Easy Like Sunday Morning

The chirping of birds breaks the silence, golden rays of the sunshine beam over the horizon, the dewdrops are drizzled on the greenest of grass… and it all signifies one thing.

The beginning of a new week.

An angelic, divine, Sunday morning.

Question, what song do you think about every sunny Sunday morning?

Lionel Richie.

Don’t lie, you always think about it — just like I do. Every Sunday.

I don’t know what triggered me down a rabbit hole this morning, but if you have a few minutes go with me on a quick journey.

Cool?

Back in the eighties, Lionel Richie was on top of the world. Platinum albums. Tours.

I remember girls wearing Lionel Richie T-shirts with that huge extra curly Jheri Curl.

But dude had quite a list of hits: Easy Like a Sunday Morning, Hello, All Night Long, Dancing On the Ceiling, Stuck On You, Endless Love, Still, Truly, Say You — Say Me, Three Times A Lady, Do It to Me, Jesus Is Love, To Love a Woman, You Are My Destiny, Just for you… You gotta admit — he used to be eighties dope.

My weirdest memory is MTV playing his videos constantly. I think they even had a big premiere for his video for “Dancing on the Ceiling,” which featured…