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Jacob 06:47 pm UTC 10/22/08 |
| In reply to: | Jim Steinman on You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Niklas 01:51 pm UTC 10/22/08 |
| I've always been one to prefer "Unchained Melody" over "Lovin' Feelin'", but I can't deny this does put the latter in a new light. It's odd - I usually don't realize the brilliance of a song until somebody points it out to me. Guess I'm not listening hard enough. > Hi! > This is form Music Week; 6/4/2005, p8-8, maybe "old" > news... hm, who said Spector is strange? > > Subject: What is your favourite lyric?: some first > thoughts > > Jim Steinman on You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' > > "I've given this a lot of thought but what I think is the > single best lyric in the whole of recorded history is > definitely You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'. I don't even > want to talk about the brilliance of the production, which > is all about Phil Spector's genius, and all the other > little details (like how many songs are there that start > with no intro?). That's all amazing in itself. But what I > find astounding about You've Lost That Lovin' Feeiin' is > that, and I don't know if the writers Mann and Weill were > aware of this - and it doesn't matter if they were or not > –but the most extraordinary thing about the song is the > opening line. It goes: > "You never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips. > And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips." > Now, what's brilliant there is the first line: "You never > close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips". What does > that mean? It means his eyes are open the whole time. This > is a territory of total betrayal, immediately established > and so effortlessly. All he's been doing is watching her, > because his eyes are open. So there's an almost > Pinter-esque lack of trust and suspicion and it's done so > effortlessly that no-one even thinks about it. Then you > take it a little further along: > "Now there's welcome look in your eyes when I reach for > you. And you're startin' to criticize little things I do. > It makes me just feel like crying baby 'cause baby, > something's beautiful's dying." Basically, I think it's a > stalking song. I think he's killing her. I absolutely > think it's one of the most brilliant lead-ups to a murder > without mentioning it. That makes it brilliant because (1) > it's a great record and (2) those lyrics are not at all > normal pop lyrics. I always want to yell at people, "You > never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips" - > how does he know that? It's because he's got his eyes > open. She's in desperate trouble. Call 911! That's how > that song affects me and that's how it sounds. The echo is > so brilliant, it's like it was recorded in the chamber of > a human heart. It’s the sound of a guy going mad." > | |
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