Music Review: New Kids On The Block "Cover Girl"
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Cover Girl
Album: Hangin’ Tough
Year: 1989
Jordan Knight dreams of having a model for a girlfriend in the boppy “Cover Girl.”
A spirited guitar opens the single, setting a fawning tone. In the first verse, he wakes up and turns the taped picture of a pretty blonde teen model dressed in acid-washed jeans and a Hawaiin t-shirt. He says she’s impeccable. Every part of her lips are covered in a glossy pink and her hair frizzes in perfectly in each direction. He says that he would go steady with her. He wonders if it’s possible for her to jump out of the photo and marry him right then and there in his room. She has such a wide smile and an incredibly positive person. He knows he wouldn’t ever be depressed when he’s with her. He tells the girl in the photograph that she’s the one for him and exactly what he’s been looking for.
In the chorus, Knight swoons that she’s the most beautiful girl.
In the second verse, he flips through the magazine but is unimpressed by the other girls. She’s the one who stands out. He imagines being with her and starting a family. She’s one he dreams of at night and the lives for to see on television at night.
The chorus is sung twice.
In the bridge, Jordan exclaims it’s great to fantasize about her.
The latter half of the second verse is sung again.
The chorus is sung once again to close the single.
Knight has a crush on a famous girl he believes he possibly can have. She’s accessible to him (even if it’s only through a photo) and just like him. If she’s ever in his city, he may have a chance with her. He thinks of the places where he could take her – the movies (to a romantic one, which she said she liked in one of her interviews), then to a Mexican restraurant, and finally, stare at the stars. It would be the perfect evening and one she would always remember. In interviews, she would talk of her mystery man who swept her off her feet. Then, he would contact her agent and he would arrange a meeting for them. Then, they would be together forever.
Knight’s gleeful, candied vocals are nauseauting and square. The girls in his class do not attract him and he prefers a woman he cannot get. The picture gives him so much hope and it’s an obsession he can’t break.
The jingly synth arrangement sells neverending happiness with true blue synths and chipper guitars. Like most hard sells, it’s unconvincing and ends up being phony.
The lame “Cover Girl" only surprise is that managed to make the group even more popular.
Album: Hangin’ Tough
Year: 1989
Jordan Knight dreams of having a model for a girlfriend in the boppy “Cover Girl.”
A spirited guitar opens the single, setting a fawning tone. In the first verse, he wakes up and turns the taped picture of a pretty blonde teen model dressed in acid-washed jeans and a Hawaiin t-shirt. He says she’s impeccable. Every part of her lips are covered in a glossy pink and her hair frizzes in perfectly in each direction. He says that he would go steady with her. He wonders if it’s possible for her to jump out of the photo and marry him right then and there in his room. She has such a wide smile and an incredibly positive person. He knows he wouldn’t ever be depressed when he’s with her. He tells the girl in the photograph that she’s the one for him and exactly what he’s been looking for.
“I get up in the morning and I see your face, girl/You're looking so good, everything's in place/Don't you know I could never leave your side girl/Won't you stay here with me and be my bride?/Don't you know you're my kind, you're just what I like/Girl you're everything, don't you know you're alright/The only girl I've always needed for so long.”
In the chorus, Knight swoons that she’s the most beautiful girl.
“Oh, oh-oh, she's my cover girl/Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, she's my cover girl/Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh.”
In the second verse, he flips through the magazine but is unimpressed by the other girls. She’s the one who stands out. He imagines being with her and starting a family. She’s one he dreams of at night and the lives for to see on television at night.
“When I look through the pages of a magazine/Still, your pretty face is the prettiest I've seen/Don't you know I only want to be with you/No other girl could make me feel the way you do/You're my everything.”
The chorus is sung twice.
In the bridge, Jordan exclaims it’s great to fantasize about her.
“Bass/It's alright/Oh, yeah, it's out of sight/Let me say it's alright/Ah, yeah!”
The latter half of the second verse is sung again.
“Don't you know I only want to be with you/No other girl could make me feel the way you do/You're my everything.”
The chorus is sung once again to close the single.
Knight has a crush on a famous girl he believes he possibly can have. She’s accessible to him (even if it’s only through a photo) and just like him. If she’s ever in his city, he may have a chance with her. He thinks of the places where he could take her – the movies (to a romantic one, which she said she liked in one of her interviews), then to a Mexican restraurant, and finally, stare at the stars. It would be the perfect evening and one she would always remember. In interviews, she would talk of her mystery man who swept her off her feet. Then, he would contact her agent and he would arrange a meeting for them. Then, they would be together forever.
Knight’s gleeful, candied vocals are nauseauting and square. The girls in his class do not attract him and he prefers a woman he cannot get. The picture gives him so much hope and it’s an obsession he can’t break.
The jingly synth arrangement sells neverending happiness with true blue synths and chipper guitars. Like most hard sells, it’s unconvincing and ends up being phony.
The lame “Cover Girl" only surprise is that managed to make the group even more popular.