It may have been more appropriate to have written about The Smithereens-"11" next year, the twentieth anniversary of its release. But I am getting too much joy from this marvelous record now, so I must share. I had been thinking about the song "Blue Period," a gorgeous and heartbreaking duet by lead Smithereen Pat DiNizio and Go-Go Belinda Carlisle, featured on this record. Back in 1989 when the MTV crowd was playing air guitar to the opening bombast of the hit single, "A Girl Like You," I was savoring the beautiful string arrangement, the very Left Banke-sounding harpsichord, and the sweet harmonies of DiNizio and Carlisle that made "Blue Period" a stand-out tune on "11." Plus, there is a key moment in the last verse when the duo sings, "I think of you, much more than I'd ever be willing to say," where it seems like both...
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