This song was a pretty big ballad hit in 1981 for the Pointer Sisters, with an appropriate-for-the-time country crossover twinge. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Charts because it ran into the juggernaut that was "Endless Love", but it was a huge hit for the year and a Grammy-nominated song.
As far as delivery, Anita Pointer takes the lead on this one, and I think that was the right choice with Ruth and June (yeah, they're actually sisters named Pointer) harmonizing.
Now, head over to Totally Covered and see what Conway Twitty has to say about this.
05 June 2019
04 June 2019
4 June 2019 - Missing Persons - Walking In LA
Missing Persons is a personification of everything that was right about the 1980's.
The combination of Dale Bozzio's outlandish clothing that always seemed to include clear acrylics, everyone's over-done hair, and themes that no one outside their community would care about (also, I'm sure people walk in LA) was excellent for the early Reagan years. That's not an insult - they are fun and exciting, and came around at the right time in history....
.... for which we can thank Frank Zappa, as several of these members, including Dale Bozzio, were previously and in the future in Zappa's band, with Dale playing a significant role on the classic Joe's Garage.
And yes, she did, at least in name, inspire a character on iZombie
The combination of Dale Bozzio's outlandish clothing that always seemed to include clear acrylics, everyone's over-done hair, and themes that no one outside their community would care about (also, I'm sure people walk in LA) was excellent for the early Reagan years. That's not an insult - they are fun and exciting, and came around at the right time in history....
.... for which we can thank Frank Zappa, as several of these members, including Dale Bozzio, were previously and in the future in Zappa's band, with Dale playing a significant role on the classic Joe's Garage.
And yes, she did, at least in name, inspire a character on iZombie
.@RobThomas isn't the only 1 sharing a name with a star singer. Meet Dale Bozzio from missing persons. #iZombie pic.twitter.com/gO2oUjnxY9— iZombie Writers Room (@iZombieWriters) October 28, 2015
03 June 2019
3 June 2019 - Paris Hilton - I Need You
Nothing would make me happier than to not love this song.
It's freaking Paris Hilton, and while I have a lot of respect for her, and not just for "Stars are Blind", but for what she's accomplished by making herself a brand, I wouldn't have called her a musician. The woman is much smarter than the character she plays on The Simple Life.
This song might have changed my mind on the musician part. She's brought an old-time doo-wop feel to this song, and she executed it perfectly. Lyrically.... well, it was released on Valentine's Day 2018, so it's perfect for that!
It's freaking Paris Hilton, and while I have a lot of respect for her, and not just for "Stars are Blind", but for what she's accomplished by making herself a brand, I wouldn't have called her a musician. The woman is much smarter than the character she plays on The Simple Life.
This song might have changed my mind on the musician part. She's brought an old-time doo-wop feel to this song, and she executed it perfectly. Lyrically.... well, it was released on Valentine's Day 2018, so it's perfect for that!