I have to agree with Greg on this one; Valentine's Day is just a poor excuse to be thoughtful and nice to your significant other on one day out of the whole year. Why can't people be like this everyday? Why not buy your girlfriend flowers after you get out of work just for the hell of it? What about a nice, homemade dinner (put together by the guy of course) on a weeknight? Unfortunately, some people don't have the oppurtunity to do this because there is no significant other. Other times, it could just be a bad time in a relationship. Well this song goes out to all the good hearted guys out there who are either alone on Valetine's or are going through a bad fight.
Minneapolis musician Dan Wilson has been in the business of writing good love songs since the late 80's. Remember the late 90's band Semisonic (Closing Time anybody)? Yep, that was all Dan Wilson. On his 2007 solo album, Free Life, Wilson hits hard with a heartbreaking song, "Honey Please." When I first heard "Honey Please," I was at a point in a relationship that seemed to be hitting some bumps in the road. Call me cheesy, but when I heard this song, I felt as if things could work out in the end. "Honey Please" almost acts a certain narration. It has everything a love song is supposed to have; frustrated lyrical angst, a pouring of emotions, and a brutally honest confession. The music assists in guiding this longing. "Honey Please" almost takes the form of a forgotten swooner anthem with it's majestic, sweeping piano and an assortment of vibraphones. Wilson's voice was made for a lullaby. The man's falsetto is nothing but beautiful and matches the song perfectly. "Honey Please" wants to make things better, not just for the couple who are arguing with each other in the corner of a supposedly romantic candlelit restaurant, but for everyone who has ever felt malnourished by a love that may have never meant to be.
--Mike
Take a listen to the song at the link below
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