Ray Parker, Jr. on Diana Ross

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Unscripted: Conversations w/ Christian John Wikane

Жыл бұрын

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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@dddddadadad1796 Жыл бұрын

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!!!!!!!!

@rlawson598 Жыл бұрын

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

@richardrichard9631 Жыл бұрын

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

@Frederick831 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@MsDeb60 Жыл бұрын

THUMBS UP! great interview.

@MundiaKamau 3 ай бұрын

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

@oscarman42 Жыл бұрын

"Up Front" interview!

@anubisjohnson4568 Жыл бұрын

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

@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Жыл бұрын

Diana was a real pro.

@j.paullevonne802 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@RBS_ Жыл бұрын

...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!

@gregory129 Жыл бұрын

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

@sandraatkins2539 11 ай бұрын

Mr. Parker still looks great.

@nycp1969 Жыл бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

@@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.

@djjoeykmusic 4 ай бұрын

Cool, Thank you Great video

@keisha4620 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 😎

@Matell Жыл бұрын

"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 11 ай бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

I wish she would take more time with her vocals

@ericsydney4240 Жыл бұрын

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

@paulettechatman4604 11 ай бұрын

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

@manuelcampuzano558 11 ай бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ernestchacon4928 Жыл бұрын

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

@cravendubose8179 Жыл бұрын

About what what?

@migrain45 Жыл бұрын

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

@ernestchacon4928 Жыл бұрын

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

@wilsondwight7817 Жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️

@Patibens 11 ай бұрын

@@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.