Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Retro Video of the Week: "Missing You" by John Waite

Last week, I featured John Waite's original band, The Babys, in the power pop edition of CoronaVinyl, and today Waite gets the spotlight to himself, as we continue the COVID-19-themed Retro Videos of the Week.  Waite's biggest solo hit was 1984's "Missing You," an '80s classic that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the UK pop chart.  The crux of the song is that the narrator is saying to an ex-lover "I ain't missin' you at all," but at the end of the song, we learn that he is lying to himself.  While staying at home for months on end, maybe you're thinking you don't really miss going to bars, restaurants, concerts, and sporting events, or hanging out with more than ten people at a time, but you're lying to yourself.

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