Solid HarmoniE

[unidan82]

Did Mariama ever have any solos in Solid Harmonie?

ALSO - I'm just on Wikipedia so forgive me if this is made up - Heavenli from the Honeyz helped write Got 2 Have Ya???

Her vocals are on Got 2 Have ya & Give love on Christmas day.
That's it... (other than 2 demos after the 1st album)

Was she even on any of the Honeyz actual recordings?

 

[unidan82]

Got 2 Have Ya is the only solo she has out of all of the solid harmonie songs which is crazy they didn't at least give her a line or two on the single mixes

She had left before they recorded the album - then came back before the first single was released.
I think her mum was ill or something

 

[JMRGBY]

Was she even on any of the Honeyz actual recordings?

She has solos on The Way You Make Me Feel and Definitely Something. She also had a solo line in the LA mix of Won't Take It Lying Down.

 

[unidan82]

She has solos on The Way You Make Me Feel and Definitely Something. She also had a solo line in the LA mix of Won't Take It Lying Down.

I need to re-listen! Thanks

 

[unidan82]

She has solos on The Way You Make Me Feel and Definitely Something. She also had a solo line in the LA mix of Won't Take It Lying Down.

Just listened - did they actually allow Naima to sing a line? I thought she was tone-deaf all this time

 

[unidan82]

They still could've found time re-record vocals for the single mixes slid her at least one solo or two during the bridge or something and Naima led Love Is Strange from their unreleased second album


She's no powerhouse but she's not completely terrible and it was serviceable enough for the type of songs they had. Mariama def had more vocals on Honeyz songs then Solid Harmonie, you can actually hear Mariama's bgv on this mix of In The Streets

Yeah it's weird that they re-recorded and re-mixed 'I wanna love you' and gave Elisa a verse, but nothing at all for Mariama. Oh well

 

[Misty Circles]

I only just realised the Another Level song Summertime was a Honeyz cover

 

[londonrain]

Just noticed that the singles from the first album have all been digitised and are available on streaming, including the radio mixes and all the remixes. Someone has been working hard behind the scenes!

 

[undisco_me]

Yes, that Barbarus Club Mix of I Want You To Want Me is absolutely richter-scale mega.

 

[unidan82]

Yes, that Barbarus Club Mix of I Want You To Want Me is absolutely richter-scale mega.

I'm quite enjoying the Kay Cee Remix! - very Halloweeny!

 

[aquaplex]

The Red 5 mix of I’ll Be There For You doesn’t seem to have any resemblance to the actual track!

 

[MC]

The Red 5 mix of I’ll Be There For You doesn’t seem to have any resemblance to the actual track!

This confused me a lot as a kid, this remix was given away on a CD that came with TV Hits in 1998. It bears no resemblance whatsoever to the radio version, and is totally instrumental. I

 

[undisco_me]

The "I'll Be There for the Paycheck" remix.

 

[aquaplex]

The "I'll Be There for the Paycheck" remix.

The “the record label declined this as our third single so we will pretend this is a remix” remix

 

[Mvnl]

Asked this before I think but I'm still after the elusive 'original version' of I Want You To Want Me (not sure if I ever heard it and if I just don't pick up on the differences?)
Is it the one on this one? (Assume that's why that's on my wantlist)
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2707702450

 

[AcerBenII]

Asked this before I think but I'm still after the elusive 'original version' of I Want You To Want Me (not sure if I ever heard it and if I just don't pick up on the differences?)
Is it the one on this one? (Assume that's why that's on my wantlist)
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2707702450

Do you know that there actually is an earlier version of the song?

 

[Mvnl]

Do you know that there actually is an earlier version of the song?

Well I heard something like that on here I think?
Or that there's a difference between the album version and single mix that I just don't hear?

 

[AcerBenII]

I Want You To Want Me, To Love Once Again, and I Wanna Love You are classic cases of single mixes just making slight tweaks that make a huge difference. I own all the singles just to have them but glad they're streamable now!

@tylerc explain please

 

[Mvnl]

With the last 2 it was definitely (a lot more) clear!

 

[AlmostMidnight]

The album version of I Wanna Love You is miles better than the single mix. Single version lost the punch.