Music Review: M2M "Everything"
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Everything
Album: The Big Room
Year: 2002
Marion Raven, lead singer of M2M, has broken up with her first serious boyfriend and is jaded in the fiery "Everything."
A fretful guitar hook begins the single, setting a Raven's been thinking about her the last phone call she had with her ex almost a week ago. The call made her upset. It was a reminder that she's not his anymore. She's at the point where she wants to forget him completely but can't. He was an important person in her life. For three months, she has thought about what he has been up to and if they had another chance. The phone call gave her more questions to contemplate. She wonders if that was their last conversation. "It's been nine days, eight hours
Forty minutes, ten seconds/Since you called/I've been so crazy/I've just about/Taken our picture/
Off the wall/It's been three months/Over hundred days/Since you held my hand/And I miss you in/
A thousand ways/Will I ever see you again?"
In the bridge, she thought of how the relationship was going smoothly. Things seemed fine between them. But one fight and several hurtful words later, everything they had built together was kaput. Raven refuses to let him be someone she used to know. She believed they would be a long-term couple.
She notes in the chorus that their relationship was wonderful and what she dreamed it would be. She can't believe it's over. She thought of him of such a sweet, affectionate guy he was. Now, he's disillusioned her idea of a good guy. "All that we had was/So unbelieveable/Now that it's gone/
It's just inconceivable/Still in my dreams/You were so damn beautiful/How could it be/That you ruined my/
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything."
Marit Larsen, the second M of the band, sings the second verse. As she walks through the mall and hallways at school, couples are holding hands and whispering private jokes to each other. Before they broke up, he said he loved her. She questions that promise now. If he did, why isn't he with her? She wonders if he truly meant it. "It seems like/Everywhere everyone's in love/So where are you?/
And I remember/You couldn't get enough/Said you felt it too/So didn't you."
The bridge is sung again. The chorus is repeated twice.
Under muffled production, Larsen and Raven sing "everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything" again. They also repeat the last half of the chorus "You've ruined my everything....everything, everything, everything" .
A clock ticks as the girls sing the "everything, everything, everything" section again.
The last half of the first verse is sung. Then, the bridge and chorus are repeated to end the single.
"Everything" varies from teen pop cliche. The single has some depth to it. Larsen and Raven managed to cover the analyzing women do after a break-up. They also get into the anger of how certain things didn't turn out as planned. In the second verse, Larsen seethes as she throws his words back at him. An excellent single which, unfortunately, didn't get much airplay past the juniors section of Sears.
Album: The Big Room
Year: 2002
Marion Raven, lead singer of M2M, has broken up with her first serious boyfriend and is jaded in the fiery "Everything."
A fretful guitar hook begins the single, setting a Raven's been thinking about her the last phone call she had with her ex almost a week ago. The call made her upset. It was a reminder that she's not his anymore. She's at the point where she wants to forget him completely but can't. He was an important person in her life. For three months, she has thought about what he has been up to and if they had another chance. The phone call gave her more questions to contemplate. She wonders if that was their last conversation. "It's been nine days, eight hours
Forty minutes, ten seconds/Since you called/I've been so crazy/I've just about/Taken our picture/
Off the wall/It's been three months/Over hundred days/Since you held my hand/And I miss you in/
A thousand ways/Will I ever see you again?"
In the bridge, she thought of how the relationship was going smoothly. Things seemed fine between them. But one fight and several hurtful words later, everything they had built together was kaput. Raven refuses to let him be someone she used to know. She believed they would be a long-term couple.
"How did it change so fast?/ (I won't give you to the past)/I really thought it'd last.
She notes in the chorus that their relationship was wonderful and what she dreamed it would be. She can't believe it's over. She thought of him of such a sweet, affectionate guy he was. Now, he's disillusioned her idea of a good guy. "All that we had was/So unbelieveable/Now that it's gone/
It's just inconceivable/Still in my dreams/You were so damn beautiful/How could it be/That you ruined my/
Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything."
Marit Larsen, the second M of the band, sings the second verse. As she walks through the mall and hallways at school, couples are holding hands and whispering private jokes to each other. Before they broke up, he said he loved her. She questions that promise now. If he did, why isn't he with her? She wonders if he truly meant it. "It seems like/Everywhere everyone's in love/So where are you?/
And I remember/You couldn't get enough/Said you felt it too/So didn't you."
The bridge is sung again. The chorus is repeated twice.
Under muffled production, Larsen and Raven sing "everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything" again. They also repeat the last half of the chorus "You've ruined my everything....everything, everything, everything" .
A clock ticks as the girls sing the "everything, everything, everything" section again.
The last half of the first verse is sung. Then, the bridge and chorus are repeated to end the single.
"Everything" varies from teen pop cliche. The single has some depth to it. Larsen and Raven managed to cover the analyzing women do after a break-up. They also get into the anger of how certain things didn't turn out as planned. In the second verse, Larsen seethes as she throws his words back at him. An excellent single which, unfortunately, didn't get much airplay past the juniors section of Sears.