I don’t know about you, but I need a slow dance at this point. I know it’s Friday and we usually kick up our heels a bit more, but grab a partner, a coat rack or your cat, and let’s sway slowly today. It’ll be good for our nerves. We started our dance tour this week in the early 2000’s on Tuesday with the Scissor Sisters, jumped back to the 60’s for a song from Martha and the Vandellas, then skipped to the 80’s yesterday to dance with the Kinks. Today, we step back to the mid 70’s for a more mellow dance tune with a band called Orleans.
This song brings back a lot of memories, not from high school, but from my younger childhood days, when I looked like I did in those photos up there. I used to listen to my brothers’ old 45’s and my mom’s old 33’s, even some occasional 8-track tapes. Ah, the benefit of those 8-tracks, when the album was over, it started back at the beginning again. The stuff I bought for myself in those days, when I had a few bucks, was usually on cassette. Whatever way I could get the music, old or new, I spent a lot of time in my bedroom listening to it, and songs like this just take me right back.
Orleans was also known for songs like “Love Takes Time” and “Still the One.” I think “Dance With Me” stands the test of time.
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