“The Quiet Storm helped to revolutionize the sound of Black radio,” says Hughes. He was the reason anyone ever heard their voices. “As You Are” with Phyllis Hyman and Pharoah Sanders is the memory of cutting school for romance and losing the day in a darkened room.Īt Lindsey’s funeral, artists like Phyllis Hyman and Jean Carne not only sang with no time limits, they acknowledged that Lindsey broke them as artists. Luther Vandross’s “Never Too Much” reminds me of sitting at the bus stop, already late for school, with our walkmen listening to tapes we had recorded from Melvin’s Melodies. The Temprees “Dedicated” reminds me of a young man with the deepest baritone I’ve ever known and how’d he’d sing it on the telephone. “Very Special” by Ronnie and Debra Laws, was a special request my high school boyfriend made on the radio. streets trying to find a store that had the cassette. The songs Lindsey played bring back moments when I hear them now- like “I Just Want to Be Your Girl” by Chapter 8, featuring Anita Baker, a song we combed the D.C. Lindsey made an immediate impact around the city with just a simple sign-on and sign-off and a streamline of non-stop love ballads that told a story.
The switchboard lit up that May 1976 night when the audience heard the silky-voiced young man of few words. He was like, ‘Thank you, I was tripping.’ I said, if you don’t want to do it, let me know. I was shaking him and I wasn’t getting anywhere, he was a big kid, so, pow… I slapped him. And then there was the first time she got him on-air as a fill-in. They spent hours going through her record collection and Lindsey’s collection. Hughes worked hard at talking Lindsey into trying it.
When a deejay was absent, Melvin’s best friend Jack Shuler lasted all of one minute, visibly trembling and feeling nauseous about the thought of going on air. He was so sharp, he got pulled away to a full-time job on television. There was Don Roberts, a senior who was a television major. It’s that poignant clarity that captures what makes “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” so powerful - a triumphant cry of acceptance and moving on.There were other hosts of The Quiet Storm before Lindsey, Hughes says. X-Man has toyed with the title and melody in different versions over the years, but this is by far the best. “It’s all too clear things come and go,” she sings toward the end of the song. 'Crown Royal (Quiet Storm Mix)'- X-Man Parker This is a stunning record and very atypical. Accompanied by softly-strummed acoustic guitar and earthy sounds, Sade’s lyrics feel comforting and strong. She has accepted that this love she invested in has come to an end and that she still loves this person, but she has her own life to live. The “ I’m good luv, enjoy” of Sade songs. “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” is what it sounds like when you’ve risen above the bullshit. A sentiment that’s all too fucking real if you’ve ever experienced it before. It’s a quiet storm diss track - the “Marvins Room” before “Marvins Room.” It’s the last attempt at salvaging something, or maybe the last attempt at feeling something that she’s so familiar with but knows it has come to an end. Who else’s love is wider than the Victoria Lake or taller than the Empire State? No one but Sade’s. If anything it’s a sequel to “No Ordinary Love.” Sade couldn’t give one fuck that this man has lied to her or that he’s seeing someone else. Now I know what you’re thinking: “‘Is It A Crime’ over ‘No Ordinary Love?’ She literally says ‘I keep crying’ in the latter.” “No Ordinary Love” is obviously a tear-jerker but “Is It A Crime” is tragic. It’s a question that punctuates her declarations - a sign that this love truly meant so much to her and still does. “Didn’t I give you/All that I’ve got to give, baby?” Sade croons in the track’s pre-chorus. Even now, as their relationship has presumably come to an end, he’s taking. She gave and gave and gave, and he took and took and took. “I gave you all the love I got/I gave you more than I could give.” This is how Sade starts off one of her saddest songs of all time. That uncertainty hangs over “Hang on to Your Love” and adds a melancholy that stays with you until the very end.
Sade conveys a frustration in this track as she sings “In heaven’s name why do you play these games,” but wants to persevere through it all - even if her partner doesn’t seem to feel the same way. Similar to “Never as Good as the First Time,” “Hang on to Your Love” has an upbeat feel that contrasts the lyrics.
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