>he brags about being cool,
>but the undertone of it all is that he's NOT cool (in a
>stereotypical way).
>but it works for him because he's so comfortable w/ himself
>that his UNcoolnees turns into a magnatic charisma. so he
>ends up beeing a cool ass motherfucker.
>
>
>remeber in 777-9311 when he get rejected by a girl
>and resorts to just screaming out his number?
>"i KNOW i've got to be cooler than this cat you're sitting
>with.
>COME ON!" he pleads, presuably while being dragged away
>from this woman by three of his friends. "777-9311!" he
>shouts,
>as he is escorted out of the club (probably). lol
>
>
>which is not to say that morris day doesn't get laid a lot.
>but his tactics are different from rick james'.
>
>
>
>morris day's come-ons are clearly insincere,
>but his smile makes you want to believe them anyway.


this is exactly why I thought Morris was "cool", too. because he was obviously full of crap with all his braggadocio and "uncool", but somehow... he wasn't.


>rick james:
>
>makes no attempt to even put on airs of 'sophistication.'
>his clothes make everybody in the mainstream uncomfortable.
>his clothes and hair tell you right up front
>that he is an outsider. and fuck you if you don't like it.
>
>
>rick james' ballads (attempt) to sound as if
>he means every word. it's not tounge in cheek like morris.
>
>
>rick james explicitly SAYS he is a freak,
>morris day simply implied it (convincingly).

Yeah. Rick represented a different kind of "R&B Hero"... he was the anti-Prince to me IMO.