Ray Parker, Jr. on Diana Ross

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  • Опубліковано 7 бер 2023
  • Read more in Christian John Wikane's interview with Ray Parker, Jr. for PopMatters:
    www.popmatters.com/ray-parker...
    Filmed by Sekou Luke Studio. Produced by Sekou Luke Studio [Rebel Media] & Christian John Wikane. Sponsored by Adorama Rentals in Association with City Winery NYC. Music: "Love Or Loneliness" by Diana Ross. Written and produced by Ray Parker, Jr. (For promotional purposes only.)
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  • @MundiaKamau
    @MundiaKamau Місяць тому +1

    Great memoir🙂Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 4th April 2024.

  • @dddddadadad1796
    @dddddadadad1796 Рік тому +13

    I JUST CRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG…….. I have waited SOOOOOO LONG to hear him talk about this song… to hear anyone acknowledge this amazing song!!! And for RPjr to sit and talk about it!!!!!! This is so special!!!!!!!!

  • @richardrichard9631
    @richardrichard9631 Рік тому +11

    Love or loneliness...one of her best recordings after she left motown.

  • @Frederick831
    @Frederick831 Рік тому +11

    RAY PARKER.... ONE OF THE BADDEST TO EVER DO IT-----AND STILL DOIN' IT; LAID BACK, COOL AND HUMBLE. LOVE THIS CATT AND HIS MUSIC!!

  • @dddddadadad1796
    @dddddadadad1796 Рік тому +10

    OMG they started this interview with my FAVORITE DIANA ROSS SONG❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
    And my crush wrote and produced it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sandraatkins2539
    @sandraatkins2539 9 місяців тому +4

    Mr. Parker still looks great.

  • @djjoeykmusic
    @djjoeykmusic 2 місяці тому +1

    Cool,
    Thank you
    Great video

  • @rlawson598
    @rlawson598 Рік тому +14

    I loved this discussion. I always hoped he and Ross would work together again.

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Рік тому +8

    Diana was a real pro.

  • @RBS_
    @RBS_ Рік тому +7

    ...I've stated to ANYONE who would listen, that RAY should've done that WHOLE "Ross '83" Album! ..he was on "The Other Woman" (1982), and was about to release "Woman Out Of Control" (late 1983)...It would've put BOTH of them, ON!

  • @anubisjohnson4568
    @anubisjohnson4568 Рік тому +11

    DIANA.. THAT SLY FOX..SEXY HEARTBREAKER LOL😢😂💘💔MANY A MEN WERE LUCKY TO JUST TALK TO HER.. OR BETTER TO RECORD WITH HER!! 💯

  • @gregory129
    @gregory129 Рік тому +4

    I love the work you did with her. She has always been my favorite singer.

  • @oscarman42
    @oscarman42 Рік тому +9

    "Up Front" interview!

  • @MsDeb60
    @MsDeb60 Рік тому +11

    THUMBS UP! great interview.

  • @j.paullevonne802
    @j.paullevonne802 Рік тому +8

    Awesome!

  • @nycp1969
    @nycp1969 Рік тому +9

    This is really cool. There's not a lot of information about the specifics of this album, which is a fan favorite despite not doing well. Actually, there's relatively little information about the details of the RCA albums in general. We know a lot about Diana's work history with Motown-era producers like HDH, Ashford and Simpson, Michael Masser, Nile Rodgers, et al. It'd be thrilling to get interviews with Barry Gibb, Daryl Hall, Gary Katz and Julio Iglesias. For that matter, it would be a great historical record to get a comprehensive interview with Diana specifically about producing WDFFIL.

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 9 місяців тому

      Many of her albums didn't do well. She could always pack the concert hall though. In the end, that's how many of them end up making most of their money, if they produce the concert shows

    • @nycp1969
      @nycp1969 9 місяців тому

      @@erossinema8797 Of course, record sales and fan base aren't always equal. But back then they did hope to sell a lot of records and it was a bummer if they didn't. They toured to promote records. Today, the concerts are so much more expensive and, usually, elaborate. They release music to promote the tours. I don't think they expect to sell as much music as they once did.

  • @keisha4620
    @keisha4620 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for sharing 😎

  • @paulettechatman4604
    @paulettechatman4604 8 місяців тому

    I meant Diana Ross several times n New York. I love her and I haven't forgotten her advice,especially on men.

  • @Matell
    @Matell 11 місяців тому +3

    "Love Or Loneliness" - performance was like "I'm Still Waiting," my favorite was "Upfront" because it was a dance track, and the bass/guitar. I also like the expanded version.

    • @jojodancer0072
      @jojodancer0072 9 місяців тому

      My favorite was “pieces of ice” & “let’s go up”! I was at that concert that she gave in 1983 live in Central Park, NYC it was crazy bc it was also free, bc of the rain ☔️ they had 2 cancel the 1st night & continued the next day, then that concert drew the criminals to come out to loot & rob people’s personal property etc. Then a day or 2 She made the front pages of the NYC news press. I remember one newspaper had it on their front page “Diana Ross, the night New York City was mugged”. It was crazy & a exciting time to be in NYC back then.

  • @newtansacct4418
    @newtansacct4418 Рік тому +5

    I wish she would take more time with her vocals

    • @ericsydney4240
      @ericsydney4240 Рік тому +5

      I like it when she sings her own background parts. On “now that you’re gone” from the 1980 “diana” album she does. And on the latest “thank you” album there are songs where she does. I’m a big Diana fan and Janet Jackson fan. Janet takes the time to sing her own backgrounds and it sounds so good. Of course when Diana started out she had The Supremes to sing the background lol

  • @manuelcampuzano558
    @manuelcampuzano558 8 місяців тому

    I didn't remember that song, I wonder if there was any trouble with how that song sounds so much like "Ain't Nothing but a Maybe" by Asford and Simpson also on Diana's "Love Hangover" LP

  • @AlkalineInsides
    @AlkalineInsides Рік тому +1

    I did always feel this song could’ve used a few more takes. But I do like this song

  • @ernestchacon4928
    @ernestchacon4928 Рік тому +5

    This just proves on how much Diana Ross really cared about other people, Mary and Florence were right all the time..., WTF ???

    • @cravendubose8179
      @cravendubose8179 Рік тому +2

      About what what?

    • @migrain45
      @migrain45 Рік тому +4

      Proves nothing and they were right about? stop making up stuff...Only Love can Conquer All...🙂

    • @ernestchacon4928
      @ernestchacon4928 Рік тому +1

      @@migrain45 I only read the books her friends at Motown wrote about her, I don't know her personally so WTF ???

    • @wilsondwight7817
      @wilsondwight7817 Рік тому

      🤦‍♂️

    • @Patibens
      @Patibens 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ernestchacon4928 if you don't really know Diana then I assume that you don't know Mary & Florence either, still, you say they were right all the time. I would say Diana was right while Mary and Flo lied all the time and I don't know any of them either so WTF??? And I wouldn't consider the people at Motown who wrote these books her friends. They are more likely people who envy her and are just jealous of her success trying to make a buck on her behalf.