Sunday, July 16, 2017

Late '80s Heart: Just Couldn't Leave Those Power Ballads "Alone"

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Here's the deal: If you're gonna do a power ballad, you might as well go big. I want to ask a question, in all sincerity: Has any...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

That Time Belinda Met Sammy Davis, Jr. (Plus: That Time Belinda Dated ... Dave Mustaine?)

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Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two? Belinda Carlisle, obviously. You don't eve...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

"Let's Wait Awhile" - Like ... The Next Album?

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An R&B smash about ... abstinence? Boy, back in 1987, things sure were different. People said hello to you at the corner grocery store...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Two Phil(ip)s Are Better Than One AKA "Easy Lover" And Some Hard, Hard Varnish

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And then one day, Philip Bailey, that guy from Earth, Wind & Fire with the super girly falsetto, decided that maybe he'd had enoug...
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Sunday, May 21, 2017

"Walk Like An Egyptian," Glance Sideways Like A Short, Jewish Californian

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All right, let's unroll this random papyrus scroll that's been sitting on my desk and see what we've got here: In 1986, Dr....
Sunday, May 7, 2017

Early Solo Belinda Interview Highlights: "100 Percent" Nutty

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It would appear that, in the days following her first solo album, life was treating the newly-minted Mrs. Mason well. Here's how she ...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

If We Built This City, Can It Be ... Un-Built? AKA Nothing Screams "Dust Bowl" Like Corporate Synth-Rock

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Woo! All right! No more worrying about those pesky, lingering ties to some old band named Jefferson  Airplane.  Pffftt. Now we can give ...
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Sunday, April 9, 2017

This Is The Way Wham! Ends: Not With A Wham!, But With The Whimper Of Leftovers

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Did Wham! even have to make an official break-up announcement? This might have been the most redundant break-up announcement of all time....
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Robert Palmer Unintentionally Activates An Electrical Appliance AKA Maybe He Meant To Turn Some Women ... Off?

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Before Janet Jackson, there was Cherrelle. Rather than being a hatchback automobile manufactured by General Motors, Cherrelle was actually...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Against All Odds, Phil Crafts A Break-Up Ballad Behemoth AKA The Backstage Oscar Tantrum That Broke The Camel's Back

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I've never seen Against All Odds , but apparently it's a re-make of the 1947 film noir classic Out Of The Past , which I recently...
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