I really wasn't paying a lot of attention to the music until I heard that familiar sound of Crying Over You. It didn't sound like Orbison. I stood up and looked . . . it was KD Lang.
Now, I'm ashamed to say, that I have not heard a lot of music from KD. The major reason (you might see this coming) is that she is not considered someone to be a fan of if you are an Evangelical. You can guess why, but, I'm certain it had something to do with her lesbian-feminists view point and gender blending.
But I sat there with my eyes closed and just listened to her wonderful voice.
It is hard to explain, but before now, I had never taken this song seriously. It was like a novelty song . . . a little over the top with emotion. The kind of song that you would sing in a whinny voice. But as I listened to KD, I felt the true emotion of loving and being hurt.
This too is part of the human condition. Has anyone gone through life without being hurt, romantically, at least once? I don't think so. I can't imagine those who are deeply in love, or even have been married for years . . . and the one they love . . . stops loving them. You can't measure that pain.
So, as I listened to KD, something struck me. I don't care about her "gender confusion," or sexual orientation . . . this woman sings with the passion that tells me that she knows what it is like to suffer a heartache. I think it was the same with Orbison (whom I think Bob Dylan said had the most beautiful voice the world has ever heard . . . or something like that).
So as I, as the liberated Evangelical, am eating up and enjoying the arts like I never have before, I can't express how much that song touched me. She sings of the human condition . . . something we all have tasted.
You can watch her here or just read the lyrics below:
I was all right for a while,
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night,
you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say "Hello"
Ah you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you,
crying over you
Then you said "so long"
left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I was over you but it's true, oo so true
I love you even more than I did before
but darling what can I do
For you don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying
I thought that I was over you but it's true, oo so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do
For you don't love me and I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes, now you're gone and from this moment on
I'll be crying
crying, crying, crying
Yeah crying, crying, crying over you
6 comments:
so wrenching and beautiful
After listening to her version of Hallelujah at the Olympics I downloaded Hymns to the 43rd Parallel which is full of slow ballads written by Canadians...she can really interpret a song.
That song expresses EXACTLY what happened with Ann & me some 25 years ago. She was the closest thing to a girlfriend I've ever had; 25+ years and it still hurts. (I just finished an autobiographical fantasy story whose origin and writing brough the hurt back full strength. Full emotional strength after over 20 years...)
Headless Unicorn Guy
I can't remember if Dante had anything like this, but I think that the punishment in the deepest part of the inferno could be an endless romantic heartbreak. I've only suffered it a couple of times, and it was a very long time ago, but I can't imagine anything that is worse. To love but not to be loved in return.
Don, interesting that I didn't know that KD sang Hallelujah until yesterday in the coffee shop because that was the next song on the track.
I missed that part of the opening. I guess she picked Hallelujah because she, as a Canadian, was singing a song by a fellow Canadian (Cohen). It too is a beautiful song.
This is the best track IMNSHO on that album.
http://evangelicalinthewilderness.blogspot.ae/2010/02/kd-lang-and-crying-over-you.html
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