Music Review: Belinda Carlisle "Mad About You"
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Mad About You
Album: Belinda
Year: 1986
Belinda Carlisle’s summer romance turns serious in the radiant “Mad About You.”
Content synths and an expectant drum open the single, setting a blossoming tone. In the first verse, she says they are both crazy about one another. They start their day together, eating breakfast on the beach. Then, they walk the promenade in the afternoon, chasing after one another and goofing around. At about 7 p.m., they go to a restraurant for dinner. Afterwards, they watch the ocean’s waves glow under the lights by the dock. They both know there is something special going on and it’s likely not to be felt again.
In the chorus, she says she could stare into his pale blue eyes and find what’s been missing in her life. She knows the relationship end once she returns home. But for now, she’s going to enjoy every moment. She’s ecstatic to have a chance to feel love. She’s excited to be dating her boyfriend and hopes it lasts past August.
In the second verse, she says lying next to him watching the stars gives her a peaceful feeling. It’s a surreal, living her fantasy of being in love. They talk until 8 a.m. in the morning. Then, as the sun rises, she falls back into his arms. She never felt so alive.
The chorus is sung twice.
The content synths have a solo. Then,
Part of the first verse is sung again.
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
On her vacation, she had planned to catch up on her reading, spend the day on the beach tanning, and people watch. She didn’t expect to meet a guy her second day after walking back from her crafts class. They spent the day talking and haven’t parted since. It’s been two months and she wishes it won’t end. He’s a great guy whom she can talk about anything and he knows her as well, if not more, than her best friend back home.
Carlisle’s enraptured, vibrant vocals are tender and adoring. Being in love is everything she had imagined. It’s magical and complex. Love was an emotion she often second-guessed. She sees it as something real and a force that can’t be ignored.
The sunlit arrangement illuminates the glowing synths and nurtures the flourishing drum. The light breeziness of the single is as perfect as a powder blue, cloudless sky.
The shining “Mad About You” is worthy of classic status.
Album: Belinda
Year: 1986
Belinda Carlisle’s summer romance turns serious in the radiant “Mad About You.”
Content synths and an expectant drum open the single, setting a blossoming tone. In the first verse, she says they are both crazy about one another. They start their day together, eating breakfast on the beach. Then, they walk the promenade in the afternoon, chasing after one another and goofing around. At about 7 p.m., they go to a restraurant for dinner. Afterwards, they watch the ocean’s waves glow under the lights by the dock. They both know there is something special going on and it’s likely not to be felt again.
“I'm mad about you/You're mad about me babe/Couple of fools run wild aren't we/Pushing the day into the nighttime/Somewhere between the two/We start to see.”
In the chorus, she says she could stare into his pale blue eyes and find what’s been missing in her life. She knows the relationship end once she returns home. But for now, she’s going to enjoy every moment. She’s ecstatic to have a chance to feel love. She’s excited to be dating her boyfriend and hopes it lasts past August.
“Mad about you (Mad about you)/Lost in your eyes (Reason aside)/Mad about love (Mad about you)/You and I.”
In the second verse, she says lying next to him watching the stars gives her a peaceful feeling. It’s a surreal, living her fantasy of being in love. They talk until 8 a.m. in the morning. Then, as the sun rises, she falls back into his arms. She never felt so alive.
“Something 'bout you/Right here beside me/Touches the touched part of me like I can't believe/Pushing the night into the daytime/Watching the sky's first light/While the city sleeps.”
The chorus is sung twice.
The content synths have a solo. Then,
Part of the first verse is sung again.
“I'm mad about you/You're mad about me babe/Couple of fools run wild aren't we.”
The chorus is sung twice to close the single.
On her vacation, she had planned to catch up on her reading, spend the day on the beach tanning, and people watch. She didn’t expect to meet a guy her second day after walking back from her crafts class. They spent the day talking and haven’t parted since. It’s been two months and she wishes it won’t end. He’s a great guy whom she can talk about anything and he knows her as well, if not more, than her best friend back home.
Carlisle’s enraptured, vibrant vocals are tender and adoring. Being in love is everything she had imagined. It’s magical and complex. Love was an emotion she often second-guessed. She sees it as something real and a force that can’t be ignored.
The sunlit arrangement illuminates the glowing synths and nurtures the flourishing drum. The light breeziness of the single is as perfect as a powder blue, cloudless sky.
The shining “Mad About You” is worthy of classic status.