Oh Mark, I’m So Excited! And I Just Can’t Hide It!
Do you get the point? Er… Pointer Sisters…uh… I am sure I can be excused for ..for whatever I am trying to say and not accomplishing it well.
Tomorrow, that is TOMORROW the Mark Pakulak, yes THE self proclaimed IDIOT at http://redriverpak.wordpress.com, the same gent who now has more than 1.4 million hits on his site is pseudo biking through the very city I am in…Hamilton!! with a capital H! That’s Hamilton Ontario!
I knew I moved here for a reason a few weeks ago..I just knew it, even though I didn’t know it at the time but Mr. P. the Big I would never have come to the city I was in before. It is fate, kismet, fate again!
Why do I love thee? let me count the ways…..
1) okay he is ridiculously funny, falling on the floor, releasing bodily fluids and blaming it on the dog funny
2) he was a nurse…a nurse! like me! Please this alone has to say something..more fate stuff
3) he lives in Texas, the same state I lived in for a couple of years! He in the north, me in the south…BUT the same state..Wow!
4) he has a long suffering family who put up with his shenanigans …JUST like me!
5) he bikes hundreds, even thousand of miles..uh I don’t but I believe I could..someday
6) he has and continues to battle medical disasters and personal challenges with grace and humor and courage….well me too if I exaggerate a lot..
7) he loves Skittles and I have never had one..so that means more for my hero!
*I wish to assure Mrs. P that I will contain my adoration and stalker like tendency until The Idiot is safely away. Although I cannot promise I will not suddenly turn up in the neighborhood sometime. She has my undying adoration for she must truly be the great woman behind the great man!
Tonight’s the night we’re gonna make it happen,
Tonight we’ll put all other things aside.
Give in this time and show me some affection,
We’re going for those pleasures in the night.
I want to love you, feel you,
Wrap myself around you.
I want to squeeze you, please you,
I just can’t get enough,
And if you move real slow,
I’ll let it go.
I’m so excited,
And I just can’t hide it,
I’m about to lose control
And I think I like it.
I’m so excited,
And I just can’t hide it,
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know I want you, want you.
We shouldn’t even think about tomorrow,
Sweet memories will last a long long time.
We’ll have a good time baby don’t you worry,
And if we’re still playing around boy that’s just fine.
Let’s get excited,
And we just can’t hide it,
I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.
I’m so excited,
And I just can’t hide it,
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know I want you, want you.
Originally performed by The Pointer Sisters (Ruth, Anita, & June Pointer)
The group was formed in Oakland California in the late 60s
They were discovered and signed to a recording contract while performing as backup singers for Elvin Bishop in a California nightclub
There were originally four sisters in the group, but Bonnie Pointer left in 1978 to pursue a solo career
June Pointer died of cancer 4/11/06 after a two year struggle with the disease. Her place in the touring lineup had been assumed by Ruth’s daughter Issa
The song first hit the charts in 1982 and made it to #30 on the Top 40 charts
It was used in the 1982 movie “Summer Lovers”
Re-released in 1984 with a somewhat different mix, it went to #9 on the charts and has been a favorite ever since
The 1984 version was the 13th of their 16 Top 40 hits for the group
The song was selected as one of the “Songs of the Century” by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was ranked #264 out of 365 songs
In 1993 the song was used in the movie “Hot Shots Part Deux”
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