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@RetroReminiscing Жыл бұрын
👍☺
@MarloAlvarez7 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I grew up with her music.
@RetroReminiscing Жыл бұрын
@@MarloAlvarez7 👍brilliant !
@JItalia217 Жыл бұрын
I love how humble she is. May she have everything that’s good happen to her.
@Ladysugarshaft11 ай бұрын
🙏🏾❤️
@miamiman5 Жыл бұрын
I was crazy about Alisha. After I purchased the Alisha album, I couldn’t stop playing Too Turned on. I bought a record player just for that record.
@vincentpadovano78553 жыл бұрын
Blasted her songs while cruising up and down 86th street in Bensonhurst Brooklyn...the best memories....Thank you Alisha
@nsoren22372 жыл бұрын
I discovered Alisha in 1991 when I found the Bounce Back cassette on sale for $1.00 in a remaindered Evrerything's a Dollar store. The proprietor said the cassette had not sold as many as they had hoped and he had bought a bunch of them. I bought it and was AMAZED at the professionalism of it, the incredible phrasing and vocal range (!) of Alisha and the incredible arrangements by Michael Jay. I was especially stunned by her readings of the ballad numbers on the cassette such as You've Really Gotten to Me and I totally love Kiss Me Quick, Wrong Number (crazy lyrics too) and of course the classic Bounce Back. 31 years later I am still playing this and had to buy a cassette player to do so. Alisha, you should have been one of the greatest superstars of your age and Lord only knows why you aren't treated as the brilliant song interpreter you have been by the entire world, but the huge numbers of fans you have writing in this group of comments here should tell you that the quality was totally there. I am now in 2022 a 75 year old university regents professor at U of Arizona and I was never a member of the dance music scene or disco singing but you are one of THE greatest American singers and song interpreters I have ever heard, period. Anybody who listens to the incredible amount of tightness and sheer hard work, the incredible guitar parts and arrangements surrounding your voice knows that Michael Jay saw that quality too and invested a good bit of his soul into that music. And the good news is that the music still exists and will so long as great quality is appreciated. You've really created hours upon hours of enjoyment for me!!
@sergiyivanov46198 ай бұрын
👍😊 Thanks for your comment. Good luck ! 🤞😊
@garygirouard58694 ай бұрын
Meaning she's a beautiful person not me
@davincibarnette5 жыл бұрын
We lived for Alisha. She turned out some burners. We danced ourselves crazy. But we always knew her songs, the hits always sounded like answer songs to songs that had already been hits. She needed better writers & producers. I always wanted so much more for her. I'm glad she's happy. ..and Alisha..YOU are definitely a SOMEBODY in my life & memories of growing up with my friends. Thank you.
@scottyjordan30368 ай бұрын
no she just looked like the Karate kids MOM and thats why it didnt work. Song's were good. Only Barbra can get away w that nose.
@notsogood94496 жыл бұрын
Alisha's song "Do You Dream about Me" from the movie "Mannequin" is her best song.
@Lashid4u5 жыл бұрын
Naaah ...that was too crossover..
@bluedasher743 жыл бұрын
I had no idea Alisha sang that song
@notsogood94493 жыл бұрын
@@bluedasher74 A lot of people for some reason don't know that Alisha sang "Do you Dream About Me" in the 80's movie Mannequin and that scene in the movie is a lot people's favorite part of the movie.
@samnigam34513 жыл бұрын
Yup! absolutely right. I like 4 of her songs - Baby Talk, Do you Dream About Me Superstar and Stargazing. Hello from India....
@ayanp3533 жыл бұрын
@@samnigam3451 What about Bounce Back? The full album is on KZfaq.
@TOSHTON6 жыл бұрын
She's Definitely a "Somebody" !!...She's a Milestone to thousands of teens Back then!...A True pioneer to Freestyle Music and an Icon to this genre...
@itsgee2111 ай бұрын
Absolutely! She is fucking somebody! Chicago loves her. So humble.
@rucksackzen3 жыл бұрын
“Too Turned On” remains one of the greatest dance tracks ever recorded.
@sophiamilas62595 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite dance song, ever. ❤
@istvanpraha24 күн бұрын
Agreed. I still blast it in my car in the 2020s!
@poolhouse79013 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1984 and so I didn’t discover Alisha until early 2000s (shoutout to Tommy Boy’s iconiC Perfect Beats compilations, changed my life). Always loved “All Night Passion” the best. I’ve long wished I could have lived in NYC in the early 80s and gone clubbing at Funhouse and Danceteria and I would picture a wild night out on the bodyrock party scene when I listen to this song. Thank you for creating this awesome video and providing a fascinating biography of this seminal electro underground star. And thank you Alisha for the wonderful JAMS!!
@kazior6521 Жыл бұрын
Loved those CD comps. Also born in 1984.
@ExstacyQueen11 ай бұрын
That was where I heard "All Night Passion" too
@sergiyivanov46198 ай бұрын
👍🙂 Ты родился с этими песнями.
@sergiyivanov46198 ай бұрын
@@kazior6521👍🙂 Ты родился с этими песнями.
@irenec76652 жыл бұрын
Madonna says Alisha copied her sound but Alisha was a real NYer unlike Madonna. I saw them both in clubs in the 80s and no one ever booed Alisha out of the club. I was there when Madonna was booed off the stage, for not singing live. When Alisha sang there were long lines to get in. Maybe because she actually sang ..live. If anything Madonna copied the NY street sound and street look. Edit: omg I forgot my friend Freddie danced in The Bounce Back video. He was a Club Mtv dancer at the time.
@nayeresfandiari520 Жыл бұрын
My vote goes to Alisha, no brainer.
@paularose94078 ай бұрын
It was really just one song "Baby Talk" that sounded somewhat a similar style , the rest of her music wasn't like Madonna. I think that sounds like Madonna being competitive.
@FCm-tq2ho8 ай бұрын
cool! where in the city did she grow up?
@michaelc61265 ай бұрын
Love her New Yawk accent! I grew up enjoying their music in the 80's no matter if they sang or sounded similar or not.
@arundelmercure5532 ай бұрын
If anything, the electronic dance bops of All Night Passion precede similar ones in Into the Groove by almost 2 years.
@djmc2sf3 жыл бұрын
This was really great to watch. Thank you filmmakers. Thank you Alisha for all the great music. I was a DJ in the 80s when All Night Passion, Too Turned On, and Baby Talk came out. Those songs alone, made so many club goers very happy,
@jeffrey3225 жыл бұрын
Happy to see this little documentary! As someone who listened to 98.7 Kiss FM, 92 KTU, and BLS--and was a DJ at the time--I really liked these records when they were released! "All Night Passion" and "Too Turned On" were my favorites!
@greggmitchell23924 жыл бұрын
Great mini-doc! Alisha released many great dance tracks in the #80s (All Night Passion, Baby Talk, Too Turned On, etc.) - cool freestyle-electro-club sound!
@jjsquirdlesupastar38754 жыл бұрын
Alisha you definitely are a Somebody! ALL your fans will confirm that! 😍
@djjoecruz6 жыл бұрын
Love Alisha for ever! I played all her hits when she came out and she always packed the floor! She performed in San Jose at a DISCO and I was right up front singing all the words with her and she came noticed that I knew all the words and she came up to me and grabbed my hand for a brief second. I was the only one she approached and I Love her for that. Such a great memory!! Thank you Alisha for all your music!
@mfuji025 жыл бұрын
STUDIO 47?
@returnofthemac81793 жыл бұрын
Too Turned On and All Night Passion are still great dance songs even to this today.
@Mitzi737 жыл бұрын
She had a nice career and has settled into family life beautifully. She did well.
@ronj9933 Жыл бұрын
And she doesn’t look like a lump of plastic trying to hold on to her youth yet she still looks great.
@ejessup17 жыл бұрын
Alisha made some serious classics. You can still fill the floor with All Night Passion and Too Turned On.
@nataliatzen6 жыл бұрын
She could've had a bigger career, if only she didn't sound like Madonna
@djrickmendez2554 жыл бұрын
She sounded nothing like Madonna. You might think this way because they had the same producer Shep Pettibone. He produced Madonna's "In To The Groove", and Alisha's "Baby Talk" which are almost identical in sound. But that's as close as they sound alike.
@jjsquirdlesupastar38754 жыл бұрын
@@nataliatzen noo actually alisha sang her ass off and hit notes that madonna could never reach
@MC_Elie3 жыл бұрын
First time I heard All night passion, I was hooked! We love you Alisha thanks for the music, you and the production team. I play your music all the time here in China.
@seagrey754 жыл бұрын
The 80s... I want to go back
@IFLY78714 жыл бұрын
Alisha appeared at a club I DJ'd at in Seaside Heights, NJ called Changes back in 1986. Of all the singers we ever had there she always drew the biggest crowds. She was so nice as was her father who would be in the booth with me. I like all her songs and use them all, but my favorite is Baby Talk.
@brooklyncarmelena57554 жыл бұрын
Alisha, Thank you for all the great music. I remember hearing All Night Passion and Baby Talk on the radio, 92 WKTU and 90.9 WKRB when I was living in Brooklyn as a kid. I went out right away and bought all the 12 inch singles as they came out, and album. Still have them in my huge collection. I also have the baby Talk 45 rpm in my jukebox. back then in my early teens, I used to go up to Kingsborough Community College on Saturday nights and help at WKRB radio. I used to answer phones and sometimes go on the air with the dj. My first time on the air, the dj had Baby Talk cart tape ready and I introduced it on the air. I was 14 years old and fell in love with the song. I'm still crazy about it today as the dj that I am and always play it as much as possible during a gig or on my pirate radio FM station. Where I live now in Wisconsin, they have no idea of this music and I get phone calls asking who that song is sung by and I tell them. They're blown away that it's from 1985. Great music never dies! Thank you for all the memories.
@TypOPositiv4 жыл бұрын
Love you Alisha! I still have that album tape you sent me 20+ years ago. Thank you for caring about your fans!
@chevycamaro75452 жыл бұрын
Great video.. Alisha.. you are somebody... Chicago still remebers you.. all night passion still bumps 2022.. over here.
@faustodiaz22334 жыл бұрын
I remember her when they play All Night Passion at Club Le Shea in Queens. Wow great to see this interview with her. So many memories.
@ricobranco9627 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Was wondering what she was doing these days, Alisha we still love you.
@joeblow85935 жыл бұрын
Hot 97 New York played most of her hits. Great documentary!
@aimeekrawiec97363 жыл бұрын
I think it was still hot 103 back then. Do ou remember Debbie Gibsons Only in my Dreams would start ,"Hot 103, only in my dreams"? Lol. I woke up wanting to hear Too Turned On while making coffee and found this precious interview. Alicia's voice is stunning. I had her 1st tape with that brass bed! Clubs were all about dancing with all that freestyle back then 💞
@mismissy2 жыл бұрын
Hot 97 would play all the great freestyle back them
@nancymerinsky10906 жыл бұрын
"I'm not cocky" You go girl!
@Anthony-nq4ki4 жыл бұрын
I still have her music on cassette tapes. I love her music. Very nice.
@J1c803 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful personality I'm so glad to see she wasn't ruined by the business she definitely deserves more notoriety she is a freestyle icon .
@marvingonzalez68914 жыл бұрын
Alisha and her producers made some Serious club bangers that still sound as fresh as when they came out
@lurning5 жыл бұрын
I love you Alisha!! Thank you for the memories!
@MsAngelBangel3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad that they did a Documentary on her for real. She deserves to have a Documentary done on her.
@MikeyBagofDonuts6 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this interview.
@hitmangfx71625 жыл бұрын
I paid good money for my CD copy of "Night Walkin" and Bounceback is one of my favorite pop albums. Great artist, very under-the-radar
@metalgrinch6 жыл бұрын
I saw her at a free concert once here on Long Island. It's so funny, she's like SOOOO chill and relaxed, and doesn't come across like a performer at all. Omg those eyes too!! She seems so nice and I wonder how cool it must be for her daughters. Thanks for the fun music!! :)
@bitwize8 жыл бұрын
It's incredible to see these artists, how they've grown and changed since their stars faded.
@yanks1fan092 жыл бұрын
I saw Alisha perform live at a number of clubs here in NY back in the 1980's. The set would consist of one or two songs usually late but she was a great performer. It was for sure a different time in history and she contributed some of the great songs of the decade which put her in the Freestyle Music Category. It's great to see her doing well.
@vesuviusenigma77394 жыл бұрын
People like Alisha didn't realize that they were starting trends and setting musical trends for the future
@billymaldonado95724 жыл бұрын
Im 44 yrs old.I yaed to hear you in all the old Chicago mixesWBMX.I livw all your jams All nite passion,Baby Talk for sure.Love You.
@reallyretro2 жыл бұрын
It’s just amazing to me how underrated this woman is in the world of pop music, it’s criminal actually.
@saltwatercb3 жыл бұрын
So humble, chill and charming. What a wonderful lady. And what terrific songs she has given us, with that impassioned voice. "Too Turned On" is one of the greatest dance songs ever--so slinky and dramatic. It completely captures the frisson of falling for someone and being consumed by lust and longing! It is a classic and sounds as fresh today as it did 35+ years ago. Thank you so much, Alisha, for all the treasures you have given us!
@CinnCity785 жыл бұрын
She's so sweet and humble.
@jayortega80234 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing her on Power 106 fm in L.A. back when I was 11 or 12. I guess it made some type of impression on me because I still remember it fondly. You go girl!
@TheIanant3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching this very much. Alisha's songs played a great part in making my teenage years a wonderful time. I'll never forget her and those monster hits she had. Thanks for posting this video.
@DarthMacchio4 жыл бұрын
Bounce Back was a terrific pop record, all the way through. One of those records you can put on and just let play.
@LUILUU1 Жыл бұрын
Wow great interview i was living in Ft Lauderdale in "85" too turned on was a hit i used to hear that song be played over snd and over. i bought thr cd alisha i still have till this day great song awesome memories!!!
@paulmorrison6886 жыл бұрын
I remember Alisha very well. Boston radio station Kiss 108 and Magic 106 always played her songs. I remember 3 cds from her. The last one I remember was on MCA records Bounce Back. The Bounce Back cd was real good. Some singers really never get their props just like Teena Marie both ladies should have been major stars. Wish you nothing but the best. Alisha. I love all your muaic..
@brianmark30883 жыл бұрын
Great interview. You're so down to earth. I have so much respect. I saw you perform a Jenkinson's in Pt. Pleasant, NJ. You were in your teens then. You sang with recorded music to all your hits from your first album. You were really good.
@Robert_N4 жыл бұрын
Alisha you're definitely a "somebody" . Your songs , All Night Passion, Baby Talk and Too Turned On, would rank in my top 10 songs of all time.
@arundelmercure5536 жыл бұрын
i love Alisha. So many great memories on the dance floor when I was a teen in the 80s. Great music and dance songs that still sound fantastic. Love to her.
@ziomaravelazquez53064 жыл бұрын
Her music brings back so many great memories! I close my eyes and im there! All night passion, and Too turned on were my all time favorites!! This was when the club scene was hot! Her music got me out on the dance floor and singing at the top of my lungs!! Love her!!! 💕💕💕
@TMANN-jo1ps3 жыл бұрын
Zionara Velazquez you look so beautiful.
@TMANN-jo1ps3 жыл бұрын
Ziomara Velazquez did you graduate from high school back in 2006?
@patricktaylor91425 жыл бұрын
She's so humble :))
@christopherwiss3 жыл бұрын
Glad Alisha is still around. Thanks for sharing your story and music. Enjoyed "All Night Passion" music video filmed at NYC's legendary "The Saint" nightclub in East Village, move it girl. Go Alisha from UWS and Hudson Valley.
@BlueSix1003 жыл бұрын
Have always loved 'Dream About Me' from the Mannequin film but only recently realised all of her albums are brilliant! Especially love the entire 'Nightwalkin' album and also love 'Baby Talk'. What a fantastic voice and what a lovely down-to-earth lady she is! A definite somebody - Alisha, you are a STAR!!!
@micai.j89202 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Alisha. I’ve been blasting your music all April and then TODAY realized it was your birthday lol 🥳
@raytheunusual7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see her, hear her story, and see how incredibly humble she is. But she IS a somebody! I am happy I looked her up after watching Mannequin many moons ago, her catalog has a lot of great tracks. I was even lucky enough to find a CD of Bounce Back recently at a record store! Much love to Alisha, and thank you for this fabulous documentary! xo
@chrismathieu50326 жыл бұрын
Always love Stargazing !!!
@Wayneferreiro5 ай бұрын
I am always in love with the song "Stargazing", since i discovered that it was her who sang this when i was a child, i have always loved this song, i was sad that it didn't chart in France.
@miamichi53 жыл бұрын
One of the best 80s high energy dance track of all times. Blessed to be a DJ & mix her tracks all the time. Thank you Alisha for all your smash hits. God bless 🙏!
@summerlaverdure4 жыл бұрын
OMG ALISHA! Bounce Back is one of my favorite songs EVER!!
@JukeboxBalowski4 жыл бұрын
She's still a really attractive woman! I've always been a huge ALISHA fan! ❤️ Great songs and alot of talent!
@lz2k76 жыл бұрын
I wasn't expecting to see my WKTU poster in this documentary ;)
@RocStarr9132 жыл бұрын
Alisha was probably one of the best Madonna clones ever.
@MrZluvu4ever Жыл бұрын
Alisha is beautiful inside & out!!!
@patriciamele28929 ай бұрын
I listened to alisha back in 88, 89. I loved the songs. I just cant imagine her mom and dad being overjoyed listening to her sing those lyrics. I know i didnt sing that in front of my parents. In my firebird, full blast thats another thing 😀 the 80s were still kind of innocent yet!
@jasontribue52326 жыл бұрын
I still play the BOUNCE BACK album on the regular
@dondees_ace5206 жыл бұрын
Remember Backstreets Alisha?? Ft. Lauderdale Florida...I do! You pulled me up to sing with you on stage....GREAT TIMES! PS. I am still singing.... Whoooo, Hooo!
@Guan3202 жыл бұрын
I discovered her for myself 5 hours ago, she has a magical voice
@LisaKoffler3 жыл бұрын
I'm an Alisha fan myself, and I still love her music!
@oceanviews93703 жыл бұрын
Just sold Nightwalkin' on eBay for a pretty darn good amount of money...The buyer just emailed me saying she has been enjoying the CD. I had looked up her music because I was so surprised her album was so valuable. Awesome to hear the story about her rise to stardom. It's rare that an album appreciates it's value!
@Lokazana5 ай бұрын
Great documentary. Baby talk is such a great song, still today. One of a kind.
@swartstudio7 жыл бұрын
Love her music!
@TheValentinesDJandBJ7 жыл бұрын
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! Thank you!
@warrenksanbornjr.66435 жыл бұрын
She’s a dam good singer I remember her when I lived in New York as a teenager
@alcinamon60759 жыл бұрын
Bravo! Another award winning documentary from ZLF. Another feather in your cap, Zac!
@leroyjenkinsss1767 Жыл бұрын
This is a favorite for me. I listen to Nightwalkin' on my daily commute and Alisha's vocals to be that young are amazing. Super talented girl
@blknitenca3 жыл бұрын
This was awesome!! SHe's so humble.
@Lashid4u5 жыл бұрын
Alisha wasn't "pop", even if she had 1 or 2 pop songs, like, from "Mannequin" ...Her music was more Italo-disco, freestyle-dance, and not as mainstream sounding and appealing as a Madonna, or a Tiffany, and her voice, although great sounding for 80s pop, had more potential ..and she had an urban, underground audience, like those of us who listened to old school house music (I'm an 80s, Chicago house-head) ...Madonna's songs were never played in house mixes, but her (Alisha's) songs were
@chuckgraziano39253 жыл бұрын
Love how she is just a regular New yorka now and not all big headed. How cool.
@458MIGUEL4 жыл бұрын
Greatest songs ever!!!! You are a Superstar!!!
@RWernsing2 жыл бұрын
I loved to see you live in 1985/6 ! I have everything you've you done!
@x60hz3 жыл бұрын
Wow. They don't come anymore down to earth! ❤️
@daniellenielsen22065 жыл бұрын
Alisha ,you are somebody ,you are a great singer ,my favorite from you is all night passion, it's a great dance song ,and I use that song at my parties ,and if I'm not mistaken ,that song was used in the dance clubs in the late 80's
@Underhills4 жыл бұрын
I'm not from the Americas but I definitely registered Alisha back in the 80's. Baby Talk was my number one dance track and I went trough all the tracks on the Stargazing tape. I was playing it so much it got destroyed.
@QwikSilva74 күн бұрын
ALISHA! An 80’s icon and freestyle diva! ❤
@jaymanuel33963 жыл бұрын
Love Alisha! Baby Talk, Too Turned On and All Night Passion on a hot summer day in the 80s!!! Love her Brooklyn accent. I’m a Brooklyn boy too.
@LUILUU15 жыл бұрын
I really learned a lot of things that I didn’t know about Alisha. Very interesting and the that she is a humble person.
@ivonepereira88384 жыл бұрын
What an amazing singer👍❤ she got old so beautifuly❤ Love you Alisha ❤
@baldarmstrong65327 жыл бұрын
aLISHA IS A Goddess. thank you so much for such beautiful music. God bless you!
@baldarmstrong65325 жыл бұрын
Alisha and Megaman go hand in hand when you think about it...
@TobyGoTv Жыл бұрын
First ever I went to a club in SF called “city nights” and saw Alisha, was a highlight of my teen! She was so good! I can still remember even now.
@sugar2th1732 жыл бұрын
I went to South Shire at the same time. I knew her sister, so I’m told. But she really seems to have evolved into such a nice, humble woman. God Bless!
@rubendiaz34826 ай бұрын
Omg. I love Alisha's albums. ❤️. I met her when she was on tour in the 80s
@veronicamamiful6 жыл бұрын
I love her music!!! Dance, Dance!
@fuglygumsfugly18715 жыл бұрын
Should have been bigger than Hagdonna.
@christopherramon-reid20005 жыл бұрын
Fugly Gums Fugly I agree! Madonna said in a Rolling Stone interview that she thought they sounded alike.
@herrgolf4 жыл бұрын
Hagdonna haha
@djrickysmith8 жыл бұрын
Nice ... Thanks for this post !! I use to rollerskate to her music way back in the day .. Then in the 90's had a chance to work with her at a event at the club I worked at !!