http://music.metafilter.com/2275/One-Kiss-from-You/ Comments on MeFi Music post One Kiss from You Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:04:30 -0800 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:04:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://music.metafilter.com/2275/One-Kiss-from-You A maudlin love song from an old man to a young woman. Written in 2001. Part of my <a href="http://sparberfans.blogspot.com/2007/11/old-songs.html">Old Songs</a> project. <br /><br /> Obviously written in a mood that was a bit saccharine. There is no story to this song, except that I forgot how to play it and retaught myself this morning, and was a little disappointed at how simple it is. I think this is one of those instances where I had a melody in my head, worked it out on the ukulele, and realized that what seemed like a very sophisticated piece of songwriting when I hummed it to myself was based on the same chord structure as "Louie, Louie." I think I wrote this song in a jealous fit over "September Song," which is melancholy and bleak and lovely, and I sometimes write things because I wish I had written something else. "ONE KISS FROM YOU" LYRICS: My eyes grow dim as I grow old My hearing fails me and my skin it grows cold I'm easily wearied if I stay up past 10 But one kiss from you I'd be a young man again Those boys who love you, what do they know I see them trailing behind you wherever you go It's the affections of children not the passion of men And one kiss from you I'd be a young man again My hand they tremble -- that's what they do My knees grow weak -- but still I love you I'm frail and silly and I've got pains in my heart And I fear if you won't love me it will all fall apart My nurses tell me that I'm an old fool Flirting and fussing like I'm back in high school If it's a fool who loves you, well, I'm a fool then But one kiss from you I'd be a young man again. post:music.metafilter.com,2008:site.2275 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:29:18 -0800 Astro Zombie love maudlin melancholy ukulele http://music.metafilter.com/2275/One-Kiss-from-You#10726 Makes me think of driving through the desert at night in an old convertible listening to AM radio. comment:music.metafilter.com,2008:site.2275-10726 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:04:30 -0800 dobie http://music.metafilter.com/2275/One-Kiss-from-You#10736 Hey, nothing wrong with I-IV-V-in' it! You write good melodies like this to go with simple chords, and no one'll complain.<br> <br> Since I seem to imagine more complex arrangements for these things, I think there could be some light scatting in between lines, a la Louie Armstrong. Actually, Louie could probably do a number on this one. Scratchy vocals and a trumpet chorus! comment:music.metafilter.com,2008:site.2275-10736 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:43:55 -0800 danb