Paul Young U.K. Soul Man
At the end of the day nothing in pop music matters much anyway except the lead singer of the Shangri-Las. But there’s a space where an opinion should be and they’re paying me to differentiate, so: In the greeting-card aesthetic of pop there’s still an occasional Hallmark. Among the women in fishbowls and buttocks in shorts and boys in dresses you can camp under. once in a while you’ll find a pop singer who's simpiy that.
Paul Young U.K. Soul Man
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Sylvie Simmons
At the end of the day nothing in pop music matters much anyway except the lead singer of the Shangri-Las. But there’s a space where an opinion should be and they’re paying me to differentiate, so:
In the greeting-card aesthetic of pop there’s still an occasional Hallmark. Among the women in fishbowls and buttocks in shorts and boys in dresses you can camp under. once in a while you’ll find a pop singer who's simpiy that. A pop singer. And as po^^jngers go, Paul Young, with his raw-edgea soul voice, popstar-vulnerable with not a trace of whinge, is one of the better ones. (The best, according to the British Phonograph Industry, who awarded him top male vocalist prize earlier this year—something the little girls have understood since No Parlez, his first solo album, came out and sold over three million copies.)