Temptation not top freestyle song ever!who is it?!

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KENNY GUIDO said:
ok, if we say "let me be the one" can be FREESTYLE, then we also have to include SAFIRE's "thinking of u", TIMMY T'S "one more try", LISA LISA's "all cried out" & EXPOSE's "seasons change" as FREESTYLE.
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i thought One More Try sounded like freestyle, like slow freestyle. to me it still had a freestyle beat
 
Ph@tbreakz said:

I noticed that too along with Taylor Dayne.These artists are not getting their proper place in Freestyle History.You should check out a new magazine call Groove they have and interview with Paul from Info Society.Groove is a freestyle magazine from what I saw.As for Taylor Dayne she had one of the most intense and classic sounding freestyle songs ever "tell it to my heart".That is one fo the first songs that turm me on to freestyle it was in a mix tape along with silent morning and love letters.The good days!!
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Ph@tbreakz, I agree with you 100% with everything. Taylor Dayne, Shannon, Info Soc, etc. are all freestyle. Nice to see someone who knows their sh** 😉
 
Ph@tbreakz, I agree with you 100% with everything. Taylor Dayne, Shannon, Info Soc, etc. are all freestyle. Nice to see someone who knows their sh**


Thanx!
I've lurked around on this website lomg enough to know that coming from you thats a great compliment.Btw you have great freestyle memorabilia!!
 
lilshygyrl said:
i thought One More Try sounded like freestyle, like slow freestyle. to me it still had a freestyle beat
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I lOVED Timmy T's songs like Time after time,what will I do and one more try.One more try actually went top twenty on the r&b charts along with being top ten on the pop charts.In an interview he did with a national show call Open House Party with John Gardibedeon? he mentioned that he wrote all the songs for his ex girlfriend.Hwas asked if she got back with him since the songs were top 40 hits but he said no.Poor guy lol.
 
Coro'sGirl said:
its also like when people consider information society new wave and not freestyle...
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they were "synth-pop". the had a couple of cross over top 40's that fell into the freestyle realm.

i had once went into a INFORMATION SOCIETY site entirely dedicated to the group which is now called "INFO SOC" and you really wouldnt want to know what these die hard fans thought about thier only hit in our freestyle world!
 
Ph@tbreakz, thanks alot 🙂

I believe Info Soc to be freestyle without question. However, like many things, some people have different beliefs. It's all in how you're personally hearing it. Does it or does it not give you the same feel? That's all it is.
 
KENNY GUIDO said:
they were "synth-pop". the had a couple of cross over top 40's that fell into the freestyle realm.

i had once went into a INFORMATION SOCIETY site entirely dedicated to the group which is now called "INFO SOC" and you really wouldnt want to know what these die hard fans thought about thier only hit in our freestyle world!
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I always considered "Running" "What's On Your Mind" & "Walking Away" freestyle. On the other hand... I never thought of Info Soc as a "freestyle act" I consider them a "new wave" act. I'd love to know what their "die hard fans" said tho!!! 🙂

Sietz
 
I just went to one of their fan sites and i am awaiting an answer.

remember, we may like 1 or 2 of thier songs but there are people that eat, sh!t & sleep INFO SOC.

those are the opinions i want and listen to.
 
Kenny, just remember that they are only opinions though. If they are die hard Info Soc fans, chances are they do not want "their" new wave group to be considered anything but that, new wave.

I don't want to push my belief onto anyone, BUT I'd like to state something VERY interesting:

On the back cover of the ORIGINAL Running record, Paul Schwitters (who produced the track), states "DISCO WILL NEVER DIE!"

If that doesn't speak volumes to you, as to what sound he was after, I don't know what to tell you!
 
AnthonyA1971 said:


On the back cover of the ORIGINAL Running record, Paul Schwitters (who produced the track), states "DISCO WILL NEVER DIE!"

If that doesn't speak volumes to you, as to what sound he was after, I don't know what to tell you!
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ok, now your trying to tell us it's "DISCO"?!?!?!:confused

🙂
 
heres one response i got from a INFO SOC fan:

This insoc fan thinks "who cares? they're good."
They defy definition.
You can't label insoc.
(Well, you can, but i couldn't care less).
😀
And I don't mean to sound terse or anything.
(Or do i sound curt? or Kurt?)

Narf!
 
Disco went to Hi-Nrg, then to Freestyle. Remember, Lime and all those early Hi-Nrg groups were called disco back then. The term disco was still ebing used in the early/mid 80's for dance music.

So yeah, DISCO WILL NEVER DIE obviously means he favored the "disco sound".

Look, their songs go perfectly with all other freestyle songs. you can't say it sounds differewnt (other than it sounding a bit more digital/electric). Back then it was considered as the same. You know that. That's why it was in the middle of every straight freestyle mix back then.
 
"Let me be the one" did not hit number 5, it hit number 7 in the fall of 1987 according to Billboard. I know cuz I saved all my magazines from back then. Also, "Point of No Return" and "Come go with me" both hit number 5. "What's on your mind" by Info Society hit number 3. "Naughty Girls" by Samantha Fox hit number 4 in 1988. I know I will get slack for this but Madonna's "Who's that girl" hit number 1 in 1987. I do consider "Let me be the one" down-tempo freestyle but still dance to me. "Catch me I'm Falling" by Pretty Poison hit number 3 in the fall of 1987. 1987 was a good year for Freestyle that is for sure!
 
The record talks for it self !!!

Besides It being a fact that Corina's "Temptation" was the highest charting freestyle single...here's a quote from Joey Gardner's History of freestyle WHICH I BELIEVE IS INCLUDED IN HIS VOL. OF FREETYLE GREATEST BEATS!!

"Corina teamed up with the producer of "Together Forever" - Carlos Berrios - and came up with the highest charting Freestyle record on the Billboard Hot 100 to date. "Temptation" had a sound similar to that of "Together" but it was the songwriting of Frank Reyes that helped the record transcend the scores of Lissette Melendez imitations. After a near death experience, Freestyle seemed headed for a complete recovery".

Are you going to debate this with a man who lived freestyle and knows what he's talking about? ...think not!!

ALSO Franc Reyes who helped write this hit, a very talented
individual, now into directing Movies, recently wrote and
directed the movie EMPIRE in theaters now. Deserves much props!!


Seems like some peeps just wanna re-write history to suit them!!



Peace.....Midistar
 
AnthonyA1971 said:
Look, their songs go perfectly with all other freestyle songs. you can't say it sounds differewnt (other than it sounding a bit more digital/electric). Back then it was considered as the same. You know that. That's why it was in the middle of every straight freestyle mix back then.
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Yes, one song but not ALL OF THEM. Do you know how much stuff they did after that was no where near the sound that we adore? NONE OF IT.
 
Right, but we're talking about what they did in the late 80's. Anway, I think that Running, What's On Your Mind, Walking Away & Think are all freestyle. I know you'll disagree which is fine 🙂
 
Re: The record talks for it self !!!

Midistar said:
Besides It being a fact that Corina's "Temptation" was the highest charting freestyle single...here's a quote from Joey Gardner's History of freestyle WHICH I BELIEVE IS INCLUDED IN HIS VOL. OF FREETYLE GREATEST BEATS!!

"Corina teamed up with the producer of "Together Forever" - Carlos Berrios - and came up with the highest charting Freestyle record on the Billboard Hot 100 to date. "Temptation" had a sound similar to that of "Together" but it was the songwriting of Frank Reyes that helped the record transcend the scores of Lissette Melendez imitations. After a near death experience, Freestyle seemed headed for a complete recovery".

Are you going to debate this with a man who lived freestyle and knows what he's talking about? ...think not!!


As much as I respect Joey Gardner's knowledge on what is call freestyle today,he is not the ultimate source on freestyle music.I think we all can agree that Tony Moran also is a man who is knowledgeable on freestyle.He was one of the pioneers of freestyle music.In an interview he did with Power 96 back in 1988 or so he was asked why he was calling his music Freestyle and not Latin Hip Hop as it was known back then and he responded that he wanted to be inclusive so acts like Taylor Dayne would fit in.So he defintely consider her music at that time to be Freestyle and rightly so.The same could be said of Pretty Poison etc.


ALSO Franc Reyes who helped write this hit, a very talented
individual, now into directing Movies, recently wrote and
directed the movie EMPIRE in theaters now. Deserves much props!!

Franc Reyes is a talented person.But please don't tell me that you think Empire is a movie to be proud of.A movie that glorifies ghetto subculture,were Puerto Ricans and Colombians are depicted as murdering,trashy drug lords.Franc Reyes could have used his talent to bring a more realistic look on Latinos rather than further perpetuate stereotypes.


Seems like some peeps just wanna re-write history to suit them!!

Personally,I have nothing to gain by saying that Shannon or Taylor Dayne's early music id Freestyle.I know freestyle when I hear it and that what their music was even though we didn't have a name for it yet



Peace.....Midistar
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Re: The record talks for it self !!!

Midistar said:
Besides It being a fact that Corina's "Temptation" was the highest charting freestyle single...here's a quote from Joey Gardner's History of freestyle WHICH I BELIEVE IS INCLUDED IN HIS VOL. OF FREETYLE GREATEST BEATS!!

"Corina teamed up with the producer of "Together Forever" - Carlos Berrios - and came up with the highest charting Freestyle record on the Billboard Hot 100 to date. "Temptation" had a sound similar to that of "Together" but it was the songwriting of Frank Reyes that helped the record transcend the scores of Lissette Melendez imitations. After a near death experience, Freestyle seemed headed for a complete recovery".

Are you going to debate this with a man who lived freestyle and knows what he's talking about? ...think not!!


As much as I respect Joey Gardner's knowledge on what is call freestyle today,he is not the ultimate source on freestyle music.I think we all can agree that Tony Moran also is a man who is knowledgeable on freestyle.He was one of the pioneers of freestyle music.In an interview he did with Power 96 back in 1988 or so he was asked why he was calling his music Freestyle and not Latin Hip Hop as it was known back then and he responded that he wanted to be inclusive so acts like Taylor Dayne would fit in.So he defintely consider her music at that time to be Freestyle and rightly so.The same could be said of Pretty Poison etc.


ALSO Franc Reyes who helped write this hit, a very talented
individual, now into directing Movies, recently wrote and
directed the movie EMPIRE in theaters now. Deserves much props!!

Franc Reyes is a talented person.But please don't tell me that you think Empire is a movie to be proud of.A movie that glorifies ghetto subculture,were Puerto Ricans and Colombians are depicted as murdering,trashy drug lords.Franc Reyes could have used his talent to bring a more realistic look on Latinos rather than further perpetuate stereotypes.


Seems like some peeps just wanna re-write history to suit them!!

Personally,I have nothing to gain by saying that Shannon or Taylor Dayne's early music id Freestyle.I know freestyle when I hear it and that what their music was even though we didn't have a name for it yet



Peace.....Midistar
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Disco went to Hi-Nrg, then to Freestyle. Remember, Lime and all those early Hi-Nrg groups were called disco back then. The term disco was still ebing used in the early/mid 80's for dance music.

So yeah, DISCO WILL NEVER DIE obviously means he favored the "disco sound".


Exactly.And disco meant dance music back then.of course Disco is define by Donna Summer,Gloria Gaynor now but originally the music was Disco because it was heard in the "Discotheque".Just like some people call all dance music Club music because it is heard in a Club.The same thing with Disco.It was music that at first was only heard in the Discotheque so they shorten it and call it "Disco music" meaning dance music.
 
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