Friday February 26, 2021 “Do You Love Me” Guster
For those of a certain age this is not a remake of the 1962 song by the Contours…’Do you love me, now that I can dance’ in case you have forgotten.
Guster, whose three co-founders met during their freshman year at Tufts University, spent most of the 1990s touring the college circuit and releasing independent albums, all of which were acoustic and featured hand percussion in lieu of a traditional drum set.
They moved on to electric guitars and real drums and way back when bands played live, remember then, Guster ended each show with interesting covers of songs like Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike", 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?", the theme song from the TV show Cheers ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name"), "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, and "Firework" by Katy Perry.
Probably all good fun.
Released in 2010 as part of the Metacritic album, ‘Do You Love Me’ would reach number two on the Alternative Music charts.The album includes song titles like ‘Stay with Me Jesus’, ‘That's No Way to Get to Heaven’ and ‘Jesus & Mary’...hmmmm.
Yeah the video, it’s odd and doesn't appear to have anything to do with the lyrics but then so many videos are just like that.
Stay safe and well...and do you feel it, do you feel it now.
We were young, twenty one, all those years ago
In came a fascination, everything is under control
Full of life, untried, through thickets and through thorns
Out came a revelation, everything is out of control
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it, but we don't know how?
Do we have it, as much as anybody ever has?
I wanna wake you from your dream,
I wanna know just who you're talking to when your singin' in your sleep
I wanna find out what it means
Do you love me?
Now we're fine, all right, but all those days are gone
We read our constellations, everything is under control
Are you tired, I'm tired(I'm tired)
The tv sparks and glows
The news man gives information, everything is under control
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it, but we don't know how?
Do we have it, as much as anybody ever has?
I wanna wake you from your dream,
I wanna know just who you're talking to when your singin' in your sleep
I wanna find out what it means
Do you love me?
I got marbles in my mouth
Thousand words I wanna say but it's impossible to spit em out
I can barely make a sound
Do you love me?
Do do do do do, do do do do do (x4)
Do you feel it?
Do you feel it now?
Cuz we want it, but we don't know how?
Do we have it, as much as anybody ever has?
I wanna wake you from your dream,
I wanna know just who you're talking to when your singin' in your sleep
I wanna find out what it means
Do you love me?
I got marbles in my mouth
Thousand words I wanna say but it's impossi
ble to spit em out
I can barely make a sound
Do you love me, love me?
Do do do do do, do do do do do do do....