CJ Reverse Playlist 04112005

Album:
En Vogue
Best of En Vogue

Snaptrax:
Don't Let Go (Love)
My Lovin'
Free Your Mind
Hold On
Give It Up Turn It Loose
Let It Flow

One of the better girl groups - ever - En Vogue delivers their greatest hits collection with much aplomb. There doesn't seem to be a weak song in the set (which is what a best of compilation should do), though some are less familiar to me than their early work. The girls' strength is in their comfiness and dexterity in their songs, spanning sassy funk to smoldering soul. There may be lots of R&B girl groups, but there's only one En Vogue. Accept no substitutes.

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What's it gonna be?
'Cause I can't pretend
Don't you wanna be more than friends?
Hold me tight and don't let go
Don't let go
You have the right to lose control
Don't let go

I often tell myself
That we could be more than just friends
I know you think that if we move too soon
It would all end
I live in misery when you're not around
And I won't be satisfied
Till we've taken those vows

There'll be some lovemaking
Heart breaking, soul shaking
Love ooh aah
Lovemaking, heart breaking
Soul shaking

I often fantasize the stars above, oh, a chill
They know my heart and speak to yours
Like only lovers do
If I could wear your clothes
I'd pretend I was you, and lose control

Running in and out my life
Has got me so confused
You gotta make the sacrifice
Somebody's gotta chose
We can make it if we try
For the sake of you and I
Together we can make it right

What's it going to be?
Can't keep running in and out of my life
Out of my life
More than friends, oh, oh, oh
Hold me tight and don't let me go
You've got the right
I said you've got the right to lose control

Don't break up 'cause I can't take it