Watching You Watching Me

by

Bill Withers

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UNFORTUNATLY THIS WAS MR WITHERS LAST CD/ALBUM.THIS WAS A VERY STRONG FINISH TO SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL YEARS OF WRITING AND CREATING.I HAVE THIS CD AND ALSO THE LP.ON THE LP THE VOICES AND THE MUSIC SOUNDS SO LIFE LIKE,YOU CAN FEEL WHAT HE SINGS ABOUT AND THE PREFORMANCE MUCH,MUCH BETTER.ANYWAY I COULD ONLY RATE THIS 5 STARS BECAUSE I COULDNT GO TO 10.I ONLY HOPE BEFORE MR WITHERS LEAVES US ONE DAY THAT HE RECORDS JUST ONE MORE TIME OR AT LEAST PREFORM WHAT HE HAS DONE. THIS CD IS A CLASS ACT THROUGH AND THROUGH. HIS USED CDS MAY SEEM TO COST A LOT,BUT THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT AND TO DATE WAS HIS LAST PREFORMANCES.ABOUT 5 TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW YOU MIGHT WISH YOU HAD IT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANOTHER ORIGINAL, AND IF HE NEVER PREFORMS AGAIN ,THIS CD/ALBUM WILL BE WORTH A FORTUNE.BUT WHAT EVER THE PRICE WILL BE,HIS MUSIC WILL HAVE TO BE RIPPED FROM MY HANDS BECAUSE TO ME IT IS ALREADY PRICELESS. PS.IF YOU ARE A FAN LOOK FOR HIS DUAL DISC(CD AND DVD).IF YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW WHO HE WAS,WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE HIS INTERVEIW THE CD/DVD IT IS CALLED JUST AS I AM. (THE BROTHER IS DEEP)HIS LAST INTERVEIW IN OVER 20 OR 30 YEARS.ALSO LOOK FOR (+JUSTMENTS) ANOTHER ONE OF HIS GREAT ALBUMS THAT IS VERY,VERY RARE.

After bursting onto the music scene in the early seventies with such classic pop R'n'B as "Lean On Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me" and later hits as "Lovely Day" and "Just The Two Of Us", Bill Withers' place in music history was secure. By 1985, Bill was not driven to put out music as he once did, and "Watching You Watching Me" was in fact his final record. Slick, '80's R'n'B is the tone of this record. It was a high "production" record, with a synth sound not found on his earlier, "organic" records. It has a place amongst Bill's fans as either their favorite or least favorite record from him, mainly because of the production values and not because of the quality of the writing. I give it 3 stars as I consider it a good record, but not vintage Withers. I have two suggestions: 1) One more record from Bill and 2)Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for "Lean On Me" if nothing else. David Moore