(Another thing i first did for Fiddlesticks but now with new added 'hyperlinks'.
I've waited by the phone and they never fucking
call, I've lied (to myself over and over), I've searched through their
stuff, I've cried so much after saying goodbye once that a policeman asked me if i was alright. Just don't fall in love with girls
who live with their boyfriends. It made me ill. It made me make dozens
of compilation tapes for her that I hoped would convey my frail
condition through old Sea Urchins singles. Ok I was 19. What's a boy to
do? The aftermath of affairs is the subject of this amazing 39 year old
r'n'b single and I stuffed this one on several of my efforts probably
between Patsy Cline and Brenda Lee (What is it with me and tiny young
women that can belt out a soulful ballad) hoping she might get the
picture. To be honest I'd hoped she'd burst into tears. 2 minutes of
anguished howls, contemptious laughs, and a spectoresque military drum
roll are now par for the course round my way on a friday night but it
was the astonishing voice that got me back then. The old
Dusty/Elvis/er, Rick Astley cliche that 'everyone thought she was
black" was inevitably pinned on a young Rosemarie Timotea Aurro (Timi
was her childhood nickname and Yuro cos its easier to spell) when she
first surfaced but she had to throw a hissy fit before her clueless
record company rescued her from the MOR lounge circuit and 'What's a
matter baby? was one of the rare times she was handed material that did
her justice.
Her usual producer had done a bunk and it really is fellow teen Phil
Spector in the studio compressing the orchestration to death and
maximising that pained soul voice. Timi's ex boyfriend has been crying.
His current girl has finally left him having cheated on him for months
so he's wanting the seceptical Timi back. Not likely says Timi who
reveals that she too has found a man and wishes it to be know that '
..My hurting is just about over' but 'its just starting for you'. And
she's not very sorry at all. I married the girl who lived with the
boyfriend (she left him) and we lived happily ever after. She didn't
actually play most of the tapes I sent her in
the end (too painful, too rubbish)
So its true that like Timi.. my/our hurting is just about over. The
evil thing is every time I used to listen to this I pictured the hurting that was just starting for her ex lover and a big grin broke out on my face. And thats why I'll always love this record. The most romantic single
ever made. For keeps.
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