Robert Palmer was not only a great singer, but was also one of the sharpest-dressed men in rock.

Alex missed on this one, nobody's perfect. This was straight-up, no bs, real Rock n Roll, and he nailed it. Great tune. There's a reason you still hear this on classic rock stations.

Robert Palmer was so diverse. Love everything he recorded and ‘’No pill’s gonna cure my ill’’ is one of the best lines ever. ‘’Addicted to Love’’ has the best looking backup band on stage in history!

Robert Palmer is one of may favourites, the trilogy in the 80's were landmark tracks but Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley will always be my favourite. He passed too soon RIP.

"Simply Irristible" and "Addicted To Love", are his biggest hits and the videos are must sees. Other bands acts did takeoffs of the videos, that is how unique and iconic they were. "Addicted To Love" was the video that started it all.

This guy had an awesome voice. RIP Robert Palmer He did a remake of Marvin Gayes Mercy Mercy that shows how great a singer this guy was.

In 1979, a song like this is a breath of fresh air because we're in the midst of disco, Meatloaf, and the decline of 70s soft rock. Punk/New Age is arriving. Straight ahead rock and roll was rare, and reminded everyone of what rock and roll was and could be.

His version of “I didn’t mean to turn you on” is awesome.

Sneaking Sally Through the Alley was one of my favorites, with Lowell George. RIP Robert Palmer, we lost you way too soon.

Robert Palmer became huge in the 80's for his videos for Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible exploded and became iconic. The songs are great too

One of the greatest lines ever, "She's so fine, there's no telling where the money went" from Simply Irresistible. Addicted to Love, great video. Bang a Gong cover with Power Station, great sound.

To add, Robert Palmer looked like the kind of guy that is trading stocks all day at Wall Street and to let loose at night, he has a few drinks and sings karaoke… 😂. But he really can sing. 😂

Please don't give up on this guy until you hear, and see, Addicted to Love. This video was one of the ones that made MTV what it is today, or used to be anyways.

Love Robert Palmer RIP. My favorite masterpiece from him is his mid 70s trilogy “Put On your Sailing Shoes - Hey Hey Julia - Sneaking Sally Through the Alley” with all the New Orleans Funk ( The Meters! And Lowell George of Little Feat!)

Addicted to Love was his biggest hit by far. You will have to listen to that one. The music video was probably one of the most famous and memorable videos of the 80s.

Everyone has mentioned the proper Robert Palmer records to delve into when you find the time. The two big Power Station cuts were "Some Like it Hot'' and "Bang a Gong." His two big '80s dance numbers were "Addicted to Love'' and "Simply Irresistible."

Every Kind of People, especially on the heels of Marvin’s What’s Going On, is one of Palmer’s you should get to ASAP. It’s not as well known as the Sneakin’ stuff he did with Little Feat players or the Power Station MTV era stuff, but it’s soooooo soulful, beautifully written, and passionately sung. The bass line is also 🔥🔥🔥iconic.

"A pretty face don't make np pretty heart" is one of the truest lines in rock.

My favorite Palmer song is ‘Some Like It Hot’ by the supergroup, ‘The Power Station’. Heavy drums and guitar plus Palmer’s powerful vocals.

The difference between this and other “generic” songs of the period is this one has survived and thrived to this day. Alex kinda missed on this with a B. Appreciate the reaction.

A&A, you'll love his "Addicted To Love", "Every Kinda People" and "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" !! edit- he's a singer/songwriter who wrote a few of his hits including "Simply Irresistible" and "Addicted To Love". Moon Martin wrote this one though.

Robert Palmer, RIP, was one of the classiest singers in Rock-n-roll. He had the looks, the voice and the swagger all while being a dapper dresser. My favorite era of him is with The Power Station. He could sing in a smokey, jazz lounge or a hard rock venue and fit in both easily.

'I Didn't Mean To Turn You On' is his best song. The forgotten third 'girl band' video.

I think you young chaps need to see the video of Rober Palmer's "Addicted to Love" Actually, I suspect I also need to watch Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video.

Alex clearly over analyzed this straight forward powerpop/rock radio hit. It still has a great groove, great vocals and good enough lyrics that made a hit. Good luck with your analysis.🤘

Listen to these three in a row. They flow as one song. Sailing Shoes / Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley. Lowell George on guitar.

The music videos to Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible are two of the most recognizable music videos from the 80's. He made some very enjoyable songs during his career.

You need to hear Power Stations cover of Bang a Gong. Robert tears it up!

You always have to give Robert Palmer extra credit for style. Sharp Dressed Man. Also, from the start, he was surrounded by the best musicians, producers and songwriters (when he wasn't the songwriter). RIP

Alex dropped the ball on this one! Robert was a chameleon with musical styles and when this song came out it we didn’t think generic, we thought awesome! AM radio in 79 was disco, ballads and R&B so when this came on it was different and rocking

The instrumentation of Robert Palmer’s song “Johnny & Mary” is so quintessentially 80s, I’d pay to see Alex’s response to it.

The first time I heard this song was at age 16 right after I got my driver’s license and it came on the radio the first time I was driving alone. You better believe I cranked up the volume - full blast. Still remember that vividly.

Next is his superb medley of "Sailin' Shoes," "Hey Julia", and "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley." One of those were from his 1974 debut, which is way early. Not sure if the whole medley was on there, and some of it was done by Little Feat as well, either before or after. But the whole medley together is fabulous. RIP Robert.

Music Industry, "You cant have a 40 year career with just songs about women and how hot they are." Robert Palmer, "Hold my beer, Chauncey."

"Sneaking down the alley with Sally"🎶🎸🎵🎵🎵. Robert Palmer his funky early stuff is stuff. You have to hear

His cover of Bob Dylan’s I’ll be your baby tonight “ with Ub40 is quality and his version of “Mery,Mercy me” also. Everyone gravitates towards “ addicted to love “ and “Simply irresistible “ but some of his work with the power station is brilliant 🔥🔥🔥

Don't forget !!! The song was composed by " Moon Martin " !! Brillant composer with an underrated talent !

Addicted to Love is the best Robet Palmer tune. Simply Irresistible is pretty good too.

As others have suggested the trilogy that ends with Sneaking Sally Through The Alley is where you need to go.

Man, he was a really good singer. Very stylish and cool too, like James Bond kind of smooth

Addicted to Love is peak 80s. That or Simply Irresistible is where to go next. Simply Irresistible contains one of my favorite lines, “She’s so fine, there’s no telling where the money went.’😊

Robert was the best dressed rocker! Usually a suit on. He was a very cool dude. He died at 54, way to young!!

Gotta do Sneaking Sally Through the Alley. So funky. 🎶

YES. Once the coolest man ever. Gone too soon. Dammit.

Lowell George and Little Feat were all over the first 4 albums. RP was able to switch musical styles and still be cool all along. Reminds me of David Bowie with image changes.

SO versatile! From rock hits like this, to rock/pop standards off of Riptide, and the eclectic music from Clues and everything in between. SO underrated.

His career was in multiple stages...bluesy, reggae, rocknroll, EDM, hard rock and live? Burn the freaking house down.

I once heard Palmer described as the "James Bond of Rock and Roll". It's easy to see why.

The Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley trilogy needs to be next. I just a little worried since you are lukewarm to Little Feat.

You need to hear Addicted To Love or Sneaking Sally Though The Alley by Robert Palmer. Amazing artist. By the way, he sadly passed away at the young age of 53. Superbly talented artist.

Simply Irristible is a fun song with groundbreaking video and Everyday People is good too. Robert Palmer died in 2003

Robert was amazing and such a lovely person. Lost him at the age of 53😢 did some awesome stuff with guys from Duran Duran as Powerstation. This was a massive hit.

Robert Palmer the coolest rocker in a button down suit. His live performances are just as great as a recording.

On the radio in 1979, Robert Palmer and Tom Petty's simplicity was refreshing and different

I attended a women’s college. In 1979 the college celebrated its 90th anniversary. The student council, as a fund raiser, sold tee shirts that said “90 years of women on the top.” I still have mine.

Robert Palmer is one of my all time favorite performers. This song is in my pantheon of greatest songs. I always hated that he rerecorded this with a number of changes because this original is superb. He's one of the few "famous" people whose death really affected me. Gone waaaaaaaaaay too soon. RIP RP. ~Be Blessed

thank you for listening to Robert, a class act in every way.

What a career! From the rockin 70's to the pop 80's! Robert Palmer is a textbook example of artists who change so much over their careers that you wouldn't recognize two songs done ten years apart as being from the same artist.

I agree with the "Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley" comments. It's definitely worth a listen. He also did an album with a couple of guys from Duran Duran and The drummer from Chic called "Power Station." "Some Like it Hot" and the TRex cover "Bang a Gong" were the standouts.

Love Palmer, taken from us way to soon. Lots of upbeat classics but, for a change of pace, She Makes My Day is one of my favourite love songs.

Addicted to love, and Simply Irresistible, were two of the most iconic 80s songs. With the "group" of models dressed in black, bright lip stick, and slicked back hair, dancing in unison, he made a niche for himself that was later tributed by the likes of Shania Twain.

Pop Soul Rocker Robert 💯 nobody other than Duran Duran of whom he hooked up with parts of later took more advantage of music videos leaving his mark in the music biz. The true genius 🤘

Any other band could have wrote but no other band did write it. Robert Palmer wrote it. It’s an A song. Andy is right.

I have to agree with others, the "Sailing Shoes/Hey Julia/Sneakin' Sally through the Alley" song suite is S tier for me.

Even though it’s ‘79 it has the beginning of the 80’s vibe. Gotta try Addicted to Love next.

Awesome that you've discovered Robert Palmer. Incredible artist gone too soon. Saw him live in the late 70's. There's allot more great music from Robert. RIP Mr. Palmer

Love Robert Palmer. Such a classy guy. Gone too soon. RIP ROBERT❤❤

This tune ,Bad Case of Loving You,was written by Moon Martin,who also wrote Cadillac Walk for Willy DeVille(when he was with Mink DeVille). Moon Martin was a great roots rocker and all of his albums had some good straight-ahead r'n'r songs.

You don't get the full Robert Palmer experience unless you also watch the videos created when MTV was actually a music video channel. Also, and unfortunately, Palmer died WAY too young. I prefer the "A" rating, fwiw.[EDIT:] For us "old folks" we also understood that Shania Twain paid SERIOUS homage to Robert Palmer in the video for "Man, I Feel Like a Woman."

I love this song, good driving beat, gotta have this one for any kind of road trip. Excellent performer.

The Sneaking Sally thru the Alley trilogy is the best

Robert Palmer passed away in 2003. He had some big solo hits in the 80s as well as with The Power Station.

"ADDICTED TO LOVE" & "SHE'S SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE"... FIRE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

R.I.P. Robert Palmer, he did a ton of great stuff and I even loved some of the Power Station stuff

The main thing that made Robert Palmer famous was his videos.

“Addicted to Love” “Simply Irresistible” “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley”

Robert Palmer was a cool but powerful vocalist who usually worked well with a bigger band especially if horns are included .Check him out on the late night shows with the fantastic backing musicians in the bands of David Letterman or Jimmy Fallon

I was a young kid visiting my grandparents in Murray, KY. My cool, older cousin let me go with him into town to the record store. I saw the pic of this cool dude. It was the sheet music for this song. My cousin bought it for me. When I started playing guitar this was the first song I learned. I had never heard the song before. As it turned out, Robert Palmer was great. Check out his later work. You'll love the Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible videos.

Robert Palmer, great artist, taken way too soon RIP. He'll always be known for Simply Irresistible AND Addicted to Love.

Timing is everything in life. When this song hit the air in 79 it sounded unique compared to the majority of radio tunes. Essentially a throw back to the late 60's early 70's.

Palmer went though a transition. After his 70s stuff he collaborated with Duran Duran to form The Power Station. The debut album is phenomenal. You definitely need to hear their cover of Bang A Gong. Palmer then did some rock/pop solo stuff that was pretty good, yet very 80s. I’d suggest Simply Irresistible from his solo days. Both Power Station and solo Palmer are must reactions. Dude was suave. Always wore a suit. Check his live stuff too -post 70s.

Listen not every band wanted to be Yes or Led Zeppelin nor could be but Robert Palmer had his moments in the sun and shouldn't be ignored. I didn't mean to turn you on, Simply Irresistible and Addicted to love at the minimum.

I saw Robert Palmer live in the 80's and he was a master performer on stage. Love to see more.

I understand your take on this simplistic sound with humble lyrics. This work of art being generic WAS why he stood out from the rest in that decade. Because of his videos, some of the younger generation were dressing like him. Kids/ Teenagers were fascinated with all of his "supermodel looking" back-up singers. No one had done that. It was innovative. He was (died in 2003), more or less, one of the masters of smooth Rock/ R&B melodies, emotion based themes, and powerful vocals. Robert's music was about how many ordinary people relate to each other. Such a passionate musician and was all about having a smooth style. One of the finest dressers in the Rock and R&B community, always taking pride in his appearance with class. Music videos for his songs were the place he shone the most. They were iconic , almost like short live performances and/or movies.

Addicted to Love , I believe, was a huge hit for him..as well as Looking for Clues.

Brings back great memories of summer, the beach and packed dance floors. This song got everybody up on the dance floor. ❤️❤️❤️

I like the line you guys said " It's a good cheeseburger 🍔 😅😅

For me he was one of the best and you would need to hear more of his songs over the years to really appreciate his talant. He also knew how to play to the music video scene back then watch 'Addicted to Love' or ' Simply irresistable' which arejust fun songs and video, also some from his time playing in the band 'Power Station' he was really good and such a sad loss!

He was the hottest 80’s music star. Didn’t remember this was one of his hits

There are two versions of this song. This one, and one from 5? years later where he kicked the tempo up a notch and added some more guitar. The later version has everything that Alex is looking for. Check it out!

Alex, you referred to the "cool stuff" that was happening in music around '79. There's one artist you haven't heard yet who was doing exceptionally cool stuff during that time: Nick Lowe. For a proper intro to Lowe, check out "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" and "Cruel to Be Kind."

At that time Robert Palmer was considered more of a pop star and a studio band. I'm not surprised you picked up on the packaging. But he was always fun and got plenty of radio play. He was a good-looking guy with a great voice and didn't do badly with MTV, especially with Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible.

I have loved Robert Palmer ever since I bought “Sneaking Sally Through The Alley” in the 70s. Great voice, incredibly talented, very sharp dresser and not bad to look at either. 😉 His “Johnny and Mary” is one of my all-time favorite songs. It’s got an infectious quality to it that has stayed on my mind for over 40 years. Absolutely love it.

I like that you're playing the original version. The remastered version pushed the drums way to far up in the mix. "Every Kind of People," "Simply Irresistible," "Addicted to Love," are good follow-ups as well as songs from his stint in The Power Station; "Some Like it Hot," "Get It On (Bang a Gong)," "Harvest for the World," and "Murderess." The Power Station was originally Robert Palmer - Vocals, Tony Thompson - drums, and Duran Duran members John Taylor - Bass and Andy Taylor - Guitar. It's an awesome combination - especially Tony Thompson! His drum sound is incredible.

They literally fell in love with each other at first sight at the record producers office. The producer called in a guitarist to play for her on her audition and that's how they met.

“Simply irresistible” is also a great Palmer song as is “Addicted to Love.”

Check out Sneaking Sally Through the Alley. Robert has Little Feat as his backing band on that one.

I’m in my 50’s and so I grew up with this song and I have to 100% agree with the statement that it will never be unpalatable but never a favorite.

"Sneaking Sally through the Alley" ( 74) Hands down best track & album.The Meters & Lowell George Re the band!

Originally penned by Moon Martin -check out his Rolene! Palmer is the Bowie of pop -always changing from Every Kind Of People to Simply Irresistible. More please