Taylor Hicks won American Idol tonight, which I think is a great choice. Taylor definitely has the blue eyed soul thing down, particularly tonight when he blew Toni Braxton out of the water during "In The Ghetto". Taylor seems like a genuine, good natured person with a great deal of talent. The comparisons to Huey Lewis and Michael McDonald seem right on. Hopefully, the music producers won't change him when he goes to the studio. Soul Patrol!
Also, at number 99 on my favorite album list is:
Loverboy - Get Lucky (1981)
It seems amazing now, but this album actually was innovative for about 5 seconds in 1981. A straight ahead rock band with a new wave keyboardist. For a brief period of time, this was the sound many bands tried to duplicate and failed. The new wave keyboards courtesy of Doug Johnson) kept the band's music timely and lively.
Many radio classics came from this album, such as the anthemic "Working For The Weekend", the jazzy "Take Me To The Top" or the lite funk ballad "When It's Over". The only bad note is the lyrics to "Gangs In The Street", a laughable attempt at street cred from a group of Canadian musicians.
All in all, I have fond memories of this album at rate it 99 out of 100.
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