Nothing beats the Marvelettes version. But I have to say the Carpenters cover from my youth always put a smile on my face. Even ages before I had a long-distance boyfriend, I could so relate to this song. Getting something in the mail was my favorite thing in the world as a boy -- whether it was a letter from my friends back in Michigan, the latest issue of Dynamite magazine, or something (I didn't order) from the Columbia Record and Tape club. I wonder if kids today would survive a week without the instant gratification of modern technology?!
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Is Milo your postman? I thought "Solitaire" was the best song on that album, but I was a 14 year old angst ridden high school freshman.
BTW--maybe you can help me. I have a lyric from a song I believe was in the 80's stuck in my head. This all of it I got 'Romeo, oh, Romeo' and the internet is no help. All I get is Shakespeare, Mindy McReady, and Taylor Swift for some reason.
@Steve: That's Milo, all right!
The only song I can think of from the '80s that mentions Romeo is Michael Penn's "No Myth," which I don't think is what you're thinking of. Sorry.
Perhaps not 'Romeo', but there was... 'Oh... Georgio', and his hit was Lover's Lane in '87, a slice of Janet Jackson/Control-style dance funk. But for my money the best was Bedrock, the Club Mix.
My bf thinks you’re talking about Basement Jaxx’s “Romeo,” but that was from 2001.
https://youtu.be/u26-YBPWWpU
The song the person is looking for is "The Bottom Line" by Big Audio Dynamite. It was an 80s song.
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