― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
All Night Of The Living Dead Long (All Night)
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
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― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
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― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
And I saw Lionel this morning -- they were playing VH-1 at the laundromat again, and that "I Love '80s" series was on, this one focusing (or "focussing," as they say in The New Yorker) on 1985. Lionel introduced a snippet highlighting the best "Makeout Songs" of the year (which fortunately did not include a Lionel Richie song). He sounded like a man anxious to get paid.
― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
i would kill for a recording of this... i have a yorkshire colliery band version of louie louie and it's one of my all time faves ever
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
Sorta reminds me of what that shill Dave Marsh said about "Penny Lover" vs. the Smiths. Moron.
I had the first two albums and enjoyed them very much in them early eighties but I can only remember the singles now and have no inclination to revisit his music further. And sorry, Mr. Stelfox, but the "Hello" video just defines ultracheese.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:26 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
Hmm... I guess I can buy that. Yeah, I suppose Controversy is relatively the worst of his early records, despite the presence of that glorious title track. "The Walk" comes pretty close to perfection though.
Who are these lame hipsters "discovering" Controversy?!
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:40 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:41 (twenty years ago) link
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― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 8 July 2003 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
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― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 00:33 (twenty years ago) link
I don't think I can find any semblance of pity, empathy, kindness or good will in my heart from Mr.Richie.
No offense Alex, but none of these are attributes exhibited particularly often in your ILM posts. In fact I'm hard put to name many phenomena outside of the Killing Joke that you have voiced approval of.
― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 00:34 (twenty years ago) link
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― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 9 July 2003 11:06 (twenty years ago) link
This week has been Lionel Richie week in my work, Greatest Hits playing every morning so far - it was George Benson the week before - I'm not the biggest fan but the guy is undoubtedly a class songwriter.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
Came here to give big ups to "You Are," and see that I already did it way back in 2003. Some things never change.
― J, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 12:09 (eight years ago) link
I'm stuck on him.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
I was confused about the inclusion of Nightshift before I realized you weren't restricting your Commodores considerations to only years he was a Commodore.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
my wife's a big fan and i went with her to a gig a few years ago with fairly low expectations but tbh it's one of the best gigs i've ever been to as far as staging, pacing and frequency of hits goes
the guy puts on a hell of a show and he is massively charismatic onstage
― 🎵 it's grey pubic now, stoner blue 🎵 (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
Lionel is classic as fuck.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
What the bloody hell happens three minutes into Say You, Say Me? I mean it wasn't a great song anyway but this hot garbage won an Oscar.
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Saturday, 16 February 2019 13:47 (five years ago) link
Lionel Richie IS classic as fuck.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 May 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
I'd forgotten about 'Don't Wanna Lose You'! Saw the video to that quite a lot in '96, and it made the Top 20. I can still sing it in my head now even though I haven't heard it for 23 years.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 30 May 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pn8lXBh.png
― calstars, Thursday, 17 February 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
Lionel Richie's stuff is wildly uneven to me, but I lean towards the Commodores hits. There's really not much by the post-Richie Commodores that I want to play, but I like "Night Shift" more than any of their previous hits except "Brick House."
― birdistheword, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
(Even though those two do not have Richie on lead vocals, he's still THE guy in that group.)
― birdistheword, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:01 (two years ago) link
"Night Shift" is a lovely neon puddle a-shimmer.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
Even now I have to echo "Marvin... Marvin..." when I hear his name.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
I still have no regrets about putting that song on the top of my ballot when we polled Motown a few years back.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7j9iSbz0qc
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
^^ love this scene and movie
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Pre-Cambrian ILM was a miserable place..
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
The most charismatic and charming man I ever interviewed. Total classic, even the soppy stuff. Somebody needs to sing about endless love, and he's the master of it.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:09 (two years ago) link
“Hello” is a masterpiece
― calstars, Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
"Easy" is undeniable.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 17 February 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
Was in a supermarket last weekend and saw his face on the cover of People or similar and he pretty much looks the same these days.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Friday, 18 February 2022 00:13 (two years ago) link
The pulse in “Running With The Night” alone means Lionel will be forever classic
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:19 (two years ago) link
The end of the first verse of "Three Times a Lady" is my favourite Lionel Richie moment: "...I must say out loud...", goes to the discordant augmented (?) chord, and then hangs on it for an extra measure before the chorus. He knows he has you hooked, he can keep you listening through this strange chord.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:48 (two years ago) link