Anyone who knows this knows it because it was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love of the Beach Boys. They remade it as "Darlin'," which anyone who knows this...knows. Wonderful Spector imitation, with a sensitivity and lust he could never muster. The dude just wanted to conquer, but was wise enough to let the women sing those conquering words. It's the only reason why his music is listenable and worth worshiping. If this song is the sound of a woman pleasuring herself to overcome her loneliness, then most of Spector's heroines rely on the guy for physical gratification. It's true that that happens, but he's only seeing part of the picture. Brian got the whole thing.
I lie awake in bed/As thoughts go through my head/Thinking of what I'll do/To make you love me too/I hardly sleep a wink/Just lie awake and think/I'll do anything...I should probably quote the whole thing, because Mike Love was a pretty great lyricist. Anyone who knows this song...knows he gets maligned for pissing on the Wilson legacy, but he had some talent and a great voice. I love how snotty he sounds, like John Lydon if Lydon worked a gas station and had the lyrical talent with nothing to say.
Anyway, the girl in this song is real tortured, so of course she gets me completely worked up, especially when she stops singing words at the end and just lets syllables tell the story. She's another one caught between moments, unable to sleep and yet not able to see her desires materialize. When you can't sleep, time never seems to flow properly. The numbers on the clock simply keep changing. The thoughts go through her head like clouds whose distance can never be ascertained. Everything is visual, felt emotionally and not physically. Don't you hate when you can't sleep? It seems to strike out of nowhere. The bell at the beginning sounds like an alarm clock. I just noticed that. Even the line, "I lie awake in bed," alone is so priceless. Like all poetry, it's an inspiring contradiction which will never let go of you.
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