Comments on: Say It Ain’t So, El

By: Dwaine K. A. Hicks

Dwaine K. A. Hicks — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:58:55 +0000

Yes DeBarge Left A Mark In Music & A Bigger One When They Split. El Was The Most Popular Carrying The Torch His Big Brother Handed Down. Randy Kicked Off “I Like It” & Most Don’t Know That. James Was Married To Janet & Some Still Say It Was El. Bunny The Song Writer & Singer Had The Face That Would’ve Made People Over Look Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, But Singing Backgrond Mostly Kept That From Being Seen. Who Knows What Randy Sounds Like @ Lead? DeBarge Will Always Be #1 In My Book, With Switch Close Behind. DeBarge Is Another Example Of Someone Telling The Lead Singer YOU DON’T NEED THEM! Get Back Togeather,Please?

By: afrobella » Throwback Jam of the Day

afrobella » Throwback Jam of the Day — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:09:24 +0000

[...] Confession time — continuing my trend of teenage crushes on dudes who appear way more effeminate than I remembered them in my rose-colored haze (hello, El De Barge and Al B Sure), I gotta tell you all about my all-consuming adoration of Terence Trent D’Arby. I thought he was so hot when he hit the scene in 1987. Now that I look back at the video for Sign Your Name, Terence looks more pretty than gangsta in some of his leather jacket scenes. [...]

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:53:58 +0000

I too was a huge Debarge fan. I had so many pictures of them, especially El, stapled to my wall you would have thought it was a special wallpaper made just for me. I so wanted to be his wife. This current situation is very unfortunate.

By: geri t.

geri t. — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:49:47 +0000

Bella, you just took me back to 8th grade! My girlfriend Tarita had the BIGGEST crush on El DeBarge, had every Right On! poster of him up on her walls and played “All This Love” at least twice a day every day after school! I too was a fan of Solid Gold (Dionne Warwick’s wigs and dresses always amazed me!), and remember their perormances, but LOVED when the Solid Gold dancers would do their thing when the song was in their Top 10. So sorry to see him this way, I hope he gets the help he so badly needs

By: Auragirl

Auragirl — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:07:14 +0000

I’ve definitely heard this song before and liked it. I never knew who it was by. I’m too young to remember when El Debarge was hot, but I like what I hear. I’m going to check out more of his stuff. I hope he gets himself together!

By: Sharonda

Sharonda — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:33:23 +0000

Love Me In A Special way is my favorite song.

By: Peajai

Peajai — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:51:10 +0000

Oooh I like it! That is my favorite DeBarge song. His sister, Bunny, has a MySpace page. I think it’s http://www.myspace.com/bunnydebarge but I can’t check since I’m at work. I hope he can battle his demons.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:04:19 +0000

Oh, Afrobella. Yet again you prove why this blog is daily reading for me: shared love of lip gloss, hair products, fabulous female vocalists and now (added to the list) our former love of DeBarge!

By: byrdparker

byrdparker — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:05:53 +0000

Els mother has a website , and has published a book
http://www.mamadebarge.com/.

By: justme

justme — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:26:58 +0000

I too have such fond memories of DeBarge. Had a major crush on El and DeBarge’s music. So sad to see that his struggles with drug continue. So sad.