Continuing with the series of instrumental mixes from Look Back On This And Laugh, here is "Love My Way."
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It takes guts to take one of the most celebrated pieces of the post-punk/New Wave canon and render it as an oozy, golden-syrup acoustic pop ballad. Guts, I say. Well, that's what I said to myself, repeatedly, in the bathroom mirror, gripping the edges of the sink in terror, finally splashing some cold water on my face before marching resolutely to the laptop and clicking the Publish button.
FUN FACT! I reworked the drum machine intro at least three times because it kept sounding a little too much like "In The Air Tonight." The 80s: I kind of live there, in my head.
When I released the first mix of this song in late 2008, US licensing issues placed a restriction on the number of copies I could make available to listeners. Since then I've been trying out an online service called Limelight, which acts as a proxy between me and whomever holds the mechanical rights to the songs I want to cover. It's pretty much set-and-forget and I've been really impressed with the service so far. Anyway, the end result is it's much easier for me to offer near-infinite copies of cover songs, so long as I continue to foot the bill.
Here's the original, with vocals: