Monday, October 27, 2003
"The Second Time Around," Shalamar (2/16/80)
Funny how Jody Watley became the solo star out of Shalamar, as in the group dynamic she was just a pleasantly-voiced backup singer to Howard Hewett. And you know what? Shalamar really wasn't that good; theirs were good voices (verging on very good in the case of Hewett) largely wasted on mediocre material (though I've always had a sweet tooth for the PG-rated nastiness of "Dancing in the Sheets," #18 in '84). "Second" is simply by-the-numbers disco-funk for the roller rink. C
Funny how Jody Watley became the solo star out of Shalamar, as in the group dynamic she was just a pleasantly-voiced backup singer to Howard Hewett. And you know what? Shalamar really wasn't that good; theirs were good voices (verging on very good in the case of Hewett) largely wasted on mediocre material (though I've always had a sweet tooth for the PG-rated nastiness of "Dancing in the Sheets," #18 in '84). "Second" is simply by-the-numbers disco-funk for the roller rink. C
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