Bonnie Tyler - Goodbye to the Island
#18
January 28 1981
Bonnie Tyler
Goodbye to the Island
Genre: Single Mother in a Desert Karaoke Bar
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Sometimes When We Touch
Bonnie Tyler has something that is elusive to so many singers: A signature sound and instantly recognizable voice. She is so out of her time. She belongs on the same stage (openingfor) Janis. Hers is not the voice that serves as muse to her band. No. She’s the one who ends up with the keyboardist. They have three kids. He’s always on the road. She sleeps with a local who, while not much to look at, he’s there. He has a job. He doesn’t hate her kids.
All of that is wrapped up in “Wild Love”, with it’s raspy yearning and desperate pine, it’s all of what I find appealing about Bonnie wrapped up in one song.
Dan Hill’s version may be the emodiment of the 70s but Bonnie’s take on “Sometimes When We Touch” is so wrenching, it drips with the pain of someone who just wants to be loved and that’s it. I know it was made famous by a man, but it packs one helluva punch here.
Bonnie dances in the same ring as Carly Simon but I bet Bonnie can take her.
For a modern day equivalent see: Beth Hart.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/goodbye-to-the-island/513543078
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