Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall

lately i've been listening a lot (and when i say a lot, i mean every day and probably 5 or 6 times a day. maybe a little obsessive? maybe?) to "Walk Away Renee." this is not just any version of this song. this is the cover as done by the four tops. i think i keep listening to it because it reaches some part of me that the music i love most tends to tickle. while i love left banke and the goodness they gave us in this song, there's something in levi stubbs' pleading throughout the song that makes me believe that the singer really is pursuing the unrequited love of a woman who is involved with his best friend/creative partner/relative, etc, the socially untouchable woman.

while listening to this, i feel the disappointment, the longing and the desperation. it's been entirely too long since a song made me feel this. so then this gets me to thinking about when people have listened to this song while in the situation of the song. i wonder how many people have listened to 'walk away renee' while lusting after/loving someone and deepening their sadness or disappointment. i know that i have intentionally listened to certain songs knowing their potential affect on my psyche or mood at the moment. the one that i used to keep around is the grateful dead's "box of rain." it is slightly hopeful, nearly the opposite of 'walk away renee.'

i really like that belle & sebastian refer to this song as an epitaph in 'piazza.'

who wouldn't want this song written about them? i haven't felt so perfect a musical moment in months. i'm glad there are some things in this world that renew my hope that music is still a good thing. i have nothing groundbreaking or new to say about this song except thank god it exists at all.