Lionel Richie - One Exceptional Song ... "The Only One"
I am not fond (and never was fond) of the all-tooooooo-pop Lionel Richie. His songs were just to commercial...too obvious. There is one very noteworthy exception.
This song, "The Only One" was arranged (and tracked on keyboards) by the amazing David Foster ("Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire"). He brought magic to a beautiful love song, and I believe that he also brought the best out in Lionel Richie. Listen to the lyrics (a bit trite, but heartfelt), listen to the delicate keyboards (even the bass is keyboarded), with their voices, wonderful harmonic intervals and cascading sounds. This song received minimal airplay. You couldn't find it on the radio. It must have been too delicate.
The first time that I heard this song I was a University Professor at Hofstra (in New York), and I remember commenting about it to one of my classes (Finance 101, I think). At the end of one of the classes, a very shy, pretty co-ed came up to my desk, handed me an envelope with a tape cassette inside of it, looked me in the eye for a minute and said "Professor Castle, I made this for you. I hope you'll like it." Before I could comment, she walked away -- late for something more important.
I played that tape, and this song was on it. I played that tape at least four times per day, three days per week for the next two months.
Open your mind. Open your heart. Enjoy this. And yes -- you heard it right...he does sing "you stold it." Then again, Billy Joel sang (at least in one chorus) "Don't aks me why."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA-fNS96dZE
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