Temps/Babyface (was: Paltrow - Cruisin)

[Joanne Collins]

>"Just My Imagination" was originally a 1970 Temptations hit song... I 
>haven't heard the remake yet, but the original is lovely.  

Oh, I love The Temptations. Well, the couple of songs of theirs I've heard,
anyway. My Girl of course is a classic.

>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".

I'm not really familiar with soul music. I have a few tracks on various
recordings, and one of my favourites is the soundtrack to the wonderful
movie The Big Chill, but I couldn't name any of the artists offhand.

>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.  

I do think I've heard of him somewhere, but for some reason I didn't
connect the artist and the producer.

>'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.

I wonder if I've heard of any of these songs?

>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.  

Sounds beautiful.

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.

Well, I won't comment on my thoughts about Puff Daddy. I'm just not a fan,
and we might leave it at that. I don't especially like his style of music,
more than anything on the gossip/journalistic level, though.

Joanne.

-- 

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