#35 - Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Interview: record company rejected "I'm So Excited" 

She is an icon and I just love her. Pointer Sisters will always hold a special place in my heart.

Today would have been the lovely lady's 75th birthday. Thank you for all the music,, and RIP, Anita. You were so beautiful and brave.in your life and in this interview. Such a real, honest woman!

Rest in peace Anita Pointer...love you forever. ❤️

Their life should be a movie.

Wonderful interview 👏 It cannot be stated enough how important The Pointer Sisters are. All the barriers that they broke through might be perceived as personal triumphs for them as people, but the service to the world and other people is huge. It's not just their music, it's not just their colour... But it all came together to demonstrate something wonderful in times of inequality and persecution, and it made a huge difference 💗

She's a beautiful soul!

Authentic! Heartfelt! Honest! Inspiring!

I loved the Pointer Sister's songs!!!

I just love hearing her talk, especially when she really loves something and she changes her voice... Just love everything about her.. So gorgeous.....

Rest In Peace Auntie Anita Points . God is good all the times, in all the times god is a miracle . We love all you queens.

She's so open and so candid about her life, her autobiography need to be on screen. Fairytale should be a movie 💯. We definitely need a docu-series about The Pointer Sisters too. She basically she said shit, that's the first time. I heard her curse 22:39 🤣😍💜. Mrs. ANITA is my favorite Pointer Sister😘😍💜.

Thank you so much Anita The pointer sisters are so loved 😍😍😍

THE POINTER SISTERS MUSIC BRINGS THE BEST MEMORIES OF MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE!

I love ❤️ the Pointer Sisters, their music, their beautiful voices, and their energy on stage. So sad they are not with us now, but, their legacy will live on. R.I.P. Anita, Bonnie and June🙏💙💙💙. I still listen to these beautiful ladies music today. 2024.

Great interview! I could listen to her all day! Love her voice!

Anita, I heard "He's so Shy" in the grocery store in Atlanta today!!

Anita is so beautiful. She has that face that you just can't stop staring at...

This is such an awesome interview I love Mrs. Anita pointer, she's amazing❤️ 😘.

A wonderful interview with a beautifully talented singer songwriter. Thanks Tom and Anita.

This interview was just a few years ago. She looked so healthy and happy, and now she's gone. Even though I never had the privilege of meeting her, I miss her and think about her every day.

I absolutely love Anita.

I love Anita. Classy and Genuine! Love her Honesty and Awesome Energy!! Best Wishes.❤❤❤ Best Female Sister Group EVER!! Can Sing All Genre's w/ Ease..💯

I'd LOVE to get copies of those 80s cassette live shows!

Cannot stop watching these interviews w Anita Pointer. Forever in our hearts. ❤

I hear he’s so shy quite commonly when I walk into grocery stores and restaurants, Rest in peace Mrs Anita, you served us well!

Forever my girl. I’m sorry I never got to get the Pointer Sisters perform. RIP Anita

I hope you share some of those Pointer Sisters shows (in full) with us some day. Anita will never get over her daughter and only child's death for sure, but she clearly misses her baby sister June a lot as well and now she has to add Bonnie to that sad list.:-(

Great interview! I watched this all the way through. I just love hearing Anita’s stories. ♥️ Although I’ve heard some of her stories from past interviews, I still don’t get tired of hearing them over and over again. I totally agree with her about the song “Could I be Dreamin’”. That song was so beautiful, I listen to it all the time. Actually that particular album “Special Things” has a lot of great songs! 💕 So sad to hear her stories about discrimination (In a way, I was able to relate). 💔 What an incredible, versatile, talented, and beautiful woman she is! 😍 I was not even born yet at the time of the peak of her career (I’m only 27), but I’m a living proof that her and her sisters’ music lives on in my generation. So honoured to have seen The Pointer Sisters live in concert twice (I just wanna say when mama Anita walked onto the stage, the first time I saw her, I was so starstrucked my goodness!). I love artists like Dionne Warwick (saw her live too!) and Diana Ross too, but I always tell everyone that Anita Pointer has always been (and will always be) number one in my heart. ♥️ She has always been an inspiration to me. I just love her. Thank you so much for posting this. Again, great interview! 👏

Great interview 👍

Anita You Were Such A Beautiful Soul Inside and Out. You Were To "Real" For The Industry. You Kept It 💯 and Didn't "Sell Out."" We Truly Thank You For The Amazing Music You Left For Us To Enjoy... You and Your Sisters. You Were Genuine, Outstanding Full Of Joy and Love. WE LOVE YOU BACK! REST IN POWER BEAUTIFUL MELINATED QUEEN..!! 👑 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I LOVE listening to her talk and her true feelings and expressions is like no other. Her memories were solid. When I’d see her do interviews with Bonnie sadly Bonnie didn’t remember much but Anita was always right on. RIP June, Bonnie, and Anita.

Great interview! Rest in paradise Anita ❤(you are missed)

Anita, The Pointer Sisters' music was -- and still is -- part of the fabric of my life. "The Pointer Sisters," with Tom Salisbury on keyboards = fascinating. "That's a Plenty," "Steppin'." Such great albums. Your "old songs" are my old friends. And I know the words to every song, but I still can't keep up with "Salt Peanuts!"

She had great memories

Wow, Anita, you have something to say. This story is so interesting filled with all kinds of rich history. I wish they would do a Pointer Sisters movie. There are only two sisters left, Anita and Ruth.

Love Love Love Anita Pointer! Pointer Sisters are the Best!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you Tom Cridland for this great interview. 👍🏻😎

I love the pointer sister so much so pure so genuine So beautiful real women So sorry I never had the chance to meet them in person She's so funny without even trying to be funny They had it all

LOVE..

WOW!!! LOVE THIS !! thank u for posting ..! i have been a HUGE FAN of MISS RUTH for nearly 50 YEARS !!! 🎉

Hello Oakland.CA Hometown Of The Pointer Sisters There Music Still Feels My Soul Anita Pointer Amazing I Order The Book In 2019 Ruth Pointer Was Here With Daughter & Granddaughter They Received A Key Oakland.CA Amazing Conversation With Ruth Took Photo's They Were Amazing 😀💯❤🎵

The interviewer don’t know anything about the Pointer Sisters. The questions he ask are so elementary,” What u do next? And then what u do after tht? He have a absolute Legend in his hands and he fumbled. Constructive criticism.

To hear her voice and speak is so precious and a real great treasure!! Rest 💞🙏🏽 in paradise beautiful flower 🌹💖💔🕊️🕊️🙏🏽💖💔🌹🫶🏾🫶🏾

Yes I loved the Pointer Sister's very Talented

This is one of the most powerful interviews I've seen. It's like she's living those moments as she remembers them. Note to the interviewer, thank you for asking the important questions.

Love life,love music.

The Pointer Sisters sing Pinball on Sesame Street 1,2345,6789,10. 11,12

I read Anita's and the eldest sister book. I thoroughly enjoyed the read. Learned so much about them. I was a kid during their hey day. As I got older I wanted to know what happened behind the scenes. I'm nosy anyway 🤓

The legendary Pointer Sisters, featuring Anita ❤ love her candid interview, truly legendary ❤ Interestingly, she never mentions Ruth Pointer...hmmmmm

I would’ve read all 800 pages

Anita didn't really state this, but I would imagine a lot of the reason their sound through the years varied so much also had a lot to do with who was producing them.

You jammy git . . . I'd LOVE to spend some time chatting to one of these talented ladies. Great stuff.

Great interview

their live album in billings, montana of all places, that's a really fun listen. recommended highly

Anita is (was) great. Unfortunately the interviewer is an amateur.

Such a wonderful singer, songwriter, performer...But the record company DID release "I'm So Excited" as the second single of the "So Excited !" album, and it peaked at #30 on the Hot 100 in 1982. Of course, the remixed it and re-released it on "Break Out" and then it finally got its due. :)

Great Interview Dec 26 2023

to use a single word to describe Anita i'd use "WONDERFUL" smart sharp got prettier every year. and really sold those hits with her fabliss voice! miss her❤

Legend. The best all get their talent from the church house.

They released i’m so excited 2 times. First it wasnt a hit.

Interesting, Ruth has a more calm and more engaging demeaner than Anita. Anita seemed to not have the same recall as Ruth. I don't know you have watch one interview after another. If you listen to Ruth, you think the sisters were not at the same places at the same in time. Still, though my favorite Female group

❤️❤️❤️🌷🌷🌷😇😇😇

Anita is so beautiful yet humble. What a delightful person. Would love to spend an afternoon with her listening to her stories. And I agree - “So Excited” is the best. This is my favorite performance of it.... m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sS6eUIpwwds.html