I Love You So Much, I Can't Conceal It Song Sketches

I Love You So Much by iamemma

Sally recommended this song at the last moment on my post asking for 'love' songs and since I sing this to my son every night as a lullaby, I thought it would be the perfect conclusion to my Song Sketches from the month of love!

It's a pretty obscure standard written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and I discovered it from an equally obscure film Three Little Words about the two songwriters (starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton). In fact the only version I can find of this song online is the clip from the film on YouTube!

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It Loves Me... It Loves Me Not...

Photo from here

So, I am lucky to have several fashionista blogger friends so I consider myself up (ish) on new trends. Although I tend to spend my money on new, um, food rather than new fashion, I still like to pretend-shop the newest looks.

Some things would look simply awful on me, while others are, well, more loving of my shape. My shape is definitely more flattered by the hourglass designs - too loose and I look a trifle dowdy - but I'm fascinated (and impressed) by bloggers who can wear pleated pants or blousy shirts or miniskirts and look gorgeous.

What about you? What styles love you or love you not?

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P.P.S. It appears that affection is the best way for my readers' hearts to be stolen! Who knew?

Dance Me Through the Curtains that Our Kisses Have OutwornSong Sketch

Dance Me to the End of Love by iamemma

Here we are - third song in the month of loooooove!* It's written by the brilliant Leonard Cohen but the version I'm most familiar with is Madeleine Peyroux's. The lyrics are so magnetic over the deceptively simple melody. Such a great song!

I received this song sketch suggestion from Fuad; so, thank you!

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* I do hope that's not irritating yet. Only one more week, okay?

P.S. I had the exciting experience of having a song used in a Jezebel article!

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My First Love...

I think we can all trace our loves back to our very first love - the one standard by whom all others are measured. And usually, that person was, well, fictional. Or at least a celebrity. I think even if it was a really real person, it was usually largely fictionalized in our heads - all the fun details added onto a very attractive template.

So, here was mine - Superman.

I know, I don't mess around. Ha! There is actually film footage of me singing the Superman theme song while swinging on my swingset. I must've been around four. Every man after him (which was all of them, obviously, I was four) has been compared to how close they are to Superman. Was it the flying? The invulnerability/vulnerability clash? The curl? I don't know. But whenever his movie comes on t.v. (and it has to be Christopher Reeve, by the way), I still feel those little butterflies.

Fun fact: when I first met the love of my life, I told my sister he looked just like Superman. So there you go.

Dish, everyone! Who was your first love?

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