Romantic Words in Songs

Driving to the evil day job this week, I have a long commute, I got tired of listening to the DJs rambling about unhappy events in their lives so I hit the play button on the CD player. My husband had some angry rock music in the player, which didn't suit my mood. I pulled out my selections and opened it to something I hadn't listened to in ages.

The Eurythmics. It was their greatest hits CD.

As I listened to the first song, Love is a Stranger, my repect for Annie Lennox and David Stewart grew. (If possible. I respect them as artists already.)

"Love is a danger
Of a different kind
To take you away
And leave you far behind
And love love love
Is a dangerous drug
You have to receive it
And you still can't
Get enough of the stuff"

Writing is an art of words. We can't use color or pictures to explain what we want to express, we use emotions. I listened to Annie sing her words, I really listened hard, and rediscovered my love for her work. As a romance writer, I know it's not easy to express how love can make a person feel and in the song, she describes many of the facets of this emotion.

"It's savage and it's cruel
And it shines like destruction
Comes in like the flood
And it seems like religion
It's noble and it's brutal
It distorts and deranges
And it wrenches you up
And you're left like a zombie"

"It's guilt edged
Glamorous and sleek by design
You know it's jealous by nature
False and unkind
It's hard and restrained
And it's totally cool
It touches and it teases
As you stumble in the debris"
And yet, after all these descriptions, she says,

"And I want you
And I want you
And I want you so
It's an obsession"

Perfect. LOL. Because we know, we all desire things that are not good for us.

I get inspired by songs, many writers do. I think most people who are passionate about books are passionate about music. They go hand in hand, like painting and drawing.

I'm happy to have found this CD still my collection and I'm still listening to it on my way to the evil day job.

What songs have affected you and why?

It's Friday...

And I'm feeling flaky and restless today.

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Anyway...music is on my mind today. Time for a song comparison. Good lyrics and great voices--each very different, yet each wonderful in it's cover of an awesome song.

Let's take A Whiter Shade of Pale. If you're too young to know this song, you have to hear it now.

Annie Lennox - I LOVE this video:


Then there's The Dells:


And the one I know best--the always awesome PROCOL HARUM:


Hope you enjoyed the stroll down memory lane! If it's the first time you've heard them--check out more by these artists.

Remember: Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out.-© J. Hali Steele