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Name: cameosis Home Page: yeah Member Since: Feb 20, 2001 Rank: 4651 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.14, 989 votes)   last 10 days: Correct (4.07, 43 votes) Rated 2187 releases, average: 3.99 Location: station identification Profile: high primary communication tools: deutsch, english, español, français, hrvatski, 日本語, српски some extra blah blah blah blah: shqip, 中文 homebase: frankfurt am main (germany) and split (croatia)

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Cameo - Word Up! - 09-Nov-09 10:25 PM
This song epitomizes sleek, no-nonsense 1980s funk with an electro edge.

The rhythm section, the sparse but sharp horn riffs, the synthesizers and electric guitars together with Larry Blackmon’s flamboyant and over-the-top lead vocals helped produce a timeless masterpiece that never fails to move the crowd. A seminal song in their œuvre, the eponymous track from the album »Word Up!« shows Cameo at their peak and in their finest hour.

Flawless production and a likewise performance rank this cut among the greatest funk tracks ever, as dozens of cover versions continue to prove, ranging from marching bands to honky-tonk to jazz-funk to rock and then some.

If the overused label »essential« ever fit, it would have to be here.

Word. Up.

Ricardo De Tornato - You Don’t Have To - 17-Apr-06 07:29 PM
I accidentally played this record at 33⅓ rpm instead of at 45 rpm, but thanks to that mistake it turned out to be an incredibly heavy electrofunk monster—the beat is steady and merciless, the riff grinds forward and pushes on throughout the track. Highly recommendable.