I originally planned to start this entry by remarking that this song
should surely be in the “Power Pop Hall of Fame”, should such a thing exist.
Oddly enough, such a thing DOES exist, albeit only online. Like its more famous
counterpart, it contains artists (22 if I counted correctly) rather than songs,
but the Raspberries are in fact there, along with other personal favorites such
as the Smithereens and Teenage Fanclub. (No Marshall Crenshaw, unfortunately.)
The Raspberries didn’t stay around very long, although Eric Carmen went on to a
successful solo career, but "Go All the Way", "Let's
Pretend", and "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” are also more than
worth hearing. It’s really the guitar riff that kicks off the song and is
repeated thereafter that, for me, elevates “I Wanna Be with You” above the
rest.
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