Monday, November 20, 2017

"Never Get over You"

On the record sleeve itself, the title is "Now I Know I'll Never Get over You," which is the same title it had on Colin Blunstone's The Ghost of You and Me, but the digital download from the Pledge Music campaign has the title "Never Get over You."  On this blog, I'm going to use "Never Get over You" as the title for the Still Got That Hunger version just because it makes it easier to distinguish between the two recordings.

Like "I Want You Back Again," because "Never Get over You" is a new version of an existing song (this time from Colin Blunstone's solo career rather than the old Zombies catalogue), I've already written about it.  A little over two years ago, I found some phrases in the lyrics that are reminiscent of lyrics in Zombies songs.  "Seasons come and go" might be a slight nod to "Time of the Season," and "It's alright if the words won't come" is very similar to "I love you / Yes I do, but the words won't come" and "My words should explain / But my words won't come" in "I Love You."  I'd also previously noted "We can work it out," which might be a reference to the Beatles' song.

Within this new context of Still Got That Hunger, though, that "We can work it out" line becomes more interesting.  The song that precedes "Never Get over You" is "Maybe Tomorrow," which contains the same line: "Baby, we can work it out."

I haven't really figured out any parts yet, so I can't be completely certain of this, but I think the song doesn't resolve.  I'm pretty sure it's in Bb major, but the last chord is an F major.  The lack of resolution musically complements the recurring sentiment: "I'll never get over you."  The listener is left waiting for the resolution in the same way that the speaker/singer, knowing that he'll "never get over you," is waiting for his love to return.