[nuancebydefault]

I find Lionel Richie a phenomenon. The hair and moustache look weird now, but his songs stand the test of time.

[kentbrew]

Richie closing out the 1984 Olympics was most excellent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zj7C3GRj7s

Somewhere in here you can hear Jim McKay explaining the difference between "poppers" and "break dancers" and it is just awesome.

[defrost]

“Lionel Richie's Hello is the Battleship Potemkin of rock music videos...”

~ Humphrey B. Flaubert, TISM, If You're Not Famous at Fourteen, You're Finished - De RigueurMortis (2001)

[ethbr1]

+1, but then my copy of Rick James' Street Songs has grooves cut into it, so what do I know of music?