New Edition Rehearsal 1985 -- "Mr. Telephone Man"

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  • Here's a look back at New Edition rehearsing "Mr. Telephone Man" in May 1985. Bobby dedicated the performance to Brooke Payne.
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    Ronnie DeVoe was missing in action for this rehearsal.
    #NewEdition #NE4LIFE #MrTelephoneMan
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    Video source: GBH Archives
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  • @Mama_San
    @Mama_San Год назад +113

    Bobby was killing the vocals for this one.

    • @thetruth72667
      @thetruth72667 7 месяцев назад +11

      Bobby had serious vocal talent when he was younger. It gets overlooked often. Great pitch control

  • @ashleytalks3404
    @ashleytalks3404 6 месяцев назад +56

    Bobby said this the only song he leads let em do his thang😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ZenTeeTV
    @ZenTeeTV Год назад +82

    Sorry, but Bobby had every right. LOL He was holding it down.

  • @aaronsmith328
    @aaronsmith328 2 года назад +2

    You're welcome Lisa!!! :)

  • @sessomsnae142
    @sessomsnae142 9 месяцев назад +1

    💌

  • @terranceharris4686
    @terranceharris4686 2 года назад +270

    Bob even hogging up the show in rehearsal...🤣🤣🤣

    • @terranceharris4686
      @terranceharris4686 2 года назад +37

      @@SILKTEEN46 i was honestly just joking. Bob has always given NE that edge and excited it needed.

    • @robinlight
      @robinlight 2 года назад +5

      @@SILKTEEN46 makes sense to me

    • @smithsterling98
      @smithsterling98 2 года назад +13

      He was doing the Most. Mike qued the band to cut at the end

    • @SILKTEEN46
      @SILKTEEN46 2 года назад +8

      @@smithsterling98 Yes he was. Rickey had to do that another time and it was a whole fight, back stage, during the performance.

    • @DJGary0910
      @DJGary0910 Год назад +3

      Their behind the music episode was intense LMAOOO Bobby was wild for a teenager

  • @ednoroirika
    @ednoroirika Год назад +72

    Bobby won’t be denied Brown 😅😅😅

  • @benjamingainous7339
    @benjamingainous7339 Год назад +132

    Bob was holding his song down like he had the right to! Yep battle at the end shows how things went down. He had ONE song! That's his right to rock it! Great choreography too!

    • @fostermac7170
      @fostermac7170 Год назад +22

      Allow me to piss everybody off here . . . Bobby had the best voice of the original 5. He could emote in mid range and upper range with no deterioration
      of his voice. There is a concert of him in Japan when he broke out as a solo artist. View that and you will be convinced that he needed to leave New Edition to fly.

    • @danielnelson6903
      @danielnelson6903 Год назад +5

      He had jealous girl too and You don’t have to worry. So he song lead on 3 New Edition songs

    • @wiltisdabest
      @wiltisdabest Год назад

      ​@@danielnelson6903he has more than that. but at this time just this and jealous girl for the most part

    • @danielnelson6903
      @danielnelson6903 Год назад

      @@wiltisdabest Name more New Edition songs where Bob song lead then…

    • @wiltisdabest
      @wiltisdabest Год назад

      @@danielnelson6903 Home Again, Try Again, Count Me Out, Hit Ne off. He has lead vocals on all those. He has lead vocals on half of the Home Again.

  • @BonitaHaywood-vz5ou
    @BonitaHaywood-vz5ou 5 месяцев назад +22

    Bobby Brown stood out!Charisma and Go get attitude!The other members are just as talented too but Bobby showed out!!🎶🎶👀👀🎵🩷🩷😎

    • @mr.majesty1920
      @mr.majesty1920 20 дней назад

      Bobby was more talented than the rest of them. They couldn't touch his showmanship.

  • @wiltisdabest
    @wiltisdabest Год назад +43

    Bobby pretty much only had this song to shine on at the time, and that he did. even though all three singers have leads on this.

  • @lancebenefield7462
    @lancebenefield7462 Год назад +50

    This is The BEST Performance of this Song I ever Heard . . . I see why they said BOBBY BROWN was doing a lot at the End of the song But he was CLOWNING (really good) . . . He got to have the Last Word, Especially on this Song !

  • @DeeNice681
    @DeeNice681 2 года назад +63

    3:04 to 3:09 Sang Bobby, do that 'Frankie Beverly note'!

  • @mrrlamarp1
    @mrrlamarp1 Год назад +52

    They put in some WORK on this rehearsal 🥁🎹🎸🎤 !
    As the members of N.E. have often said...Starting out ; they didn't have "just one lead singer." They all had their chance to shine !
    Bob was definitely showing that he could hang with Ralph on this one 😉!

  • @billyclutch
    @billyclutch Год назад +34

    Funny though, Ralph couldn’t hit that last note of the first verse (on meeeee), so they let Bobby sing it. It was that way on the album too, but in the video, they allowed Ralph to lip sync over that part to appear seamless.

    • @lavelllucas
      @lavelllucas Год назад

      it was Ricky Bell

    • @billyclutch
      @billyclutch Год назад +5

      @@lavelllucas watch the video closer. Bobby is in the red pants. When he goes (on meeee) Ricky is still dancing in the background. Plus their voices are distinctly different.

    • @061romell
      @061romell Год назад +1

      No the punched in the recording vocals on meeee if you watch earlier when ralph is singing that part he pulls away from the microphone. Also ralph sang that line in the original recording, he still had his boy soprano in 1984, just listen to cool it now from the same album… he could reach that note in 84 but this rehearsal is from 85.

    • @stanleyholmes7155
      @stanleyholmes7155 Год назад +2

      Bobby was clearly the better singer. Bobby could actually hit all his notes. U hear Ralph l he sounds out of breath live.

    • @100barbelve
      @100barbelve 14 дней назад

      ​@stanleyholmes7155 in no universe is Bobby Brown a better singer and I'm a huge fan

  • @OurKindofEntertainment
    @OurKindofEntertainment Месяц назад +2

    We need the footage from Bobby's performance of the song that lasted 20 mins and got him kicked out of the group 😂

  • @TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising5548
    @TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising5548 10 месяцев назад +18

    Brook Payne has been having them looking great with the choreography for 40 years 👏🏾👏🏾. Bobby Bobby Bobby 🤦🏾‍♀️😂😂😂

  • @lwj24
    @lwj24 7 месяцев назад +14

    Damn Bobby killed this performance! I just watched it for the first time and was not expecting him to go off at the end, lol. He had that star quality from the jump.

  • @ikejay
    @ikejay 7 месяцев назад +8

    Lmao you don’t even see Bobby and he was READY ON POINT LOL. 00:26

  • @icecreambeats101
    @icecreambeats101 Год назад +64

    3:05 I love Bobby’s note

  • @ikejay
    @ikejay 7 месяцев назад +15

    Bobby MFin Brown 💯💯💯

  • @YBMJETT
    @YBMJETT 8 месяцев назад +10

    Bobby had so much star quality even back then, it’s clear the group was holding him back from what he could really do!

  • @phillipclay5319
    @phillipclay5319 6 месяцев назад +10

    Mike was over it at towards the end😂

  • @thanugg1680
    @thanugg1680 Год назад +16

    This would have been even more dope if this song was this tempo!

  • @ataed2005
    @ataed2005 2 года назад +111

    Bobby was just a great singer as Ralph back in the day

    • @CleanMusicLover229
      @CleanMusicLover229 2 года назад +78

      Yeah, but Ricky Bell was the one that was slept on.

    • @dontrellpoindexter2347
      @dontrellpoindexter2347 Год назад +6

      I agree with both.

    • @dontrellpoindexter2347
      @dontrellpoindexter2347 Год назад +3

      @@CleanMusicLover229 Ricky Bell held his own.

    • @taylorwaylor8965
      @taylorwaylor8965 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@CleanMusicLover229yup I’m so glad Rickey got his time to shine with bbd

    • @jasonthemagnificent2.0
      @jasonthemagnificent2.0 9 месяцев назад +10

      He was better than Ralph. Mike confirmed that "Hang up on Meee" part was actually Bobby because Ralph couldn't hit that note when they recorded the song

  • @dharkknight4747
    @dharkknight4747 Год назад +12

    So we all just gone ignore Shabba Doo killn it on the drums!!! 👀

    • @GreenAdam313
      @GreenAdam313 11 месяцев назад +3

      LOL, that’s Daniel Donnelly, better known as “Zoro”

  • @robinlight
    @robinlight 2 года назад +29

    GET IT BOBBY

  • @061romell
    @061romell Год назад +26

    Wow im surprised bobby didn’t get more prominent leads considering how he performed here.

    • @JahHoopz
      @JahHoopz Год назад +6

      That's why he went solo

    • @StubbornMook
      @StubbornMook Год назад +5

      One of NE's producers was impressed with bobbys energy and showmanship and wanted to give him more leads, but the label felt bobby was too unpredictable so he was told to only focus on Ralph...

    • @TF-gf3fs
      @TF-gf3fs 10 месяцев назад

      Well he did eventually go solo.🙄

    • @staciasmith5162
      @staciasmith5162 5 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@StubbornMook Bobby later admitted that he was an alcoholic at age 15, so yeah he was problematic and unreliable.

  • @morrodarocinha4728
    @morrodarocinha4728 Год назад +8

    0:34 Michael influence in the 80's

  • @ONLEENAY
    @ONLEENAY 9 месяцев назад +13

    The fact that Mike kept trying to signal the band to end it cracked me up!!

    • @danielnelson6903
      @danielnelson6903 4 месяца назад +3

      “Ain’t nobody come to see you Otis!”😂😂

    • @ikejay
      @ikejay 2 дня назад

      I just noticed that lmao and I watch this video A LOT! I just watch Bobby lol

  • @keyz951
    @keyz951 Год назад +30

    2:37 Mike holding down the bottom register 👌🏾👌🏾

    • @anthonyriche552
      @anthonyriche552 Год назад

      Right!!

    • @mikekillagreen9432
      @mikekillagreen9432 Год назад +3

      Mike and Ronnie can't sing lick. Lol

    • @godusopp2752
      @godusopp2752 Год назад +2

      @@mikekillagreen9432yeah they can , search up them singing the national anthem , they just aren’t lead singers but good background vocals

    • @mikekillagreen9432
      @mikekillagreen9432 Год назад +1

      @godusopp2752 Not true! Ricky sang back up too on their album and they brought in singers to sing back up on the entire BBD album. Also with New Edition Ralph would song the back up parts too. Only Ricky and later Johnny could help with BG vocals.

    • @SeanChukwuezi
      @SeanChukwuezi 3 месяца назад

      Ronnie and Mike are flat 😅

  • @travissabizzell9069
    @travissabizzell9069 Год назад +9

    Bobby showing out as usual🤦😆

  • @Realest1ne
    @Realest1ne 5 месяцев назад +4

    I see they wasn’t lying in that movie 😂

  • @RyanUnderFire
    @RyanUnderFire Год назад +9

    Bob had to go full throttle in this song because it was his chance to show HE was one.
    But who was the shirtless Caucasian homie tho????

    • @michaelberg9656
      @michaelberg9656 Год назад +2

      He was the monitor engineer. I was the front of house engineer, another even more Caucasian homie...😁😁😁😁😁

    • @ctsmooth1
      @ctsmooth1 Год назад

      ​@@michaelberg9656 : Wow... What was that guy's name and who was the production manager?

    • @michaelberg9656
      @michaelberg9656 Год назад

      ​@@ctsmooth1Hi Carl His name is Brendan. Production manager Jeff, lighting designer Pops, front of house guy (me) Mick. You guys were one funky band, I enjoyed working with you.

  • @BamaBoy_Davis
    @BamaBoy_Davis 2 года назад +24

    If you look the drummer was with Bobby on My Perrogative video

    • @ayemod2k
      @ayemod2k 2 года назад +11

      Yea he left when they kicked bobby out

    • @smithsterling98
      @smithsterling98 2 года назад +7

      Zorro is his nane

    • @strauqq1
      @strauqq1 2 года назад +1

      Yes, I remember

    • @kingsports1113
      @kingsports1113 Год назад +1

      Yep

    • @bertspeggly4428
      @bertspeggly4428 Год назад +1

      @@smithsterling98 Actually it was Johnny 😁😁Other band members, Louis, guitar, Karl and John, keyboards, Tony, bass and bass keyboard. I don't remember the conga player.

  • @Mochahontas091
    @Mochahontas091 Год назад +14

    I fu!king weak @ 2:54
    Ralph said wrapped the sh!t up😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Mochahontas091
      @Mochahontas091 Год назад

      😂😂😂😂

    • @babygnome215
      @babygnome215 Год назад

      jealousy

    • @Mochahontas091
      @Mochahontas091 Год назад +5

      @@babygnome215 Bobby dragged that song out now c’mon!! 🥴🥴😂

    • @FreshPrincex4
      @FreshPrincex4 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@babygnome215I doubt it, more like they wanted to go home lol

  • @TheBluesmanBlue
    @TheBluesmanBlue 2 года назад +48

    One of my favorite songs by New Edition in excellent song writing skills from Mr Ghostbuster himself Mr Ray Parker Jr🎶👏🏽🎼🎶🎶🎹

    • @shivery3821
      @shivery3821 2 года назад +3

      Yes

    • @TheBluesmanBlue
      @TheBluesmanBlue 2 года назад +2

      @@shivery3821 right on✊🏽

    • @earlsmith2524
      @earlsmith2524 Год назад +3

      melody similiar to Ray's other song A woman needs love

    • @TheBluesmanBlue
      @TheBluesmanBlue Год назад +1

      @@earlsmith2524 you absolutely right Ray Parker Jr had a sound of his own and believe it or not I can say he is one of a few artists who record songs on a budget a homemade Studio in his house with just a tape recorder

    • @TheBluesmanBlue
      @TheBluesmanBlue Год назад +1

      You right Mr Ray Parker Jr was on a shoe string budget right from his home meaning he cut the middleman out he was a musician he wrote his own songs and produced them and made lots of money and even brought his own jet to get him around some of the gigs he is a very smart man I'm on a shoestring budget why it's not working for me 😁

  • @yohanmosac555
    @yohanmosac555 9 месяцев назад +5

    So nobody saw Bobby catch the mic at 1:21? Just me? Ok

    • @b2j924
      @b2j924 22 дня назад

      And he didn't miss a step!!!!! He's always been a performer

  • @darrellmfume4020
    @darrellmfume4020 Год назад +45

    you had to be a kid in the 80's to understand/get this. 12-19 and that's Zorro on the drums/he's a legend in the business. he became Bobby's drummer when Bobby went solo.

    • @keithroberts4952
      @keithroberts4952 Год назад +3

      Zorro also played drums for lenny kravitz back in 1989 for his debut tour and performances.

    • @edwardwilliams660
      @edwardwilliams660 7 месяцев назад +2

      I highly agree with you!!!! I always loved all musicians who played their part for the album.

  • @lorshmev8146
    @lorshmev8146 2 года назад +15

    Goat Bobby Brown

  • @Themartinthomas
    @Themartinthomas 10 месяцев назад +12

    Bobby was Dangerous!!

    • @Mone333Williams
      @Mone333Williams 5 месяцев назад +4

      Mr. Telephone man is Bobby SONG 😅. When that song come on you just gotta give Bobby the mic and let him be. 😅😅 What's Bobby B signature song? Not roni, not every little step .MR TELEPHONE MAN 🤌🏾🤣

    • @Themartinthomas
      @Themartinthomas 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@Mone333Williams facts, Bobby definitely made Mr. Telephone man his own. I love that song‼️

  • @icecreambeats101
    @icecreambeats101 Год назад +8

    Ricky is still my favorite of the group. He’s so sexy and handsome. I love when he sings. I had the chance to meet him when they came to florida and told him how cute he is and he smiled and gave me and my girlfriends a hug.

  • @ngangajeremiah9912
    @ngangajeremiah9912 Год назад +5

    Aging swept away all that from Bobby? It's the most dangerous disease.

  • @IbrahimTraore-og4vl
    @IbrahimTraore-og4vl 2 месяца назад +3

    Dat drummer def got cut😂😂😂

  • @charlita25
    @charlita25 10 месяцев назад +4

    Let’s give up ⬆️ for the band 🥁🎹🎸

  • @marcusscott6442
    @marcusscott6442 Год назад +24

    N.E. never disappoints! Love the rehearsal. Where was Ronnie?

  • @a_doggo
    @a_doggo 9 месяцев назад +5

    god damn Bob showed UP

  • @mime3763
    @mime3763 Год назад +8

    BOYYYY, I ENJOYED THIS!!!!!!!!!😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃❤️❤️❤️🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👠💋💋💋💋💄💄👠👠👠💄👠👠👠👠

  • @JahHoopz
    @JahHoopz Год назад +12

    Bob killing it here!

  • @strauqq1
    @strauqq1 2 года назад +21

    Wow, this is a great find right here.

  • @isaiahtolbert
    @isaiahtolbert Год назад +7

    Wow this is wonderful Never seen this before. MORE!!

  • @TyroneBoyd-vt7pw
    @TyroneBoyd-vt7pw Год назад +8

    Bobby was getting it with them kicks lol

  • @BamaBoy_Davis
    @BamaBoy_Davis 2 года назад +10

    Yo Ron where U at

  • @kingdwight9796
    @kingdwight9796 Год назад +9

    There the Greatest!!!

  • @foreverdooney
    @foreverdooney Год назад +4

    That is how you sing lead! Good leaders know how to sing on top of the song but not hog it. Phillipe Wynne was a master at it. So is Gladys Knight!

  • @riosin4133
    @riosin4133 8 месяцев назад +2

    Bobby Showing out.. The only one to go solo and blow.. And I’m not being funny 😂.

  • @MarianRenta
    @MarianRenta 3 месяца назад +2

    I love Bobby Brown ❤

  • @bsmooth2020
    @bsmooth2020 3 месяца назад +2

    Bobby a fool 😂😂😂

  • @Kyleaholic
    @Kyleaholic 25 дней назад +1

    it sounded like 100 Michael Jacksons in one song 😂 i love it tho

  • @mauricebastian8591
    @mauricebastian8591 2 года назад +9

    I believe Ron had his tonsils removed around this time.

    • @Lovely-ff7uv
      @Lovely-ff7uv Год назад +4

      Sounds different w/o him. His voice makes a difference

    • @terranceharris4686
      @terranceharris4686 10 месяцев назад

      You are kidding right. Ron makes a difference in choreography and maybe raps but I'm sure he isn't missed on the vocals.....😂😂😂

  • @thecarcleaner8364
    @thecarcleaner8364 Месяц назад +2

    I don't care what anyone says Bobby Brown use to sang his ass off.

  • @ronlg
    @ronlg 2 месяца назад +1

    Again, I can’t believe they harmonized better as kids than they do now.

  • @carloscortez1907
    @carloscortez1907 6 месяцев назад +1

    mike let the man sang dude😂

  • @jerrybaxter4045
    @jerrybaxter4045 10 месяцев назад +2

    Lead singer is a Taurus we da best

  • @katyarnold-ji8sv
    @katyarnold-ji8sv 6 дней назад

    I love!! this song. Been a fan of New Edition for many years. These guys still look great!!!

  • @rohanrichards4116
    @rohanrichards4116 Год назад +2

    a junior tucker original

  • @bigdogbrunet8881
    @bigdogbrunet8881 5 месяцев назад +1

    Bobby brown sing

  • @giyawilbourn8653
    @giyawilbourn8653 Год назад +3

    Where's Ronnie?!

    • @FreshPrincex4
      @FreshPrincex4 Год назад

      Getting his tonsils removed at the time

  • @lavellewaters9112
    @lavellewaters9112 Год назад +3

    I wonder where was Ronnie

  • @8cee
    @8cee 3 месяца назад

    yep this thing is saved by a 92 white guy lol

  • @b2j924
    @b2j924 22 дня назад

    Bobby was meant to be a solo artist!

  • @shotsbykas2497
    @shotsbykas2497 10 месяцев назад +1

    thank you mr camera person

  • @kennethdavenport4558
    @kennethdavenport4558 2 месяца назад

    Where was Ronnie?

  • @AnthonyJoe-k7s
    @AnthonyJoe-k7s 2 месяца назад

    Where was Ronnie

  • @danielnelson6903
    @danielnelson6903 4 месяца назад

    Bobby had to get the last word in I’m crying😂😂😂😂😂

  • @johnnyfonk999
    @johnnyfonk999 4 месяца назад

    Michael Bivins was the fuck up of the group

  • @ronniebobbyedition993
    @ronniebobbyedition993 Год назад +11

    They sounded great!
    This must've been the time Ronnie went solo....
    Wait, let me not start something, lol 🤣😂🤣

    • @Rells26
      @Rells26 9 месяцев назад

      He wasn’t in the group until later

    • @thisisnotbrii
      @thisisnotbrii 5 месяцев назад

      @@Rells26he was in the group during this era wdym😭?

  • @raje9936
    @raje9936 4 месяца назад

    naw cause they wouldve been done if ralph aint try to get last word lmao

  • @ACCOMPLISHEDSHEIS
    @ACCOMPLISHEDSHEIS 2 года назад +4

    No Ronnie??

    • @zion1089
      @zion1089 2 года назад +2

      Maybe he's sick

    • @Omar-my9ot
      @Omar-my9ot 2 года назад +6

      Or maybe he was getting ready to have his tonsils taken out.

    • @shivery3821
      @shivery3821 2 года назад

      @@Omar-my9ot yep he wasn’t here for the shows either

  • @TransformRealEstateTamaraCanty
    @TransformRealEstateTamaraCanty Месяц назад

    Where is Ronnie? I don’t like seeing 4 😢

    • @stefan218
      @stefan218 29 дней назад

      got his tonsils removed

  • @edwardwilliams660
    @edwardwilliams660 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love it!!!!

  • @carlaheadley2229
    @carlaheadley2229 Год назад +1

    Ronnie is the smoothest. Everyone was awesome but he is just smooth.

    • @Rells26
      @Rells26 9 месяцев назад +1

      Ronnie wasn’t even in the group then lol

    • @carlaheadley2229
      @carlaheadley2229 2 месяца назад

      Ok my mistake get over yourself ​ RIDER 😂 @@Rells26

  • @djj3769
    @djj3769 11 месяцев назад +3

    Wow they said Bobby was hogging the spotlight no he was holding down his song for sure! And Bobby was as good a Ralph

  • @44pacino90
    @44pacino90 3 месяца назад

    Where my boy Ronnie at?

  • @GeraldB526
    @GeraldB526 Год назад

    Where's Ronnie?

  • @ComicPhreak
    @ComicPhreak 4 месяца назад

    Where's Ronnie?

  • @hakeemludd2311
    @hakeemludd2311 6 месяцев назад

    Was he on coke then too? 😅

  • @johnnyfonk999
    @johnnyfonk999 4 месяца назад

    Wtf was Ronnie

  • @riosin4133
    @riosin4133 8 месяцев назад

    Hold up who’s the white guy that walked to on stage?

  • @XelaTN
    @XelaTN 5 месяцев назад

    Que joya

  • @lavelllucas
    @lavelllucas Год назад

    Did Zorro use a click track?

  • @ONLEENAY
    @ONLEENAY 9 месяцев назад

    Where was Ronnie?

  • @ramonefinley5391
    @ramonefinley5391 Год назад

    No ronny

  • @davidraymond7920
    @davidraymond7920 Год назад +7

    Ralph was the best vocalist

  • @cumal
    @cumal 9 месяцев назад +2

    When they sang the backgrounds live. They were great. Now they lip sync to a track.