If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, even after the barrage of sickeningly sweet sentimental commercials for jewellery, flowers, and chocolate on tv and the pink and red decorations of hearts and Cupid that have adorned the malls since 2 days before Christmas, Sunday is Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day.<\/p>\n
I am not into all the mushy crap. You might think I say that because I am single but no, that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it. It is just that the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153holiday\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is so commercially false and people expect way too much from it. The whole thing is so clich\u00c3\u00a9 that it is pointless.<\/p>\n
All this clich\u00c3\u00a9d mushy stuff got me thinking about love songs. I came to the realization that there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t many love songs being sung these days. Most that I came up with have been around for a long time. The wannabe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d songs these days are usually about sex, lust, or falling out of love. And the artists writing these songs are no word smiths. Songs like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Birthday Sex\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Invented Sex\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Love in the club\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bed rock\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
Or maybe we can float on top my water bed They crudely and explicitly describe acts with out even attempting to be suave or subtle. They go on about going deep, prying between legs, making people think they invented sex, and doing it on a dance floor without leaving anything to the imagination.<\/p>\n Yes some artists do have a way with words that disguise the songs. Like that new guy Robin Thicke and his song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lost Without You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. That is no love song. It is a dirty lustful song.<\/p>\n You wanna That is not about love. It is all in the way the lines are sung. Even Estelle with her song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Come Over\u00e2\u20ac\u009d had me fooled. She uses the word love throughout the song but it is not about the imaginary abstract concept, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about using the polite term for intercourse.<\/p>\n Turn out the lights, give you all of my love tonight I know these kinds of songs aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a new thing. There are lots of classics out there that people love that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about love. Songs like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Smooth Operator\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sexual Healing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, even \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Girl from Impanema\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are all very lusty. But they are all well written (both lyrically and musically) that make your mind work to find the meaning. Well \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sexual Healing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is pretty obvious but the song isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t explicit.<\/p>\n Whenever blue tear drops are falling I know sex is a part of relationships but where are the songs about the other part? The part about the joy of each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s company, holding hands, the elation, the sweetness? Those songs used to be a dime a dozen with songs like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Close to You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by the Carpenters and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Misty\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Ella Fitzgerald. Frank Sinatra\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career was based on that, any crooner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s career actually. A song like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Funny Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about lust or sex, it is about loving a person no matter who they are. Going beyond the physicals and finding something deeper.<\/p>\n Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Change a hair for me But that is a clich\u00c3\u00a9 song but it became a clich\u00c3\u00a9 because it is good. But I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think all love songs are clich\u00c3\u00a9s. I had an argument with Cory who insists that a love song has to be a slow ballad. Umm\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6no. A love song is all about the lyrics not the beat. Songs like the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Wanna Hold Your Hand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by the Beatles, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think I Love You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by David Cassidy, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Silly Love Songs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Wings are also love songs even though they are peppy and fast paced.<\/p>\n You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. Gladly there are still love songs being made today. Yes they are few and far between but when you come across a good one it still makes you smile. They still conger up sunny days, skipping through fields, and having picnics with that special someone. Like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in Love\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Beck, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everyday is a Holiday” by Esthero, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blind Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Gnarls Barkley.<\/p>\n She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my friend, she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t judge me Beck – Think I’m in Love<\/a><\/p>\n Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here<\/a>. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nYou close your eyes as I f*&k between your legs
\nWe work our way from kitchen stoves, and tables
\nGirl you know I’m more than able to please, yeah<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTouch yourself when you see me
\nTell me how you love my body
\nAnd how I make you feel babe
\nYou wanna roll with me<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s do what lovers do, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready for you
\nI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to waste your time
\nSo don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make me beg tonight<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAnd my emotional stability is leaving me
\nThere is something I can do
\nI can get on the telephone and call you up baby, and
\nHoney I know you’ll be there to relieve me
\nThe love you give to me will free me<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNot if you care for me
\nStay Little Valentine Stay
\nEach day is Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBut I look around me and I see it isn’t so.
\nSome people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.
\nAnd what’s wrong with that?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nShe has no idea I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ugly
\nSo I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve absolutely nothing to hide
\nBecause I am so much Prettier inside
\nI love Mary<\/em><\/p>\n