They had a run of hit singles between 1977 and July 1979. Then it stopped.
Many folk blamed a disastrous UK tour in 79 when they were blown off-stage every single night by an up and coming band called Joy Division. Others said they just got fed up with the one-dimensional approach to song-writing and playing. The truth is that they probably just fell out of fashion as so many bands tend to do after a few years in the limelight....and besides, the third LP - A Different Kind Of Tension - had a near impossible task in following up the near perfection of Love Bites.
But 33 years on(!!!!).....this deserves a huge re-assessment. It's a classic pop song of having your heart broken. And denial.
mp3 : Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me
mp3 : Buzzcocks - Raison D'Etre
You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me 'cos I'm in love with you
And I wouldn't want you doing things you don't want to do
Oh you know I've always wanted you to be in love with me
And it took so long to realize the way things have to be
I wanted to live in a dream that couldn't be real
And I'm starting to understand now the way that you feel
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me 'cos I have got the time
To wait in case someday you maybe change your mind
I've decided not to make the same mistakes this time around
As I'm tired of having heartaches I've been thinking and I've found
I don't want to live in a dream I want something real
And I think I understand now the way that you feel
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't love me
Well that's alright with me I'm not in love with you
I just want us to do the things we both want to do
Though I've got this special feeling I'd be wrong to call it love
For the word entails a few things that I would be well rid of
I've no need to live in a dream it's finally real
And I hope you now understand this feeling I feel
You say you don't
You say you don't
You say you don't love me
You say you don't love me
You say you don't love me
Mmmmm....
It might be sixth-form poetry. But it's bloody good sixth-form poetry. Morrissey-esque....
Fucking brilliant......way better than most of the solo material in recent years!!!
As I say.......Happy Valentine's Day.
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