The Ear Candy holding pattern persists. Life in Rutneski Land has been quite hectic with Carley working now and our mad scramble to make sure that we have battened down all of the hatches before the winter season is upon us. I may have been neglecting my Ear Candy duties in this time, but my time listening to music has not been compromised in the slightest.
There are two songs that I have just been in love with recently. Yes, if you know me, you can probably predict the artists. No surprises here.
Today I want to talk about The Perfect Boy by The Cure. It was the final of the four pre-album singles released this summer. I enjoy most everything that the Cure puts out, but there are some songs that just rise above. This song could easily go down as one of their best singles. Live version.
It is a perfect pop song. It’s catchy as hell. Robert is adept at capturing a moment in time as well as the euphorically gleeful sense of infatuation. Robert also loves to implore broad innuendos that run the risk of being too vague or directionless. Not so here. All the references, but one are obtuse; yet narrow enough to make their sentiments clear. (Your take on the “Laurel Kismet Hardy” line is as good as mine)
In the first verse he takes on the voice of the female hopeless romantic. Her sentiments are unapologetically optimistic and deliberately naïve. “Oh Girl, He Is The Perfect Boy.”
The second verse takes on the voice of the male that is less idealistic and plays off of the female’s confessions with just enough of a tweak to the language to turn her forever ideals into his for-now seductions. “Oh Girl, He’s Not So Wonderful.”
And in light of the dismissed romanticism our heroin sees us out with an unscathed and boundless hope of finding The Perfect Boy.
THE PERFECT BOY
“YOU AND ME ARE THE WORLD”
SHE SAID
“NOTHING ELSE IS REAL
THE TWO OF US IS ALL THERE IS
THE REST IS JUST A DREAM…
ALWAYS MEANT TO BE
I CAN FEEL IT
LIKE A DESTINY THING
WRITTEN IN THE STARS
INESCAPABLE FATE
Yeah IT’S OUT OF MY HANDS
FALLING INTO YOUR ARMS”
“AND I DON’T WANT TO GET INNOCENT
BUT I WOULD LOVE YOU TO TAKE MY TIME
WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF A BEAUTIFUL THING”
SHE SAID
“COME ON…
LET’S STAY HERE FOR A WHILE”
Oh GIRL!
HE IS THE ONE FOR SURE
Oh GIRL!
HE IS THE PERFECT BOY
“Yeah ME AND YOU ARE A WORLD”
HE SAID
“BUT NOT THE ONLY ONE I NEED
THE TWO OF US IS NEVER ALL THERE IS
THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN FOR REAL
IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE US
IT WAS MEANT TO BE NOW
DON’T SEE THE SENSE IN WASTING TIME
IF YOU’RE SO SURE ABOUT THIS
LAUREL KISMET HARDY THING
YOU KNOW TONIGHT YOU’RE MINE”
“AND I DON’T WANT TO GET OBVIOUS
BUT I HAVE TO BE GONE BY THREE
WERE ON THE EDGE OF A BEAUTIFUL THING”
HE SAID
“SO COME ON…
JUMP WITH ME”
Oh GIRL!
HE’S NOT THE ONE FOR SURE
Oh GIRL!
HE’S NOT SO WONDERFUL
Oh GIRL!
HE’S NOT THE ONE FOR SURE
Oh GIRL!
HE’S NOT THE PERFECT BOY AT ALL
“YOU AND ME ARE THE WORLD”
SHE SAYS
“NOTHING ELSE IS REAL
THE TWO OF US IS ALL THERE IS
THE REST IS JUST A DREAM… ”
AND HER HEART MAY BE BROKEN
A HUNDRED TIMES
BUT THE HURT WILL NEVER DESTROY
HER HOPE…
THE HAPPY EVER AFTER GIRL
ONE DAY FINDS THE PERFECT BOY
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