"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.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
"You're Amazing" barely crawled into the top thirty.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
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
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:08 (five years ago) link
This “version” of RP seems like a westworld robot copy of the guy who worked with Lowell George and the Meters years earlier
― calstars, Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
He was also a Comsat Angels fan.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
Would’ve loved to hear him cover Independence Day or I’m Falling tbh
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
He duets on Chasing Shadows. It's alright.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 3 January 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
1980s backlash kicked in
People need to get that this was a real thing.
― billstevejim, Friday, 4 January 2019 23:00 (five years ago) link
I love this song.
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Friday, 4 January 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
I like Addicted to Love a lot better. Makes me feel human.
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 January 2019 07:16 (five years ago) link
1980s backlash kicked inPeople need to get that this was a real thing.
If there's anyone who denies that it happened, they didn't live through it.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 January 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
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.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 January 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link
Whenever I think of this song I picture Donald Trump listening to it in 1988 wondering what some of the words mean.
― Chris L, Saturday, 5 January 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
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
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
Living in Oblivion!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 7 January 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
yep! Intelligently compiled too.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 January 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Very. Getting those on release was quite refreshing.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 January 2019 23:16 (five years ago) link
What about “I didn’t mean to turn you on”
― calstars, Monday, 7 January 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link
^^yeah that's the one
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Monday, 7 January 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
See, another massive #2 hit, an example of how adroitly Palmer could adapt electronic R&B to his own ends.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 January 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
had always assumed this was a cover. apparently written by the bassist from FRee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCHFaarTjY
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 13 January 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link