![]() “ICU” perfectly captures the turbulent waters of love - and its aftermath - and does it so inexplicably flawlessly.įarah Rincon My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker It is meant to be clear, but it is equivalently meant to be confusing. Love is painful, heated, passionate, and beautiful. With the lyrics “‘Cause I don’t know what I want/Until I fuck it up,” she shows how possible it is to appreciate the relationship and the memories that have been made and come to terms with the end of it even if it’s in a beautifully tragic way. But if this tells you anything about our relationship, we wrote this song together, just like everything else.” This is reflected in the lyrics as well, when she sings “If you’re a work of art/ I’m standing too close/ I can see the brush stroke,” showing her raw admiration for him and the heart-wrenching and often overwhelming feelings that are associated with such a fiery and passionate love. “ICU” is written about Bridger’s ex-boyfriend/drummer Marshall Vore, and in an interview with Rolling Stone, she says they “became like family to each other, so our breakup was extremely tough. Clearly, I hadn’t listened to Phoebe Bridgers before that. I have always listened to breakup songs with the presumption that they have to be as depressed as I am - the beat slow, the voice torn, and the melody dripping with sorrow. ![]() “Dancing in the Dark,” in particular, speaks perfectly to my mind-numbing February, my being encompassed only by work and exhaustion, my boredom and desire to feel something, anything more. To put it simply, Bruce Springsteen just gets me right now. ![]() I’m also stuck in a constant weekly cycle of overworking myself and laying in bed for hours in exhaustion, as the emergence in springtime in our sweet city of Boston passes me by. I feel love for my friends and family, but in the romantical valentine’s day sense, I’m pretty much empty. No catastrophic crushing delusion, no romantic joy or even a small glimmer of any feeling at all - good or bad. In the last Valentine’s Day staff pix I chose a Fiona Apple track out of angst, but this year I regret to inform you that I’ve honestly been feeling nothing. ![]() ![]() There are so many Springsteen love songs I could choose - “Fire,” “My Love Will Not Let You Down,” “Prove It All Night,” - but something always keeps me coming back to this one. Karenna Umscheid Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen People change and we outgrow each other, but at the end of the day, people honestly suck and it’s important to know that there’s more than one way a heart can break. There are fights, there are make-ups, but at the end of the day, it’s terrible and of course you want more because that person is so awful but aren’t they just so pretty when they’re mad, their brown eyes sparkling with rage? Aren’t they so sweet as they cradle you through shuddering sobs that THEY caused by gaslighting you into oblivion? Man, I love love! Lyrical genius is exemplified by lines like, “Still got your back even when you break a chair on mine like / Shit! Is it Monday night?” which is a silly reference to Monday night wrestling and loving someone even when they turn around and treat you like absolute garbage. This anti-love anthem talks about the deterioration of a relationship over time, the toxic energy emanating from the abrupt starts and stops of the band throughout all one minute and 56 seconds. Not everyone is well qualified to talk about healthy love, but RKS knew what they were talking about when they released “Our Song” in 2020. Julia Norkus Our Song by Rainbow Kitten Surprise ![]()
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