[MUSIC] Erasure, "A Little Respect"
Erasure's 1988 international breakthrough hit "A Little Respect" has been a much-appreciated earworm for the past week or so.
It's a great pop song, Andy Bell's brilliant vocals contrasting what the acoustic guitar and synthesizer of Vince Clarke, all produced with the glorious sheen of Stephen Hague. It's an ever-listenable plaintive plea by a man to his lover, begging to know what it would take to make things work.
I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you're making me work so hard
Bell's status as an out star plays a role here: "What religion or reason/Could drive a man to forsake his lover?" What indeed.
I've recently discovered that a remixed version in 2010, the "HMI Redux" version being a digital release to raise funds for the Hedrick-Martin Institute and the True Colors Fund, featuring a choir from said institute's youth choir providing backing vocals and youth in the video.
Click to viewIt's a great pop song, Andy Bell's brilliant vocals contrasting what the acoustic guitar and synthesizer of Vince Clarke, all produced with the glorious sheen of Stephen Hague. It's an ever-listenable plaintive plea by a man to his lover, begging to know what it would take to make things work.
I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you're making me work so hard
Bell's status as an out star plays a role here: "What religion or reason/Could drive a man to forsake his lover?" What indeed.
I've recently discovered that a remixed version in 2010, the "HMI Redux" version being a digital release to raise funds for the Hedrick-Martin Institute and the True Colors Fund, featuring a choir from said institute's youth choir providing backing vocals and youth in the video.