The 1981 Listening Post - Love Affair - Doyawanna

Love Affair - Doyawanna 

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1981 Housekeeping

Love Affair

Doyawanna

Genre: Rock

3.75 out of 5

Highlights:

W-O-M-A-N

Easy Come, Easy Go

Hometown heroes get a record contract, the label wants them to change stuff, including their name. They do it but the locals think they are abandoning them in favor of Los Angeles and bad blood ensues.

This is like American Loverboy. It’s in that Eddie Money vein. A vein that has been bled pretty dry by this point in time. 

The Wild Cherry white boy funk of the title track is atrocious. 

Side Two is more rock and Power Pop, which, of course, fits my fancy. 

The leader, Rich Spina, went on to be Peter Noone’s keyboardist and is playing out as one half of the duo, Spina and Sullivan. As I write this they have a show on the docket at Arnie's Clubhouse Grill 7599 Pearl Rd Middleburg Heights, OH.

Rock on, Rich. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUElwol-98

The 1980 Listening Post - Love Affair - Love Affair

 Love Affair - Love Affair

1980 Housekeeping

Love Affair

Love Affair

Genre: AOR Rock

3.75 out of 5

Highlights:

Seventeen (You’re A Star)

Mama Sez

You know who discovered and, I think, produced this record? Melanie. Yes, “Brand New Key” Melanie.

If Queen didn’t change gears in the late 70s and investigate R&B they might have written songs like some of these. “Mama Sez” fits on the Queen debut record.

This is the band that would change their name to their initials, L.A., and alienate their local Ohio fanbase. 

You know what? You can hear the beginnings of bands like RATT on these guys and I bet if they didn’t have such inept management, they might have had a bit of hamster wheel success.

It gets a little repetitive but I really liked the old time jangle “Cleveland Boys” at the end. 

Solid AOR effort. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBsazFuKzMo