I think, "Think about You" is the definition of infatuation, or being
infatuated. The exuberant rhytm and melody are just like the feelings
you get when you fall in love - happiness, illusion of omnipotence,
thrill of the unknown etc... What do you do, when you fall in love?
Some people run around and yell "I'm in love!!!", some tell their
mother about it, some write poems; in general, different people do
million different unusual things. However, there is one thing everyone
ALWAYS does when in love: they think about the person they're in love
with. Day and night, hour after hour, non stop. They want that person
to know it. And if they pluck up enough courage to say I "Think about
You", and receive a similar response, for some time they are the
happiest people in the world.
Some people will call all this simply "love", accompanying the term
with expressions like "eternal", "forever", "untarnished" and other
such stuff. What they don't know is, that this "love", as they call
it, will wear off after a couple of months, as soon as their glands
cease to produce certain hormons. Love, about which Axl sings about,
is no more than involuntary reaction, a simple infatuation, or a
chemical reaction. Did you notice, that Axl does not call that "love"
but "loving"? (a hell of a difference to me) He does not sing about
deep, time-consuming relationship with a woman (which is the REAL
love), he sings about the most simple, yet beautiful and powerful,
reaction to a woman matching his preferences. Unlike artists like
Britney, Ricky Martin and the such, who pour all sorts of "loves" into
most of their meaningless songs, Axl is aware of what love is and what
it isn't.
Being simple, yet containing quite a profound message, this one is
one of my favourite lyrics all times. Combined with awesome music, it
can only have the highest
grade.
@Lester This song was written for a girl he fell in love with. Not just infatuation. It was a deep and true love. That's why he says it's only her he is in love with.
@Lester This song was written for a girl he fell in love with. Not just infatuation. It was a deep and true love. That's why he says it's only her he is in love with.
I think, "Think about You" is the definition of infatuation, or being infatuated. The exuberant rhytm and melody are just like the feelings you get when you fall in love - happiness, illusion of omnipotence, thrill of the unknown etc... What do you do, when you fall in love? Some people run around and yell "I'm in love!!!", some tell their mother about it, some write poems; in general, different people do million different unusual things. However, there is one thing everyone ALWAYS does when in love: they think about the person they're in love with. Day and night, hour after hour, non stop. They want that person to know it. And if they pluck up enough courage to say I "Think about You", and receive a similar response, for some time they are the happiest people in the world.
Some people will call all this simply "love", accompanying the term with expressions like "eternal", "forever", "untarnished" and other such stuff. What they don't know is, that this "love", as they call it, will wear off after a couple of months, as soon as their glands cease to produce certain hormons. Love, about which Axl sings about, is no more than involuntary reaction, a simple infatuation, or a chemical reaction. Did you notice, that Axl does not call that "love" but "loving"? (a hell of a difference to me) He does not sing about deep, time-consuming relationship with a woman (which is the REAL love), he sings about the most simple, yet beautiful and powerful, reaction to a woman matching his preferences. Unlike artists like Britney, Ricky Martin and the such, who pour all sorts of "loves" into most of their meaningless songs, Axl is aware of what love is and what it isn't.
Being simple, yet containing quite a profound message, this one is one of my favourite lyrics all times. Combined with awesome music, it can only have the highest grade.
@Lester This song was written for a girl he fell in love with. Not just infatuation. It was a deep and true love. That's why he says it's only her he is in love with.
@Lester This song was written for a girl he fell in love with. Not just infatuation. It was a deep and true love. That's why he says it's only her he is in love with.