Inside Tracks #27: "Love or Let Me Be Lonely": Friends of Distinction, 1970 w/ Covers by Paul Davis, Merry Clayton, Maxine Nightingale
They're insistent, and sometimes persistent. "Love or Let Me Be Lonely": A stand-out in the canon of "ultimatum" songs joins The Spinners' "Love or Leave" from 1975.
The Insistent “Ultimatum” Song
The “ultimatum” song has a long history in pop, rock, and R&B, and “these kids today” aren’t about to have love go back to something that used to be a choice for your ch…
