Part of what I didn't like about his first single, other than the obvious fact that it sucked, was that I had to play it every couple of hours when I worked in radio and it drove me nuts. There was also the fact that I didn't appreciate his falsetto, which is ridiculously high and outlandishly over the top. In this song it reminds me a bit of Savage Garden's Darren Hayes, whom I have to take in very small doses. I generally am no fan of this kind of poppy music as I find it as soulless and lackluster as any of Britney Spears nut-filled butt nuggets. Anyway, I decided to give it a listen when I get a reply to MY reply from the same friend saying "Will you just trust me on this, please? It's a really beautiful song and it moved me in a way that not much else does. I suspect you might feel the same."
So I listened. And I bawled my fucking eyes out. D saw me over here, tears pouring down my cheeks and my face all bunched up in my hands and got all "Oh my god, baby! What's wrong?" I started laughing and told him I'd just gotten punched in the gut by a song, and that was that. It was the lyrics that killed me. The notion that you're with someone you love desperately, but you are neurotic and need lots of reassurance that it's really going to be okay - oh no, I have NO idea what that feels like...
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One
