Since Grant Miller chided me last week for doing a "two-fer" on a day that wasn't a Tuesday, I've decided to seize the day and offer up a valid, indisputable two-fer from one of my big '80s crushes, Paul Young.
First up is one of my favorite '80s tunes, "Come Back and Stay," from Paul's 1983 debut album, No Parlez. This was the first single from the record, and fared pretty well on the charts, but everyone seemed to forget about it after Paul's follow-up album, The Secret of Association, which spawned the monster #1 hit, "Everytime You Go Away."
I always thought this video had an eerie feel to it, and I was always waiting for one of those crazy, veiled chicks to push poor Paul off of the cliff.
Next up is a song that's even more forgotten than "Come Back and Stay." This is the second single from No Parlez, "Love of the Common People," a gospel song that was written in the late '60s, originally performed by country artist Jim Ed Brown, and covered by everyone from Waylon Jennings to Pat Boone to....Leonard Nimoy!? I was reminded of this tune while recently watching (for the umpteenth time) Sixteen Candles, since it can be heard during an early scene in Samantha's bedroom. Every time I think of this song, I immediately think of the dumb hand movement that Paul and his backup singers (who don't look so evil when unveiled) do during the chorus. What the hell is that? It's like churning butter with a churn that's much too tall.
First up is one of my favorite '80s tunes, "Come Back and Stay," from Paul's 1983 debut album, No Parlez. This was the first single from the record, and fared pretty well on the charts, but everyone seemed to forget about it after Paul's follow-up album, The Secret of Association, which spawned the monster #1 hit, "Everytime You Go Away."
I always thought this video had an eerie feel to it, and I was always waiting for one of those crazy, veiled chicks to push poor Paul off of the cliff.
Next up is a song that's even more forgotten than "Come Back and Stay." This is the second single from No Parlez, "Love of the Common People," a gospel song that was written in the late '60s, originally performed by country artist Jim Ed Brown, and covered by everyone from Waylon Jennings to Pat Boone to....Leonard Nimoy!? I was reminded of this tune while recently watching (for the umpteenth time) Sixteen Candles, since it can be heard during an early scene in Samantha's bedroom. Every time I think of this song, I immediately think of the dumb hand movement that Paul and his backup singers (who don't look so evil when unveiled) do during the chorus. What the hell is that? It's like churning butter with a churn that's much too tall.
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I never cared for Paul very much after that, but my best friend thought the words to another song were:
Every time you go away you take a piece of meat with you.
I wanted to wear a coat like that, "Come back and stay" was a song that I sang sometime in a karaoke, bad sung of course :)
I never saw the second video, but I remember well the song, so I am practicing that easy hand movement..
I liked his version of "Wherever I lay my Hat" but I don't usually cop to it unless I'm drunk...
I'm with Chelene about "Tear Your Playhouse Down". I loved that song.