Why isn't this the only band I ever listen to?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
I got into them just this year, and yeah, pretty nice stuff. I love it when "Golden Time of Day" comes during my commute back home.
― Dominique, Monday, 1 August 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
the best band ever
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
they play jazzfest every year and their set is always against something else i want to see, but i caught them last year and it's hard to describe what a pure thrill it is to see and hear frankie beverly sing. also the entire crowd was sort of caught in this unconscious, trancelike sway.
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
The We are One Tribute X-Perience Band honors Frankie Beverly & Maze
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 August 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oioVplJUMyg
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 August 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
I've never seen him at Jazzfest either, in all my years of attending. They play there so much I always assumed they were NOLA locals.
― this is a salad for the BALSAMIC REVIVAL (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 August 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
Hugely popular in W. DC, hence that tribute cover band I mentioned x-post
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 August 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Maze/Frankie Beverly was always just a name I recognized from record store browsing or from some reading of this or that, but I am listening to them for the FIRST TIME today and it is divine.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, July 12, 2012
This just happened to me the other day. I'm working my way through their albums and they're all brilliant so far. No idea why it's taken me so long to give them a listen.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
Last summer, late in the afternoon/early evening, someone was having a bbq + birthday party on the next street over in my neighborhood and the ideal way to hear "Joy and Pain" is wafting through the evening air knowing it came from a place where people are having a good time.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 11 March 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
That's lovely and makes a lot of sense. I feel really grateful that I've just discovered them at this time of year. I think they're going to be a big part of my soundtrack for spring and summer this year. Joy & Pain is probably my favourite of the albums I've heard so far. The title track is incredible.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Donna Allen did a pretty good version of that in the late 80s which was a top 10 hit in the UK iirc
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:26 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzBoNBxzGI
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 17 March 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
every maze song should be the national anthem
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 May 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
^ fair
― cr.ht (crüt), Monday, 7 May 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
cosign
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 7 May 2018 12:38 (five years ago) link
hell yeah
― you bet, nancy (map), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 04:48 (five years ago) link
i put on "Time Is On My Side" and wish i could immediately have a bbq with 20 old friends i don't have.
― you bet, nancy (map), Tuesday, 8 May 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
He's trending on Twitter and not dead!
Anyway, my jam:
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 December 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
f you don't know who Frankie Beverly is, it's probably because he's 'Blackfamous'
https://twitter.com/i/events/1205847771342704640
― Here I Sit, Buns a FleXor, Givin' Birth to Another... (I M Losted), Saturday, 14 December 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
you guys are all over Beyonce's live cover of Before I Let Go, right? Good just checking
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Sunday, 15 December 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
yeah I thought SOMEONE would have revived the thread last summer
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 December 2019 12:22 (four years ago) link
i don't think her version is live? it's a bonus track on her live album tho. v nice version tho
― dyl, Sunday, 15 December 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
listening to live in new orleans. manna from heaven
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 9 September 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
"Joy and Pain"!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 September 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
"Before I Let Go"!!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
peak of the album format is "live r&b album + new studio tracks at the end," cf. this and rufus stompin' at the savoy
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 9 September 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
brad otm, per usual
"happy feelins" kinda sorta theme music these days.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Friday, 9 September 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
BREAKING NEWS: Several longtime band members of Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, including co-founder Roame, have formed their own group, "The Formerly Of Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly," and will go on tour this summer with @HamiltonAnthony. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/29jX9BB5ot— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) May 8, 2023
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 8 May 2023 15:41 (eleven months ago) link