Boney M. in any other form has failed miserably.
It would be nice (Farian has chopped and changed and given so many different statements on the Boney M.'s membership) if Mr Farian would do right by Bobby, Liz, Maizie And Marcia and acknowledge fully their importance to the success of Boney M.
It would also be about time that the members of Boney M. finally buried the hatchet (preferably not in each other's back) and acted like grown-ups and made peace.
On a much better note it was nice to hear that Marcia is gathering material for her thid album while she takes some time in Florida! And there's gonna be a few shocks when Maizie's single comes out! The music is not my cup of tea (being an old Disco Phogey) but you can definately dance to this one and it should ruffle a few feathers around the place..... ;D
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Post by oliver on Aug 9, 2006 8:43:00 GMT 1
Bang Bang Lulu is one of the worst recordings ever. Liz didn't want to sing it and Marcia recently said that she really disliked the song and the album was "rather silly". The two ladies never liked the album very much and when I listen to it I understand why. They simply weren't used very much and I think it's such a shame two have those two good singers and reduce them to songs like "Young, Free And Single"- which is one of the better songs on the album. I remember when it was released no- one here in Germany really cared and it almost went unnoticed- just like 10.000 Lightyears.
And yes, JD, Maizies new recording will be a shock to certain people.
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Post by oliver on Aug 9, 2006 8:43:56 GMT 1
And there are so few stunning Liz Mitchell vocals on the album.
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Post by summerleeway on Aug 9, 2006 19:48:23 GMT 1
Should this be Pro or Contra Maizie?
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Post by richardjohn on Aug 9, 2006 21:53:02 GMT 1
Bang Bang Lulu is an awful song. The lyrics are neither clever nor funny. The tune plods along relentlessly without any hope that it will ever spring into life.
What is Maizies new recording and why will we be so shocked? Where are you hearing it?
And whilst I'm asking questions what does IMFAO stand for because I HGAC?
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Post by jdbaptist on Aug 9, 2006 23:12:59 GMT 1
LMFAO 'Laugh My Fat A@se Off' but please I'm enjoying using the English Language! I don't want to jinx a thing for Maizie so we will have to wait for the single to be announced but in the meantime you should check out her new clip for the 'Box It' DVD.
I am gob smacked at how amazing she looks! I want everything that woman is on in double portions and I am definitely getting 'my fat a@se off the floor' to do some exercise. The only thing upsetting me is the thought of getting into a shell suit...
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Post by oliver on Aug 10, 2006 11:48:21 GMT 1
No, summerleeway, it wasn't contra maizie- I meant it will be a surprise for many people because it's quite a bumping pumping recording and I was quite surprised in a positive way. I didn't want to slag of Maizie, not at all.
Yes, Eye dance was a sad end to a great career and still remember Boney M. performing Y,F &S on German TV looking quite lost and not really knowing how to perform that song although I thought it was one of the better tracks on that album. It must not have been easy for Liz and Marcia to be reduced to background singers. I mean they didn't sing on "Kalimba" and "Happy Song" (or not very much) and they had to perform those songs on TV too. Must have been a strange feeling for the two original lead singers and not very satisfying I guess.
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