Love Re-recorded

In Walmart several days ago, I browsed through the music section. I found a CD compilation titled, Love 70’s Style. It looked like a great CD for some romantic time with the wife.

“When I Need You” – by Leo Sayer
“So Into You” – Atlanta Rhythm Section
“Could It Be I’m Fallin’ in Love” – The Spinners
and nine other songs

Great romantic songs that give that nostalgic warm fuzzy feeling. I bought it, and we played it. It wasn’t what we expected. I missed the little note at the bottom of the CD cover, “New Stereo Re-recordings by the Original Artists.”

The songs didn’t sound the same as we remembered and were expecting. My wife described it as sounding like karaoke night. Sure, it was the “original artists,” but it was not the original recordings that we remember from the radio. The songs sounded just different enough to be off-putting. They didn’t bring the nostalgic warm fuzzies.

The “Selections marked with an (*) are live recordings” songs were especially . . . troublesome. It’s kind of difficult to get into the romantic mood when it sounds like you’re in the middle of a concert.

Bullgrit
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