vonChristian Ihle 21.11.2014

Monarchie & Alltag

Neue Bands und wichtige Filme: „As long as the music’s loud enough, we won’t hear the world falling apart“.

Goodbye, Jimmy Ruffin!

Oder um sich mit Kevin Rowland zu erinnern, der sich Ruffins “I’ll Say Forever My Love” als Referenzpunkt nahm, um 1984 auf dem großen “Don’t Stand Me Down”-Album eines der besten, mit Sicherheit herzzereißendsten Lieder der Dexys Midnight Runners überhaupt aufzunehmen – “Reminiscene (Part 2)”:

“We were both 16, they were sweet, warm nights and it’s a fond memory now. We decided we should adopt a song, a song that was current. She wanted “I’ll Say Forever, My Love” by Jimmy Ruffin, I wanted it to be “Lola” by The Kinks. We seemed to hear those two records everywhere we went. The two I mentioned previously were predominant songs on the radio at that time, I’d hear them in the mornings when I was having my breakfast, getting ready to go to work.
Well, she won.
It was never really acknowledged but “I’ll Say Forever” became the song.

I’ll say forever my love.”