What makes a pop, radio-friendly song a great piece?
Generally, it's the catchy melody, a tune that gets stuck in your head, sometimes even silly. But when a certain Mr. Isaak comes on the radio, you reassess your preconceptions.
Late 80s, clearly, the rock revival with a capital R hasn't yet exploded, new wave is losing steam, and guitars are starting to take on a new allure. It's the advent of Wicked Games.
An introduction left to the clean and flowing notes that captivate you, a seductive voice singing of a difficult love in a context of cruelty, but with a sense of abandonment that doesn't go unnoticed.
Isaak draws from the classic torch songs in the style of Elvis (he has even performed numerous covers of Can't help falling in love) but he is not an imitator. He is a crooner of yesteryear, a soul singer of those who emerge once every fifty years.
Wicked Games translates the verb to dream; you don't know if what you have around and what you feel are part of a fantasy or the exact opposite, a nightmare.
Because on one hand, Chris exalts the figure of his lover as salvation from a hostile world,
(World was on fire, no one could save me but you)
on the other, he observes a raw and hostile scenario represented by his fear
(No, I don't wanna fall in love with you ... This world is only gonna break your heart).
As often happens in music, the expressed melancholy manages to create something sublime that makes you think about how pain is essential to finding beauty.
The eternal ritual to which you are subjected, whether you want it or not.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Wicked Game (04:06)
The world was on fire no-one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish lovers do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
What a wicked game to play to let me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do to let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say you never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do to let me dream of you
And I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you
The world was on fire no-one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish lovers do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't wanna fall in love
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you
(this world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
(This world is only gonna break your heart)
Nobody loves no one
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