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And the question is: Is it possible to truly be in love with more than one
How can you ask me questions?
'Cause I could give myself in love and still love you
And when my body's burning, I seem to slip away from you
'Cause I could give myself in love and still love you |
Peter Cross is the songwriter, the arranger, and the producer.
Commentary:
Oh my, this song was written and recorded much too long ago. It was originally written as an ode to the
fabulous 60's, when sex was not only great, but it was also safe. And if you happened to be so lucky as to be in the rock
and roll biz at that time, it was HAPPENING! Mona and I had what was then called an
"open relationship", and it worked beautifully for both of us for a long long time. My real life experience with her is
what A Question of Love is all about. I always believed that this song is unusual because of that, and also for some
musical reasons. It would have sounded good if I had sung it, but I felt that it would have even more emotional impact if a
woman sang it. Fate brought me into a bar where an unknown folk-rock band was playing, and there were two females in the
band, one of whom had a good voice. I offered her a chance to record and since she had not yet recorded anything, she
agreed to help me for free. It was a one time experience, and I never saw any of them again.
In terms of songwriting, this song is very interesting, not just because of the
unusual and poetic lyric concept, but also because of the unusual chord progression. The chorus utilizes a difficult
resolution, changing from a minor chord to the same major chord, and there's a very cool key change into each chorus and
out of each chorus. Finally, the song ends on a "dominant second", something that is supposed to be impossible according to
the so-called musicologists. But music theory is just hot air. In reality, true musical inspiration defies all
theories and cannot be defined. That is because creativity itself is not predictable by its very nature. I believe that
creativity is God in action, and that all creativity comes directly from God through each individual soul. Everybody has
it. Some people have just not discovered it yet. Many "normal" people envy creative people and wish they had more
creativity themselves. I'm here to tell you it ain't all that its cracked up to be, and there may be a "Catch-22". No one
ever tells you about that catch. It's called "suffering for your art".
Music, lyrics, text, and web page design copyright 1996 © Peter Cross