Celebrating thirty years of Robert Palmer's 'Simply Irresistible'

and he did it again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1cchniY2Y

better quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaR8qPsfG2I

Also when RP comes up, I always feel compelled to mention that on the day he died, I pulled into a rainy parking lot and saw a Delorean in a handicap space, with the correct tags.

it’s what he would have wanted

"You're Amazing" stirs some distant memory that hitting 5 on the US charts is plausible, yet I can't say for sure I'd ever heard it. As a scroll down the wikipedia page I see he released a cover of "Girl U Want" in 1994, which fits as an attempt for a four-peat while being incredibly sad.

"You're Amazing" barely crawled into the top thirty.

I’ve come to love a lot of Robert Palmer songs but this one is the sort of thing that put me off him for years, that whole suited-up sexpest-cum-malfunctioning boogie-bot vibe

This “version” of RP seems like a westworld robot copy of the guy who worked with Lowell George and the Meters years earlier

He was also a Comsat Angels fan.

Would’ve loved to hear him cover Independence Day or I’m Falling tbh

He duets on Chasing Shadows. It's alright.

1980s backlash kicked in

People need to get that this was a real thing.

I love this song.

I like Addicted to Love a lot better. Makes me feel human.

1980s backlash kicked in

People need to get that this was a real thing.

If there's anyone who denies that it happened, they didn't live through it.

I stood tapping my foot for most of the nineties and hugging my New Order albums waiting for the backlash to end.

The first eighties comps came out in 1992-1993, by the way.

Whenever I think of this song I picture Donald Trump listening to it in 1988 wondering what some of the words mean.

we sang this in high school choir and my friend (a sophomore) hadn't heard it before. the choir teacher played the Palmer recording and he said "THIS SOUNDS LIKE DEATH METAL".

also the song is classic for its cheez

The first eighties comps came out in 1992-1993, by the way.

Living in Oblivion!

yep! Intelligently compiled too.

Very. Getting those on release was quite refreshing.

What about “I didn’t mean to turn you on”

^^yeah that's the one

See, another massive #2 hit, an example of how adroitly Palmer could adapt electronic R&B to his own ends.

had always assumed this was a cover. apparently written by the bassist from FRee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCHFaarTjY