![]() Just apply it to whatever personal situation you want to think of. I don't care that the rest of the song makes very little sense and thus there is no context in which to place it. What does it say about this song that I have literally no idea whether the last line should contain the word "were" or "we're"?Īnd I meant, every word I said / When I said that I love you I meant that I love you foreverĪctually, this lyric is not bad, just awesome. ![]() So, so tired.Īnd though I know all about those men / Still I don't remember / Cause it was us baby, way before then / And we're still together And what are we talking about here? I'm tired. I had no clue Cronin sang this here, but now every time I hear this part of the song I will giggle. You played dead / But you never bled / Instead you lay still in the grass / All coiled up and hissin' Still a little dicey on the details though. So, this song is definitely about a relationship gone bad. This is kind of vaguely threatening taken on its own. You should've known by the tone of my voice, maybe / But you didn't listen ![]() It is definitely not about wanting to have sex all night, which meaning is what I had initially hoped for. However, after reading and re-reading the two verses, I can honestly say that I really don't know what this is supposed to be about. When I started this post I could only really remember the chorus, and I was going to have such a good time making Viagra jokes (always comedy gold) and warning Kevin Cronin that he should potentially see a doctor, as I am wont to do. I want to say right off the bat that this song is just entirely incoherent. You should've seen by the look in my eyes, baby / There was somethin' missin' Also, can anyone tell me what game the two band members are playing at about the 1:15 mark? It looks sort of fun. The official video – below – has a slightly odd, and a little weird/disconcerting intro).First of all, check out this video and tell me that Kevin Cronin (who now apparently favors short spiky dyed-blond hair over this shaggy afro) doesn't look like some kind of goofy love child of Andy Samberg and Michael Showalter. A fine example of it’s genre, I challenge anybody of a certain age hearing this not to sing-along, even if it’s just in your head. The band actually had three top 20 hits here in the UK (the others being Take It On The Run, and Can’t Fight This Feeling), but this is the one they are remembered for, and rightly so. But time is too short, and there is too much other good music out there, for me to go exploring down this avenue.īut this song I love, and would happily belt out on a regular basis. I fully accept that my position in this regard is one of totally uninformed prejudice, so apologies if you disagree with my view. The term “Guilty Secrets” was coined for music like this, although I don’t like the term at all – there’s nothing to be guilty about in liking the music you like. Bands like Foreigner, Styx and Journey – in my head – are part of this rather bland mush, but a mush from which the odd classic emerges. For me they represent a wholly anonymous brand of US rock bands from the era who were largely ignored here in the UK, save for the occasional signature song that somehow broke through. To be honest, I know next-to-nothing about REO Speedwagon, and don’t really have a strong desire to rectify that position. So I was trawling a bunch of Spotify playlists for songs that tickled that particular itch, and one of those that fell out of that process was this sing-along classic of the genre. This one came through the unlikely route of a love songs compilation! For some reason, Sunday morning I was in the mood for a bunch of nostalgic 70s and 80s soft love songs (see, I do have a heart!). A quick one today, and one that completes a little trilogy of early 80s soft rock-ish classics (alongside recent posts from Lindsey Buckingham and Phil Collins).
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