Best From Artist 50 - The Mighty, Mighty Spinners

**paul** · June 9th, 2003, 01:52 AM

Yes, I have the live album :)
These men were my favorite for much of the seventies. In truth though, I never really thought their disco cuts were all that. I always felt Rubberband Man leaned towards being camp. When I saw them perform the song with rubberbands on Merv Griffin's or Mike Douglass' show, that settled it for me :lol: Anyway they did them and therefore they qualify as a topic at this site and in this forum.
I could easily rattle off half a dozen songs but as of 11:41 pm pacific time, 6/8/03, my choice is I'll be around. That song was my original favorite from them.

**efunk_adelic** · June 9th, 2003, 02:22 AM

Originally Written by paul

Yes, I have the live album :)
These men were my favorite for much of the seventies. In truth though, I never really thought their disco cuts were all that. I always felt Rubberband Man leaned towards being camp. When I saw them perform the song with rubberbands on Merv Griffin's or Mike Douglass' show, that settled it for me :lol: Anyway they did them and therefore they qualify as a topic at this site and in this forum.
I could easily rattle off half a dozen songs but as of 11:41 pm pacific time, 6/8/03, my choice is I'll be around. That song was my original favorite from them.

Paul,
I ditto your comment about Rubberband Man... Just a little to cheesy for me. 2 Years in a row.. I saw them at Humphrey's outdoor concert :D they rule!!!!!

I like so many songs from them equally, I'll list those:

It's A Shame
One Of A Kind (Love Affair)
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
I'll Be Around
Love Or Leave (7" mix) Atlantic 3309
Paul, the 7" is a must have.... have you heard it?? :)

**DISCODISK** · June 9th, 2003, 02:23 AM

hi PAUL one 7" that has had serious club plays in the u.k over the last couple of years is "i just want to fall in love" from the love trippin album its quite hard to find on 7 and is selling for $$ a great dancer,also a great disco cut for me is cant shake this feeling fom the album of the same name :P

**NickNack** · June 9th, 2003, 12:20 PM

Damn, I haven't even gotten to Skyy yet :oops: and you've moved on.

Here are my two (yeah, just two :) ):

Ballad: "The Winter of Our Love"
Dance: "I'll Be Around"

No matter what I hear from them, and there's a lot I like, "I'll Be Around" just gets me all the time with that classic Philly backup.

OK, I lied. New category (Because of the upcoming documentary, I think I'll try and list these with Paul's artist picks):

Gallery fave: "Mighty Love"

**Boogie Child** · June 9th, 2003, 02:21 PM

"Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl"
"Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time""

**paul** · June 9th, 2003, 04:50 PM

Originally Written by efunk_adelic

Paul,
I ditto your comment about Rubberband Man... Just a little to cheesy for me. 2 Years in a row.. I saw them at Humphrey's outdoor concert :D they rule!!!!!

I like so many songs from them equally, I'll list those:

It's A Shame
One Of A Kind (Love Affair)
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
I'll Be Around
Love Or Leave (7" mix) Atlantic 3309
Paul, the 7" is a must have.... have you heard it?? :)

I haven't heard the 7" version at least that I would recognize it as such. I do have the "Pick Of The Litter" album with that song. By the way, I had to cheat. I didn't recall "Love Or Leave." I had to check it out at Amazon. Then I saw it was one the albums I have.

**paul** · June 9th, 2003, 04:53 PM

Originally Written by NickNack

Damn, I haven't even gotten to Skyy yet :oops: and you've moved on.

Here are my two (yeah, just two :) ):

Ballad: "The Winter of Our Love"
Dance: "I'll Be Around"

No matter what I hear from them, and there's a lot I like, "I'll Be Around" just gets me all the time with that classic Philly backup.

OK, I lied. New category (Because of the upcoming documentary, I think I'll try and list these with Paul's artist picks):

Gallery fave: "Mighty Love"

Hey Nicky.
Did you like the live version of "Mighty Love" ? I love it.

**NickNack** · June 9th, 2003, 05:02 PM

Originally Written by paul

Hey Nicky.
Did you like the live version of "Mighty Love" ? I love it.

You know, I'm gonna have to play it and get back to ya. It's been years and this isn't the version I normally pull out of my stack.

**HustleBaby** · June 9th, 2003, 11:23 PM

Hi Paul :)

I kind of forgot about The Spinners, so when I saw your thread I decided to listen to them (I had to dust off the cd). Don't get me wrong, its just that some cds get more airplay than others. Anyway my choices are:

1.Mighty Love
2.Ghetto Child

*DISCO DELIGHT*

**Outsider** · June 10th, 2003, 07:46 AM

The Spinners are one of my favorite R&B acts, and here are my favorite songs of theirs:

"It's A Shame"
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"
"I'll Be Around"
"Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl"

:evil:

**K-Bee** · June 11th, 2003, 02:33 AM

I Can't believe nobody mentioned "I'm Coming Home". :-?
Penned by Bell/Creed, it also recieved a very funky workout by bass player Christian Mcbride a few years ago.

Marcio** · June 14th, 2003, 10:00 PM

It is not disco but I like "They Just Can't Stop It The (Games People Play) with a beautiful woman's voice and funny lyrics.

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**efunk_adelic** · June 15th, 2003, 02:28 AM

Sometimes I gather when Paul does his weekly review on artists that you guys have to focus on danceable track from these artists... I don't think that's the case :)
If a song is good, than so be it..

By the way, am I the only one here that likes "Love Or Leave"???? :(