Tuesday 2 February 2016

Hidden musical gems 1













Alright – Christopher Cross

Once called the Marie Provost of 1980s pop, & with his
James Corden meets Meatloaf looks, combined with a mismatched high voice he was
hardly going to be posterboy for the MTV generation.

While mostly remembered for the Bert Baccarach penned theme
to the Moore-Minelli-Mills vehicle Arthurs, much loved by generations of Radio
2 playlist compilers, Cross also recorded many other songs that appealed to
turn of the 1980s 30 somethings, such as the easy going Sailing & Michael
McDonald duo Ride Like The Wind.

Somewhere down the pecking order is Alright, with it’s perky
synth intro before the Flamingo logoed one gets into his stride, insisting
“it’s alright, I think we’re gonna make it” in a package that wouldn’t be out
of place as the end theme to a long forgotten American sitcom of the era.

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