Dale

Like many of us, I have been a Tiffany fan since I saw her first video on MTV in 1987. I really liked her voice, and I really liked the song, "I Think We're Alone Now."
Later, I saw the video of I Saw Him Standing There, and I thought, "wow, she can sing that kind of song too!" Then I bought the album Tiffany. Actually, I was so disappointed with ITWAN and the rest of the album that I threw it out!!! ITWAN was different on the album than it was on the video (I realize now that the video was an edited version of the extended version of ITWAN). Anyway, I kind of forgot about Tiffany for a while after that.
But then I was in a bar one night and heard ITWAN on a jukebox. I thought, "Man, that might not be quite as good as the video, but it's still really good." I bought the cassette again, and soon all the songs grew on me and I loved the tape. And of course I absolutely loved Tiffany's voice.

Later I bought a few singles and HAOFH and loved those too. Tiffany had become my favorite singer of the moment.
Then, in 1993, in July, I happened to be in Las Vegas. I was there for a week, and after about the 4th day I noticed a "show guide" in my room that mentioned Tiffany in small type on the cover. She was playing at the LV Hilton, about a mile from where I was staying! I was so thrilled--I couldn't believe it. During my last 3 days and nites, I went to nearly every show! (3 shows a night).The friends I was with had no interest, so I went alone. What a thrill. Hearing her live was so incredible. Unfortunately, many of the shows were sparsely attended. But on Saturday night, the place was packed (mostly by gamblers who had no idea who she was, I assume). I told the man I was sitting next to that she had been a huge star in the late '80s; he had never heard of her, but thought she was "pretty good." She brought the house down! They were giving her standing ovations after every song! Which really makes it hard to understand why no one wants to distribute her music anymore.
The crowd loved her, and they were standing several rows deep outside the lounge to hear her. She sang If Love Is Blind at that concert, and said her new album was going to be released at Christmas. I absolutely loved that song, and was so disappointed when I couldn't find the album. Finally, I found out that it had not been released in the U. S. , and went on a crusade to find it.

Meanwhile, I got the Jetson's soundtrack, and loved it. (The Tiffany part). I got the last one in the store, and the clerk said they thought they were never going to sell it.

I had given up on Dreams Never Die, when, one day, I received a brochure in the mail from a company that said they could find rare items and to call a certain number at $1.95 a minute. I called and they found it, but they only had a CD for $55, and I didn't even have a CD player then. I got it anyway, and had the CD recorded onto a casette at a local record store. I loved that tape, and from then on (actually, from the time I saw her in LV) she has been my favorite singer of all time by far. Nobody can compare.

Later, I got on the internet and found the various Tiffany websites. I got all the B-side singles and I now have every song Tiffany ever recorded (at least the ones that were actually published) except the duet with Rick Rhodes. The vast majority of the songs are so good. I listen to them over and over and over. I NEVER get tired of them, which is amazing. I often wonder how many of these songs I would even want to listen to if somebody else was singing them. Probably not many. She makes them all. And, as anyone who has heard Winding Road, Close Our Eyes, You Don't Belong Down Here, New Year's Day and all the more recent songs knows--she is even better now than she was in the 1980s!!!

   Dale Omenson (September 10th, 1999)