TwistedElegance™ Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I loved it. Still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 hopefully you brought the albums. Yes, i still bought the albums..... they just never get played they can sit on my shelf LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOtherFan Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Call On Me was single handly the worst single/video choice she has done. I remember being so under-impressed by it, upon listening to it. Matter of fact, I was in D.C., moving into Howard University's dormitories for a summer program when the song leaked; and they play'd it every 20 minutes on the radio up there. Today, however, I love it that song. I think it was geared more towards the urban market though; but that video was geared towards, well I don't know who that video was geared too. I always thought that Janet should lead out with an upbeat single, over a slow one. COM was definitely geared to Urban...because pop wouldn't play her at all. It was a smart choice, imo, for that reason alone. If pop and urban would've supported her simultaneously, she would've had a massive hit with COM. It was played nonstop on Urban stations. As for the video, I like it...but I feel she should've simplified it. BET put it in heavy rotation, but I feel it would've been digested better if she had went with a more basic concept/look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 ^^^ One of her worst videos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackboy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 COM was definitely geared to Urban...because pop wouldn't play her at all. It was a smart choice, imo, for that reason alone. If pop and urban would've supported her simultaneously, she would've had a massive hit with COM. It was played nonstop on Urban stations. As for the video, I like it...but I feel she should've simplified it. BET put it in heavy rotation, but I feel it would've been digested better if she had went with a more basic concept/look. How was it a smart choice, if pop wouldn't play her at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOtherFan Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 How was it a smart choice, if pop wouldn't play her at all? Well she couldn't control the fact that pop wouldn't play her...that was a result of the SB. If pop were supporting her AN(DS) would have been MASSIVE! Hell, the Damita Jo era would have been massive... The smart choice was in releasing a single that Urban stations would go wild for, and they did go wild for COM. They were probably hoping that if they got Urban behind them, that would then force the pop stations to play her (and by they I'm referring to Janet, her team, and the urban division of Virgin Records), but Pop radio wouldn't budge. Even when COM was at #1 on the R&B airplay charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 All of you bitching about Discipline just made me want to jam to it again. That was my album when it was out, but I haven't listened to it in awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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