Lobo, "I'd Love You to Want Me"

Oh, for the days when looks weren't necessary for songcraft to take an artist into the Top 10. Lobo, who scored a half-dozen or so hits as a minor embodiment of the '70s singer-songwriter movement, was perhaps the least star-looking of them all, particularly in this clip of his No. 2 hit "I'd Love You to Want Me". Frankly, he looks less like a guy calling himself Lobo in 1972 than like Amy Sedaris dressing up as a guy calling himself Lobo in 1972. And not quite mastering the art of lip-synching.

ILYTWM nevertheless nails the Southwest Aztec living-in-a-van vibe and stands as Lobo's biggest hit (even if "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" is the one people remember more). And if we may indulge the song's vaguely creepy conceit, haven't we all felt that way at some point, even if discretion and good manners dictate that we brush the thought aside unspoken?

ETA: And damn, are those some mismatched fonts on the album cover, or what?