Love grew out of the Los Angeles garage band The Grass Roots, changing their name in 1965 to avoid confusion with the P.F. Sloan-managed band of the same name. The band lived communally in Bela Lugosi's former LA residence The Castle, and the house forms the background to the cover of their first two album sleeves.
Love released their eponymous début album in July 1966. This was followed later the same month by the single "Seven and Seven Is/No. Fourteen", neither side of which was included on the album, and which gave the band their only U.S. Billboard top 40 hit.
Love's second album Da Capo was released in January 1967. The album is split between a more conventional first side, featuring 6 tracks (including Seven and Seven is) and a second side featuring just one near twenty-minute track, Revelation.
The band's critical reputation far exceeds the limited success they experienced: their second album to be released in 1967, Forever Changes, is consistently cited by critics as one of the most outstanding albums in the history of rock music. The album features full and complex orchestration throughout, accompanying Lee and MacLean's increasingly elaborate song writing. The album sold poorly in the U.S., reaching #154 on the Billboard charts, although it performed better in some European territories.
Although the band continued to record after Forever Changes, subsequent releases saw frequent large-scale personnel changes, and a move away from the more baroque style of that album towards traditional rock and latterly to soul and funk.
Of the later albums, 1970's False Start is notable for featuring a guest appearance by Jimi Hendrix from one of his last recording sessions.
Lee continued the band until 1975, having lost all the other members to drug problems. He formed other bands called Love (sometimes with former band mate Echols) through the 1990s.
2. Love is also an R'n'B musician based in Manchester, United Kingdom, with Zimbabwean and Malawian roots. His début singles, 'In My Tee' and '3' b/w 'Black Coffee' were released in 2018.
3. The alter ego of Japanese pop singer Ai Otsuka (大塚愛).
4. Former lead singer of disbanded CORE OF SOUL, Fukiko Nakamura's solo work's alias.
5. Love is a Japanese pop/R&B vocal duo, produced by Hiro of Exile's production agency, LDH. They debuted in 2009 with the single "First Love: Love Letter." Their song "Tada Hitotsu no Negai Sae" was certified gold by the RIAJ for 100,000 full-length cellphone downloads.
The band's name comes from the first word in their production company (LDH)'s non-acronym name (Love Dance Happiness).
The band was formed in 2008 by former Paradise Go!! Go!! member Misaki Matsumoto, and quarter Italian Stephanie. The pair met through production agency LDH, when they were given the roles of the two vocalists in a dance performance group called Real Force. When the plans for this unit fell through, the duo formed Love. Both members had been in the entertainment industry for over ten years.
The group's first activity together was releasing a cover of Zone's "Secret Base (Kimi ga Kureta Mono)" as a ringtone (as well as releasing the full version in a special CD attached to the August issue of Gekkan Exile magazine). A year later, the group released their debut single, "First Love: Love Letter," with this cover as a B-side.
The group's songs have been popular through digital markets, with all lead tracks from their singles reaching the top 5 on the RIAJ Digital Track Chart (including "Taisetsu na Kimochi" from their debut album Taisetsu na Kimochi which was not released as a physical single).
The duo have had two collaborations with Exile twice: once before their debut on the song "Love, Dream & Happiness" on Exile's compilation album Exile Ballad Best in 2008, and in 2009 Misaki recorded background vocals for Exile's song "If (I Know)" on their album Aisubeki Mirai e.
Can't Explain
Love Lyrics
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Nothin' seems to be goin' right
Can't explain
Nothin' seems to be goin' right
[Chorus]
Well now you wake up in the mornin'
Find your poor self dead
Find your poor self dead
What a shame
You always want to start a fight
Can't explain
You always want to start a fight
[Chorus]
Let it go, what I say, yeah
Can't explain
You always want to start a fight
Can't explain
You always want to start a fight
[Chorus]
Let it go, one more time, yeah
Love's song Can't Explain reflects the frustration and confusion that the singer experiences in his life. He describes how nothing seems to go right for him, and he cannot find an explanation for his troubles. It is a song about feeling lost and helpless in the face of life's challenges.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the finality of death, suggesting that the singer feels trapped and hopeless. The repeated line, "well now you wake up in the mornin', find your poor self dead," creates a bleak and ominous tone that reinforces the sense of despair that runs through the song.
The final verse of the song introduces the idea of letting go of the desire to fight and start trouble, which may offer a glimmer of hope for the singer. However, the tone of the song remains pessimistic, with the lines "can't explain, you always want to start a fight" repeated twice more in the chorus. Overall, Can't Explain is a powerful and evocative song that captures the sense of helplessness and confusion that many people experience at some point in their lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Can't explain
I cannot describe the feeling of uncertainty and confusion in my mind
Nothin' seems to be goin' right
Everything in my life appears to be falling apart and not working out as planned
Well now you wake up in the mornin'
Each day when you rise from sleep
Find your poor self dead
You feel as if a part of you is missing, or you feel incomplete
What a shame
It's unfortunate and regrettable that things don't turn out as I wish they would
You always want to start a fight
You seem to have a propensity for engaging in arguments and disagreements
Let it go, what I say, yeah
Release your anger, accept the situation, and move on
Let it go, one more time, yeah
I urge you again to let go of your frustration one more time
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: FLECKENSTEIN, JOHN, ARTHUR TAYLOR LEE, JOHN ECHOLS
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