To start: I had my headphones on at work and decided to put this song on and choked up at my desk. I have been thinking a lot about what meaning a romantic relationship really carries when everything today is about self-centered transactions and narcissism. Many of Hartman's ballads explore a reaction to the fact that the romantic ideal is often unfulfilled or distorted and this one hit me really hard today.
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It's too bad Johnny died at 60 from smoking and Dionne damaged her voice with it. That's a great live performance by Dionne in her prime, though . . . and what a set!
It's impressive when a handful of inspirational people like Dionne define a whole decade of music.