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Wednesday, November 05, 2003

"Being with You," Smokey Robinson (4/4/81)
Back in '81, this sounded painfully romantic. In '03, it sounds like the codependant's anthem:

I don't care what they think about me, and
I don't care what they say
I don't care what they think
If you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay
I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else but
Being with you, being with you

Creepy. Besides that, the only reason this was an R&B hit is because of the vox attached to it. Musically speaking, this is soft rock at its early-'80s nadir; there's nothing remotely soulful about it. And apart from his well-placed trills, this isn't even a very interesting, or notable, performance from golden-voiced Smokey. *Yawn.* C

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