this is what's lacking in today's music... diversity. i was an elementary school student when this song came out, but i remember it very well... and for the record, i am a middle-aged (51 soon to be 52) BLACK man originally from brooklyn, ny who grew up in a neighborhood in transition. but on sta...
@pikachufan: ignorance certainly is bliss, right? if you had a pulse during the 80's, you would understand why this song is on youtube. novelty songs always will have a place in popular music and in people's hearts/memories. poor deprived soulless critter...
no, the dreamgirls were a thinly disguised take on the supremes. of course, it's denied by all parties involved... too close to the truth for some, i guess...
influenced by "in my lonely room", maybe, but not really a copy... this is probably the "proto-MFSB" band playing on this, not the funk brothers. great song, though...
this is what's lacking in today's music... diversity. i was an elementary school student when this song came out, but i remember it very well... and for the record, i am a middle-aged (51 soon to be 52) BLACK man originally from brooklyn, ny who grew up in a neighborhood in transition. but on sta...