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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: The great defender of AOR |
| Date | Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:31:21 -0500 |
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At 10:14 PM 3/30/2004 -0700, Sam Smith wrote:
>If you ever catch me defending Air Supply, well, I know you don't need
>to be told what to do. Just make it quick and clean. Same for Leo Sayer.
Another list I'm on once had a lively thread that was along the lines of
"Most inconsequential artist ever," that is, an artist who had some modicum
of commercial success at the time but has gone on to leave no footprints.
I think it's damned hard to beat Leo Sayer. He had several years' worth of
hits, but name more than two of them. (I can think of "When I Need You"
and that one with the freaky falsetto chorus..."Long Tall Glasses," was
that the name of it?) Show me an artist who has gone on record as saying
he was influenced by Leo Sayer. Go into any major record store and see if
any of his catalogue is available there -- *maybe* there'll be a skimpy
budget hits compilation. Does anyone here actually own a Leo Sayer record?
I really can't think of any commercially successful artist who has left a
smaller legacy.
S
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