Though band leader Dick Brave claims to be canadian, the project actually marks the unlikely evolution of german pop singer Sasha - a frequent guest in the pop charts during the 1990s with hits like I Feel Lonely, If You Believe or Young Deenay's Walk On By.
Sasha Schmitz was born and raised by his single mother in Soest, Germany. His musical career started when he became lead singer of a school band called Junkfood. The group recorded several demo tapes together, but attracted no label interest and the band soon split. At the same time the producers of the German rapper Der Wolf engaged him as background singer for the hit single "Gibt's Doch Gar Nicht", a success improved upon by his first official appearance, on "Wannabe Your Lover", a top 10 collaboration with newcomer Young Deenay.
In 2002 Sasha switched his stage name to Dick Brave and began performing with The Backbeats. Originally conceived as a humorous lark, their success encouraged the group to record a whole album together, and "Dick This!" eventually became the singer's first number 1 record. It also featured a successful remake of 1961's "Take Good Care of My Baby", originally written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and performed by Bobby Vee. In November 2004 the project was discontinued. However, alias Dick Brave's continual presence had earned Sasha an older audience for the first time.
In 2011 Dick Brave and the backbeats stage a comeback with the release of a new album and tour entitles 'Rock Theropy'!
They Remind Me Too Much Of You
Dick Brave & The Backbeats Lyrics
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Cover up, the sky of blue
Close my ears to tender love songs
They remind me too much of you
Hide young lovers' warm embraces
Keep stars and moonlight from my view
Let me forget, there are such places
Must I evermore be haunted?
Day after day, my whole life through
By the memory of each moment
That I spent alone with you
If these lovely things don't hurt you
Our love just wasn't meant to be
But please come back to me, my darling
If they remind you, too much of me
The song "They Remind Me Too Much of You" by Dick Brave & The Backbeats is a melancholic ballad about the painful nostalgia of a past love. Throughout the lyrics, the singer describes different sensory experiences that he tries to avoid because they remind him of his former partner. He wants to erase any connection to her and move on, but the memories keep haunting him, and he can't escape the pain. The scent of flowers, the blue sky, and love songs are all beautiful things that he now associates with his lost love, and it causes him deep agony to take them in.
The second verse emphasizes this idea further, as the singer describes physically blocking out sights and sounds that he knows will remind him of his ex-lover. He wants to forget the places they visited together and the warmth of their embraces, but he can't seem to shake off the memories. The last verse is a plea to his former partner to come back, to show that if these lovely things don't hurt her, then maybe their love was meant to be after all.
Overall, the song is a poignant expression of heartbreak and the difficulty of letting go of someone you once deeply cared for. It captures the universal experience of grief that often comes with the end of a relationship, and how it can affect one's perception of the world around them.
Line by Line Meaning
Take away, the scent of flowers
Eliminate the fragrance of flowers
Cover up, the sky of blue
Obstruct the blue sky
Close my ears to tender love songs
Refuse to listen to romantic melodies
They remind me too much of you
These things evoke memories of you
Hide young lovers' warm embraces
Conceal the passionate hugging of young couples
Keep stars and moonlight from my view
Prevent the sight of stars and moonlight
Let me forget, there are such places
Allow me to not remember such locations
They remind me too much of you
These things evoke memories of you
Must I evermore be haunted?
Will I always be tormented?
Day after day, my whole life through
Consistently, throughout my whole life
By the memory of each moment
Because of the remembrance of every instance
That I spent alone with you
That I shared exclusively with you
If these lovely things don't hurt you
If these beautiful items do not affect you negatively
Our love just wasn't meant to be
Our relationship was not destined to last
But please come back to me, my darling
Still, my beloved, I plead for your return
If they remind you, too much of me
If these things bring back too much memories of me
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