In honor of the impending Valentine’s Day holiday Reviewsic will be posting a series of songs inspired by all things lovely for your romantic listening.
Today’s List: 5 Songs That Make Us Want to Change Our Name
There are plenty of love songs out there, usually remaining with a cloak of anonymity so as to keep the crushing crooners singing in secret from found out. But some musicians step forward and proudly proclaim, “You. Yes, you! This is how I feel.”
Marie- Kevin Devine, Make the Clocks Move
A man known for his wonderful word choice in his lyrics, Marie is no exception. Honest and to the point (as all the best love songs are) we’re considering changing our name just to hear Devine tell us, “Marie, you got me thinkin’/Long term and being careful with my drinkin’/And looking forward to my holidays and weekends/Marie, I love the way you got me thinkin” It’s inconceivable to us to think that there’s a person on this earth that wouldn’t swoon over hearing “You’re all the pretty music that I need”
Jenny- I’m From Barcelona, Let Me Introduce You to My Friends
Simple and non-sensical, this Swedish 20+ band sings along with cheerful claps, an accordion, and horns while telling Jenny “I will take you far away/I’ll put you in a little bowl upon a tray/I know this is what you dream/we’re going up the Eiffel Tower you and me”
Song For Eric- Tori Amos, Silent All These Years
Haunting, whimsical, and romantic are the total embodiment of this acapella song delivered by an early 90′s Amos, written for her producer and romantic interest Eric Rosse. Simple, short, and sweet, we would seriously swoon if we were Rosse. Granted, we probably would react the same if Amos sang us the ABC Song, so we might be a little bias.
Kathy with a K’s Song- Bright Eyes, Don’t Be Frightened of Turning the Page
Well known and covered a hundred times over Conor Oberst has created one of the quintessential love songs for a generation of indie kids. Simple in all the best ways with an earnest, warbling voice, and chords with no real complexity we’re reminded of all the reasons why ‘love is real’ before getting a crescendo of twang and percussion presumably because the now screaming Oberst’s cup of love now runneth over. Lucky Kathy.
Emily Jean Stock- Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Some Loud Thunder
A little shrill and bordering on the bizarre at times, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah isn’t the first group one might think of for a song about a sweetheart, but here you have it. Seemingly about the girl that everyone loves, our front man is letting Emily Jean Stock know “You’re not like me/It seems that people stick like flies to you/And my mystery/Is just that I’ve no one to cling to” that paired with the lines “There’s no one else/There is no one quite so perfect” Makes us hope that Miss Emily is humble enough to accept the compliment without letting it get to her head-that would just ruin the crush having cuteness of it all.
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