For as far back as he could remember, Joey had laid In the dark getting lost in his music. He preferred voices coming out of his speakers to real people. He had never felt comfortable around other people, had always felt everyone was talking about him behind his back. So why be around to be talked about?
But on the other hand, he liked what the singers had to say to him, and he knew none of them were talking behind his back about him. He loved the little four minutes songs that told a big story to him. Sometimes they were stories. Sometimes they were guys singing about girls. Sometimes they were about girls singing about guys. Often they'd be singing about the listener. Or at least it felt like it.
When he was down deep, those were Joey's favorite: a girl singing about a guy but especially a girl singing to the listener.
Most of his favorite music had a guy singing. He loved listening to 38 Special, Genesis, Toto, Boston, Foreigner, Rock groups like that. But he also love Pat Benatar, Olivia Newton-John, Donna Summer, Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, just to name a few.
But in 1985 Joey's favorite girl singer had become a new singer named Whitney Houston. He'd actually first heard her in 1984, an early song called "Hold Me." But some ten months later she released "He Gives Good Love" followed by many other songs .
But most recently Whitney released "How Will I Know" and Joey was very excited. Of course he had record album which was released on February 14th. He worn out that first copy playing it so much, having to replace it many times.