This is a song by Edwyn Collins, former singer of Postcard band Orange Juice and performer of nineties hit "Never met a girl like you before," of which Coldplay conspicuously lifted the melody for a song on that blue record of theirs. Coldplay provides some useful contrast with Collins, because one could make a rather facile comparison between the two. They both trade in rather syrupy love paeans to generic women, although I can't say for sure whom Collins is in love with. I'd hesitate to put an Orange Juice song on a mix tape for a girl. "L.O.V.E. Love"? Really? Is that it?
However, with all due respect to Coldplay, Collins' love songs convince me. He doesn't sound like an adolescent when he sings about love, even when he was an adolescent singing about love.
Now I've found out from his myspace page, maintained by his son, that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 2005 and is slowly recovering his faculties, enough to write more love songs. Thus, I share with you this, one of his new songs:
Notice the Rick James photo (?).
Here's Orange Juice on Top of the Pops with a magnificent rendition of one of their best songs, from their second record:
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Whoa, his voice is unbelievable in the Top of the Pops video. It does not seem possible that it could come out of that young man. That song was fucking amazing. Thanks.
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