Temps/Babyface (was: Paltrow - Cruisin)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

Joanne wrote about Gwyneth Paltrow:

>Her solo, a remake of Bette Davis Eyes is also very good. I was very
>surprised at how wonderful her voice is, though. It was unexpected. I have 
>the Duets soundtrack CD and she does another duet on it, Just My
>Imagination, Running Away With Me with Babyface (that's what it says his 
>name is, I haven't heard of him) and it's also a beautiful, wistful love 
>song. I'm very impressed with her singing. She's definitely not an actress 
>trying to sing and not succeeding.
>

"Just My Imagination" was originally a 1970 Temptations hit song... I 
haven't heard the remake yet, but the original is lovely.  If you're 
familiar with soul music, the lyrics are in the same spirit as the 
Stylistics' "I'm Stone in Love With You" and Stevie Wonder's classic "My 
Cherie Amour".

Babyface--Kenneth Edmonds--is not just an artist who's topped the charts, 
but he was arguably the greatest R&B/soul producer of the 1990s, surpassing 
Quincy Jones in the number and scope of his projects.  He and his wife, 
Tracey Edmonds, are definitely the most influential African American power 
couple in Hollywood today.  Their entertainment company produced the movies 
*Soul Food* (1997--my *favorite* movie of the past five years, now a great 
series on Showtime), *Hav Plenty* (1998), and Tracey was the executive 
producer of this years' *Josie and the Pussycats*.

'Face started out as a songwriter.  He's written #1 hits for all sorts of 
people--Eric Clapton, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Boyz II 
Men... I could go on for days.

And he's sung some of my favorite love songs.  "When Can I See You Again?" 
(1994) is just him and his acoustic guitar, and is a lover's plaint, simple 
yet eloquent.  "Where Will You Go?" (1991) is a song for anyone who's ever 
fallen in love with their best friend.  And the "Whip Appeal"  video back in 
1989 was an Event in my middle school.  I was in sixth or seventh grade at 
the time, and I remember everyone talking about the finger snapping and 
'Face's white suit--Puff Daddy had nothing on him when it came to slick 
cool.

--Ebony

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