Today's old school jam is a bit older than usual. It's from 1987, and while this column (?) will mainly focus on 90s R&B, I simply can not leave out the masterpiece that is this song. I would be lying if I didn't say this was potentially my favorite song of all time. I know its cheesy, I know the lyrics are pretty simple and whatnot, but if you measured favorite song by the pure amount of joy it gives, this would be off the scales. It is impossible for me to hear it without getting a little unreasonably excited. Enjoy the magic....
http://new.music.yahoo.com/Roger/videos/view/I-Want-To-Be-Your-Man--157421061
Things to Note:
* I seriously need a talk box. I've become obsessed with getting one (btw: retail around $150) so that I can sit on the couch and turn every single song in my iTunes into voice warped brilliance. I would also greet anyone who entered the room with a funk-ay "XX is in the house...baby...baby...baby
* There are about 50 parts in this song where one would naturally say "Hold on...I love this part!!" My favorite is obviously the "I tried I tried I tried I tried" part in the third verse. For good reason too.
* I don't know my 80s urban haircuts THAT well, but I believe what we have here is a Jheri Curl. And a pretty amazing one at that. Almost as good as the kid from Family Matters that was on like every 5 episodes. It could be an S-Curl. I pretend to know all of them
* I like every scene where there are three Rogers playing at once, as seen at 1:13. If you look closely, you will see the middle stage kind of bobs up and down and side to side, which I can only imagine is from really poorly done superimposition. Amazing.
* I would pay a good amount of money ($2.45) for the clothes he is wearing. Marie described his whole pocket sized swagger as bootleg Prince. I could not say it better myself.
* @1:20. My stars!! Is that bootleg Grace Jones!?
* The few, hilarious shots of things that aren't in the room. There is a random scene of a crosswalk near the beginning. Even better, at 2:59, they show a neon sign that says "Girls" as Roger sings the same word. If the camera panned out a bit I think the word above it would say "Live" and the one below would say "Revue." I appreciate the sudden attempt at being literal though.
* 2:48. My god. 2:48.
* A splashing water motif would have been puzzling enough, but then they have to show that it's coming from a rain gutter. And the introducing shot at :14 makes it look like Roger was drinking from it. I'm so confused. Still, the splashing water effect is pretty cool. In fact, Rihanna would use it 20 years later in her video for "Umbrella." Perhaps you should thank Roger, Rihanna. I do every day.
*Wooo a Captain's outfit for some reason!
*Naturally it ends with some neck rolls.
We miss you Roger.
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