Wednesday, November 19, 2003
"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)," Kool & The Gang (11/21/81)
See, few bands were more successful in the '80s on the R&B charts, and few were as hot-and-cold as Kool & The Gang. There was their appallingly crowd-pleasing, pandering side which reared its head on "Celebration" – though to be fair, K&TG were always crowd pleasers, not exactly the most boundary-pushing of artists – and then the records which showed more of their own personality, such as this one. It’s an easy groove combined with a smooth vocal from James "J.T." Taylor (punctuated with some lovely falsetto "ooh"s). Nothing pioneering here, but nothing vile, either. B
See, few bands were more successful in the '80s on the R&B charts, and few were as hot-and-cold as Kool & The Gang. There was their appallingly crowd-pleasing, pandering side which reared its head on "Celebration" – though to be fair, K&TG were always crowd pleasers, not exactly the most boundary-pushing of artists – and then the records which showed more of their own personality, such as this one. It’s an easy groove combined with a smooth vocal from James "J.T." Taylor (punctuated with some lovely falsetto "ooh"s). Nothing pioneering here, but nothing vile, either. B
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