Sometimes When We Touch...

Ugh... this song has a pretty melody, but the lyrics are a bit cheesy...

Dan Hill sings it in 1977...

It always takes me back to a time when if you had a face for radio, you could still be a famous singer. Since I've been doing a lot of karaoke lately, I've noticed that this song was covered a few times and even made into a duet.

I had no idea Rod Stewart sang this!

Manny Pacquaio is a new singer to me, but apparently Dan Hill sang backup for him on this...

Here's Dottie West doing it country style...

And here's Tammy Wynette and Mark Gray doing it 80s duet style...

It is a pretty song.  Maybe I should rethink my feelings about it.  It's just so mushy and personal...  and hard to imagine a guy like Dan Hill getting all passionate.  He's the same guy who sang "Can't We Try" and "I Can Dream About You" in the 80s, two other songs that a lot of people liked who were sensitive...  yikes.

Long live 70s era love songs!

Awkward SingSnap encounters!

Something funny happened the other day.  I recorded a few songs on SingSnap.com that turned out relatively well.  After a couple of hours, I got a few comments from a guy in Pennsylvania who said he really liked my voice.  He sent me a private message asking if I would sing a duet with him.

The first song he suggested was "After All" by Peter Cetera and Cher.  I don't really know that song very well, mainly because I'm not a big fan of Cher's singing voice (even if she is Armenian).  I wrote back that I would have to learn the song.

So then he wrote back and asked if I'd sing "Golden Ring" with him.  That's a song by George Jones and Tammy Wynette.  I wasn't familiar with it, but it turned out to be easy to learn... So I learned it..

And it actually turned out somewhat decently.  The guy has a pretty decent voice.  It reminds me more of Kenny Rogers' voice than George Jones's, so I suggested the song "Every Time Two Fools Collide" by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West.

He had to learn that song and didn't quite get it right.  He wanted to do it in a higher key, for some reason.  Anyway, I thanked him for the duet and he immediately offered to redo it.  I said it was fine and there was no reason to redo it unless he really wanted to...

And then he writes back and asks...  "May I ask, are you broken hearted from a break up?"

I wrote back and said I was happily married.  Some hours later, he wrote back and said he was, too...

What the hell was that all about?  Awkward!