Until a recent desire to listen to Freddie Jackson's Just Like the First Time album, I never paid much attention to the lyrics of "Look Around". I immediately recalled an argument ten years ago with the ex-girlfriend who inspired the New Problem Tuesdays brand. With writing clearly on the wall, one of her last ditch efforts was this paraphrased declaration: "This is the best you're gonna get! No one's gonna love you better than me!" Considering our troublesome behavior, how many weekends I lost to mindless arguments and suffering frequent migraines, I had no desire to go down the same path as Big Dadi and Momma Scribbler during their twelve-year marriage and knew I could do better. So in this semi-Valentine's Day edition of "Says Who???", I will discuss how these types of assertions can come across as presumptuous...
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Showing posts with label ballads. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
"This Is the Best You Can Do"...Says Who???
Until a recent desire to listen to Freddie Jackson's Just Like the First Time album, I never paid much attention to the lyrics of "Look Around". I immediately recalled an argument ten years ago with the ex-girlfriend who inspired the New Problem Tuesdays brand. With writing clearly on the wall, one of her last ditch efforts was this paraphrased declaration: "This is the best you're gonna get! No one's gonna love you better than me!" Considering our troublesome behavior, how many weekends I lost to mindless arguments and suffering frequent migraines, I had no desire to go down the same path as Big Dadi and Momma Scribbler during their twelve-year marriage and knew I could do better. So in this semi-Valentine's Day edition of "Says Who???", I will discuss how these types of assertions can come across as presumptuous...
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