Monday, July 9, 2012

999,870: The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe

"The Air That I Breathe" was the last major hit for the particularly sleazy-looking Hollies. It's also the most sickeningly sweet song ever released track of theirs. Love, among other things, is about obsession. You know when your friends are in love because they just. can't. stop. talking. about their objection of affection.


 This track delves exactly into what happens when you get your jollies off. After all the endless discussion and seduction, how do you celebrate? Your lonely/angry friends certainly don't give a shit if you got some. So that's when you bust out the string section! And pull just one perfect note out of your electric guitar. Much like the love-stricken, this ditty tests your ability to withstand love's hot flame. Can you take the heat? Other questions this performance stirred in me:

 1) Can you believe a man wearing just a jacket and a scarf with no shirt?
 2) Can falling in love cause you to quit smoking?
 3) Is the guy at the 1:50 mark Justin Beiber's great-grandfather?
 4) Is wearing a gold chain ever a fashionable decision?
5) Why does peace coming upon him make him weak?