For some reason, I don't like Smokey Robinson. As a person. Could I tell ya why? Nope. I just don't trust him.
One of those things, I guess. But it's especially strange to me because I would pretty much place my life in the hands of Levi Stubbs.
For all the vague mistrust I have of ol' Smokey (forgive me), I can't deny the man writes a damn good song.
(Previously:
"Ooh Baby Baby"
"The Tracks of My Tears" [Version v. Version]!)
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The song: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "I Second That Emotion"; 1967
From the very first second this song just grabs you by the collar.
. . .and then, unlike most songs which grab you by the collar, this one continues on to be kind of, dare I say, debonair.
I mean, it does take a certain something to pull off the line "if you feel like giving me a lifetime of devotion, I second that emotion" but this song does it. Improbably and wonderfully, which seems appropriate given the topic.
Yrs,
AW
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