(back catalog) VALENTINE
by Joe Normal
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This is a back catalog release.
I'm a fan of 50's Rock n Roll and Rockabilly, especially Buddy Holly and early Gene Vincent. When I wrote "Valentine" I was secretly crushing hard on someone, and it was in my heart that I needed to get this song out of my chest. I was aware that as I was writing it it could or hopefully would be a wedding song or a Valentine's Day song.
If I remember correctly this one practically wrote itself, quite easily and quickly. It started out closer to a Beatles or John Lennon sounding song, which is my natural writing style, but I wanted to produce it more like a big 1950's prom slow-dance tune, with a big sexy saxophone like Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways," which incidentally Gigi and I slow danced to at our own wedding.
This recording started with a simple vocal 'n guitar demo that I brought to my brother Jimmy's studio. I tracked the drums, electric guitar and keys. Unfortunately I don't recall the names of the upright bass player and the original vocal n guitar demo recorders.
(originally included on Crude Folk album 2015)
I'm a fan of 50's Rock n Roll and Rockabilly, especially Buddy Holly and early Gene Vincent. When I wrote "Valentine" I was secretly crushing hard on someone, and it was in my heart that I needed to get this song out of my chest. I was aware that as I was writing it it could or hopefully would be a wedding song or a Valentine's Day song.
If I remember correctly this one practically wrote itself, quite easily and quickly. It started out closer to a Beatles or John Lennon sounding song, which is my natural writing style, but I wanted to produce it more like a big 1950's prom slow-dance tune, with a big sexy saxophone like Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways," which incidentally Gigi and I slow danced to at our own wedding.
This recording started with a simple vocal 'n guitar demo that I brought to my brother Jimmy's studio. I tracked the drums, electric guitar and keys. Unfortunately I don't recall the names of the upright bass player and the original vocal n guitar demo recorders.
(originally included on Crude Folk album 2015)
lyrics
You are the other half of the pie,
In my eye, in my eye.
You are the bluer half of the sky,
In my mind, in my mind... Oh oh oh oh
When you're sitting next to me,
And you're reaching into me,
I'm such a lucky man.
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the brightest star in the sky
When you smile, when you smile
You shine the brightest, don't ya know why?
Ya got style, ya got style... oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're whispering to me,
And you're dreaming includes me,
I'm such a lucky man
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
Valentine
Valentine...
Valentine
You are the light and love of my life
For all time... for all time
And you look just like heaven tonight!
So divine, so divine... oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're lyin' next to me,
You'll just have to excuse me,
I'm such a grateful man
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
In my eye, in my eye.
You are the bluer half of the sky,
In my mind, in my mind... Oh oh oh oh
When you're sitting next to me,
And you're reaching into me,
I'm such a lucky man.
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the brightest star in the sky
When you smile, when you smile
You shine the brightest, don't ya know why?
Ya got style, ya got style... oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're whispering to me,
And you're dreaming includes me,
I'm such a lucky man
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
Valentine
Valentine...
Valentine
You are the light and love of my life
For all time... for all time
And you look just like heaven tonight!
So divine, so divine... oh, oh, oh, oh
When you're lyin' next to me,
You'll just have to excuse me,
I'm such a grateful man
You are the reason why...
Valentine
You are the reason why...
Valentine
credits
released February 9, 2024
Written, Produced, Performed by Joe Normal
Joe Normal - Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Keyboards
Upright Bass played by ???
Guitar & Voice demo recorded in Hollywood Hills by ???
Overdubs at Remo Music Studio, Silverlake, CA
Engineered by Jimmy Hutchinson
Written, Produced, Performed by Joe Normal
Joe Normal - Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Keyboards
Upright Bass played by ???
Guitar & Voice demo recorded in Hollywood Hills by ???
Overdubs at Remo Music Studio, Silverlake, CA
Engineered by Jimmy Hutchinson
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Joe Normal Los Angeles, California
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Joe Normal® is a founding member of 80's Sunset Strip glam-
pop legends The Zeros. He's a co-writer on Sammy Hagar’s “Not 4 Sale” LP, and even recorded with punk icon Stiv Bators.
Compared to Cleaners From Venus, Paul Westerberg, and Jesse Malin, Joe Normal is an "Authentic underground storyteller with a Glam Rock heart." -Aquarian (NJ)
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