Ready for the world-Oh Sheila(Montreux 1986)

[akerockstar]

CLASSSSSSSSSIC!

[akerockstar]

back in the 80's i used to visit my dad at work for lunch (w/ my mom)...and there were these two black twins that worked there with jerry curls, and i didn't know their names so i just called them "ready for the world"...lol

[NEILZULU1]

Wicked tune :-)

[binkyaye]

FLINT STAND UPPPPP

[cjs33139]

damnnnn! There is a lot of TCB geri curl in that hair! LOL See if anyone remembers those hairstyling products. ;) You'd have to be over 40 to remember!

[jericho4004]

@cjs33139 Oh yes! And the "Care Free Curl" in the yellow and red bottle. I messed many a pillow sheet. I could not sleep with that plastic bag on my head. lol!

[cjs33139]

@jericho4004 hahaaa. I too messed up pillow covers with Jheri curl activators in the 80s! Oh... and NYC subway seats too. When I'd sit down, I'd lay my head back to rest it and when I would get up to exit the train, once I noticed that my greasy head silhouette was left on the wall, LOOOL. I am blatino, so I have wavy/curly hair and felt the Jheri curl was the only thing that worked for my hair, LOL..yes, those were the days! Awww, the 80s... glycerin and lots of hair grease.

[87BMOC]

They are obviously lip syncing. I sounds just like the recording, you can't hear the guy breathing at all, and the harmony is being played but no one on stage is singing it.

[sixwhip14]

@87BMOC It's too bad that there's no video without them lip syncing.

I haven't found any.

[mslove123ful]

fuck u

[William12F]

I took this song/track and layered it over the orginal. The same, It was a recording

[bonnerbig3]

these niggas waz jammin!!

[LednaT916]

Funny how everybody back then and even now still copy MICHAEL JACKSON the style they sing and dance but sorry there's only one, but this song is tight

[maru2ahu]

ledna,... their moves & song style are bitten off prince & the time !

[dajingo]

he dead they not copying him no more.

[keikojoy]

Wrong! Think of Prince & The Time (Mineapolis Sound...Man!) back then Trust me!

[cllamont]

These guys were copying Prince more than Jackson - better recognize.

[cjs33139]

I agree... their sound was more Prince... even the damn synthesizers were Prince-like! lol there is no Michael J. here.

[pavelpolska]

This was way before michael jackson idiot. Get it right

[87BMOC]

Dude are you serious? This was way after Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was about three albums deep by then.

[Zalevspider]

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records

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Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan . They were founded by Melvin Riley and Gordon Strozier.

They were discovered by WJLB Detroit Radio personality The Electrifying Mojo in 1982. They gained regional fame with their first release "Tonight" in 1983.

Wikipedia for dummies : /

[hungurr]

this is one of the best songs that Prince didn't write.

[kgmckool]

When Shelia E. first heard this song,she though it was Prince, and about her.

[Rocflex]

That's funny. Is it true?

[wardubo]

lip sync

[3fingerguitar]

a blast from the past

[BrittanynMatt101]

Nice i guess But who has a Jheri Curl?? REALLY I MEAN COME ON!!!!!!1

[slowcurl]

Just to claify, the phrase "I want to di a di da li a di a di da li" was common slang meaning "I intend to purchase a reasonably priced fresh supply of plastic caps for my Jheri curl as soon as possible, but in the meantime, I'm praying that the activator doesn't leave permanent stains on this rented jacket."

[trvwatson]

did he just say black and dance charts, OMG

[blackwaxjh]

Yes he did. Billboard's R&B singles chart was officially called the Hot Black Singles Chart from the beginning of the 80's until 1986, when it was changed back to R&B.

[trvwatson]

Shocking---i don't know if its rude to have something called a black charts, or if back in those days we were less politically correct, and no one took offense, it just seems we now live in a world that you have to watch and monitor EVERYTHING you say in order to not upset someone.

[HOOPCITYDETECTIVE]

Yup because that's what they called it back then & that lasted into the 90's. Now instead the call it the "R&B" charts lol!

[trvwatson]

I can sort of remember it being called a black charts--- i know a great station that plays Chinese music, its called the yellow man charts, is there a difference with saying that ,but that sounds so offensive, i guess it all goes back to the you can say that about them but not this about them.

[SixtyThreeStrat]

Still got my original vinyl copy of this album in perfect shape and never gettin' rid of it!!!!

[SixtyThreeStrat]

Frickin Dude is big Pimpin' in those pants.

[izidor]

very nice

[sunsetbalm]

FOKING RADD

[NEXTLOVER]

LOL, seems like the cameraman was told not to show Melvin's hips when they hit "that" part of the song (yeah, you know what I'm talkin 'bout)

[ATLNice]

u r so right i cant believe it damn

[dirty06maggot]

his accent is kinda funny in the beginning of the song

[thealphamale31]

I know this group personally, he doesn't have an accent it was exaggerated for the purpose of the song. They are from Flint, Michigan.

[ICThr3e]

LOL

[kayman842000]

Hey cool vid do u have any RFTW live or tv material?

[ubert299]

No,but i have more performances from Montreux 1986...Simply red,Marilyn Martin,Frankie goes to hollywood,etc....I'm uploadin these vids in the next days....