Retro Spins: Morris Day - Daydreaming

After successfully launching his solo career with 1985's Color Of Success, Morris Day hit the road for a support tour which wrapped up in September 1986. From there, he returned to the studio to record and release his follow-up album, 1987's Daydreaming.

With it would come his greatest hit single, Fishnet, which shot up to the number one spot on the R&B charts that same year. It would also land at number twenty-three on the Billboard Hot 100. As a whole, the album would mirror the success of its predecessor, reaching number seven on the R&B charts, but falter a bit on the Billboard 200, where it would fall a couple steps behind, reaching number forty-one (in comparison to Color Of Success clocking in at number thirty-seven).

Despite its success, Spin Magazine would provide a harsh critique of the album, calling it "musical Chinese food without the fortune cookie. As soon as they're finished, you don't remember if you heard 'em or not." Ouchie! That's mean! But is it accurate?

Kind of. It's a decent album. I wouldn't say I heard anything bad, and I did manage to hear two standout, Are You Ready, and Standing On The Line. However, the remainder was relatively forgettable. Truthfully, I wasn't even all that intrigued with the number one single, Fishnets. In fact, as I type this, I couldn't even tell you how that song goes.

As I said above, it's decent, but forgettable. Beyond that, there's not much to say about it. Truthfully, I doubt I'll remember the two standouts noted above past today.

While Morris hoped to launch a consecutive film career alongside his musical one, this didn't translate to well for him. He would appear in small roles, such as for Richard Prior's Moving (1988), as well as Andrew Dice Clay's The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), the latter which will always invoke Booty Time in my head!

Um...where was I? Oh, right, Morris Day's acting career.

He would later reprise his role in Prince's Graffiti Bridge and show up with The Time in Kevin Smith's Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. Mind you, these are just the noteworthy ones for me. In total, he's appeared in nine movies, including Purple Rain. He's also played roles in half a dozen television shows, which included main casting for 1990's New Attitude, and 2004's Da Boom Crew.

Day also reunited with the time several times and continued to perform with them as Morris Day And The Time until the 2022 dispute from Prince's estate. Purportedly, upon his death, Prince's estate issued notice to Day that if he wished to continue using the name that he would be required to pay them a fee for said use. There's no record that shows he agreed to do so, but as of this writing, they do have shows scheduled throughout the year.

On a totally unrelated note, my 80's movie collection has filled out quite nicely.

Watching John Carpenter's The Thing for the first time.
Great movie!

A few years ago, I gave up streaming and went back to physical media. But in doing so, I made sure that I stuck closely to a strict criteria. For the most part, I stick to movies from the 80's. These consist of either ones which meant a lot to me growing up, or which I never got the chance to see but are considered iconic to the era.

Admittedly, this has been a mixed bag of movies I have and have not enjoyed. However, when a disc costs you between a dollar or two, it's not tragic when it doesn't pan out for the better.

While I will buy movies from prior to or after the 80's, these are very specific and have to be films I have not only seen and enjoyed, but which I would watch again. These don't get incorporated into my 80's collection, unless they're part of a multi-disc or box set, where separating them isn't a feasible option. A good example of this is the Die Hard box set below.

That said, if a film series includes predecessors or sequels that came before or fell after the 80's, but were in their own package, they don't get to be on the shelf. Such as the case with Star Trek.

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