Instead you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissin’īaby, way before then, and we’re still together You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby Keyboardist Neal Doughty initially had concerns about recording this love ballad, but his fears were allayed when this proved to be a breakthrough hit for the band. She was out of our league, big-time.”īefore REO Speedwagon recorded this, they were known as a hard rock band. The psychiatrist was this gorgeous model with librarian glasses. “Someone figured out that you had to have a hot chick in the video. The video shows Cronin with a hot female psychiatrist. The network continued to play their videos, even though they were low-budget affairs. They had the good fortune of being one of the hottest bands in America when MTV launched on August 1, 1981, and this song was the 17th song played on MTV that first day. REO Speedwagon was one of the first rock bands to score big with power ballads in the ’80s. I tried my best, but it just didn’t happen.” Even in giving it all I got, at some point, we realized that it just wasn’t going to work. You can also look it in the eye, and if there is enough worthwhile in the relationship to keep it going, then you give it all you’ve got, and that’s what I did. “That song is a yin-yang thing, where there is obviously trouble in paradise in the verses, but I always believed that people are capable of changing, and that if your life runs into a tough spot, it doesn’t mean that you necessarily have to run from it. When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you foreverĬronin called it, “The most painful song I ever wrote.” It didn’t work out for Kevin Cronin though, as he and Denise split up a few years after the album was released. Instead of leaving her, he decided that he would keep on loving her no matter what, as he made that promise: 'Crushing' is out now via Liberation Records.This REO Speedwagon song, released in 1980, is lead singer Kevin Cronin’s response after he found out his wife Denise had been cheating on him before they were married. I love that it was one shot for that reason." The idea for this video was hard, however I knew it had to be kept simple, with the song doing all the work. He’s also featured in three of my other clips. Everyone in the clip is a friend from Melbourne except Harry, who was visiting from Sydney, and also plays bass in my band. I was initially drawn to the wood panelling and red carpet. Julia Jacklin opened up about her heartbreaking single shot clip: "The video was filmed in the upstairs function room of a Turkish restaurant called Alasya, on Melbourne's Sydney Road. The video drop coincides with a massive tour announcement, including promise of extra New Zealand dates to still be revealed in addition to her spot at Auckland’s Laneway Festival this coming summer. Jacklin is one of three backup dancers for her own song, performing simple choreography in matching dresses, which she says she would wear on stage “if it wasn't extremely hot and highly flammable.” As the second verse turns over, Jacklin’s composure cracks and eyes well up, as the lyrics in the song appear to hit home and she breaks formation. Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin battles with romantic turmoil in her self-directed video for ‘ Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You’ from her acclaimed sophomore album Crushing that came out earlier this year.
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