The world just lost one of the greatest voices in the history of Soul music. Teddy Pendergrass was a truly one-of-a-kind talent whose work I grew up hearing on a regular basis thanks to my mother. Hell, Teddy is probably indirectly responsible for me being conceived, along with half of you all out there reading this. The man could YELL the panties off of a woman, without it being creepy or scary. That, my friends, is impressive! I bet if I hollered out “COME HERE WOMAN!” at the top of my lungs to someone, I’d catch some kind of charge.
When I was a kid, my Mom used to play Teddy Pendergrass’ “Joy” cassette to death whenever we got in the car to go somewhere. I remember one trip in particular to Potomac Mills mall where my sister and I told Mom that we were tired of hearing that same tape every single time we went somewhere. Mom asked if we had anything else to listen to in the car, and my cousin Bryan gave her a tape to play. That tape was “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.”
Needless to say, once the curse words started coming out of the speakers, and I got an ass whupping…over BRYAN’S cassette tape! I don’t know if any of them remember that, since I got in so much trouble back then that the punishments start to blend together at this point. Whatever the case, Teddy was the soundtrack to the rest of that trip, and many, many more to come.
Rest in peace, Teddy Pendergrass.
Tweet
I remember that tape! I even remember the exact lyrics that got you in trouble “I went into the bedroom and I almost choked cause the mailmans D*ck was up my wifes throat!” I was too young to hear all that! LOL
Oh and that damn Joy tape! Got played out but deep down I liked it.
There will never be another Teddy P! You got, you got, you got what I neeeed!!!
Oh, by the way, the chic in the ‘Come Go With Me’ song is wack! All indecisive and shit, she knew she was gonna give Teddy P the panties!
@ Wonderlove, don’t act like you never had your “I don’t want him to think I’m a slut” defenses up! Most women need to be made to feel comfortable enough to write off casual sex as something that “just happened” instead of a premeditated plan.
@ Leigh, I like “Joy” now, but it took about a decade of not hearing it for me to like it again, thanks to Mom.
LMAO @ that arse whoopin & the lyrics that got yo arse whooped lmao..
My memories of him were cleaning up on Saturday morning LOL between the calypso music playing my mom would play When Somebody Loves you and proceed to dance with my siblings and I then fuss us out for not finishing the housework!
Teddy came from a time when men were men and you had to have a “rap” to get a woman. Chivalry and courtin werent dead yet, but pimpin was definitely alive and well. Here’s to you Teddy, tell Luther, Donny and Marvin what’s up.
I hadn’t heard about Teddy’s passing. That is so sad! I grew up with him, too. Love this song, but my fave is still “Turn off the lights.”
Caviar Jones I second that emotion, and LMAO @ Leon
@ CaviarJones, I couldn’t have said it any better. Otherwise, I would have in the actual entry!
@ RoarSavage, that’s a great song, too.
@ Phoenix7, glad you liked the story.
Michael Jackson have lived-up to be the best pop artist of the history, i really admire his talent in singing and dancing ,;`