Yay!

It’s Friday!

Heard this on the way to work today - “Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore” by REO Speedwagon:

A few things:
One - Check out that head of hair on the lead singer. My God!
Two - The video (1985) is quintessential mid 80’s ballad crap
Three - What a depressing video

I’ve always liked this song. I know, it doesn’t make much sense. I tend to think it’s because I’m a very sentimental person and this song came out when I was 12 and full of raging hormones. I desperately wanted to do something that would impress a girl. Songs like this and some of the cheesy Chicago songs of the same time period were stories of fighting for love and saving the girl. That appealed to me.

Plus, as someone who had a mild speech impediment** as a child in regards to being able to say “R’s”, this dude sure can enunciate his “R’s”. Check out the chorus.

And I cant fight this feeling anymorrrrrrrrre
Ive forgotten what I started fighting forrrrrrrr
Its time to bring this ship into the shorrrrrre
And throw away the oarrrrrrs, forrrrreverrrrrrrrr

I almost forgot another fun song of theirs – “Take It On The Run”

What is it about this dudes voice?

** No really. I couldn’t say my “R’s”. I had to go to speech therapy and do tongue exercises.