If there's one classic R&B song that I never get tired of listening all over the years and decades, than such distinction must go to the sweet, smooth
and amazing partnership between Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne in "Love Power". However, the music video was only seen by me this year (what a shock!).
Not the obvious MTV fair, but it's a little dated, a little corny, just as well. Nothing that affects the quality; after all, we're only in it for the
great music it carries with.
It follows the song story quite well, a couple (Dionne & Jeffrey) who are dealing with other people but knowing that they're missing each other -
the psychic character described was replaced with Dionne having a date for herself. The couple drive through their fancy cars in sunny L. A., so near
yet so far; then there's the club routine where they sing together (a hilarious bit comes from a background actor entering in front of the shot, blocking
Dionne); and there's the lovely sax solo from Kenny G., way before his worldwide fame. It's a little cinematic spectacle, that goes with two great performers
echoing the creations of impecable duo Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. "Talking about...love power!" 9/10.
