Love songs may be two-a-penny, always have been, and always will be. But most tend to be overly slushy and idealised, clumsily rhyming moon with June and full of cliches or built around the teenage sentiments that come with that first flush of such feelings. Thankfully, Annemarie Picerno offers us something much more mature and meaningful, something that is more realistic and relevant to most.
Her gentle, piano-driven blues ballad is about the slow growth of love over time, that gradual coming together of minds and hearts that relationships are actually based on. It is a love song that acknowledges the tough times, the false starts, and the feelings that seem to sometimes ebb and flow but which, over time, grow and fruit and blossom.
And there is also something clever in the title, too. On the one hand, it could be one of those casual remarks, a reminder of your love for that someone. On the other hand, it could describe the depth of the emotion at work here, that you are not merely saying that you love them, but that you will love them deeply, properly, thoroughly, in the fullest sense of the meaning, that you will love them right.
As always, Annemarie’s warm and welcoming voice catches your attention immediately. That great blues-soul vocal that breathes so much more life and longing into a simple love song. After all, it is about more than just the words; they are nothing without the right emotional delivery. This is exactly the right emotional delivery, you believe every word that she says, you know that she means it.
It is great to find a love song that feels like love, finally. Not one that merely says all the right things, but one that means every word spoken and that is so honest and authentic that you know that this is someone singing about real experiences and who has been through the ups and downs of life, love and longing. And that is something sorely missing in most songs of this type.
Of course, music is never a solo affair and the credit for the song should also be shared by Bob McGilpin who was in his usual producers chair as well as Nashville’s finest drummer and songwriter Trevor Layne who not only looked after skin hitting duties but who is responsible for the song’s hook and even the title.
SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/5QMKd3mye9rGdelK5mOOyc?si
ITUNES http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1744129522?ls=1&app=itunes
APPLE http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1744129522
BUY DIRECT https://annemariepicerno.com/single/104205/you-know-i-love-you-right
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