Reaching Out

(And of course I haff to use a picture of Der Kestle for today.)

I don't really celebrate it at all, and I'm looking forward to the extra cheap chocolate tomorrow, but in the spirit of today, which really just celebrates love, and we could all use more days that do so, here is my favourite love song, which has been my favourite ever since I heard it in 1996.

Gary Numan's You Walk In My Soul, from the equally excellent album Sacrifice. You should buy it, because it's brilliant. My brother bought the album featuring cover art from Joseph Michael Linser, the artist of Dawn, a red-headed goddess archetype.



"You Walk In My Soul" was written for a woman Gary Numan had been dating at the time. She was a fan at first, and they got to know each other better after they drove together to a venue he was playing at (and by that, I mean just as friends). They started dating, and he wrote this song for her. Sometime after, they got married, and now have two kids together.

( Lyrics under the cut )

Title: Boy, You'll Want A Woman Soon
Genre: Song re-write
Theme: Growing up
Comments: Neil Diamond's Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon was covered by Urge Overkill for the Pulp Fiction movie, and while I adore the Urge Overkill cover (it's got such great music), the lyrics really really really aggravate me. The relationship propoganda of "when you grow up you need a partner", the idea of a man getting all emo because his girlfriend's family doesn't approve of him (there's probably a reason, dammit), and the general tone of "please be with me" annoys me a great deal.

So, I re-wrote the lyrics. Obviously, the song is directed to all young straight males out there, and also to girls too. Please, girls and boys, grow the hell up before embarking on a relationship. And guys, if I'm dancing in front of you, don't assume I'm dancing with you and try to stop me from my groove! *mad*

( Boy, You'll Want A Woman Soon )