Friday, November 12, 2010

TWO QUESTIONS: 1. WAS I THE ONLY DIE HARD HI-FIVE FAN IN THE 90'S? 2. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED THE GROUP'S INCONSISTENT LINE-UP? SERIOUSLY, THE PHOTOS ON THE ALBUM DID NOT COINCIDE WITH MEMBERS WHO WERE FEATURED IN MUSIC VIDEOS AND THOSE MEMBERS DID NOT MIRROR THOSE THAT WERE FEATURED ON THE COVERS OF THE SINGLES? I REMEMBER WONDERING "WHO'S VOCALS ARE WE REALLY HEARING?" THAT IS OTHER THAN THE TALENTED AND GONE-TOO-SOON TONY THOMPSON. I SUPPOSE THAT WHEN A RECORD IS A HIT, NO ONE REALLY CARES WHO IS FEATURED IN THE MUSIC VIDEO. DESTINY'S CHILD'S SECOND REINCARNATION PROVED THAT. ANYWHO, THIS SINGLE WAS THEIR SECOND TOP 10 POP HIT, FOLLOWING THE #1 POP SONG "I LIKE THE WAY (THE KISSING GAME)." RELEASED IN THE SUMMER OF 1991, I WAS IMMEDIATELY SMITTEN WITH THESE TOO DAMN ADORABLE BOYS (90'S ADORABLE, THAT IS) FROM TEXAS. I WAS CONVINCED THAT THESE BOYS WOULD BE AROUND FOREVER. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WASN'T THE CASE, AFTER TWO FOLLOW-UP ALBUMS, THE GROUP DISBANDED. TONY WOULD GO TO RELEASE AN UNSUCCESSFUL SOLO ALBUM BEFORE PASSING AWAY IN 2007. THOUGH HE MAY GONE, HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON IN GREAT SONGS SUCH AS THIS ONE. SO HERE'S TO THE 90'S AND HERE'S TO TONY!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are you sure about the members? Wow! I never noticed. Although Tony's album didn't do well it was pretty good.
Stupid idiot had to go and chase drugs....

How about a bit of H-Town on the post?.... not O-Town, H-Town (i know you love your pop)