Sunday May 22, 2022 “I Love You” Climax Blues Band
“And oooh I love you…” oh yeah this is a cheesy love song and I offer no apologies because it is a lovely tune by a band that hated it so much there were members who vowed they would leave the group if they had to record it. But they recorded it anyway and it went into the top twenty and stayed on the charts for an outstanding twenty seven weeks.
That remarkable feat was accomplished even though this song was very hard to find because it does not appear on compilations, was not available for download, and the original album is out of print. The band hated it so much they often refused to perform it live and distanced themselves from it. As a result the song suffered from a lack of promotion that kept it from becoming an even bigger hit and severely restricted its availability. It is not included on other Climax Blues Band greatest hits packages.
The Climax Blues Band thought of themselves as the guys who recorded “Couldn’t Get It Right” from their eighth album. That song was a top ten hit but it would be four years later for them to get to today’s “I Love You”. You know how many bands would have raced down to the crossroads in Clarksdale to sell their souls for a top twenty hit, cheese aside.
Today's video however does capture a live performance of “I Love You” written by the lead guitarist for his first wife (didn’t check to see how many more he might have had) and nobody seems to be hating the song as they play it…but maybe this isn't really the Climax Blues Band because this certainly isn’t the blues.
Stay safe and well…and no surprise here, this is an often played wedding song, “Ooh babe you got what it takes so I made you my wife”. Ooooh so lame but I won’t tell anyone you know that you might actually like this song…just like I do.