No More I Love Yous - The Lover Speaks
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2009
- I have uploaded this directly from my original 1986 CD entitled The Lover Speaks - these are the lyrics as they appear in the CD booklet. Annie Lennox later covered this song to high acclaim but I prefer the original. I am planning to upload other tracks from the album soon. Hope you enjoy this lost treasure!
No More I Love Yous
I used to be lunatic from your precious face
I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
My aching heart would bleed for you to see
Oh but now.....
I don't catch myself bouncing home
Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry
No more 'I love yous'
A language is leaving me
No more 'I love yous'
A language is leaving me exiled
No more 'I love yous'
Changes are shifting me outside the words
(The lover speaks about the monsters)
I used have demons in my room at night
Desire, despair, desire, so many monsters
Oh but now.....
I don't catch myself bouncing home
Whistling buttonhole tunes to make cry
No more 'I love yous'
A language is leaving me
No more 'I love yous'
A language is leaving me exiled
No more 'I love yous'
Changes are shifting me outside the words
No more 'I love yous'
A language is leaving me 
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I was in university and working at an A&A Records when it came out in 1986 and as happens with releases we got a batch of them and posters to put up around the store. I was captivated by this song in particular though the whole album is wonderful. I used to play it all the time and the amount of people who asked me about and then bought it was staggering. Even had some repeat customers come back and tell me how much they adored it. It's criminal how much power radio had over which songs were hits and which weren't. If this had been in heavy rotation so many millions more would know the brilliance of The Lover Speaks. FFS you can't even get it on Apple Music today.
Why has it taken 36 years for me to be spellbound by this 🙏🏼
Love Annie’s version but the original wins out for the usual reasons. He wrote it. Therefore the pain comes out in his vocals. Because he wrote it. Because it’s personal. Can’t fake that. Can’t duplicate that.
Yes the original is far way more better.
Basically the original is better because it was not overly produced or perfected. You can feel the love in the music that comes from an original song. It literally sounds like the song was recorded live.
I had not heard the composer's version until now. I simultaneously favor and disfavor it. I disagree with the statement that the original is uniquely able to capture the emotion. Annie Lennox's is dolefull in its own way. Her music video extends the lyric to bring non-heteronormative gender & sexuality dimensions into focus.
Dr. Evil Diet Coke . I like Annie’s version they are both good in there own way but I prefer his version . I find Annie’s version sounds a bit darker but can relate more too his version. .
Not only in his vocals: I hear the pain also in the guitar
“Isn’t the most sensitive point of this mourning the fact that I must lose a language - the amorous language? No more ‘I love you’s.”
― Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
Thank you for pointing this out. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go out to find a translation of a book of French poetry.
@@ricksamericana749 Translation for the common man: "I'm outta here"
Original is original. Tune, lyrics, everything for the first time weighs heavy. A true hit is timeless and this is one.
Unusual for a man to sing like that and with lyrics like these. Beautiful.
oh we do. often
Too right Dave
C.M Listen to Prince sing his song ‘If I was your girlfriend’ off his Sign O The Times album
Annie lennox saw this as an amazing piece of art and paid homage to it with her own inimitable style and passion.There can be no better praise than that. 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.' Good old 'Oscy.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
This original version is more emotional and deeper more than Annie's version. Great!
One of the all time greats .... very underrated
---- A language is leaving me ---
YES!
FIRST CLASS!
FIRST CLASS!!!
Just discovered this. Heartbreaking in more than one sense
I agree I nearly cried listening to this and for someone who went through a really bad break up this song really hits hard
I never knew this version existed. It's absolutely gorgeous, epic! They don't make music like this anymore.
It’s not a version. It’s THE song. All the other renditions are “versions”
Not heard this original version before.Goosebumps.
Love Annie's version for its weirdness, but the raw emotion and despair on the original just can't be surpassed
I bought this album just for this song, back in 86. I must’ve played this thousands of times, wishing I felt strong enough for ANYONE to write such a gorgeous song.
I found it through Annie, well done for her. There is surely no contest? One winner. This wins every day. I don't care what history says. That brittle guitar work, those vocal lifts and arrangements. A genuine classic
I think I want to tattoo
"I don't catch myself bouncing home
Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry"
over my heart.
Do it!
This version, which is what I cherish, is more than a little haunting. The young lady doing the background singing has a lilting, ethereal feel which adds to that very haunting tone. Give me this original any day.
The woman singing in the background is his still to this day girlfriend.
In love with this song even more. I didn't know Annie Lennox's version was a cover. I love her take on it but I'm in love now with the original. The lyrics are poetry. Beautiful poetry.
We have a local radio in Moscow where they play only covers. Several days ago I heard Annie Lennox's song in program "Covers that have surpassed the originals". I like that song but I was surprised that this was a cover, so I decided to google the original. The Lover Speaks's version is so incredible I can't stop listening to it. I suppose it is one of the most underrated songs.
This is THE most perfect song I have ever heard.....I am nearly 60 yrs old and love Floyd, Zeppelin, Bowie and many many others, but I have never heard a more perfect song.....I could listen to this over and over....just my opinion
Agreed!! It's a heartfelt, congruent expressive song!
Incredible. Annie Lennox' cover is incredible, the original is...art.
Well said!
Both sheer class,.can't separate.them.
Holy shit, I'd never heard this version, I love it.
+DarthSinistris Me too
+DarthSinistris It's the bass that does it for me here.
AN HE WROTE IT AS WELL
DarthSinistris it's the original these guys wrote the song
You must have great ears Dopplerdop but! ..yes the guitar work is great aswell the other music instruments on this great song
Still have the original LP from 1986. Great music and lyrics and a voice that makes this song a piece of art. One of my favourites from the 80's !
It is an absolute masterpiece
The only version that matters for me. I love the bassline and dreamy guitars, and the pain in his voice is searing.
Can't knock Annie's version though, both sheer class.
It's gorgeous, isn't it?
I read somewhere that Annie loved this song too and it never got the recognition it, so she wanted to give it another chance ❤
FRANCIS THOMAS
This is an outstanding song and music David freeman has great voice. i have just ordered the album THE LOVER SPEAKS. cant understand how i missed this years ago. it touches this 81 year old mans heart.
Whoa! I'm totally blown away by David Freeman's vocal range. Where was I when this song came out in the 80's?
I have never heard this before Annie Lennox. I was 20 back then and playing as well as listening to all types of music, Just like now. And finding out that this is the original whilst listening to the live Lennox version and reading the comments. Thanks people. The song speaks for itself! Whether it's the original or Annie Lennox!
The reason why you never heard it back then is probably because it never became a hit or got played on the radio, so the song would have been considered an album orientated rock song. In situations like this, it usually takes another artist covering someone else's song usually with a different arrangement or minor lyrical change in order for it to get noticed. This has been the case many times over. Billy Joel's song "Shameless" didn't get noticed until Garth Brooks covered it, resulting in Billy adding his original version to his greatest hits volume 3 album. Willie Nelson's song "Crazy" didn't get noticed until Patsy Cline covered it. Mark Knopfler's song "Private Dancer" didn't get noticed until Tina Turner covered it. Bruce Hornsby's song "Jacob's Ladder" didn't get noticed until Huey Lewis covered it, resulting in Bruce adding it to both his concert sets and on his album "Scenes From The Southside." I could go on and on. Also, artists who do cover another songwriter's song have to obtain what is known as a mechanical rights licence from the songwriter in question and also pays the songwriter royalties on it. That's why songwriters make the big doe, while a cover artist doesn't.
if you're in the states, were you listening to college radio? at my station, it was in heavy rotation for several weeks. also had it on the independent community radio station.
b. free If you've read my Google+ profile, then you will know that I'm in the states. Knoxville, Tennessee to be exact. Home of the University of Tennessee Vols. Also home to WUTK FM 90.3, which is UT's college owned radio station, but it is an alternative formatted station and didn't play this song in their rotation. I swear. Whilst your college radio station may have been the exception, it tends to take longer for stuff that's played on college radio or independent community radio stations to become popular and well known to the mainstream. One of the main reasons why is because many college radio stations and independent community radio stations are only licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at low power, which means that they can only be generally received near the college campus itself. One of the main reasons why the FCC does this is to keep college radio stations from competing with the larger commercial radio stations that rely on advertising to pay the bills, which is measured by ratings. Commercial radio stations also pay the FCC more money for a license to broadcast as well. Before the mid 1990's, this was also the case with WUTK in that they could only be generally be heard in the down town Knoxville area and not in the surburbs of Oak Ridge where I was living at the time. Oak Ridge is about 20 minutes north west of Knoxville and is known as the secret city that helped build the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan in 1945. Back then, I used to love trips to Knoxville because that meant that I got to hear stuff on my generic Sony Walkman by a then unknown group called R.E.M., who back then was signed to a small independent record label called I.R.S. Records, but later got picked up by Warner Bros Records after the success of the song "The One I Love." But it took well over 10 years of hard work before this happened because of what I mentioned about R.E.M. being played on college radio and not on mainstream commercial stations.
For reference:
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/low-power-fm-lpfm-radio
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUTK-FM
wutkradio.com/about-wutk/station-history/
Does anyone feel as though they can step into the middle of this song and let the musical magic spin around you ?? This is/was an awesome track even listening today !
most underrated song ever
"I don't catch myself bouncing home whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry!"
It's amazing
i purchased and still have this timeless classic on vinyl,,,,,,,,,,,pure brilliance
Annie brought me here. And what an amazing track. Brilliant, his vocal is sublime. Perfectly 80s.
Have always loved this from the moment i heard it in the 80s ❤
I've been listening to the Annie Lennox version since she released it fifteen years ago, and although I knew it was a cover song, I'd never heard the original until yesterday. Now that I've heard The Lover Speaks' version, I can't get it out of my head. I have fallen in love with this amazing song all over again.
They are both beautiful for they deliver the same meaning....for those who we keep loving the wrong person....we have to move on
I'm re obsessed with this song and love that I can just find it here. I also didn't know it wasn't an Annie original, but a comment on her video led me here. I like both.
Me too, 4 years after you. A comment led me here.
I just l loved the look and reaction Annie gave David Letterman after she sang this on his show. Love you Annie
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are using this for their 80s themed Rhythm dance this season 23-24 paired with Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love. Hope skating fans will seek out this version because many think Annie's cover is the original. I love her version but I heard this one first on WLIR back in 1986 and will be the definitive version for me.
They were robbed. The most authentic 80's Interpretation and still robbed. It was insane.
What I always loved about this song is the lack of synths and the power of the guitar, bass and drums
It's too bad not too many people realize Annie Lennox's version isn't the original I found out about it myself just a few years ago and I think this one is the best.
Annie Lennox tried to bring attention to the original singers of the songs when the album was released ... I remember she said in promotional interviews that she wanted to do these covers because she felt these are hidden gems that a lot more people should have heard of .. the problem was that durig that time there was no youtube so even if we hear Annie's version its very difficult to hear the original unless we hunt down the CDs ad cassettes of the original singers ... now we have youtube and suddenly everyone is amazed how wonderful the original versions are and pelting Annie with mean comments saying she's does not measure up but people fail to realise she's not trying to outdo the original singers but to pay tribute to them and bring attentiont to them ...
i heard this song when it first came out on a Radio 1 evening show and bought the album on it. I loved this song and there are a number of other great songs on the album. this band never got the acclaim they should have and to be fair to Annie Lennox she covered this song because she knew the band and liked the song. This song is a masterpiece of mid 80s music. vocals are astonishing. It could be a hit now s much as then. timeless
It's a scandal that this didn't become a huge hit when released. His theatrical style lends itself to the powerful emotion in this song. Lennox's version was just another song for her and doesn't have the raw power of this version. Atleast the cover version may well have drawn people to the original and then the full album as it is a masterpiece of theatrical mid 80s pop.
This version blows me away! And that bass guitar!
This is my son, Noah's, anthem, the song that always calmed him down whenever he cried as a baby and the song we played at his funeral when he died at 15 months. I only knew the Annie Lennox version until now. Love this. And I, for one, would love to hear both artists sing this together...
Kelly Kittel I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the song brings you comfort. I'm glad you discovered the original and what a great idea you have about both artists performing this together.
Thanks to the AWESOME Annie Lennox we can enjoy BOTH this original masterpiece and her BRILLIANT cover
I can't believe some new cover of this song has 13 million views.. and the girl cut out the line "a language is leaving me"
It's just such a great line -- metaphorical while fitting the words so perfectly.
I can. Annie talentless is a big ma with a big record labia.
I absolutely adore this ! Listening to it again now sends shivers through me. So haunting. A genuine Masterpiece. Bought this when it first came out.
Deserves a second play. Every single bloody time!
One of the most beautiful songs ever made. Annie Lennox made an differerent version 🙌
I Just love this song! And the voice, the tone! more dark, more deep, odd...so 80s! I love the cover too Annie Lennox Makes an exquisite versión. But this beauty! love it!
3:13 that guitar solo part was in my head earlier today! I said to myself, "Where did that come from?" And then I came back to this classic! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I like this original version but also like Annie's cover of it...either way two great vocalists on a great song :)
Original the best, heard it first in the 80's, always stuck with me, then Annie covered it. But this is just perfect,
Fantastic, tantástico, from Brazil
i remember when this first came out in 86 the hole album is amazing!!! there nothing like the Original ...
This shows how great the 80s was ... such a beautiful song was overlooked because of the great number of wonderful songs all competing for attention .. This song should have been a number 1 song everywhere, its so beautiful ... The vast and windy sound of this song is very typically 80s, a lot of songs were able to achieve a substance that touches the soul in a very visual way .. This is a great 80s song ..
My brother brought this when out, the woman in the background was always what stood out for me, along with the amazing vocals.
Beautiful
I've went from Nicki Minaj to Annie Lennox now all the way back to the beginning. It was worth the journey what an amazing song it is. #CLASSIC
here is a journey. so "killing me softly" was song by Fugees Originally sung by Roberta Flack. I song she wrote about after listening to Don Mclean " the day the music died". A song that was base on the years after the music legends buddy holly, Ritcihie Valens and Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr tragicly died in a plane crash. is that no a chain or what!
Ddewin Aether That is awesome, i love the chain and the history of music and songs.
Eric Moore Nikki Minaj covered this????
Zio Ledeux yes
@@zioledeux8217 heck yes Zio nicki's your love is a copy of this song.
I love the chorus, the guitars especially seem to drive the lyrics deeper.
xxx fanx xxx - this song is awesome & i've loved it since the very 1st time i heard it back in the mid 80's, way before annie lennox ruined it, but i respect her for giving this brilliant tune another outing into the charts, but this original is way more - WAY MORE fantastic.!.!.!.!
I purchased album in 1986 and later the CD. One of the best songs of 1986!
I remember when this song came out. Loved it. I was 16. I like this version way more than Annie's version.
Todd Rammer
You and me both.
Although Annie led me to this wonderful song, it is the original version by The Lover Speaks that I keep coming back to. 🔷Z🔷
Whoa, I never heard this, the original version. I can see why Annie Lennox chose to cover it. It's fantastic!
I remember when this came out as a single. Thought it was gonna be a huge hit. Didn't trouble the charts at all. Can't put my finger on that one. Loved Annie Lennox's version too. Which was a big hit, but not a better version. Go ask the record buying public.
A song from my youth...
2021 and it sounds so good
I love both versions of this song.
What an incredible voice. I prefer David Freemans voice over Annie Lennox for this song myself. A truly unappreciated and forgotten voice, his duet with Alison Moyet's on her "Sleep Like Breathing" is also amazing. He should have been a huge star!.
I listened to The Lover Speaks perform this tune several times. While I am not totally in love with all of David Freeman vocals on this tune, he does a terrific job for wanting me to hear more.
I gotta say, Annie does her thing with this song and does it well, though the more I listen to The Lover Speaks original version, the more I realize how much I like this song, regardless of who is performing it. The musical production in the original version is pretty awesome.
Both versions were FIRE-
To each its own .
lovely song
Both versions are superb, each show a different voice speaking of moving on from bad romances,one is of a melancholic man that is moving on and the other, a woman who feels happier now that she isn't hurting herself with those feelings anymore.
Its an amazing song, and both the original and Annie Lennoxs cover are breathtaking, it's just an wonderful piece in general.
I'd love to see this re-released today...I wonder how it would be received by today's music lovers. Would they even appreciate it at all? It's just such a beautiful and emotional song and the music , everything is just class. I'll always love this song. I'm just honoured I was young when it first came out 💞
I prefer this version.
I loved this even at the time, back in '86 I think. I couldn't believe how many views Annie Lennox's version had compared to this. This version is pure class!!! I'm pretty sure that if it did make the chart that it was only a relatively minor hit!!
the original. the best. thanks for posting.
This is an entirely original love song. It has the unique clarity of vision to identify a progression between wounding yourself over heartbreak and moving beyond that and into solitude and independence. All the while knowing you're giving something up and remaining sad for it. It is wonderful work and I can't think of any other that is similar.
Takes me back.I remember sitting on a bus in what must have been around 86 and the driver was listening to the radio then this gem came on.Took me ages to find who sang it and the name of the song.Soooo Beautiful.
love that ole 80s alternative sound.
s0 happy i found this!!!
Original & best version.
I heard this on the radio sometime in the mid 80s. I loved the emotion in the lyrics and vocals. Bought the album. Underated artist but a lot of quality music around at time I guess and didn't get that break.
Timeless ♥️
I heard this before Annie Lennox covered it and I always preferred this version.
blurry67
Agreed. I will not listen to that goofy Annie Lennox version for the life of me.
shit this is way more goofy sounding
They're both pretty damn goofy.
Still love them.
an he sung it well .yeah.
he wrote it
I bought this on cassette when it first came out. I was about 19 years old. Wore the shit our of it. This cassette along with Forever Now (Psychedelic Furs) and Head on The Door (The Cure) were with me 24/7 while going to college and NMSU. I'll be an SOB if The Lover Speaks did not become a casualty of divorce 10 years later. She probably had not idea how much of me I had left behind (the cassettes of course).
That’s some amazing lyrics that’s how u do it
It’s not just the best out of this and whoever covered it, but hands down has to be on if the best songs ever, I love it
My favourite track EVER!!
Wow the best version
This is the version for me ,don't dislike annies, I'd rather go back to the 80s x
cette chanson représente tellement de souvenirs, de très beaux souvenirs..une époque de bonheur
I always thought Annie Lennox was the original. I was wrong. This version is so good
Sadly it's not on spotify! More people should be able to appreciate this
Love the way the guitar rips!
It has been, literally, DECADES since I heard this (version) song! Brought 1986 back to me... Wow, thank you for posting. I forgot what a GREAT song this was.
Oh my god.......this is truly awesome....I listened to all kinds of 80s music where the hell the idiots at MTV at that time when you wanted to listen something this good.
Wow. I too didn’t know this is the original. Magnificent.
This version of the song came out at a time when I was living in a violent relationship. I still burst into tears every time I hear it. The Lennox version doesn't affect me at all.
Lovely.