A little piece of early ’90s nostalgia.
JOE continues to look at some of our favourite classic songs with a tribute to one of the most emotive tunes from the early ’90s.
Artist, album and year: The Connells, Ring, 1993
Why is it a classic? : In the interest of fairness, this song was one of the earliest tunes that this JOE remembers hearing whilst listening to Dave Fanning’s superb RTÉ radio show and it has stayed with me ever since.
It’s far from the most polished piece of music, some might even call it cheesy sentimentality , but it’s a brilliant piece of soft-pop songwriting that effortlessly evokes memories and stirs emotions rather than dazzles in its technical details.
It’s the type of inoffensive and atmospheric song that you put on at 3am after coming home from a night out and just fade away into.
Thematically it also taps into those thoughts, regrets and dreams that we’ve all had as we wonder ‘what might have been’ if we had just done things a little bit differently.
Guilty pleasure or not, its stood the test of time and remains a favourite.
Did you know? : The song was originally released in ’93 but it didn’t really become a hit until ’95 where it spend 11 weeks in the Irish charts.
The lyrical hook: “I was the one who let you know, I was your sorry-ever-after”.
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