You Could Mean That Much To Me

Yuck “Shook Down”

I get the sense that this band was shooting for an Elliott Smith sort of vibe here, like “The Ballad of Big Nothing” or something. It’s not far off, but I think the result is actually closer to “melancholy romantic ballad that gets played during a wistful moment on a teen drama.” And don’t take that the wrong way: That is pretty much exactly why I like this song so much. It’s sad but not depressive; it’s pretty but just a bit rough around the edges; it’s full of intense, idealized affection and longing. You hear this and it makes you want to have some romantic drama in your life — either you want to be the person singing these words, or to have them sung to you. A lot of people try to write songs like this, and a lot of them are mawkish and terrible. Yuck nailed it.

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