tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083454748880300588.post1841108283054488746..comments2023-05-14T03:45:07.664-07:00Comments on 80's Quest: "Hearts" by Marty Balin - January 18th 80's Quest Song/Band of the day80s Questhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579183115180456656noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083454748880300588.post-30779778953686650752012-01-20T07:27:45.853-08:002012-01-20T07:27:45.853-08:00OMG, what you're describing reminds me of the ...OMG, what you're describing reminds me of the case of the woman who for years had epileptic seizures everytime she heard Mary Hart's voice on Entertainment Tonight. What you describe is real!!! <br /><br />http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/strange-case-mary-hart-induced-epilepsy-19918<br /><br />Aw...I feel bad for your Mother-in-law that she's unable to listen to Glenn Tilbrook's voice though. That's a shame! <br /><br />Don't you wish there was some kind of suggestion hotline straight to various artists that we could use to suggest great songs they would be perfect to cover?! And let me add, I'm big on lyrics, so I always thought the lyrics from "Count on Me" were so dreamy! Who else uses a line like "Emerald eyes and china perfume" in their song. Pretty!:<br /><br />Precious love <br />I'll give to you <br />blue as the sky and deep in the <br />eyes of a love so true. <br />Beautiful face, <br />you make me feel <br />light on the stairs and lost in the <br />air of a love so real.<br /><br />Emerald eyes and china perfume <br />caught in the wheel and lost in <br />the feel of a love so soon. <br />Ruby lips, <br />you make my song <br />into the night and saved by the light <br />of a love so strong.80s Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579183115180456656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4083454748880300588.post-88074873934967058742012-01-20T03:53:15.106-08:002012-01-20T03:53:15.106-08:00Great post. I agree that "Count on Me" i...Great post. I agree that "Count on Me" is a good composition. I'd like to hear Matthew Sweet cover it.<br /><br />For me there's something weirdly repellent about Marty Balin's voice. I figured this out when Jefferson Starship had a hit with "Runaway" in 1978. It's beyond not liking his voice. It tweaks something physiological in me.<br /><br />For years I thought I was the only person anything like this had ever happened to until a friend of mine told me about how her mother couldn't look at drawings by Dr. Seuss without getting nauseous, and then a few years later I found out my mother-in-law consistently cringes physically whenever she comes within earshot of Glenn Tilbrook's voice -- and it's not as if she knows who he is or can identify his voice. It's involuntary.<br /><br />I guess it's kind of like those people who have seizures when exposed to blinking lights.<br /><br />On the other hand, maybe I just don't like Marty Balin.Ric Dubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240053845045627071noreply@blogger.com