Tip-toeing into the room, trying not to pop, it all proves to be too much - and the sax is gonna spill it anyway - so Carolyn Gill lets out a "Hey yeah yeah" and tells us the news. So begins The Velvelettes' "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'".
Bursting with youthful energy and teenage lust, it is as exciting as a good gossip session, which it sort of is what with two separate background vocals going on by the time that it is finished. Like Dorothy Berry's "Crying On My Pillow", the teeny-bopper lyric is somewhat at odds with the maturity of Carolyn Gill's voice yet it all works as you can't hope that you get to feel this excited sometime.
Bop bop shoobydoowah!
"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" is available on The Complete Motown Singles: 1964 and, more affordably, on "The Best of The Velvelettes"
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