Stanley Clarke ... CHEESY SHOCKER!

[Fionn]

Jesus wept ... is this the low ebb in Stanley Clarke's tour de fromage? The album East River Drive, which this song is from, has some cheesy moments (a couple of great ones too), but this takes the cracker. It's not even from the 80's. Argh! ...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urnBrmVuKjY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urnBrmVuKjY[/url]

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Maybe this should be in the fun video thread

[Fionn]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1377029370' post='2182536']
Maybe this should be in the fun video thread
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Haha! nah, this guy is way too serious about the romance .... baulk!

[SimonEdward]

Oops! .. yes, the vid is a shocker.. but I actually like this track?! The music is probably quite typical of the time (1993)..

[4000]

I'm a big Stan fan and I never liked that album.

[molan]

Oh no - I really like this song. Stan the man and Howard Hewitt always sound great together for me

Never seen the video before though - and would be quite happy never to see it again

[Ziphoblat]

Yikes. One of those things I think I only need to be exposed to once in my life... perhaps once was too much, even. And I like some of his stuff.

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 19, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[spongebob]

When I post recently about Stanley, and where to start with this records, nobody seemed to mention beginning with this....

.....can't think why!

[molan]

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When I post recently about Stanley, and where to start with this records, nobody seemed to mention beginning with this....

.....can't think why!
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I did, lol:

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1375051190' post='2156259']
That's the great thing about music - we all like different stuff

For me this is one of his greatest ever songs & there's sod all flashy bass playing on it:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT7ZM6HLfig[/media]
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[dlloyd]

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1377028962' post='2182520']
Jesus wept ... is this the low ebb in Stanley Clarke's tour de fromage? The album East River Drive, which this song is from, has some cheesy moments (a couple of great ones too), but this takes the cracker. It's not even from the 80's. Argh! ...

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I bought this album when it was released, knowing nothing about Stanley Clarke other than that he was supposed to be brilliant. I put it on at a friends' house on the way home and got mocked for weeks.

[Fionn]

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1377104136' post='2183427']
I bought this album when it was released, knowing nothing about Stanley Clarke other than that he was supposed to be brilliant. I put it on at a friends' house on the way home and got mocked for weeks.
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It has some amazing moments though ... the bass duets with Armand Sabal Lecco. Fantasy love? on the same album as THIS?! ...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNou06n0ft4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNou06n0ft4[/url]

[lonestar]

Some of the clarke/duke project stuff goes well with bread and pickle too but that was the '80s I spose.
Ive been enjoying his Toys of Men album on my iphone on holiday recently.

[molan]

Stan went through a period of featuring at least one 'sloppy' love song on each album for a while. Often featuring Howard Hewett on vocals. I have to own up that I'm a sucker for Howard Hewett and have some of his solo albums.

I used to look forward to each new Stan album to see what he was going to do on the cheese front

Heaven Sent is probably the other best known one from this era.

Here's a little acoustic version - I think the lack of over produced sound helps cut through the cheese a little, lol

N.B. It's not as long as it first appears, there's some random chatting between Stanley, Howard & George Duke at the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVbPlacOLM

[visog]

Agree with the sentiment... love Stanley but he's done some 'grande fromages' in his time.

Here's one from the Clarke/Duke project: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8n5DDTXoo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8n5DDTXoo[/url]

RIP George Duke but this is a bit hokey. I really liked 'Wild Dog' from this album.

There's always 'School Days's to fall back on...