For My Sunday Song #434, we are going to talk about the song “Pictures of You” by the band The Last Goodnight. The song was off their only album ‘Poison Kiss’ from 2007. A great pop rock band that only had one album and gone too soon. “Pictures of You” was the debut single off their debut album and it only went to #70 in the U.S., but did much better in Australia where it went to #3 and went Platinum. The song was written by Jeff Blue, Mike Nadeau and Kurtis John. Kurtis is the lead singer, Mike is on guitar while Jeff is the producer of the album.
The song appears to be about life, both the good and bad. We take pictures and hang them on the wall and we can imagine what we could have been. It starts out with a newborn child and all the potential that child has. Life gets in the way and has different ideas. A cure is discovered for a disease while the government blocks its release. A solider goes off to war and the parents are home worrying themselves to death. You are boxer in a ring with thoughts of winning a title, but it doesn’t materialize. So many great things can happen…but don’t. A rather depressing look at life.
It might be a depressing look at life, but it is a beautifully written song. Musically, it is on the softer side of rock and is so full of the pop tricks. It has a great big chorus that is catchy and will hook you right in. The chorus is a little repetitive which helps it stick in your head and makes you sing along quickly as if the song is an old friend you’ve known forever. I think Kurtis’ vocals are stellar and really pop. Clean, smooth and very pleasant to the ears. And I don’t always like the use of keyboards, but they are subtle and add so much texture to the song on this one. It is one of those songs that grabbed me quickly and never let go. Even after around 18 years, I still catch myself singing this one and wanting to hear it.
Give it a listen and let me know what you think. Is it an earworm? I believe so. I like the dark take on life and something about songs about pictures that seem to resonate with everyone. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great and Happy Sunday!!
“Pictures Of You”
This is the clock upon the wall
This is the story of us all
This is the first sound of a newborn child,
Before he starts to crawl
This is the war that’s never won
This is a soldier and his gun
This is the mother waiting by the phone,
Praying for her son
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Remind us all of what we used to be
There is a drug that cures it all
Blocked by the governmental wall
We are the scientists inside the lab,
Just waiting for the call
This earthquake weather has got me shaking inside
I’m high up and dry
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Remind us all of what we used to be
Confess to me, every secret moment
Every stolen promise you believed
Confess to me, all that lies between us
All that lies between you and me
We are the boxers in the ring
We are the bells that never sing
There is a title we can’t win no matter
How hard we might swing
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Remind us all of what we could have been
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Remind us all of what we could have been
Could have been
Could have been
We could have been
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Remind us all of what we could have been
Could have been
Writer(s): Michael Nadeau, Kurtis John Henneberry, Jeffrey Mark Blue
