Re: "Endless Love," I always felt that Lionel was put to better use in another teen romance of the era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuVH5LcEZj0
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 10 June 2013 01:12 (ten years ago) link
Can't Slow Down is a surprisingly solid album and "Stuck on You" is a genuinely moving and excellent country ballad.
"surprisingly"
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 June 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
well, as I've said, I'm not particularly familiar with his catalog, so when I looked at the tracklisting, the only songs I recognized were "All Night Long", "Running with the Night" and "Hello". I didn't know about the other very good songs.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 10 June 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
"Stuck On You" and "Penny Lover" hold up, don't they?
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 June 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
hell yes.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 10 June 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
Last American Virgin has a great soundtrack, iirc.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/The_Last_American_Virgin_movie_poster.jpg/220px-The_Last_American_Virgin_movie_poster.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 June 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
Side 1"Teen Angel Eyes" - Tommy Tutone (3:30)"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - The Police (4:07)"Whip It" - Devo (2:38)"When I Find You" - Phil Seymour (5:13)"Better Luck Next Time" - Oingo Boingo (3:30)Side 2"Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" - Gleaming Spires (4:00)"Since You're Gone" - The Cars (3:30)"I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses (3:14)"Airwaves" - The Fortune Band (3:46)"I Will Follow" - U2 (3:34)In addition to this, the film contains a compendium of other 1980s radio hits:"Oh No" - The Commodores"Open Arms" - Journey"Keep on Loving You" - REO Speedwagon"Just Once" - James Ingram"That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and the Sunshine Band"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" - The Human League"Shake It Up" - The Cars"Besame Mucho & Granada"- Los Fabulosos 3 Paraguayos"It Aint Easy Comin' Down" - Charlene"Zero Hour" - The Plimsouls"In the Flesh" - Blondie"España Cani" - The Dancing Brass
"Teen Angel Eyes" - Tommy Tutone (3:30)"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - The Police (4:07)"Whip It" - Devo (2:38)"When I Find You" - Phil Seymour (5:13)"Better Luck Next Time" - Oingo Boingo (3:30)Side 2
"Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?" - Gleaming Spires (4:00)"Since You're Gone" - The Cars (3:30)"I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses (3:14)"Airwaves" - The Fortune Band (3:46)"I Will Follow" - U2 (3:34)In addition to this, the film contains a compendium of other 1980s radio hits:
"Oh No" - The Commodores"Open Arms" - Journey"Keep on Loving You" - REO Speedwagon"Just Once" - James Ingram"That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and the Sunshine Band"Love Action (I Believe in Love)" - The Human League"Shake It Up" - The Cars"Besame Mucho & Granada"- Los Fabulosos 3 Paraguayos"It Aint Easy Comin' Down" - Charlene"Zero Hour" - The Plimsouls"In the Flesh" - Blondie"España Cani" - The Dancing Brass
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 June 2013 04:17 (ten years ago) link
Love 'running with the night'. What are the original lyrics that tracer is referring too tho?
― So: The Answers (or something), Monday, 10 June 2013 11:07 (ten years ago) link
"Say You, Say Me" is hideously 80s.
― arctic mindbath (President of the People's Republic of Antarctica), Monday, 10 June 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
I've already said that upthread, but I was listening to it again and it bears repeating.
so listen to it again
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 June 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
"hideously 80s" = my aesthetic now basically
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 10 June 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
I'll defend Hello -- it's got a great melody, the singing is full of pathos, and although some of the lyrics are a little too cheesy for their own good, there are a couple of subtle things that really capture the loserish longing of a guy too afraid to even talk to the object of his affection, especially "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" The kind of almost magical thinking that a guy in his position can resort to -- he's never even made himself apparent to her, yet he imagines that she might be looking for him. He doesn't actually have the slightest idea who she is or what she's like, yet he has almost creepily constructed elaborate fantasies about her (I say "almost" creepily, because it's the kind of thing I think most guys engage in at some point in their lives).
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
This week has been Lionel Richie week in my work, Greatest Hits playing every morning so far - it was George Benson the week before - I'm not the biggest fan but the guy is undoubtedly a class songwriter.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
Came here to give big ups to "You Are," and see that I already did it way back in 2003. Some things never change.
― J, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 12:09 (eight years ago) link
I'm stuck on him.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
I was confused about the inclusion of Nightshift before I realized you weren't restricting your Commodores considerations to only years he was a Commodore.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
my wife's a big fan and i went with her to a gig a few years ago with fairly low expectations but tbh it's one of the best gigs i've ever been to as far as staging, pacing and frequency of hits goes
the guy puts on a hell of a show and he is massively charismatic onstage
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
Lionel is classic as fuck.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
What the bloody hell happens three minutes into Say You, Say Me? I mean it wasn't a great song anyway but this hot garbage won an Oscar.
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Saturday, 16 February 2019 13:47 (five years ago) link
Lionel Richie IS classic as fuck.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
I'd forgotten about 'Don't Wanna Lose You'! Saw the video to that quite a lot in '96, and it made the Top 20. I can still sing it in my head now even though I haven't heard it for 23 years.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 30 May 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pn8lXBh.png
― calstars, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
Lionel Richie's stuff is wildly uneven to me, but I lean towards the Commodores hits. There's really not much by the post-Richie Commodores that I want to play, but I like "Night Shift" more than any of their previous hits except "Brick House."
― birdistheword, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
(Even though those two do not have Richie on lead vocals, he's still THE guy in that group.)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:01 (two years ago) link
"Night Shift" is a lovely neon puddle a-shimmer.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
Even now I have to echo "Marvin... Marvin..." when I hear his name.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
I still have no regrets about putting that song on the top of my ballot when we polled Motown a few years back.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7j9iSbz0qc
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
^^ love this scene and movie
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Pre-Cambrian ILM was a miserable place..
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
The most charismatic and charming man I ever interviewed. Total classic, even the soppy stuff. Somebody needs to sing about endless love, and he's the master of it.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
“Hello” is a masterpiece
― calstars, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
"Easy" is undeniable.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
Was in a supermarket last weekend and saw his face on the cover of People or similar and he pretty much looks the same these days.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:13 (two years ago) link
The pulse in “Running With The Night” alone means Lionel will be forever classic
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:19 (two years ago) link
The end of the first verse of "Three Times a Lady" is my favourite Lionel Richie moment: "...I must say out loud...", goes to the discordant augmented (?) chord, and then hangs on it for an extra measure before the chorus. He knows he has you hooked, he can keep you listening through this strange chord.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:48 (two years ago) link