When you think of Marilyn Monroe, you think sex icon first, then mistress, then tragedy, THEN actress, and then MAYBE, just MAYBE, you'll remember she recorded some songs other than "Happy Birthday Mr. President." She didn't so much sing as formulate words around her heaving breaths (and breasts). However, "I'm Through with Love" is a great demonstrate of her shocking vulnerability that's so lacking from today's pop tarts. Even though our current media is an over-share-machine, there's no emotionality. If you want, you could see what uh, Lindsay Lohan* drank for breakfast, and what color her vomit is later that night. But what's going on beneath that makeup-caked face? We don't know at all.
In this number, man, we really FEEL what Marilyn is going through. It's a pretty emotional listen. There ain't no autotune to cover up that exquisite pain. She's definitely through with love. And why shouldn't she be? By 1959, Marilyn had already been tossed around by sleazy Hollywood dudes (not to mention the industry itself) and baseball bully Joe DiMaggio. She hadn't hit the Kennedys yet but...sheesh. Rough life! I'm not even going to get into her childhood. A lot of saddy sad break-up songs come across as phony, but this one really smacks you in the gut. Lyrics like "goodbye to spring and all it meant to me" sounds hauntingly real. She was a-boozin' and a pill poppin' up the wazoo at this point. She was past the point of no return. And to think this was in the soundtrack for one of the best COMEDIES of all time, "Some Like it Hot"! So next time you really want to feel the awful feeling of love lost, set aside the bullshit emo, and go to this song. Marilyn's quivering voice will carry you through the heartbreak.
*I am soooo not comparing Lohan to Monroe. She's just the what-a-mess celeb whose pictures are popping up everywhere at this moment in spring 2010.
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