During the course of this year I aim to upload a song every day for your consideration as to whether they were good enough and sufficiently commercial to have become UK Top 20 singles. Many different genres will be represented, so if this particular one’s not your preferred style then hopefully it won’t be too long before you find one that is.
For those songs that are interesting enough for you to give them a proper listen, please press “like” if you think it could have been a hit, and “dislike” if you don’t, in the hope that we get enough votes to obtain a balanced overview. Also, if leaving a critical comment please try to take into account the year of original release - most of the songs that I'll be uploading are decades old so it wouldn’t be surprising if some sound dated now.
Today’s choice is by cover-song specialists Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin, but you would be wrong to think that they only had one string to their musical bow as they were talented songwriters too. Of the thirteen songs on their 1991 ‘Spin’ album, nine of them were written by Mr. Stewart, and for me ‘Star Blind’ is a hidden treasure. Not only is it beautifully atmospheric, but there’s plenty of space for Barbara’s crystal-clear vocals to fully express the poignant lyrics. As an album only track it never had the opportunity to gain sufficient radio airplay to catch public attention, but I believe that if Rykodisc had been prepared to splash a little cash on a semi-decent video, then with a little imaginative promotion it would have been capable of catching the public’s attention.
Hopefully you’ll drop by again tomorrow for something completely different!
