Don't Talk About Love To Me

Finished this one 6 years ago and decided to do a re-visit. A fun little "love" song.
Asked Janice if she’d like to sing harmony.

Lyrics & Vocal - Leon
Janice Merritt – Backing Vocals
I played the 12 string electric 6 string electric and the sitar (not the intro part) on my Variax.

The Band

RealTracks in style: ~684:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesSync Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~686:Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 120
RealTracks in style: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 2534:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, HeldChords
RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven8^8-a:Snare, HiHat Open , b:Snare, Ride
There is a 2nd RealDrum track and a Sitar RT at the intro as well.


Don't Talk About Love To Me

Love is a fiction
Love’s for the birds
When they say I love you
It’s just three little words

Take the sleeping beauty
In the deep dark woods
Here comes Prince Charming
Now don’t he look the goods

Kneels down beside her
And she wakes with a kiss
Looks up at the clock and says
What time you call this?

Don’t talk about love to me
Don’t give me that sweet caress
Don’t talk about two hearts beating
Or about happiness

Love’s a deception
It’s a trick of the light
A sad misconception
A curse and a blight

They say it’s forever
Then they take the next train
Here comes a new fool
Let’s hear the refrain

Don’t talk about love to me
Don’t give me that sweet caress
Don’t talk about two hearts beating
Or about happiness

See the bride at the alter
Best day of her life
This is just the beginning
Of her trouble and strife

The man by her side
Yeah he’s saying I will
With his eye on the bridesmaid
And his hand in the till

Don’t talk about love to me
Don’t give me that sweet caress
Don’t talk about two hearts beating
Or about happiness
Don’t talk about love to me
Don’t tell me about your affairs
You want tell a love story
Go and tell someone who cares

Don’t talk about love to me
Don’t give me that sweet caress
Don’t talk about two hearts beating
Or about happiness

Leon and Janice, great job. I liked this fun little song.

"The man by her side
Yeah he’s saying I will
With his eye on the bridesmaid
And his hand in the till"

The guitar and sitar work is especially wonderful

Fun song Peter!

Lyrics are differently of a different bent on the subject!!



This was a hoot.

BRILLIANT...your 12 strings. elec. guitar tone is perfect - via l'Variaxe and the sitar inside the song is also great.
Leon's vocal and phrasing are cool...some of the phrasing was counter intuitive but gives a distinctive edge to the delivery.
there is, however, in my headphones a strident overload on Leon's vocal at & around 5kHz....a wide scoop at and about that makes his vocal sit beautifully.
Janice's vocals are great and have the effect of taming, by contrast, the stridency.
This song has some sense of The Zimmermen of Young Modern...every so slightly country flavoured power pop.
TOP STUFF.

This is a fun write! Leon and Janice do a great job on the vocals and the guitars sound perfect for the song. The mix holds up really well. I enjoyed my listen, Tom

Wonderful song, love the melody --especially in the chorus. Yes, Janice can make anything better --especially songs. Good band, especially that 12-string. Enjoy everything about, including that clock in the pic (notice I didn't say especialy). You're always such a treat to listen to, Peter.

Good song! Well done. The lyrics made me smile :-) - more than just a little tongue-in-cheek ... right? haha. More, please :-)

Peter...a'60s British ballad reborn...this so reminiscent of those great Beatle's, Chad and Jeremy, etc...and even Everly Brothers tunes...being a child of that era...I love it...the music is so cool and the vocals are stellar...your blend with Janice is so good and so tight...lyrically so sweet and so cynical...loved it all!

I agree and will add Peter and Gordon.
Super groove and fantastic vocals and the usual outstanding mix.
Great lyrics also.

Great job Peter. Loved the writing and who knew you could play sitar with a country flavor? Nice sound and excellent choice for a background singer.

Brad

Thanks for mentioning my small part!

Janice

Much appreciated.

Peter

Hi Peter,

Good song - very enjoyable.

I must admit I was waiting for your guitar solo - next time!

Best Regards
Nigel

Hello Peter and Janice,

What a nice song and vocal harmonies. Oh man, loved it from the start!
You and Janice did a very good job here.
The lyrics are not giving much hope on love, but I think singing that is hoping for the opposite, isn't it? (only in this case!)

And I was glad you used the sitar too, though a little modestly, yet...

Have a nice day,
Hans

Yes, reminds me of 1960's Brit Pop.
Not my favourite genre but this has a sweetness to the melody that I like.
I like the harmonies too.

Vic

Good song and I like the lyrics and how you deliver them.
I'm not a fan of the sitar in the intro, but it works quite well in the outro.

And of course the chorus and Janice harmonies are the icing on the cake.
I would have loved to have her in the verses after the first chorus, but I guess she gets a lot of requests and the day only has 24 hours.

Overall, everyone involved did a great job

Hi Peter, Leon, and Janice,

What a fun song! Excellent write. Good vocal Leon, and of course, always enjoy hearing Janice doing her cool thing.

Sitar, especially the outro part, was very cool indeed!

Good one, enjoyed.

Hi Peter, Leon, and Janice great Calab really great vocal Leon and Janice great job on the guitar work I liked the sitar work very surprising how it work out!! thanks for sharing Eric

Thanks David

Peter

Thanks Ray - I'll play around with some eq.
Appreciate all the comments.

Peter

Thanks a lot Tom.

Peter

Hi, Peter & Co !


I like this tune and the
vocals are absolutely
superb ! Congrats !


Cheers
Dani

Snarky pop - I'm glad you revisited it.

Fun!

Thanks guys! It was fun to join in.

Janice

Peter & Leon,

A very catchy song. Good write.
The references to 60's Radio Pop are appropriate...
That repeating guitar lick serves both of those purposes well.
Nice mix.
Good vocals. Janice's harmonies are a perfect fit.


fj

Peter,

Great 60’s folk sound here . . . very appealing to the ear and gravitating melody. Sad thematically, but well executed in the write. Terrific harmonies, catchy chorus. Liked this one a lot. Good stuff!

All my best to you,

Deej

Appreciate that and yes it is tongue in cheek.

Peter



Thanks Marty

Peter

Thanks you too kind with those references.

Peter

Appreciate those comments Mario,

Peter

Thanks Brad

Peter

Thanks Hans



Thanks Nigel - quite possibly a solo in the next one.

Peter

Thanks Vic

Peter

Thanks for the comments appreciate them.

Peter

Thanks Dave
The Variax is nice and versatile and makes recording easy by not having to change guitars around.

Peter

Hey guys, thanks for mentioning my part.

Janice

Thanks Eric.
Peter

Hi Peter & Janice

Great song with an unexpected path! And yueah, that 12-string sets the era - good era for music in my opinion. Rally nice vocals, peter. And Janice nailed the harmony. Doersn't she always?

Enjoyed my listen very mnuch. Take care ...

Alan

I feeling all gushy about this one. Fantastic song! This is one of my favorite genres. And you have done it well.

Vocals are one of Leon's best, and Janice's harmony is perfect for the chorus.

Love the 12-string sound!!!

Happy love song with a dark tone, makes me smile.
The intro reminds me of The Beatles and the 60's feel is present pleasantly.
Very enjoyable chorus with nice wistful melody and chording.
Good band, guitars sparkle nicely and sitar fits well also.
Good vocals, Leon's and Janice's voices blend together beautifully.

Janne

Thanks for mentioning the harmony!

Janice

Very cool intro. Loved that jangly guitar. Super vocal Leon. Janice and Leon sound great together. One of my favs of yours. Well done...

Glad you like the harmony!

Janice




Thanks for mentioning my part! Much, much, much more of those daily 24 hours are spent mountain biking and hiking than making music and that is why we are always so far behind on projects. Glad you like the tune!

Janice

Thanks Dani

Peter

[quote=dcuny]Snarky pop - I'm glad you revisited it.

Fun!

Thanks David

Peter

Thanks Always appreciate your comments.

Peter

Thanks Deej

Peter

Thank you Dave!
Janice





Thanks for mentioning the vocals y'all!

Janice

Peter, Leon, and Janice,

The bright melody makes my heart happy.
12 string guitar is very cool.
The harmony between Leon and Janis is also wonderful.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Hello Janice, Peter and Leon
Great collaboration
The result is an excellent song
Great singing, playing and mixing
The sitar is very popular in the forum at the moment ;-)
But it also sounds really cool !
Great work from all of you
Was a lot of fun to listen to
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

Thank you for commenting on my small part!

Janice



I appreciate the harmony mention!

Janice

Thanks guys!

Janice

Thanks Scott

Peter



Appreciate the comments Janne.

Peter