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Bobby Brown

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Bobby Brown is a Rapper/singer from Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. At the time of Ghostbusters II soundtrack, he was a solo performer, leaving New Edition in 1986.

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Bobby Brown provided the songs for the Ghostbusters II Soundtrack : " On Our Own " and "We're Back".

Brown also had a cameo as the Mayor's Doorman in the second film.

• On page nine of Ghostbusters Issue #5 , Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston make a cameo among the crowd.
• On page 3 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #13 , behind Egon, Ray and Peter is Bobby Brown.

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Bobby Brown talks Ghostbusters II, being around Bill Murray

• November 24, 2021

Longtime visitors of Ghostbusters News will likely already know of my love for Bobby Brown’s classic “On Our Own” from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. From dissecting the celebrity-filled music video to randomly bringing it up through social media , it’s not only one of my favorite songs from the “Ghostbusters” franchise but likely my favorite song in general.

In a recent interview with YouTuber Professor of Rock , Bobby Brown talked about being part of the Ghostbusters II soundtrack, acting in the film, and the legacy it leaves behind.

“I was asked to produce a couple of records on the Ghostbusters soundtrack, and I had did the A-side of “On Our Own,” was a song called “We’re Back,” and that was the first one that I recorded.” Brown continues, “ I wanted to do something a little strange, so I asked (Babyface) and them if they ‘d write a song, you know, for the Ghostbusters soundtrack with me, and they came with this “On Our Own,” and once I heard it, it was like “Oh, my God!”

Brown also talked about the celebrity cameos that are a part of the “On Our Own” music video, saying, “Everybody was in that music video. I mean, Donald Trump was in the video.”

If you need a refresher, give it a watch below.

Not only did Brown have two songs on the Ghostbusters II soundtrack, but he also had a brief cameo in the film, acting as The Mayor’s doorman in a scene that saw him alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson.

“It was so much fun to shoot. I hadn’t laughed so much on a set of anything. Bill Murray is probably one of the funniest people in the world without even trying to be funny. He’s so serious about everything, and I don’t know if he knows he’s being funny, but I was laughing the whole time I was on that se t,” adding, “ It was just fun too, you know, be a part of something that was, you know, that iconic. You know, Ghostbusters will always be remembered.”

Brown also talked about introducing Ghostbusters II and his contribution to the film to his son.

“I have a 7-year-old son, and for him to be able to see all of that, see it now, to watch Ghostbusters now, and be like “Daddy! That’s my daddy!” and for him to go to school and his classmates are amused, that, you know, that he’s my son and that I’m Bobby Brown.”

With a career that now spans more than 30 years, Brown said he was “thankful” for the people who’ve followed him.

If you’d like to check out the full video interview, which contains segments with Bobby Brown and Ray Parker Jr, you can find that video below.

Thanks to @_Damon_Young_ for the heads up!

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In the official music video for his song "On Our Own", Bobby Brown performs the song while surrounded by images and celebrities from New York, with clips from the film "Ghostbusters II" mixe... Read all In the official music video for his song "On Our Own", Bobby Brown performs the song while surrounded by images and celebrities from New York, with clips from the film "Ghostbusters II" mixed in. In the official music video for his song "On Our Own", Bobby Brown performs the song while surrounded by images and celebrities from New York, with clips from the film "Ghostbusters II" mixed in.

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Flashback: Bobby Brown Takes Control With ‘On Our Own’ From ‘Ghostbusters 2’

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Cramming the plot of Ghostbusters 2 into a four-minute pop song is no easy task, but Bobby Brown handled it with tremendous skill on his New Jack Swing masterpiece “On Our Own,” which peaked at Number Two on the Hot 100 30 years ago this week. “Found about Vigo, the master of evil,” he sang, referencing an evil 16th-century spirit trapped inside a painting in the movie. “Try to battle my boys? That’s not legal!”

The movie landed in theaters during one of the busiest summers in the history of Hollywood up to that point. The much-anticipated sequel was up against Batman , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , Turner & Hooch , The Karate Kid Part III , Lethal Weapon 2 , Dead Poets Society, and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids , but still managed to rake in $112 million even though many critics and fans felt it was a pale imitation of the original.

Ray Parker Jr. wrote a song for the original Ghostbusters back in 1984 and created a star-packed video for it. This time around, the job went to Bobby Brown, then at the absolute peak of his powers, as evidenced by recent hits “Every Little Step,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “My Prerogative.” “On Our Own” was written by L.A. Reid, Babyface, and Daryl Simmons. For the video, Iman, Jane Curtin, Doug E. Fresh, Christopher Reeve, Malcolm Forbes, and Rick Moranis, as well as Marky and Joey Ramone (playing a tuba for some reason) were roped into filming short cameos. Oh, and fast forward to 1:02 to see Donald Trump emerge from Trump Tower. (Weeks before the movie came out, he took out full-page ads in all four major New York newspapers urging the state to restore the death penalty so the Central Park 5 could be “forced to suffer.” When asked about it recently , he said he was unwilling to apologize even though they’ve been released from prison and completely cleared, and most reasonable people have concluded they were completely innocent.)

Ghostbusters II was the final ride for the original Ghostbusters gang, even though rumors swirled about a third movie for years. An all-female Ghostbusters hit theaters in the summer of 2016, but didn’t make quite enough to justify a sequel. Right now, Jason Reitman (son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman) is filming Ghostbusters 2020 . It takes place in the same universe of the first two movies, but it’s unclear how many surviving cast members will be a part of it. News of the movie didn’t sit well with Leslie Jones, one of the stars of the 2016 Ghostbusters.

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“So insulting,” she Tweeted in January. “Like fuck us. We dint count. It’s like something trump would do. (Trump voice) ‘Gonna redo ghostbusteeeeers, better with men, will be huge. Those women ain’t ghostbusteeeeers’ ugh so annoying. Such a dick move. And I don’t give fuck I’m saying something!!”

Bobby Brown, meanwhile, spent the summer touring with the New Edition spinoff group RMRM (which is basically just him alongside Bell Biv Devoe), though their show didn’t feature “On Our Own.” He still plays it at most of his solo concerts, creating the delightful sight of a room full of middle-aged fans singing along to a song about proton packs, evil slime, and the fierce need to “take control” of New York back from the evil ghost Vigo.

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