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.”

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