RE: Lovin' Is Really My Game .....What's the problem here ?

[remicks]

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Brainstorm
LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME

There's no denying that this rapid-fire, full -on energy tune was a monster disco hit for Detroit based Brainstorm in 1977 . 8)

But check out the song's lyrics which seem to demand further reflection .
Just what was the problem with this obviously more than ready and willing "TAKE ME HOME" type of disco queen ???

Here's the situation as laid out in the lyrics :

I can't catch no man
Hangin' out at a discotheque
But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me

Well, I got my way of groovin'
Sittin' down right in my seat
I get soul satisfaction
Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet

Whoa...ho...disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
Boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie

Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction, yeah

Ooh...ooh...yeah

I can't catch no thrill
Though the music they're playin' makes me feel
When all is said and done
Well, now, I know what it's all about

Well, hey, come along with me
If you do I will guarantee
I'm gonna give you my love
And the way it's gonna make you shout, shout, shout, boy

Disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
And boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie

Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction

from LyricsKeeper.com


Well ......what is the rest of the story ? :???:
What's the problem here ?
Why can't she catch no man hangin' out at the discotheque ? ?:roll:;)


Here are some possibilities :

A) Besides her day job at the beauty parlor ...she is also on call to sub perform for either ill -feeling Weather Girl .
B) Is known for hanging out at the DJ booth and repeatedly requesting Roberta Kelly's ZODIACS .
C) Always wears a T-Shirt saying " PETER FRAMPTON ROCKS " .
D) Can translate into seven languages every Donna Summer moan in LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY .
E) Is so club cra-zy even Grace Jones is afraid of her.

F) ... Or perhaps this is what the song is alluding to .....perhaps ... just perhaps ....being as it is a disco .... its because the particular guys hanging out there ..... are ... simply, shall we say .... "not interested " :-P:-P:-P


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[Discovery]

Originally Posted by remicks

Why can't she catch no man hangin' out at the discotheque ? ?:roll:;)


Here are some possibilities :

A) Besides her day job at the beauty parlor ...she is also on call to sub perform for either ill -feeling Weather Girl .
B) Is known for hanging out at the DJ booth and repeatedly requesting Roberta Kelly's ZODIACS .
C) Always wears a T-Shirt saying " PETER FRAMPTON ROCKS " .
D) Can translate into seven languages every Donna Summer moan in LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY .
E) Is so club cra-zy even Grace Jones is afraid of her.

F) ... Or perhaps this is what the song is alluding to .....perhaps ... just perhaps ....being as it is a disco .... its because the particular guys hanging out there ..... are ... simply, shall we say .... "not interested " :-P:-P:-P

A. Possible, but some people are into that.
B. LOL Poor Roberta!
C. We'll forgive her because we're more interested in what's underneath.
D. No, this would be a plus!
E. This could be a plus too.
F. And the winner is F - Most likely from this list.

More opinions welcome!

[Noman]

It's obvius!
She is bound to a wheelchair, No legs!

[Svend]

Ha ha ha, Remicks--I loved your multiple choice list! :lol: I always figured she was trying to say that she was too shy to get up and dance, but she was still a hot number.

[markydefad]

remicks--she won't dance--don't ask her...but she'll go home wit ya and do the freaky freaky --THE HORIZONTAL BOP, I guess--just don't ask her to DANCE. She has her limits....OKAY???? :p

[Videoskooter]

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Is she a transsexual??????? Well is she :o
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[needlefingers]

It's not that she won't dance.....she can't dance.

Look at the lyric again:

But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me

The boogie does not believe in her. How sad. Sort of like Elaine on Seinfeld.

Poor things. I've seen many of them roaming the parking lot after the club closed.

[Noman]

Originally Posted by needlefingers

It's not that she won't dance.....she can't dance.

For whatever reason she can't dance, now we are two who comes to that conclusion. :icon_neutral:

[Soulpreacher]

Got to be F. As Betty Wright & Anne Nesby had the same problem in 78 & 02!:p

[KoolChris]

Evidence:
She's at the disco. She likes the music. She likes the guys and wants to get picked up. She can't dance. She's desperate to get banged savagely.

Possible conclusions:
a. She's butt-ugly
b. She's pathologically shy
c. She's a jailbird, and was never out long enough before to learn to dance
d. She has "2 left feet"
e. She's drop-dead gorgeous, but she picks her nose and eats her buggers in public
f. She's a little retarded, and doesn't realize the fancy men around her holding hands and kissing, wearing tank tops, leather caps and shorts that hardly cover their butt, are not just acting real friendly, and will never invite her to dance, especially after having seen her perform e.

My conclusion:
First, she's b. on account of her having d. But that doesn't really matter anyhow since she's also f.

[remicks]

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:lol::lol::lol::lol:

These are all great reponses from you all !! :lol:



The song has rather odd lyrics though doesn't it ?
Not really about having a good time in a club ..... as one would expect ..
" never mind all this dancing stuff ..... anybody wanna blow this place and really "party" ?? " :p


The idea shocked me at first ... :-o ....but the scenario that best explains it .... I now think is Noman's !!

Well, I got my way of groovin'
Sittin' down right in my seat
I get soul satisfaction
Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet

This is about someone who for some reason is unable to get on the dancefloor ....

Wouldn't that make this one of the most bizarre disco songs of all time ..... sung from the viewpoint of someone confined to a wheelchair ... .

I can't catch no thrill ..... I believe in the boogie ... oh...but the boogie... ... don't believe in me ....:cry::sad:


Thanks Noman ..... now you've made this wildly frantic song sort of creepy and disturbing !!!

Soulpreacher : Got to be F. As Betty Wright & Anne Nesby had the same problem in 78 & 02! :-P

That might explain it for the three of of them .......but then what about Sylvester in '85 ??? :-P

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[Noman]

I get the same disturbed feeling from another great song
Addrisi brothers - Ghost dancer

But it's not as subtle


"Who is this stranger
Who comes here every night
It's such a spooky sight
He always dances alone

When he dances
People move aside
They stand there hypnotized
He's got a haunting dance of soul

I've heard it said
Once upon a time
He had a lover
And they showed that love
By dancing with each other

Everywhere he danced
The crowd would roar
And yelled for more

Oh, but then
Something happened and
She never danced again
And they say he stayed
Beside her to the end

With her dying breath
She whispered she'd be
With him on the floor
He to the rhythm and
They danced once more

Who is this ghost dancer
You can feel it in the music
Ghost dancer
She shivers in the night
Ghost dancer
Dancing to the music in the night

This lonely stranger
Acts like he's in a spell
Waits til the stroke of twelve
The starts to dance with
The shadows of night

When he starts spinning
Under the mirrored ball
The beams of light that fall
Reveal the man has
Tears in his eyes

And when he moves
You get the strangest feeling
Someone else is there

The way he wraps his arms
Around thin air
Dancing cheek to cheek
And face to face
With empty space

I could swear
As the strobe lights start to flash
There's someone there
Through the haze of
Cigarette smoke in the air

You can see her ghostly image
In the mirror of the floor
She reaches up to touch him
And they dance once more"

[remicks]

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That is depressing !
Is a person supposed to want to dance to that ????

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[Discovery]

She gave up too early and wrote of her troubles after only 1 night. She may need to work the club for a couple of nights to find her man, especially if she can't/won't dance.

[ol'skinflint]

Originally Posted by Svend

Ha ha ha, Remicks--I loved your multiple choice list! :lol: I always figured she was trying to say that she was too shy to get up and dance, but she was still a hot number.

I agree with Svend. And if I can brag for a moment, I met Belita Woods, who wrote the lyrics and sang lead (She was signing autographs in a record store promoting a George Clinton record she sang on). I mentioned Brainstorm and she seemed honestly surprised that I remembered. She was stylishly dressed and I'll be she would have much of a problem catching "a man hanging out in a discotheque." And what a thrilling rush of a song. I still play it often.