OliveOilMom wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
For me, picking a song wasn't about describing him or the relationship, it was about the fact that it was playing during a memorable moment or it was popular when we first started dating or we heard it on the radio a lot, etc. That's how Whiter Shade of Pale became our song, at least in my head. For him it was about describing his feelings for me. I've also heard some people pick a song they both love a lot and that's how it becomes their song.
What criteria do all ya'll use to pick "your song"? Also, am I the only one who picks it based on the things I base it on, or am I just weird? lol
So "your song" is a song about a guy with a hangover trying to keep from barfing !
Lol!
Interesting.
Thats still better than a song about infidelity( like 'Lyin' Eyes') for couples' song.
I had no idea that's what it was about. I honestly have no idea what it's about at all, I just like how it sounds. It doesn't make much sense to me actually, but when we first started dating I played it over, and over, and over for a couple of days. Literally. On his stereo. We had only been going out a couple of weeks and I stayed over at his place for a few days (cuddling at night but no sex yet) and everytime it would go off I would get up and go and play it again. I guess that would have been enough to make lots of other guys not go anywhere near me again, the same song, over, and over, and over, but he was ok with it.
"I felt a little sea sick....and the mirror told his tale...that a face first just slightly ghosty ...had just turned a whiter ...shade of pale."
It mentions a crowd 'calling out for more'. So the story line seems to be stage fright combined with over indulgence causing gastric distress. It took me a while to figure it out too.
But its a great lovely sounding song that comes off as a cross between J.S. Bach's fugue "Sleepers Awake", and the circa 1960 Percy Sledge soul hit "When a Man Loves a Woman".
Indeed they were accused of ripping off one, or the other, or both of the above composers. But hey...if you're gonna steal, steal from two of the best!
11 Jun 2013, 8:20 am
That's the first time I have ever enjoyed a Michael Bolton song.
