Lionel Richie "You Are" C/D

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You are the sun, you are the rain, that makes my life this foolish game.

Probably the greatest Lionel Richie song made.

― The Startrekman (Startrekman), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 01:43 (twenty years ago)

Wait, you're not asking about the synth sounds = YOU ARE A FAKE.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Because there is only one synth sound and that is of a Moog.

― The Startrekman (Startrekman), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

I'm quite partial to "Once, twice, three times a lady".

― rchinn (rchinn), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 09:16 (twenty years ago)

I am transfixed by one of the background singer/dancers in this video

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:13 (twenty years ago)

I had loved the Commodores a lot, like a WHOLE lot before Richie went solo, and "You Are," when it came out, made me think Lionel Richie's solo stuff was gonna be just mindbendingly great next-level stuff, trafficking in those low easy harmonising-with-himself moments and just gettin' nice and deep in his special easy pop voice. Except that the chorus wasn't really Commodores-worthy - kinda cheap, not funky enough. Within a couple of years of course Richie would have more or less stated plainly through his work that he was no longer interested in making it funky enough.

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Classic, because it's the first pop song I remember hearing on the bus home from school and saying 'what is that?'. I've sort of vaguely assumed it was Stevie Wonder and only just identified it.

― gabbneb, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

possibly responsible for my liking the I-VI-IV-V progression

― gabbneb, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

every second is spine-chillingly great…

― Veronica Moser, Monday, 20 August 2007 17:34 (eighteen years ago)

Not by any stretch one of his greats, but I love the farting synth-bass with which it leads.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 20 August 2007 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

Not his greatest, but Lionel Richie couldn't fail back then. His self-titled solo debut and "Can't Slow Down" were both genius.

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 August 2007 23:29 (eighteen years ago)

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