On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:26:11 -0800 (PST), David Denholm
wrote:
>Trying to remember this song. All I can remember is the artist is
>male, and it is a solo song from about 10 or 12 years ago. And the
>refrain goes like " And I...................Never had a girl like
>you. Or "And I................never had a love like you. What is
>so unique is that his voice is very lonesome and this is a slow love
>song type. His voice is like a Duran Duran type. It is kind of a
>haunting refrain that sticks in your mind. Maybe he says "Oh
>I..................never had a l girl like you. It is a very slow
>refrain, and his voice goes up quite high in the middle and then down
>low at the end. I want to picture a music video from this where you
>see heat waves rising up from the ground in the hot desert sun and he
>is standing alone in some old gas station in the hot sun singing this
>song. Song is about a past girl he loved and lost, and is a
>melanchoy song, haunting type of lyrics.
Sounds like "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins, circa 1994 or
thereabouts.
-lugnut |
