Nico had a cold in 1965 and sang warmly, even for her regularly cold voice, on this cold cold summer song. Her character is all caveats and reservations and maybes and not-yets, it's the most loveless love song I've ever heard. Lyrically, this has a very niche market, namely those who are still in love with, and have not yet been hurt by, someone treating them this way, and those who treat people this way. Colossal cannonball lovers, that's about it. But musically, this song is almost universal, as in, it could mean the whole universe, you could almost fit the whole universe inside with room enough to shake it around.
[buy both in this silly box set]
Posted by Dan at September 16, 2008 1:53 AMThanks for the Nico. A review for this version of the song under her entry at allmusic.com says it's the first thing she recorded, after producer Andrew Loog Oldham met her and decided she should do music. More info from that source: the song is by Gordon Lightfoot; Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones played acoustic guitar on this track.
Posted by John Branch at September 18, 2008 1:55 PMyou're my fact-checkin' cuz
Posted by dan at September 19, 2008 3:17 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
