Taylor Dayne "Tell It To My Heart"

It was her Jagged Little Pill

"Bombastic" is exactly right. And if you'd bothered to look up its definition, you'd have seen it's not exactly a compliment.

R2 you're an idiot

I'll Be Your Shelter really showcases her voice

I KNOW you are, Pee-Wee / R3, but what am I?

R5 telling someone to grow up when you type like a girl in third grade

Tell it to My Heart was a hit when I was a very naive teenager. I absolutely loved it and the video clip had two hot boys dancing in the background, who I presumed were her completely hetero boyfriends.

Get a load of R6 talking about third grade, when he / she / it doesn't even know the definition of the third grade vocabulary word "bombastic."

She was one of the singers that went all out with her singing that I liked (usually not a fan of that). She made it work.

It's surprising her voice has held up well, considering her singing style. Guess she took care of it otherwise.

She's perfect for Broadway

I love when Sandra Bernhard was on David Letterman and the she sings Taylor Dayne's "Don't Rush Me" with the band throughout the interview.

Taylor always came across as a overly tough broad, in that NY/NJ manner that makes my skin crawl. It’s in her voice, makeup, mannerisms, videos, interviews.

love her

Was she actually outrageous or was that just her image?

She didn't have as many big albums and hit singles that I thought she would.

She was great and expected more albums from her.

I hated that song.

I always thought the song was titled Tell it to My Twat.

Just how many Taylors are out there FFS? Can't keep them straight, m or f.

This was around the time of Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb

Even for the late 80s, the hair and makeup in the video were embarrassingly bad. It looks like someone chopped up an old gray granny wig and used it as extensions in the back.

Screamed Lawn Guyland. Imagine my surprise when I found out she actually was from there.

Heart of Stone is a good song.

She had several big hits in the late 80s. I still like her.

Sounding and looking divine here. It's a shame that she seems so insecure about her appearance.

R12, yes, she's one bad-ass broad with a complete arsenal of garish, stereotypical New Yawk/Lon-Gyland Jewess mannerisms and flourishes, but that, for me, is a delicious part of her not inconsiderable charms. If you prefer her in a sleeker/more refined mode, catch the glorious video for "I'll Be Your Shelter" which someone posted upthread.

Regardless, she easily remains one of the two or three most talented white female singers to emerge in the 1980s. Her voice is that impressive.

I actually think she looked best in that first album era. Whoever styled her was right on the money. Better to embrace the tough girl vibe rather than fail at trying to look soft, which she did. The nosejob ironically made her difficult to photograph.

I only recently learned that Dayne wasn't a one hit wonder, from a list article on the biggest female charters on the Billboard Hot 100.

There was a singer in the 00s called Anastascia, who seemed to take up where Dayne left off. Anastascia was a big success outside the US.

R27 must be a kid or stupid.

The very first time I heard this song was at a strip show in New orleans. I was so drunk I jumped up and started dancing with the stripper ! He loved it,and yes,I went home with him that night.

Dayne was before my time but I'm not a child.

Well you’re stupid!

I'm not a girl, not yet a woman

What is she doing now?

How is it stupid to say: I thought X was a one hit wonder until I learned otherwise?

I think it's fair to say: you're butthurt.

You can’t fix stupid. You can flush it though.

No substantive reply? No surprise. And not even a witty riposte make up for it... flush away, butthurt.

R35 is the OP of the "Soothing Hemorrhoids" thread... I didn't know just how on target I was with "butthurt"... lmao... make that "lmho".

She is on Twitter. She is pretty responsive if you tweet her.

Looks like r37 wants to lick my asshole! Lol. Do it! I like stupid men!

Taylor is still performing and looking good. She still sounds good, of course.

I like this song from her. "My Heart Can't Change".

She’s a very good singer.

Why did she hack up her face though?

She was never pretty in the face.

R7, wrote this before on another thread -- but I fucked the little white dancer behind Dayne in that video back in the 90s. His name was Willie and he was adorable and hustling at Cats in NYC. He told me his dance career had ended after he was shot in the knee in a bar. Can't make that stuff up.

He also did a drag act on cable access under the name of Cherries Jubilee, I think. He had wigs on stands in his bedroom where he took me home.

NYC was still a lot of fun then.

(P.S. The first time I heard Madonna's "Ray of Light" album was in the cab taking us to his place. It sounded amazing and reminds me of him and that night to this day).

Let’s focus on Taylor Dayne - not your past sex life!

She had a pretty big makeover before her second album came out, nose job, dyed her hair blonde and straitened it, and toned up her body more.

After career took a big downturn with her third album, she tried acting for a while. She got some work, but couldn't get regular work, but did land a recurring role on the show Rude Awakening and played a stripper in the move Stag. She didn't get naked, but did give head to a gun (see clip below).

She still makes money touring because she still sounds good singing live.

Reminds me of Tig Notaro joke...

The late 80s/very early 90s had some great dance-pop, I loved that era. We recently had a big thread on Jody Watley, that was very positive. Unfortunately that particular brand of dance-pop went out of style around '92 when Nirvana and hip-hop took over.

she was born Leslie Wonderman - my demo producer was in a L.I. cover band with her called The Next - I think she is one of the artists Clive Davis fucked over because of his obsession with Whitey Houston. I saw her at the Beacon and all I remember was opener Corey Hart didn't show up and Taylor opened her set on a riser in full black leather biker regalia complete with motorcycle revving up sounds. I thought I saw her coming out of one of those expensive tower residences over by the West Side Highway about 14 years ago, she's very striking and petite.

Tell It To My Heart is also the title of her debut album.

Love Will Lead You Back. Her only #1 single.

I really like her - something about her sound - just her - she is an empowering presence - really positive energy with her. Maybe she deserves a sedate comeback. It would be nice.

I swear, I thought she was Anastasia making a comeback under a different name. Same look, same voice.

Saw her in a small club in Atlanta way post peak and she was cool but hated the cigarette smoke. Said it was ruining her voice. I bet she's happier now.

[quote]she still sounds good singing live.

No, she doesn't.

The last iconic thing she'll ever do is this hysterical performance on Wendy Williams' birthday episode from earlier this year.

There were a lot of other singers and songs like Taylor Dayne's, but no one had a voice like hers. It's hard to remember, but at the time she came out with a ton of publicity.

She probably would have had more hit songs had she stuck to dance 💃🎶music. It seems like she became more interested in Diane Warren type ballads.

R59 her biggest hits were those ballads.

She did mostly dance-pop with a few ballads.

She's doing a double-bill concert with Sheena Easton next summer in Chilie.

She should’ve transitioned to slinky R&B songs if she wanted her career to continue through the 90s

The quality of her singles went down and started all sounding the same. Too much sameness until the public had had enough.

Her of her albums all contain some good tracks Each album contains “pop gems” on it.

R64 is stupid.

She missed the boat when the pop landscape changed in the early 90s.

Changing styles, etc.

Leslie Wonderman.

Her records rocked more than Whitney's! But she wasn't unique or creative enough, like Madonna, Cher or Cyndi Lauper, to be a superstar. Like I said above I don't remember much about her set except the opening.

Clive Davis wrote about Dayne in his memoir, and he said her career dipped because she insisted on writing her own music and it wasn't that great. By the time she realized she's fucked up, it was too late for a comeback. She was too old and the music scene had changed.

She had some versatility with her voice and could sing several different genres of music. But it's very tough to stay big in music for a long period of time. One misstep, and you're time is over.

Taylor Dayne & Sheena Easton are a good combo. Really good singers.

R66 is an infected cunt

Her memoir is coming out in February.

Good! I hope Willie the Hustler gets a shout out in her book. He was so cute.

She could have stayed on the radio by doing some duets.

I generally like Taylor Dayne; loved a handful of her songs. But, was she really that original?

R78, are most singers on the radio that original? They are mostly manufactured and auto tuned.

This was my favorite of her early stuff.

I agree, R79, but OP said at the time Dayne arrived, she was "unlike anyone." Is that really true.

She had this tough edginess that rivaled that of Pat Benatar.

What if Pat Benatar had sung, “Tell It To My Heart,” would it still have been as successful?

No one had the huge Mariah Carey type voice in that genre of music at that time. Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, Klymaxx, Expose, Michele - all had thinner voices.

Taylor Dayne actually made more money from her songwriting royalties on this song than anything else in the 1990s. I think Tina was probably her inspiration for singing style.... similar way of attacking a song.

R83, I always thought Mariah Carey had a lighter voice than Whitney. She still had a huge voice, but the timbre was lighter than Whitney’s.

r83, who in the hell is debbie deb?

r86 she had a few dance songs in the mid-80s that were popular in clubs. I think she may have been more of a regional artist in the tri-state area, like the Cover Girls, instead of nationally popular.

The cover Girls were a national act. Nobody ever heard of no Debbie Deb!

I recall a friend of mine went to see Taylor Dayne perform at the Nectarine Ballroom in Ann Arbor in 1993 or thereabouts, not long after her third album had come out and sold poorly. It was a Tuesday night the less attended gay night at the Nectarine at that time. Not many people there. He said she looked down at the turnout and went through the motions of her show (a track date) then ended abruptly after doing I'll Be Your Shelter.

I saw her in concert in 1990. Packed big theater.

When I Hear Music - Debbie Deb

The tinny Casio-plink-plink music makes it unbearable.

I loved her first album the most.

Taylor got her pussy steamed!

that Prove Your Love shit is a very overused chord progression with a boring lyric. she sounds like she's singing 'GOT TO HEAR YOUR BODY NEXT TO MINE" which doesn't make sense. Her hair is an unattractive rat's nest but the guitar player she's playing up to is hawt.

"Tell It to My Heart" was one of my favorite freestyle hits of the late 80s. That really was a great era for dance pop. I never really liked any of her other songs, unfortunately.

She looks dreadful now. Almost trans.