Reply With QuoteI think they are a great band. My three favourites are "High Hopes" "Groovin" and "Tell me if you still care"
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I'm finding them quite a good listen right now 8)
they are like the missing like between the Beuatiful 70's and the dreadful commercialism of the 80's...
Maybe this will make my transission and acceptance of 80's music finally start.
Let me know your opinion of them
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I think they are a great band. My three favourites are "High Hopes" "Groovin" and "Tell me if you still care"
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Underground Hit [Level 5]
Cool....
care to share some bands you find to be in similar style with SOS Band...
Indie Release [Level 4]
How about Change, I think they sound kinda similar. Tracks like "change of heart" "you are my melody" and "warm"
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Indie Release [Level 4]
I find that they vary between great and utterly boring (depends on the song). Slow and mid-tempo aren't my thing.
My favorite songs by them include "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and "No Lies" (the 12" remix is superb, I remember the first time I heard it in a club, trying to figure out who had done such a killer Hi-NRG track, LOL). I must admit that "Tell Me If You Still Care" is quite good for a ballad.
Underground Hit [Level 5]
I think
Just Be Good To Me
The Twelve inch is superb
alltough its as far away from my style is one can come the production is just splendid...
Indie Release [Level 4]
Good call Euro, "take your time do it right" is an absolute gem
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Chart Hit [Level 6]
I agree with Discofresh that the better tracks were;
1. High Hopes.
2. Just be good to me.
3. Groovin (that's what we're doing)
4. The Finest.
Any Jam & Lewis productions around 83/84/85 (like Change's album 'Change of Heart') had similar sounds. Cherelle, Alex O'Neal, Cheryl Lynn, 'Encore', Thelma Houston 'You used to hold me so tight' to name 2. Even Human League's 'Human'.
Ahhhh, memories. I luv 'em all!
Indie Release [Level 4]
Yeah it was cool to groove to tracks that had a slower bpm than during the early dance classic years. Either way uptempo or down tempo that sound defined an era.
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Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
They changed their style alot didn't they through the 80s? When they started they were quite disco-ey & by their 3rd LP they had a sorta Solar/Sylvers more RnB/fusion sound & then they got into that Jam & Lewis sound which was so different & fresh back then. They get full marks for moving with the times! :lol:
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Agreed. Yes, SOS was a nice band transitioning the Disco 70s to the "dance music" 80s.Originally Written by Davicillo
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
The guest here is me, paul :DAgreed. Yes, SOS was a nice band transitioning the Disco 70s to the "dance music" 80s.
Find them and destroy them!
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Personally I have always had a problem with the Dance music
but SOS band is helping me get through this transistion which I badly need to do.... :-?
Chart Hit [Level 6]
because Jam and Lewis produced both bands. Back then, most Jam and Lewis productions sounded alike. Did you hear that Jimmy Jam once bought a new car for $95, 000. He paid CASH.
Indie Release [Level 4]
SD I concurr :D
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Gold Record [Level 7]
they recently put out another greatest hits package which FINALLY includes a slow jam from the 3rd LP called.
HAVE IT YOUR WAY
Underground Hit [Level 5]
ok but Change is the group with Luther Vandross right?`
I think they are more like Harold Melvin and the Blue Nodes...
Gold Record [Level 7]
:lol:
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
--- I remember first hearing "Take Your Time" the first time I went to NYC. Seemed like everybody was carrying boomboxes then and that song was blasting from a lot of them... wasn't sure if that scratchy voice was a guy or a girl singing , but it sure sounded good..... very different from anything prior too.... to me very NYC ... became the theme song of that trip because it was everywhere.... I bought it and I believe "In The Forest" and "All Night Thing " from Downstairs Records . :)------ "Just Be Good To Me " is also a fav ......
Indie Release [Level 4]
As mentioned, the Change track 'Warm' is incredibly SOS Band-like, more so than any other song they did. I'm half convinced even now that Mary Davis sang on that track, not Deborah Cooper.
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Altough I liked the Jam/Lewis sessions with Change, I preferred
The Malavasi/Petrus stuff, especially; 'Paradise' and 'The very best in you'.
Oh, not forgetting BB&Q band, High Fashion and The Richie Family's 'I'll do my best (for you baby)!!!
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Take your Time Do it Right is one of my favorites by them!! :-?
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Yea but SOS Band
12inches are so good production
from beginning to end....
Gold Record [Level 7]
I like me some Sound Of Success! :)
they were actually quite consistent musically throughout their entire career, even after Jam/Lewis bailed out.
I even like their 1991 new jack swing "One Of Many Night" set...unfortunately nobody else do :lol:
Underground Hit [Level 5]
So I take it
Change - Warm
is the song to look for then ;)
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