13th
Feburary 2010
Celebrating
Valentines Day Reflecting On Tear Jerker Tunes
Ever
since the 1990’s when I commenced contributing
articles to the Voice Newspaper, I usually endeavour
to focus my attention on events and the dates
in the various months of the calendar year,
that carry a particular “Tradition”
which for umpteen years has undoubtedly been
part of our lives, and on a grand scale we tend
to celebrate that occasion in sufficient “SPLENDOUR”.
Although by observation traditions like Christmas
25th December have lost or are gradually gaining
momentum in losing the prominence which many
years ago was the “Talk of the town”.
I am very much encouraged to help to up-keep
some of the vintage traditions alive and well
by inscribing literature via this medium if
possible, which I am of the notion will probably
to a certain extent augur well for that date
and month of the year, and it does not matter
whether it is Easter or Carnival, etc.
Other than Christmas there is a date in February
that I do appreciate to the maximum because
of the initiative it encompasses and that is
14th February Valentines Day which many, regard
as Lovers Day in their own perspective. Over
the years it has been the lyrics of love songs
that I place much emphasis on because of what
it spells out. Let me state specifically that
even in instrumental format there are tunes
that just send chills through the body all because
of the sentimentality that is placed on the
music as performed by the members of orchestra
like James Last rendering (Romance for Violin)
or Percy Faith executing the classic theme from
(A Summer Place) impeccably. In fact many a
music fan has indeed made it obvious that even
in this Millennium these Vintage Tear Jerker
songs like (Diana) or (Lonely Boy) by Paul Anka,
and (End Of The World) by Skeeter Davis still
have the capacity to impact on them. Not to
mention other nostalgic classics like (All I
Have to Do Is Dream), (Devoted) by the Everley
Brothers. Some of these tunes were released
between the late 1950’s early 1960’s,
and true as it is, we now exist in modern times
but music fans old and young are fascinated
and still become emotional, not only due to
the words of a love song, but because of the
astounding vocal ambition vocalists by whom
the song is rendered like Gene Pitney in (Only
Love Can Break A Heart) or Connie Francis singing
(If My Pillow Could Talk) or (Where The Boys
Are). All these songs in my perspective do augur
well for Valentines Day. They encompass love,
devotion, broken love affairs, make up to break
up, Time to move on, I’m through with
you, I don’t love you anymore.
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