yes Blue - your history and insights are always enjoyed and appreciated. and of course, given your personal and professional relationship with Miss Ross, i understand that some information is not for public consumption. which is the right thing to do
Now that said hehehehe
i have so many disagreements with you on the music of Why lololol. and i love how we all [[more or less) can share our differences. there have been times that after reading a fan's opinion on here i realize "hey - i agree with that now!" like someone one said Nathan Jones should have built up more after the bridge and really exploded with synths and more ad libs and all. i think that was the missing ingredient there
but back to WDFFIL
the intro to Why - yes it's a drum machine and synthesized sound. but this was the 80s. i feel it's on point. and diana's lead and background vocals. it's playful, energetic.
Endless love - agree 100% and would love to hear what Lionel's thoughts were! lol
Sweet Nothings vs Work that body - between the two, i think the backing track of Work is stronger but the lyric and story for Sweet is stronger [[relatively). had Work NOT been on the lp, do you think Sweet might have held up better? it's definitely a campy track and having 2 was probably too much. but one?
and i do agree that some of the other tracks do lack spark. nice enough but nothing special.
Sweet Surrender could use a little polishing of the vocal, it's buried but that does give it more of misty, bedroom ambiance. although a bit more forward could have helped
And agree that Mirror is the star and would have been a fine direction for the entire lp.
Do you know if she worked with those writers again on anything?
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