Sue Simmons Cursed Me Out!!! ([info]disco_balla) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-04-17 12:07:00
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Love. Peace. and SOUL.
It’s the end of the line for the Soul Train Music Awards, which have largely been ignored by the African-American stars the event aims to honor. A spokeswoman said the show would not go ahead with its 22nd annual installment this year, but a reason was not specified. At last year’s event in Pasadena, most of the winners did not show up, including such A-listers as Beyonce Knowles, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Gnarls Barkley. The show takes place a few weeks after the Grammys, the music industry’s top awards. Similarly themed ceremonies like the BET Awards have also provided some competition.

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For old time sake, four legends performing the classic ballad "That's What Friends Are For" @ the 1st Soul Train Music Awards [March 23rd, 1987]


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[info]rampant_geekery
2008-04-17 07:57 pm UTC (link)
I hate that song so much.

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[info]luxis_lil
2008-04-17 08:07 pm UTC (link)
WORD.

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[info]laurie_springs
2008-04-17 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Soul Train went off the tracks the minute Shemar Moore started hosting. Ugh. No one can replace the smug coolness that was Don Cornelius

and I <3 that vid. God, the 80s were so terrible. LMFAO @ stevie's hair!!!

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[info]hiphopopotamous
2008-04-17 08:01 pm UTC (link)
nice jeff buckley pic, never seen that one before.

and yeah, there's too many award shows already.

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[info]louboutin_red
2008-04-17 08:03 pm UTC (link)
seriously Shemar Moore as host totally failed

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[info]rescueme_fromme
2008-04-17 08:00 pm UTC (link)
that show is such a joke

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[info]twisted_angel20
2008-04-17 08:01 pm UTC (link)
i think i'm the only person to miss the lady of soul awards

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[info]yourcrowbar
2008-04-17 08:03 pm UTC (link)
i saw don cornelius once sunset blvd driving his car when i was like 12. that was so random.

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[info]pinknblack06
2008-04-17 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Soul Train Line ya'll!

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[info]potatoboat
2008-04-17 08:14 pm UTC (link)
I am reminded of the episode of Fresh Prince when Uncle Phil's parents came into town for his award and he was embarrassed by his upbringing.

Poor Zeke.

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[info]laurie_springs
2008-04-17 08:19 pm UTC (link)
lmao

I loved when the old white people ended up loving his mom's biscuits

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[info]potatoboat
2008-04-17 08:22 pm UTC (link)
they were tearing that okra up

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[info]disco_balla
2008-04-17 08:21 pm UTC (link)
ahahahahah

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[info]stellawuzadiver
2008-04-17 08:26 pm UTC (link)
I saw that one the other day.

*is thrilled her work schedule allows for three back-to-back Fresh Prince episodes every morning*

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[info]kirasayshi
2008-04-17 08:17 pm UTC (link)
That show made me hate Shemar Moore.

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[info]stellawuzadiver
2008-04-17 08:27 pm UTC (link)
I know I'm going to get a point on my Black Card, but I honestly forgot that the Soul Train Awards existed.

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[info]divaty
2008-04-17 08:28 pm UTC (link)
The ghost of Bigge Smalls haunts the Soul Train Awards.

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[info]kirasayshi
2008-04-17 08:29 pm UTC (link)
This comment makes me want to laugh, but I'm in class and holding in the lulz.

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keep smilin, keep shinin
[info]spattergroit
2008-04-17 09:08 pm UTC (link)
black people don't care about the soul train awards

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[info]itsafacade
2008-04-17 09:08 pm UTC (link)
the show is still on, right?
that needs to go too. no one watches & the performers just lip synch horribly.

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[info]g_dilly
2008-04-18 09:11 am UTC (link)
I think it's just "Best of" shows now. It's from way back in the day when Don had a huge fro.

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[info]harborafternoon
2008-04-17 09:16 pm UTC (link)
when i was a wee one, i'd watch the show with my mom every week! it was fun. i caught a glimpse of it once since growing up, and it went straight downhill and into hell. i mean, the people were still wearing the same shit from the early 90s/late 80s! and it was like 2-thousand-something. it was crazy. the dancing was worse.

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[info]vintagerose
2008-04-17 09:17 pm UTC (link)
The design on that graphic is killing me.
"HEY LET'S PUT A BUNCH OF TACKY ASS AFRICAN SHIT ALL OVER OUR AWARDS SHOW LOGO BECAUSE THAT = SOUL AMIRITE."

That shit smells like BET. >: (

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[info]nightcaps_4_all
2008-04-17 10:28 pm UTC (link)
Man the Soul Trains were absolutely awful last year. The worst thing ever.

Man "That's What Friends are For" always makes me so sad.
We sung it a lot at my elementary school. I understood and felt it so much even back then. I was an emotional kid.
also my mom and cousin and aunt sung it like karaoke style at a mall once and got a tape. so it always makes me think of them. :)
Man Stevie Wonder is such a wonderful guy. OH LUTHER! :(
oh whitney come back. you're the best there ever was!

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[info]nightcaps_4_all
2008-04-17 10:30 pm UTC (link)
I meant Soul Train awards. But the show sucks dick now too.

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[info]tyce81
2008-04-17 10:33 pm UTC (link)
RIP Luther. Too bad he was a closet case

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[info]anidee
2008-04-17 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I feel like the staples of my childhood are all dying :(

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[info]shadowman_2
2008-04-18 12:31 am UTC (link)
AWWWWWWW.....oh well. It was expected. The show was doing horrible. BET Awards took over, I think.

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