1977 David Soul: Silver Lady

In which Soul follows up a song about pleading with his lover for another chance with.....another song about pleading with his lover for another chance. But originality issues aside, 'Silver Lady' is a far better song than 'Don't Give Up On Us', and that's mainly down to it being written by Macaulay/Steven, a partnership that knew how to pen a decent tune. It's also because it lays off the simper and adds a crunchy guitar line with some delicious Steely Dan lite funky jazz piano and horn fills.

I've always thought 'Silver Lady' could have been a fine vehicle for Glen Campbell to record as a kind of sequel to 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix'. Campbell would have nailed the desperation of the lyric to the mast because that's the biggest problem with this cut of the song - Soul's lack of any discernible vocal talent. 'Silver Lady' is a song sung by a man at the end of his rope ("But Honey you're my last hope, and who else can I turn to?), but Soul sounds like he's found himself in a situation of minor inconvenience instead of the desperation born out of making one bad decision too many. On this, he's a man enjoying his new found pop star status instead of burrowing into the song in front of him, but I guess you can't expect a one dimensional actor to pull a hidden layer of depth out of the hat as a singer can you? But still, not a bad effort at all.