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This pair turned up some time towards the end of last decade and produced a quite marvellous record called "Shackles".. and then I never heard anything from them after that. Apparently, they did lots more - but what's it like? Do you know??

http://www.soultracks.com/MaryMary.PNG

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 6 June 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

It was gospel, I suppose, with a whole lot of dance chucked in. It still sounds great now - a real hands in the air song, even if it is about how they wish things weren't quite so crap and they could become happier and PRAISE THE LORD.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 6 June 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I'm reduced to answering my own thread.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 6 June 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

shackles was great.....

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Monday, 6 June 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

Is that the one subtitled "(Praise You)"? Anyway, it's a great single. For a moment there they could've given Destiny's a run for their money.

― Jetlag Willy (noodle vague), Monday, 6 June 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

I think part of the problem is it came late at the end of the big vocoder wave that Cher's "Believe" was part of, and maybe got lost a bot. I thought it was a great single though.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Monday, 6 June 2005 11:18 (twenty years ago)

This still gets played all the time everywhere.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 6 June 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

You guys are talking about Mary Mary like they broke up. They're still very much around - they just played the Chicago Gospel Festival last night. The one album I have is the one pictured above; I saw them on SOUL TRAIN one morning, and immediately liked them 'cause they sound like Destiny's Child if they dropped the showbiz trappings and jumped on the neo-soul (or alternative soul) bandwagon.

My fave song is "Trouble Ain't," because it sounds like an updated Honey Cone (the 70's female group whose biggest hit was "Want Ads").

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Monday, 6 June 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

My fave song is "Trouble Ain't," because it sounds like an updated Honey Cone (the 70's female group whose biggest hit was "Want Ads").

-- Rev. Hoodoo (hoodoo12...), June 6th, 2005.

This makes me want their album lots and lots.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Monday, 6 June 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

I thought this was going to be about Mary Mary Byker of the the Gaye Bykers on Acid and Apollo 440.

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp100/p132/p13217sef6d.jpg

Color me disapointed.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 June 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

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