#90
Love Song
The Cure
I'll say it now, this should have been mama and my wedding song.
Unfortunately I heard it for the first time after the wedding. But
nonetheless it is a great song.
I never listened to the cure, growing up. Honestly Robert Smith in a
bunny suit during the "Friday I'm in Love" video was the extent of my
knowledge of the band and their work. But this song really turned me
onto their music (well their old music).
The song is about missing your soul mate, particularly while on tour.
But it make being apart sound so horrible and dreadful "You make me
feel fun again". This is one of those songs that I begin to tear up
when I listen to it. Because I really understand that kind of love.
Musically it is typical Cure fare but, the juxtaposition of anguish
and joy in Smith's voice are what truly make this song remarkable.
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About this Project
My daughter Olivia is crazy for music. She loves all of her musical toys. She wears them out and the songs get stuck in my head. Her favorite singer is her Gymboree music class teacher Sean. But when we drive around and I have music on, I see her bobbing her head or tapping her little foot.
I love music and I want to give Olivia a gift of the music I love. When this project is over, two years from now, she'll still be too young to appreciate it, but down the road when she is discovering her own music and making fun of me listening to the oldies channel (or Classic Rock as I like to call it) she will be able to see that I was once passionate about music when I was younger and cooler.
The seed for this is the new Rosanne Cash album "The List" which as the story goes, her father Johnny Cash gave her a list of 100 country songs that he felt she needed to know. She recorded several of them for her album. My list is not in any particular order, so song #100 Welcome to the Jungle is no more or less relevant to song #37 whatever that may be.
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