The Seattle native keyboardist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam formed the band "Boy meets Girl" having several major hits during the latter half of the 80s. Their debut release with the single "Oh Girl" reaches the Top40. 1986 they wrote Whitney Houston's #1 "How Will I Know. Once more with Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" they reached the top of the charts and won the following year's Grammy Awards. In 1988 as established songwriters, they released their second album Reel Life. With the breezy "Waiting For a Star to Fall," they finally notched a Top Ten single for themselves.
Not so long ago, while driving to work on a on a crispy cold dark winter morning I heard the song again on the radio and a few thoughts hit my mind. "Mmmh how often did I hear this song and it always caught my attention. Oooh the chorus is high, very high for a man's voice - switching between falseto and chest voice - this song can kill your voice singing it live". The melodic chorus makes "waiting for a star to fall" an earwig for decades, though the track's still being played on adult contemporary radiostations around the world. My curiousness awoke and I searched the internet. After reading their website, downloading and listening to their free mp3s I wrote an E-Mail and soon received an answer from Shannon. In our E-Mails I explored some conformances about the record industry, the internet, mp3s. Shannon described with her own words my focus for my mp3tips site: "Yes all us "lost" bands can now be found throught the magic of the internet. Thank god for that! I really love it as an avenue for reconnection and also for revitalizing the music scene, offering us all the broad variety of musical choices we crave." A short while after new year 2004/2005 I received a packet from California including their albums "Wonderground" and "New Dream".

"Wonderground" the 2003 release is more acoustic. The melodies and hooks are still there but the instrumentation and sound has changed, best described as acoustic contemporary vocal music. The "Wonderground" reviews on amazon.com mirror the peoples feelings while listening to this album.

"it's very introspective and thoughtful""their lyrics are always beautiful"
"I was truly shocked by the quality of the album"
"Right from the first note this cd is amazing"
"a lush pop masterpiece"
"Great melodies supported by hearfelt lyrics combine to create perfect "pop songs which are far from throw-away!"
"Appreciate it as pure music, use it as a sound track for the changes you're going through, or let the lyrics and music become part of your support system in getting to the next step of wherever you're going in life."

There are so many ideas, different directions, great melodies, fine music to discover. Explore the songs with headphones and a good glass of wine. Take time and the CD will develop its own enchantment. Wish you a lot of fun - I bet you have.
Your link to the the CDs [boymeetsgirl website].

P.S. Send Shannon and George your congratulation for their music - they deserve your feedback. Thanks.