Marķa Mendiola, the one with the white outfits of Baccara, has died at 69. It's strange to think of her and Mayte as elderly women. They faded away so soon as pop stars that they remain forever young in my mind.
I'm sure I told the story before of how "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" inspired me to really learn English when I was 11 -- it all began, ironically enough, with the word "hesitation".
I absolutely an unironically love that song. I also liked the follow-up, "Sorry I'm A Lady" (Mendiola did the spoken intro; she was also the Boogie moaner). I cannot apply critical criteria to it, because my judgment is totally fogged by nostalgia. But other than that, I'd struggle to commend any Baccara record.
Still, Mayte, in the black dress, was my first pop star crush, along with Agnetha of ABBA.
I'm sure I told the story before of how "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" inspired me to really learn English when I was 11 -- it all began, ironically enough, with the word "hesitation".
I absolutely an unironically love that song. I also liked the follow-up, "Sorry I'm A Lady" (Mendiola did the spoken intro; she was also the Boogie moaner). I cannot apply critical criteria to it, because my judgment is totally fogged by nostalgia. But other than that, I'd struggle to commend any Baccara record.
Still, Mayte, in the black dress, was my first pop star crush, along with Agnetha of ABBA.
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