Were it not for my roommate, I probably would have never come across Dee Dee Warwick, the less-famous sister of Dionne who died the other day at age 63. Her voice was a lot more powerful than Dionne’s, and she used it to great effect on the original version of I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (later made famous by the Supremes) as well as on covers like Suspicious Minds and Monday Monday, turning one of the Mamas and the Papas’ drearier efforts into a lively stomper:
Dee Dee Warwick, Suspicious Minds
Dee Dee Warwick, I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
Dee Dee Warwick, Foolish Fool
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I’m sort of annoyed to admit that Katy Perry’s Hot And Cold isn’t quite as awful as U R So Gay or I Kissed A Girl, mainly because to me it sounds like a Killers song from four years ago, when I liked the Killers. And I understand that the point of MTV Awards ceremonies around the world is to embarrass talentless celebrities in a way that MTV can exploit for years to come. But seriously, is there really any excuse for this?
I mean, she does seem a) drunk and b) unaware of that the cake was made out of something harder than cake. And I guess it’s not her fault that MTV kept the cameras running for so long after it was over. And sure, there’s nothing to say that she herself had any say in the performance at all. But Jesus. At least six people should lose their jobs over this.
