Late one night, driving, with my two sons we were scrolling the radio for some "good 'bad' music", the cliches, the mindless guitar solos, the short stretches of generic verses to set up the only hook in the song, which is then repeated ad infinitum. Fortunately, instead of that we stumbled upon AC/DC, who surely, at their best, are one of the snappiest radio bands ever. It seemed only two or three words IN THE ENTIRE SONG had more than one syllable. That struck me as a singular achievement. Rather like the french novel La Disparition, which was written entirely without the letter "e", but of another calibre altogether.
Some time later, while laying on a table getting some work done on my shoulder and neck, a Foreigner song came- I think it was "Double Vision". I noted aloud that every single line was a cliche. As I would soon casually observe: every single line of every single Foreigner song is a cliche. A notable achievement for a group of adult musicians with a large songbook.
So to inaugurate the first of an occasional series (and which allows me to slip outside and read in the sunshine) I bring you this wonder of stilted prose, "I Want to Know What Love Is", presumably penned by Lou Gramm:
Some time later, while laying on a table getting some work done on my shoulder and neck, a Foreigner song came- I think it was "Double Vision". I noted aloud that every single line was a cliche. As I would soon casually observe: every single line of every single Foreigner song is a cliche. A notable achievement for a group of adult musicians with a large songbook.
So to inaugurate the first of an occasional series (and which allows me to slip outside and read in the sunshine) I bring you this wonder of stilted prose, "I Want to Know What Love Is", presumably penned by Lou Gramm:
I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
Incase I need it when I´m older
Ohhhh
This mountain I must climb
Feels like the world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there´s been heartache and pain
I don´t know if I can face it again
Can´t stop now
I´ve travelled so far to change this lonely life
Chorus
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I´m gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I´ve got nowhere left to hide
Looks like love has finally found me
In my life there´s been heartache and pain
I don´t know if I can face it again
Can´t stop now
I´ve travelled so far to change this lonely life
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