Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry

That moment when you discover – a bajillion years after the fact – that Eric Benet’s gorgeous duet with Faith Evans, “Georgy Porgy” (1999), was a cover. And not only that, but that rapper MC Lyte’s “Poor Georgie” (1991) sampled the song that Benet later covered–a soulful 1978 rock song by Toto. And you friggin' love Toto, but never knew about their OG version until stumbling across it on YouTube just now.
I mean, what the hell? What other musical mysteries are out there waitin' to bamboozle me? I've strived to know...well, pretty much everything. But now I'm feelin' like I don't know up from down! How do people live like this?!?! 😅😭🤣
Updated: While listening to the original version again (about an hour after posting this), it occurred to me that the sista singing the chorus sounded really familiar. Something about her voice and the way she sings made me think of R&B songstress Cheryl Lynn ("To Be Real," 1978). Sure enough, looking up the song credit's for "Georgy Porgy," Lynn's name is right there!
Ah, the balance is restored. 🤓

In Memory of Ja'Net Dubois (Aug 5, 1945 - Feb 18, 2020)

This special dedication is going out to the beautiful Ja'Net DuBois, star of TV's Good Times, film actress, songwriter, and singer of the beloved theme song from The Jeffersons.

Thank you, Queen. Rest in power.