Valerie Lyrics
Apparently it's about a fan that the lead singer fell in love with.
i saw a TV interview with the zutons and they said it's about a friend of theirs who got caught drink-driving. "did you have to pay the fine, you were dodging all the time" and "did you have to go to jail, put your house up for sale, did you get a good lawyer" back this up. David McCabe also said he hasn't spoken to Valerie since the single was released but "she'll probably think i'm in love with her or something [laughs] "
The real meaning of this song according to Dave is that he misses a mate of his who he met in America when they went on tour there. Not a girlfriend or anything.
I think Valerie is a metaphor for a Steak Bake from Greggs and the pleasure he gets from eating one
Well we've all been there. Screw it up and then regret it for years. Yep, sounds familiar. Great song. Almost as good as Confusion which is near the top of my top 10 at the moment. What a band.
At last, a song that restores meaning the the idea of a love song. Valerie is "dizzy" and forever in trouble, but does that make a difference to him? Nope. He just misses her.
This song always reminds me of this guy I know, and he's always breaking up with girls and going out with new ones really quickly, but he's only ever been in love with one of them, and she was a bit... erm, quirky, like the valerie of this song, and she had ginger hair, dressed weirdly. Also, he always wonders about her, and goes down to the Mersey to think about her, which is where I presume Dave (the singer) goes when he refers to 'I look across the water'. Just really similar situations methinks
I think it's about a past relationship between the singer and a girl, but she went away from him and he just misses her and feels alone without this girl, Valerie.
I heard this song was about Aveline fom bread- its almost an anagram....
agreed with both above. AW changes the whole song and though her voice is butter, the original has a certain vitality and unavoidable catchiness.
song's about loss and desire to mend the damage distance has done. or something.