This song is great and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
>>131311992Pure synth-funk kino.
>>131311992has anyone really asked you to pretend it wasn't?
>>131311992The backstreet is kino. Rick James was trying to build a black Hollywood by having black entertainers hang out together. Murphy was at his house one day and announced, "I will now sing every Rick James song," and sang a rudimentary version of this. Because every Rick James song is about whoring. Unbeknownst to him, Rick re order it and developed it, proving it actually was a solid dance pop song. Eddie agreed to do it for real and it became a hit. Because people like songs about whores.
So Happy [Columbia, 1989]The failure of this wicked Prince rip to scale the charts reminds us once again how difficult it is for defiant outsiders to fracture pop stereotypes. Murphy will never be El DeBarge, but he's perfect for cartoon funk, and over the years his wheedling croon has gotten serious. Maybe the problem is that his sexual urges still don't emanate from very deep inside. Often, in fact, they're inspired by his bathroom reading--he's big on locations, spends an entire song convincing her to do it in a chair. Inspirational Dialogue: She: "Are you close?" He: "If I get any closer I be behind you." B+
>>131312023nice headcanon.truth is Eddie always wanted to be a singer. nobody had to convince him to do this, he leveraged his star power and friendship with Rick to get it made.
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIME
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIME
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIIME
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIME
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIME
>>131312183Christgau can suck my shit
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIME
>>131311992>PARTY ALL THE TIME>PARTY ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIIME
>>131311992hell yeah I love this song
>>131311992He can’t sing
>>131311992Based Rick James appreciator
>>131312848He didn't need to, Rick James' vocals and production carry it
>>131312848Yeah, nobody would mistake Murphy for a good vocalist, but it's serviceable enough for the song. Mostly it's what >>131312959 said
>>131311992This was Rick James' last hurrah since his albums started flopping after Cold Blooded
>>131313675by the late 80s he was reduced to having Roxanne Shantae cameos to stay relevant
>>131311992It really is 10/10 synth-funk goodness, people dunk on it only because it's fucking Eddie Murphy le funny guy that makes movies with fat suits and fart jokes.Kinda like how people dunk on Seona Dancing only because the vocalist became ultra famous as le epic fat atheism man decades later, but the music itself is 10/10 New Romantic goodness.
>>131312009this, get a grip
>>131311992Why were homosexual fetishists dictating the fashion in the 80s again?It's like if right now we had pop stars walking around in latex gear and pup hoods. Although I think it was Katy Perry who actually had a bunch of dancers in pup hoods on stage. Or was it Miley Cyrus.
>>131312009it often gets lumped in with a specific category of purportedly irredeemable 80s dreck, alongside we are the world, invisible touch, sailing, we built this city, etc. it's one of those songs that "serious" music people love to hate.
>>131311992It’s always been good. Check out the extended version on YouTube. Super kino.
I miss 80's blacks...
>>131311992Eddie Murphy was from that black generation that never got into hip hop and thought it was a fad. If he were born a few years later he'd be rapping.
>>131315068geg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8wQYK1tJUc
>>131315988he was born in '61. yet actually most of the early rappers were from his generation.
>>131318016>he was born in '61yeah so he was a teenager during the era when P-Funk and those dudes were at their peak. hip-hop didn't really become a thing until the late 80s.
>>131311992I've never met anyone who doesn't enjoy this song. Eddie Murphy is like top 10 talented black dude of all time.
BASED
How did anyone ever believe Eddie Murphy was straight?
>>131311992he and Joe Piscopo made a vow to never use drugs after seeing what they did to fellow SNL cast members
