Teena Marie just didn't do anything for me.
You couldn't hear her, dear one... because you were concerned with how she LOOKED. If you think hard enough on that, you'll realize that she wasn't the only one who experienced this. (Should also tell you something as to why JWs are SO concerned about how they look... on the outside. You know, the whole suit/long skirt-wearin', no beards/braids, carrying bookbags, thing? LOOKS "good", don't it? Virtually ain't a LICK of truth in what they SAY, though, is there?).
All she did was yell.
Au contrare, dear one, contrare. She had great lungs, yes, and could use them well. But she sang just as many soft, warm, "quiet" songs as she did "party" stuff. And if you're thinkin' about "Fire and Desire", well, it was a duet with Rick James - what'd you expect? Rick did NOTHING "quiet". Not dissin' him (an oldhead expression, perhaps - well, almost; my kids used in growing up) - I loved Rick's music. And the Mary Jane Girls... Often wondered about HIM, though ("I'm Rick James, bia..!"), yes, but his music was off the chain, IMHO, when I was a young'un...
Peace... and be nice, man. C'mon: no one cares what you thought about Teena Marie in the negative - this was a thread for those who LIKED her and her music, y'know?
SA, hummin'... "Whoo-woo-ooh, Mary Ja-ane!!"... on her own...