the Teena Marie episode of unsung debuted tonight. the episode was really good. I was wondering how she linked with rick james, so that was clarified in the doc and it was interesting to see how that relationship unfolded (I won’t spoil it for you–cuz you know it’s gonna be on again).

HOWEVER, at this point i have come to expect unsung to point out the special songs that the profiled artist had during his/her career. i waited and waited and waited for them to mention deja vu, but no such mention ever came (they also said nothing of portuguese love, which surprised me, but didn’t bother me at all).

maybe it’s just me, but i expected them to talk about deja vu not just because it was such a special, beautiful song, but because i think that song really spoke to Teena’s cross-cultural appeal. plus, rick james wrote it — and with how much they discussed the whole rick james-teena marie saga i just knew they were going to play that song!

anyway, i might one of like three people on earth who care that the song went unmentioned (i mean, it wasn’t exactly a chart-topper), but i care. i think it’s her best song ever.

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