The Pointer Sisters, “I’m So Excited” | After Dark 🕛 🌃

On the 2^nd edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risqué, & sexual vibes behind, “I’m So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters. 

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nnuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark 🕛 🌃, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.  Many of the records featured here raise eyebrows, as well as the temperature! These After Dark tunes focus on the universal three-letter word:  SEX. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.  On the 2^nd edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risqué, & sexual vibes behind, 🎵 “I’m So Excited” by 🎙 The Pointer Sisters.

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Theme & Lyrics ✍

“I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it / I’m about to lose control, and I think I like it!” Woo!
Sometimes, as listeners, we turn a blind eye to things that are sketchy and at times, inappropriate.  For years, for example, we turned a blind eye to 🎙 R. Kelly because we enjoyed his music, even though the person producing that music was problematic to the n^th degree.  With legendary, 🏆 Grammy-winning, R&B sister group 🎙 The Pointer Sisters, there’s nothing nearly as horrible as sex crimes that we turned that blind eye to, but it should be noted that we seemed to ignore the sexual nature of their 1982 pop hit, 🎵 “I’m So Excited” (💿 So Excited!)

“Tonight’s the night we’re gonna make it happen

Tonight, we’ll put all other things aside

Give in this time and show some affection

We’re going for those pleasures in the night.”

NSA! Listen, I’m all for women expressing their sexuality – anyone for that matter 🍆 💦 👉 👌 – but what is amazing is the fact that The Pointer Sisters had us all fooled with “I’m So Excited!” I mean, the plan is clear – to fool around!!! I suppose because “I’m So Excited” is so catchy, fun, and infectious, we didn’t pay close attention to the theme.  Clearly, the sisters are excited about having hot, passionate sex, so much so that they are unconcerned with the happenings of the next day.  “We shouldn’t even think about tomorrow / Sweet memories will last a long, long time,” lead vocalist 🎙 Anita Pointer sings, later adding, “And if we’re still playing ‘round, boy, that’s just fine.” Wow!

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Final Thoughts 💭 

“I’m So Excited” is about sex, period.  It’s not overt, mind you – there are far more sexual songs – but it still has the bedroom in mind. The Pointer Sisters brilliantly made us ignore their After Dark 🕛 🌃 Sugar.Honey.Iced.Tea. because the record is hella catchy.  Furthermore, those soulful, electrifying vocals don’t hurt either.  This 1982 classic still slays well into the 2020s.

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🎙 The Pointer Sisters • 💿 So Excited! • 🏷 RCA • 🗓 1982
The Pointer Sisters, “I’m So Excited”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 2 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Darkmoon_Art, JJ Whitley, Ketut Subiyanto, KoolShooters, Luan Queiros, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, RCA, Tazz Vaughn]

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