Sheila E "Glamorous Life" Classic or Dud

Also, I assume in some universe Prince wanted Candy Dulfer to be the next Sheila E, right? I guess that didn't work.

Does anyone else like this lady's first two albums like I do?

I agree "A Love Bizarre" needs a chorus, though.

Album or single?
Single = Classic
Album = undecided

-- Jedmond (Jedmond), Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:25 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

Heheh. :)

Am I missing something?

No, I was agreeing with you!

Wasn't sure which way the quoting of me was going. Had just woken up.

Peak Sheila E. moment (albeit Prince dominated) = The live performance of "A Love Bizarre" from the Birthday Parade video - will always put a idiot grin on my face.

And where is the love for "Toy Box" from In Romance 1600?

A live performance of A Love Bizarre from the Birthday Parade video! I'll have to seek that out. I was so disgusted by what I saw of her performance in that Krush Groove movie. What the hell was she doing a rap song for?

Does "Love Bizarre" even have much of a tune?? I always thought "The Glamorous Life" and "Belle of St. Mark" totally blew it out of the water, but maybe I'll go back and listen to it someday. (Then again, maybe it's just overrated by people who overrate Prince, after, like, 1982. In my head it sounds like a fair-to-middling Prince song.)

There's really nothing too exceptional about A Love Bizarre. The song simply goes nowhere. It's pleasant enough, but goes nowhere. She's got so many other good songs from the first two albums that it doesn't matter.

I still say Prince was far less involved in what she did than the general consensus seems to be. Pure sexism, I say. Read the fucking liner notes. Tendency is to attribute nothing to her and that pisses me off.

And yes I know Prince gets a writing credit on A Love Bizarre. Big deal.

It's not "consensus" -- it's fact. He wrote or co-wrote most of those songs. I was disappointed when I found out!

On her first two albums you mean? What about her third? And where is this information coming from? Why was she given writing credits and not him?

I'm not being accusatory or necessarily doubting you Alfred, I'm just trying to get more information. Her website doesn't seem to mention it...a Prince forum I found seems to assume he wrote one song...

Alex Hahn's Possessed: The Rise & Fall of Prince confirms his authorship of the first two Sheila E and most of the first three Time albums, and all of the Vanity 6 thing.

1st side of this album is perfect

"next time wipe the lipstick off your collar" is in need of more love.

Queuing this up now.

why is there not more discussion of the Romance 1600 LP on ILM

I mean besides Love Bizarre which I am jamming now

interesting to think about this record in the context of "year after Purple Rain"

RIP Bimble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLO0GpCaeg

this song is so much fun. so is the video.

I posted this on the Prince nominations thread but it's so good I'm posting it here too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efkS7NUFPDI

fluorescent drumsticks!!!

http://windimoto.com/scorpeze-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/solotwo.jpg

http://lh4.google.com/MyJazzWorld/RqoR3LdJ-eI/AAAAAAAAAUg/Fk3aDN4XA48/s288/PeteSheilaEscovedo_HappyTog.jpg

Anyone heard either of these?

no but i want to immediately

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/sheila-e-confirms-engagement-prince-new-memoir-article-1.1914774

all sheila e enthusiasts should listen to the sheila e episode of this podcast http://www.thetrapset.net/sheila-e-solo-artist-prince-e-family/
(you should also read her book but this is a much shorter route)
she talks about everything and she is a legend and i love her

Cool! I've listened to a couple eps of that podcast and Joe Wong is a drip, but Sheila E is worth diving back in.

his line of questioning was really lame in the beginning (and periodically afterwards, i've listened to every episode i think) and i was worried about this episode but it's way way way better and he actually talks about drumming
her description of how her dad's west coast style is different from trad latin drumming was really interesting and her description of a day in the life hanging out with My Friend Prince warmed my heart. i really enjoyed it. she has been through it all and is an inspiration.

well he asks her about it, he doesn't talk much at all, thank goodness

happy 60th birthday sheila e!

if you have never heard this 9 min version of "The Glamorous Life" with added saxophone content and want to feel ok about life for 9 minutes, listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Pyg-hBz7s&feature=youtu.be

i could do with a spin of this album today

<3 sheila

photos where the person smiling makes you smile:

https://i.imgur.com/HslzS7G.png