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Originally posted by The Tower
I'm sorry Eric, but "Little Lies" is very {boppy} and {dated}.... It's just not good like "You Make Loving Fun" or "One More Night"....
Christine's contribution to this record was very . She, herself, has stated that if a song doesn't work from the beginning, she will discard it.
I still think "Little Lies" is an abysmal, mid-80's stinker.
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Well she obviously liked these songs, or she would have discarded them!
If Little Lies had come out in the 70's, and not had that annoyingly glossy mid-80's production and keyboards from the worst era ever for keyboard instruments, I bet you any money that you'd like this song. Just the sound alone of "Everywhere" made me completely hate the song for a while. But it's strangely catchy.
Any money though, if Little Lies had Rumours and Mirage-style punchy analog 70's production, and Chris played a Rhodes electric instead of that squeeky Yamaha DX-7 and played a vintage Minimoog or something for those synth lines, I guarantee you'd like the song.
I think that applies to ALL of her "Tango" tracks.
It's funny because most every opinion I've read stated that Christine basically saved the album as far as quality of songs is concerned. Interesting.
Sound quality and production has more an influence on how people percieve music, whether they know that or not.