Comments on: White Label Wednesday: Robert Palmer, “You Are in My System”

By: ekkostar

ekkostar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:08:48 +0000

I hate to say this, but Don't Explain, Honey and Rhythm & Blues were a trinity of badness. I think he sort of lost his way and tried too hard to recapture Addicted to Love.

By: ekkostar

ekkostar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:08:48 +0000

I hate to say this, but Don't Explain, Honey and Rhythm & Blues were a trinity of badness. I think he sort of lost his way and tried too hard to recapture Addicted to Love.

By: jsd

jsd — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:17:19 +0000

i'm sort of obsessed with this track (it's been covered by many people besides palmer) so it's great to see it mentioned here. one thing you didn't mention is that frank/murphy (the system) did production on robert palmer's version.

By: 1Py_Korry1

1Py_Korry1 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:21:39 +0000

You've been hitting it out of the park for weeks now with this series. This is one of my favorite Palmer songs. Johnny Bacardi is right about getting this CD.

By: jefito

jefito — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:58:26 +0000

Palmer only released one bad album — “Rhythm & Blues” — and it came out long after his sales peak.

By: Ken Shane

Ken Shane — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:27:11 +0000

I wish that more people were aware of Palmer's first two albums. As often happens, once he got big, he got bad. But those first two albums with covers as disparate as Toots and the Maytal's “Pressure Drop” and Lowell George's “Spanish Moon” are astonishing.

By: outsidecounsel

outsidecounsel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:51:21 +0000

Palmer's kinda undder-rated, I think, a victim of MTV overexposure. His first two albums were excellent, and his subsequent work was nothing to be ashamed of. I was always somewhat surprised at the vitriolic reviews he inspired, although it was the 80's after all

By: CarlosRamirez

CarlosRamirez — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:01:20 +0000

I am a huge fan of David Frank and Mic Murphy's songwriting style and I have to admit, this is a great rendition! The System even have a connection to another of Medsker's “White Label” artists, Go West. I just can't remember what right now.

By: Johnny Bacardi

Johnny Bacardi — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:01:23 +0000

Pride, the Palmer album this appeared on, is a very overlooked little synth-funk gem and I highly recommend it if you ever run across it in a used record store somewhere…

By: DavidMedsker

DavidMedsker — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:20:22 +0000

Articulate, insightful, and succinct. Couldn't agree more, vnn.