More important, I suppose, is what we owe to Color Me Badd.
They were nominated for a Grammy and won American Music and Soul Train awards. The group went on to release another four albums, the last of which in 1998 (I wouldve had no idea it was that recent). Their debut album, C.M.B., featured five hit singles, three of them top five. And they did pretty well for themselves in that time. More than just a two-trick pony, Color Me Badd was actually around for a little while. Until I recently re-watched this episode in the name of research (and, okay, in a minor fit of campy-TV nostalgia), I had assumed that this was just one of the many bands that appeared on 90210 as a means of boosting their exposure. From Abrams, to that other guy with the heavily gelled brass-colored hair and the geometric-patterned silk jacket, to the Kenny G-Light sole white boy, again, what am I/was I missing? My 10-year-old self knew better.)Īpparently no one else did. (On that note, how did anyone ever find these guys sexy? Who wanted these guys to sex them up? Thats what I want to know.
#COLOR ME BADD NOW WIFE FULL#
Among them: Kellys introduction to band-member Bryan Abrams at the hotel vending machine, where his full complement of chest hair peeks out over the top of his wife-beater tee, the horrors of which render any commentary upon his Canadian tuxedo virtually unnecessary. Thankfully, Color Me Badd was in fact spared the royal hack job in the DVD version, especially important because the episode is simply rife with gems. (And as usual, Jason Priestley hovers in the background looking like hes wondering how his career has come to this.) Oddly enough, its a somewhat-sweet moment when CMB serenades Donna a capella, and she is marginally cheered. Alas, what with the improbable events of the day and all, Donna is just too distraught to go to the show, but Kelly represents, and somewhat redeems herself by inviting CMB to the Peach Pit afterward. In the end, its Kelly, not Donna, who scores a visit to CMBs penthouse suite, along with front-row tickets to the evenings concert.
Donna discovers that her mother is having an extramarital affair, a reality of which she would have remained unaware had she and the gang not staked out the Bel Age Hotel in the hopes of meeting the band. It wasnt that I would object to the deletion of I Wanna Sex You Up by any means indeed, I was never a fan of the group, and for this formerly 10-year-old Catholic schoolgirl, that song always made me blush but Color Me Badd actually proved crucial to said episodes plotline. Someone inspired the early-∩0s ethos of Saturday Night Lives ∽ick in a Box skit, and it wasnt Nirvana. Yes, an entire episode revolved around early-∩0s R&B group Color Me Badd, beginning with a clip from the I Adore Mi Amor video that featured the groups four members walking down a beach at sunset, completely apropos of nothing with regard to the storyline (unless you count the next scene, where Donna Martin is trying to decide which member of the band is the cutest).Īnd by the way, well get into the semantics of R&B group in just a few minutes here. So what would this mean, I wondered, for the infamous Color Me Badd episode at the end of season two? For those of you in the, oh, 90 percent of this audience who likely have no idea what Ive been talking about, allow me to 1) thank you for having read this far, and 2) bring you up to speed. The DVDs impostor karaoke came across more badly timed than Britney Spears performance of Gimme More at the 2007 VMAs. Gone was Mony Mony, which the female foursome lip-synched to at Brendas slumber party - the one where it was revealed that Kellys first sexual encounter was the result of date rape and that mean-girl/uninvited-attendee Amanda Pacer was acting so bitchy because she was hooked on diet pills. Gone were the sexy notes of Chris Isaaks Wicked Game in accompaniment to Brenda and Kellys sky-diving adventure. So, imagine my dismay when I discovered that the majority of the soundtracks songs had been replaced with generic filler. I had waited years for the first season of Beverly Hills, 90210 to be released on DVD.
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