I Can Dream, Can't I? / The Wedding of Lili Marlene - Andrew Sisters
Why included: Best Sellers In Stores Billboard #1 hit in Jan-Feb 1950 for 4 weeks
A-side: I Can Dream, Can't I?
Dear lord, a cover of a Broadway song from a flop musical? Why did I decide to review the Billboard #1s again? Seriously, no disrespect to people who actually like this type of music, but this is quite literally the polar opposite of what I enjoy. Absolutely no grit or personal flavor, suffocating slickness, corny production values (seriously, couldn't these guys go a bit easy on the strings for once?), and overly sentimental to the point of irritation. I struggle to imagine how someone could actually feel something from such blandness, but hey, clearly I'm the outlier since people ate this crap up for an entire month. Though it was forgotten with time (except by the equally boring Karen Carpenter, of course), so I shouldn't complain too much when there are even worse offenses against good taste in history.
B-side: The Wedding of Lili Marlene
From what I can gather, "Lili Marlene" was a popular German love song during World War II, and this seems to be sort of like the whole "Jim Dandy Got Married" and "Peggy Sue Got Married" kind of deal. "Lili Marlene" doesn't sound too bad honestly, but this wedding sequel is simply unbearably boring, especially at the hands of such dull vocalists. I'm a total anti-fan of this type of sterilized form of pop music, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
Verdict: Not recommended
Well, I can't deny this music is really not for me, and the Andrew Sisters are generic enough to make the experience predictably yawn-inducing. It's hard for me to get worked up about music that's so inoffensive, but I'm quite glad that other types of music would eventually replace this soon enough.
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