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Bomby · 08-08-2006, 11:59 PM

Never really got into Lionel Richie. I like his work with the Commodores, but other than a few songs ("Easy Like Sunday Morning" piano riff = classic) his solo stuff was too... how to describe it... he was trying too hard for mainstream acceptance, trying to get played on both black and white stations [see Racism of 80's Radio Broadcasting, page 30], trying to straddle the line. Don't get me wrong, I respect him, but he's just not really for me.

Now Marvin Gaye on the other hand... that's my dude for real right there.

08-08-2006, 11:59 PM	#8
Bomby My name is Stereotype with an A Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Searching the city for Sci-Fi Wasabi Gender: Posts: 15,200 Thanks: 210 Thanked 613 Times in 399 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Points: 8,081.27 Bank: 2,506,696.76 Total Points: 2,514,778.04 Donate	Never really got into Lionel Richie. I like his work with the Commodores, but other than a few songs ("Easy Like Sunday Morning" piano riff = classic) his solo stuff was too... how to describe it... he was trying too hard for mainstream acceptance, trying to get played on both black and white stations [see Racism of 80's Radio Broadcasting, page 30], trying to straddle the line. Don't get me wrong, I respect him, but he's just not really for me. Now Marvin Gaye on the other hand... that's my dude for real right there.