Bonamassa was born in Utica, New York. He started playing guitar at age four, encouraged by his father, who was an avid music fan and exposed him to British blues rock records by Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, greatly inspiring him. At 11 years old Joe was mentored and trained by American guitar legend, Danny Gatton. When he was 12 years old, he had his own band called Smokin' Joe Bonamassa, which gigged around western New York and Pennsylvania, including cities such as Scranton and Buffalo, but only on weekends since Joe had school on weekdays. Bonamassa played a crimson 1972 Fender Stratocaster he called "Rosie", which his father had bought in Utica, New York.
When he was 12 years old, Bonamassa opened for B.B. King. In the last 13 years Bonamassa has put out 15 solo albums through his independent record label J&R Adventures, of which 11 have reached number 1 on the Billboard Blues charts. Bonamassa has played alongside such artists as Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, Blondie Chaplin, Foreigner, Buddy Guy, Steve Winwood, Warren Haynes, Solomon Hicks,and Derek Trucks among others.[4] His career highlights include performances at the Royal Albert Hall and has had three Grammy Award nominations in 2013, for his collaboration album with Beth Hart "Seesaw", in 2016 for the album "Live at the Greek Theatre" and 2022 for the album "Royal Tea". In addition to his music career, Joe Bonamassa runs a nonprofit organisation called the Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, whose mission is to further music education by funding scholarships and providing music education resources to schools in need. in 2020, he added an extension to the foundation. Called Fuelling Musicians, it provides $1500 cheques to struggling musicians affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
in 2021, he broke his own record for having more #1 Billboard blues albums than anyone in history. The album "Time Clocks" clocked up his 25th #1 album.
He is also known for his enormous collection of vintage guitars and related gear.
Sick In Love
Joe Bonamassa Lyrics
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There's nothing I can do
Put me where they find 'em, deep in some asylum
Let me forget about you
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you
Here's the situation, I need an operation
Give me anesthetic, isn't this pathetic?
They are telling me it could be worse
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you, sick in love
All my friends said to leave her
It's too late, I got the fever
My brother said, "Forget her now"
But they never met her
And after all this time, this ain't getting better
Now I can't hack it, I need a straitjacket
I love you and I can't stop, I need a pill now
I'm truly, truly ill now, any second I will drop
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you, I'm sick in love
I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you
Oh, I'm sick in love, baby, oh no, oh, I can't stop, baby
The lyrics of "Sick In Love" by Joe Bonamassa express the desperation and obsession of love gone wrong. The singer is so consumed by his feelings for the person he loves that he feels he needs medication, to be put in an asylum, or even an operation. He knows that his friends and brother think he should leave her, but he can't shake his love for her. It's a love that has made him sick and he can't seem to heal from it. The singer is so deep in love that he calls himself "debilitated", showing that his love has weakened him to the point where he needs serious medical intervention.
The repeated line "I'm absolutely, positively, sick in love with you" highlights the intensity of the singer's feelings. He's not just a little bit in love or even very much in love; he's sick in love. He can't control his feelings and his love has caused him physical and emotional pain. The line "I love you and I can't stop" shows that his love is out of his control, and he needs some kind of medication or medical attention to help him stop loving her.
Overall, the lyrics of "Sick In Love" by Joe Bonamassa showcase the often overwhelming and all-consuming nature of love, particularly when it goes wrong. The singer's love for someone has become an obsession that is causing him physical harm and he can't seem to break free from it, even when his friends and family advise him to do so.
Line by Line Meaning
I should be medicated, I'm debilitated
I am so consumed by my love for you that it's driving me crazy and I should probably seek professional help.
There's nothing I can do
My love for you is so intense that it feels uncontrollable and like there's no way to escape it.
Put me where they find 'em, deep in some asylum
My love for you is so insane that I feel like I belong in a mental institution for how irrational it is.
Let me forget about you
Despite my love for you, I just want to forget about you to spare myself the agony of this intense feeling.
Here's the situation, I need an operation
My love for you is so consuming that it feels like a physical affliction that requires medical intervention.
Bring me a doctor and a nurse
My love for you is so intense that I need the help of professionals to cope with it.
Give me anesthetic, isn't this pathetic?
I'm so desperate to numb my feelings for you that I'm willing to undergo surgery and anesthesia to make it stop.
They are telling me it could be worse
Even after all this, people are still trying to console me by saying that things could be worse, but my love for you remains unrelenting.
All my friends said to leave her
My friends are urging me to give up on my love for you and move on.
It's too late, I got the fever
But it's too late for me, I'm already consumed by my love for you, like a fever that has taken hold of me.
My brother said, "Forget her now"
Even my own family is urging me to let go and forget about you, but I can't.
But they never met her
Nobody else understands the depth of my love for you, because they don't know you like I do.
And after all this time, this ain't getting better
Even with the passage of time, my love for you has not faded, and it's not getting any easier to deal with.
Now I can't hack it, I need a straitjacket
My love for you has driven me to the brink of insanity, and I feel like I need to be restrained to keep from losing control.
I love you and I can't stop, I need a pill now
The intensity of my love for you is overwhelming, and I feel like I need medication to cope with it.
I'm truly, truly ill now, any second I will drop
My love for you has become such a burden that I feel physically ill, and I feel like I could collapse at any moment.
Oh, I'm sick in love, baby, oh no, oh, I can't stop, baby
In the end, despite everything, my love for you remains unyielding and all-consuming, and I can't help the way I feel.
Contributed by David F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.