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  • CAN'T FIND GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS ANYMORE, OR A GOOD FRIEND.

  • I don't wanna spoil anybody's moment but sad to say, I heard this song in the car leaving my grandma's funeral. You know those songs that will always remind you of someone? This is one of them. Brings tears to my eyes like right now as I'm typing this. RIP Grandma Virginia and Grandma Eloise

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  • I was in school when this song came out. I my minds eye I always thought he referred to a higher power. Working behind the scenes making things right for us. When we cannot do so :))

  • My fav song by JG :-)

  • I was rockin' this at the gym today! Love this song...great work out music!! 

  • i love this song because it is so true everything he is sayin makes sense i am so tired of fake phony ass people who are holdin a knife just waitin to stab you in the damn back i don't have any friends i do my own thing

  • Freaking amazing Nujak

  • still love this song

  • one of my favs!!!!

    ;)

  • real music!!

  • I loved this song!!!!!

    

  • This cd dropped i lived in longbeach age 33 bought my first ride.1973 Vw super bettle..ha ha..thought i was a playuh. comedy..International lover. coluh did not matter.i was funny..yeah man back in the day in Cali.big ups to my boy Khalfoni Derrick Morgan for Ny dat bruthu ha ha yeah man...the good old days. time flys. i love this CD .real music. Go JG shes to young for you man. Scotty j..chitown to longbeach..

  • That dancer was a fly girl on Living Color too,wonder where she is now.

  • real music!!

  • Johnny Gill brings an Alexander O'Nealesque feel to "Fairweather Friend". It's probably to be expected since they're both baritone singers with a husky soulful tone. More importantly, O'Neal used to be in the band Flyte Time with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (who produced the Gill CD that "Fairweather Friend" appears on).

  • @herkeda stop talking about stuff u dont know. they produced on the cd not ''the cd'' babyface produced this classic along with the other half of the cd and jam and lewis split the other half smh

  • @peponation Learn to read. I never said that Jam & Lewis specifically produced "Fairweather Friend". I said that they produced the CD on which the song appears, which is correct as they were major producers on the CD (along with Babyface). I wasn't discussing Babyface in my comments -- since my focus was on the Alexander O'Neal/Flyte Time influence -- hence why I didn't mention him.

  • this was my jam back in 3rd grade lol! I played the shit out of this cassette!

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  • Johnny Gill =Badass

  • great production by babyface and l.a reid...i think pebbles and babyface sung the backgrnd vocals too

  • @mightymikec7 Pebbles, Babyface, and Karyn White sang the background vocals. I always thought that was so cool. It made me like the song even more.

  • @mightymikec7 yeah babayface karyn white pebbles and gill

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  • Man, Johnny Was the definition of Talent, Soul, & FINE! :-P

  • I agree with you; the music today is garbage and heavily depends on sampling from the days of the good music.

  • I can really cry that these times (90's ) won't come back , damned !!! The best days of my life for sure !

  • January '91. Second grade. Yeahhhhh!!!

  • This was and will always be gd music-this shit now u hear is terrible

  • this song is just beautiful and timeless no matter how many years go by, once you hear this song you get alil pumped up and get that positive vibe going inside your heart, that man is a true singer and not none of these sad song makers of today, this is real music

  • HE SAID HE WON'T BE NO FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS (HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE)! LISTEN TO THE SONG.

  • @melsteelwow THE WATCHED THRONE - AMEN +

  • track!!!

  • this is a classic right here. oh da days when people sung without auto tune. lol

  • THIS SONG IS A CLASSIC!!

  • Who stole the soul?

  • Brian Mcknight is one of a few soul singers left. Rap has so fucked up music.

  • He is such an awesome singer. I wonder why he never get much recognition?

  • Sounds like Dont Be Cruel pt 2

  • @Coolyfett i agree

  • @IRVINGTONTS A lot of Babyface LA Reid music seemed to have the same sound reused in different ways. They really did a lot for New Edition.

  • @Coolyfett ... No they didn't... Babyface and LA Reid didn't do much for NE as group. They didn't produce or write for them as a group, they were still with The Deele when NE was at their height. You can credit Boyz II Men success to LaFace more than NE.

  • @MrPZ Mothafucka I know that!!! Face & Reid did some Bobby & Johnny songs but I include those in the New Edition family, stop taking everything and flipping it. I dont give a rats ass about Boyz to Men...Johnny is apart of New Edition.

  • @Coolyfett Who you calling Muthafucka, Bitch! I suggest you Shut The Fuck up, before I fuck you up and show you a True Muthfucka! Face contributed to 2 of 6 members of NE. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are the ones who did more for the group! I bet you will give a rat ass if I slap shit of out of you dumbass? If you really go calling names we can have a conversation face to face. I suggest you save the name calling to someone else and have a regular reply without calling name cause I aint the one!

  • BTW Lewis and Jam worked on this album too. They also the ones who encourage BBD to make their album. Also produced NE Heartbreak Album and Ralph's Album. Jam and lewis are the ones who transformed their kiddy sound to a mature sound. That's who is had the more influence on New Edition as group than Baby Face. Bobby Brown is more the creation of Baby Face. which is cool because Face and Reid were pivotal in his success. Yes they contributed to New Edition but they are not the main source.

  • @MrPZ Dude you are being an internet gangster on a Johnny Gill video......Ok you silly mothafucka? How do you post gangsta comments on a Johnny Gill video? How we gonna have a convo face to face unless you live in Philly? Dont be upset because you get checked for trying to check. I win.

  • @Coolyfett ... Gangst!? You the Bitch Azz started this shit with calling people muthafuckaz! Distance is not a factor to slap yo Bitch Azz. You didn't win shit. Because my point is Jam and Lewis is pivotal to the NE success than Face. They produced NE Heartbreak and Home Again. They produced most of Ralph's Album, they the ones who encourage BBD, and actually produce more songs for Johnny Gill than Face did. So check that you bitch made muthafucka! Jam & Lewis is the ones who brought NE to age.

  • @MrPZ I already won. You are still talking tough on a JOHNNY GILL Video. Get a life. Final reply.

  • @Coolyfett Shut yo Bitch Made Ass up! You started talking shit first with the muthafucka remark. Take yo cowardly ass somewhere! You tried talking tough first... I'm just replying to your BS. Drink Anti-Freeze and Kill Yo Self, Bitch!

  • OMG.. Real R&B... he sings from the soul.. deep..love it

  • New Jack till the end

  • Great song you must  dance when listening to Johnny Gill

  • ITS A GREAT SONG DONT DOGG THE KIDS OUT THERE DOING THERE THING NOW THEY PAY RESPECT TOTHE FOREFATHERS OF SOUL ITS ALL GOOD

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  • The motherfucking truth.

  • the girl in the video was my favorite fly girl from in living color

  • 2 people who disliked this song have no fairweather friends!

  • beautiful song...

    music this good is gone...

  • There was a live version with Stevie Wonder singing back up too...

  • The 2 that disliked this have no clue what music is. It isn't all about fucking and getting your 'paper' up.

  • I thought this video was super cool when i saw it back when it 1st came out

  • 2 people don't have fairweather friends. They couldn't stand the rain. . . .

  • @backnthedaydawg Um, that doesn't make sense. A fairweather friend is a person who is only around during fair weather. During the hard times, they bail on you. JG is saying he WON'T be a fairweather friend. -_-

  • @backnthedaydawg Two different song refrences in one post. That's skills.

  • @backnthedaydawg lol I feel ya on that one...

  • PEOPLE DONT WANT REAL MUSIC ANYMORE THEY WANT BULLSHIT RAP AND TRASH ASS BIRTHDAY SEX STUPID MOTHER F$#%&*@

  • JG one of the greatest (and most underrated) voices of our times

  • @bossu3konn I agree

  • They don't make men like this anymore, so sad.

  • this dude was soooo underrated as a singer and entertainer. This man has talent to burn. 

  • There are not many great songs and artists like this anymore and Friendships like this song talks about

  • yea seems like everything Babyface touched turned gold

  • WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING MUSIC THATS EVEN CLOSE TO THIS ?

  • @tsharp32 That same question has crossed my mind many times, and I grew up in the 80's!

  • @tsharp32 Because our children have been so desensitized (by music and other forms of media) that they would not appreciate songs of this nature. Believe it or not it's true.

  • good message

  • Another Babyface/La Reid production!!!!

  • magnificently

  • There is nothing like having this kind of frienship! WOW, U n yo man!

  • @PrettyLadytab So true!

  • This is that East Coast New Jack sound!

  • ooooohweeeeee!!!!

  • I always liked this song........

  • Lol!! that chris brown one is funny I Loooooooooooooooooooooooooove This song I can Jam to this all day over and over never get tired of it

  • LOVE IT !!!!!!

  • this is music....good music...there'll never be another era like this.....period....god music has died....giveme classics all da way. : )

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  • this a badd man ..love this music

  • 1 person is a fairweather friend

  • sooo much miss the real R&B soul artists... :( Sadness. This was it, and it was real. ♥

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

  • Wonderful song...not only can he sing...but he can dance too!!!

  • I had this cassette,lol

  • Beautiful video!!!

  • Chris Brown who?!

  • @fudoshinkadojo YEAH...they be amateurs compared to these guys

  • @fudoshinkadojo ...LOL!!!

  • @fudoshinkadojo nah I love Jonny Gill but could never mess with Chris Breezy!

  • @nicjoy80 You actually compared the two? Chris can't even touch Usher and Johnny's voice blows both away. When CB can learn to catch his breath on stage while performing then mention him.

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  • THIS was Soul and R&B - Please Bring It Back!

  • @EFunkRock YES! Ah, how I miss those days...

  • @Rudie29 Same here, Rudie. One thing we can honestly say is that lived through that era and wouldn't trade it for anything (except for a continuation of that era).

  • @EFunkRock me either. even though I was a kid...six at the time...i remember it clearly. it was just great and everything was a the height of creativity for R&B...I felt like people were more comfortable with taking risks musically.

  • @Rudie29 True, plus those risks these artists took back then resulted in work that will always last and sounds better than the crap considered music today.

  • @EFunkRock Exactly! There are literally a handful of songs that I will remember from this past decade because the state of music right now is beyond tragic.

  • @EFunkRock New Jack Swing, right?

  • @GLPlayaz666 All three!

  • man bring back memories moms use to get drunk and sing all in my face lol one of my favorite singer of all time

  • @lilkeysweet AWWW! She was givin you a message lol! All mothers have a song for their kids...I do my son the same way-he's 11 he just smiles like"ok ma"  I love this song, Johnny was so suave in this one.

  • This is from back in the day when R & B had soul.

  • REAL SOUL AND RNB NOT THAT KIDDY IMMATURE MUSIC OF THIS GENERATION, IF IT WASN'T FOR ANTHONY HAMILTON,ERYKAH BADU,ETC...WE WOULD BE LOST

  • wow this channel is so old school...i like it

  • i wouldnt be able to sleep either with johnny screamin all over my head like that

  • @blackface29 lmao i know right?

  • i love this song and the video.this video is 1 of his better videos,better than say

    his video for im still waiting.but his voice it just melts you,johnny is so sexy

    just oozes handsome&gorgeousness.

  • johnny we need some more great music from you always been a great fan of yours thanks

  • i loooooooooooove this song☺

  • BABYFACE COULD DO NO WRONG BACK THEN............

  • @cellmate1 SO TRUE!!!!

  • @cellmate1 So true! Him, L.A. Reid & Teddy Riley had such a staggering amount of R&B hits during the mid-80's-90's...not counting 'Face's solo cuts or Teddy's work w/Guy, either.

  • @DynamiteScottie What about Flight time??

  • hah.... 90's... johnny gill, the most under rated R&B singer ever... blk folks says he is too 'vanilla' or 'cheesy' which i just don't get understand...

  • @ll0llll0ll

    i dont know what "black folks" you be around. im black i grew up on johnny all the "black folks" i know lovethem some johnny.

  • This was a tape(back in the day) that you could listen to from beginning to end. I believe he could have had a single for every song. Still one of my favorite songs, and I prefer the album version to the remix.

  • So much better than the original album version.

  • One of the last "younger" generation male R&B singers who didn't whine while singing.

  • wow , men actually used to wear a suit and tie in videos. Very classy. Now no one has on clothes ...

  • @mjob6 so sad but true

  • Classic by By Johnny (Gill- T) Pleasure

    I'm a fair weather fanIll Be there only if you win!!! Even through stormy weather! I'll use you as an umbrella!!

    I'm a fair weather fan!!! Right now you are the man!! But if you don't return my emails... I'll never buy your records agaaaaain woohooo!! (Repeat)

  • I always liked Johnny Gill.I remember him singing with Stacy Lattisaw back in the early 80's.I used to play this whole album to death on my WALKMAN.The ones that played the tapes.Does anyone remember those?

  • what a great song

  • great ¡¡¡¡

  • This is my favorite JGill song! Love it!

  • Me too!!! :)

  • OMG after a few drinks I could sing the hell outta this song. This was a great album. I need to get the CD. I still have the cassette. Where has the time gone. My,my,my.........no pun intended.

  • A "fairweather friend" is someone who disappears when times get tough. JG says, "I'll be there 'til the end/Even through stormy weather/Time and time again." The lyrics don't match the title of the song. Fail.

  • You missed It. he says "I won't be no fairweather friend I'll be there till the end" He's not saying he's a "fairweather friend" You missed that one word "NO" it's funny how our laugauge can miss one word and change everything around. lol Gotta love English. lol.

  • Actually he says "I won't be no fairweather friend." Technically, it's a double negative but the idea, creatively speaking, is correct.

  • Thank you vhwash and jonzun84. That makes sense. I can now enjoy this song with a clear conscience.

  • I was 11 when this came out and I asked my parents if I could have my hair like Johnny Gill!!!

  • She was a fly girl on living color wasn't she?... the lead girl...

  • She sure was. Gorgeous girl.

  • Lisa Todd is amazing in this video. Does anyone else know what videos she starred in?

  • sigh, california beach 1988, days of police academy movies, seriously cool summers, hot skater babes. sht sht sht wat happened man

  • BET with Donnie Simpson and Sharie Carter in the 80's

    was the bomb. Johnny Gill can still SANG HIS ASS OFF!!.

  • This is my favorite by Johnny Gill...music is not like this anymore!

  • does anyone have a copy of the bet interview he did with donnie simpson. i used to have it on vhs, but it's lost. this song was on it.

  • this really brings back memories!

  • This bad boy right here is the shit! I was very privileged to have been brought up with his music. Also check out my my my, another classic. Damn songs nearly bring me to tears remembering the past. Dropping a splash of old english on the pavement for all our loved ones. Sip one for the dead homies!

  • oh my god! I love this song! I didn't know a video was avail. thanks for posting it! He is so fine!I wore out 2 cassette tapes!

  • Ah, cassette tapes..that takes me back !

  • he uses his lips alot when he sings...but i still love the song

  • I luv this song!Johnny Gill you go boy! That spin outside was owesome Bravo! The Girl in the Glass and the Girl at the End of the Video are Excellent Dancers!Bravo! Job well Done! In the clubs i use to do the Curnel Abrams Shoulder dance,Johnny does it too! Ms.106&Park!

  • They are the same dancer, Lisa Marie Todd xx

  • How could I miss such a good era of music...its so sad, all the good R&B days.

  • Its very good to hear from a lot of people on you-tube , that the rnb music from the 80´s till mid 90´s was so different compared to the commercialized music that they play nowadays. it was music with feeling, where the music came first and the video later.

  • this /IS\ special

  • This brings me back to the 8th grade....1990.

  • This tape brought me through my drive/move from L-Vegas to the ATL. The lyrics, tunes, beats! I became a fanfolife of NE when JG joined. Smooth, smooth, damb, so smooth....

    Oh ya, I made it through some real stormy weather - now mostly SUNSHINE!!

    fanfolife,,

  • nah mang this is my all time favorite Gill song

  • that is my joint from Johnny Gill!!!

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