181. Lesson #27: If you want to make the ladies swoon, you've gotta dress like a Smurf.

181. "Kiss You All Over" by Exile

If you find exposed belly-buttons on album covers entertaining, then I apologize for the disembodied heads and hands on Exile's 1978 album "Mixed Emotions." I cannot spy a single belly-button anywhere. Gone also are any chest hair or nipples. Just floating noggin's and fingers. Sorry.

Everyone else is so happy, and I'm so miserable. Why did I have to be the one to grow the serious mustache?!

If you have never sung along to this song, then I pity you. I also admire your high level of self-discipline and self-respect. I wish I was you. But you cannot deny that this song is filled with irresistible sing-along moments, from the deep tones of the opening breathy line--"When I get home, babe, gonna light your fire"--to the high-pitched falsetto of the chorus line--"Till the night closes in!" You don't even have to have a decent singing voice to get into this song, as is proven in the following Happy Gilmore clip.



Full disclosure--I've sung the falsetto line a lot worse than Adam Sandler. My love of playing flugelhorn in the pep band isn't the only thing that kept me out of the MarVals.

Like other late 70s songs, this one has some very entertaining lip-synched and live performances captured on TV for future generations to mock. But this is one of the most copyright protected songs I've ever seen on YouTube, so you'll have to work for it if you want to see them. If you dare click the links below, keep your eyes peeled for the choreography of the long-haired lead singer. I call him the Sultan of Squat.

TopPop lip-sync version. After the Star Wars Meco song spectacle, I really expected more craziness from this Dutch television production. But there are some very nice moments in it. Squatty, squatty, squatty. Love my little squatty. Squatty, squatty, squatty, rock n roll!

https://youtu.be/gNo29v4ERqk


Midnight Special 5- minute live version. The Sultan really likes touching his microphone. And swaying his hair side to side. And the feel of a skin-tight blue jumpsuit.

https://youtu.be/mpiBdB6yJC8

I wanna watch these all over. And over again. I wanna watch these all over. Till the night closes in!