"Take me in your arms, caress me gently
Oh, I can't get enough, ooh
Thrill me, say the word, I will surrender
To your poetic charm, oh
'Cause when the night falls
I hear seductive voices sing
Romantic songs of love
Let's get intimate
Turn the lights down
It's time to get romantic
(Do everything romantic now)
Light a candle
It's time to get romantic"
Oh, I can't get enough, ooh
Thrill me, say the word, I will surrender
To your poetic charm, oh
'Cause when the night falls
I hear seductive voices sing
Romantic songs of love
Let's get intimate
Turn the lights down
It's time to get romantic
(Do everything romantic now)
Light a candle
It's time to get romantic"
My introduction to Karyn White's "Romantic" came in the summer of 1991 in a department store. Back then the juniors department always had random tv's placed near the ceiling and MTV would play nonstop. I guess the music itself was supposed to improve your shopping mood and let's face it, that still does seem to somehow work. When is the last time that you were in a clothing store that didn't have some sort of dance music on?
Right?
It must put shoppers in a good mood and boost sales, otherwise it would be Marilyn Manson playing, no?
So anyway, back to Karyn. "Romantic" was an instant New Jack Swing dance floor classic. And the video? Totally slick. I always joke that you can tell a 90's video by the blue and brown tones in the lighting. While the song itself is politely about sex, the video was pretty classy for the early 90's. Chair dance and all. I stopped shopping on that day back in 1991 to watch, just like I stopped what I was doing the other day to watch it again.