That's why the best way to get somebody to want you is by feigning indifference. One person always needs more than the other, and thereby is in the other's thrall. This asymmetry, or irreversibility, is fundamental to desire. The lover is always abject in relation to the beloved, of course. It isn't love, if she only pays attention to you out of pity and exasperation. It isn't love, if she only accords it to you as a special favor. If you've got to beg for it, then you ain't got it. But for love? It would seem impossible, almost by definition. You can debase yourself for sex, for drugs, for money, for a job, for recognition. There is something deeply abject about pleading for love in this way. Desire turns into longing, which turns into frustration, which turns into desperation, which turns into masochistic grovelling, which turns into solipsistic thrashing about in a void. The song tells an implicit story of degradation. Don't break my heart, he sings, but she already has. "Build Me Up Buttercup" is a passionate song, but this passion has been thwarted again and again. The song is addressed to the girl, but she isn't even listening. He begs her to return, which will obviously never happen. But he keeps on waiting by the phone, keeps on running to the door, hoping against hope that she'll be there. She doesn't call, she doesn't come by, she doesn't show up for their dates. The singer has been stood up by his girl. The Farrelly Brothers knew what they were doing when they used it over the closing credits of their 1998 comedy of heterosexual-male humiliation and panic, There's Something About Mary. It's Proust in two minutes and fifty-seven seconds. I think now - though I certainly didn't realize it back then - that "Build Me Up Buttercup" appeals to me because it is a song about erotic rejection. I was fourteen years old at the time, and I fell in love with the song. "Build Me Up Buttercup" was a number one hit for The Foundations in early 1969. "Build Me Up Buttercup" (2:57), The Foundations (1969)
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Interest in Build Me Up Buttercup surged when the song was used in the 1999 movie THER'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY.Beatdown 1 CRITICAL BEATDOWN Steven Shaviro 1. Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby It probably didn't help that they turned down an opportunity to open for THE TEMPTATIONS at the Copacabana Club which had just opened. Listening to this song you might wonder why THE FOUNDATIONS did not blow up and have one chart-topping hit after another but it is reported that management problems and band members leaving were the downfalls of the group. The background music is indeed similar to the sounds of early MOTOWN music and perhaps that is part of the appeal. "So Build me up (build me up) Buttercup don't break my heart"īuttercup has one of those catchy tunes that makes you feel happy and desire to sing along. (Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy I went to the door, I can't take any more "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and againīut you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah) Mike Elliott, was the oldest membe at age 38 and Tim Harris was the youngest at 18. In addition to having a diverse ethnic mix in the group, there was also diversity in musical backgrouns and ages of the band members. The FOUNDATIONS have the distinction of being the first multi-racial group to have a number one hit in the UK in the 1960s. "Build Me Up Buttercup" reached number two in the UK and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. The first hit for the group was in 1967 with their debut single "Baby Now That I've Found You." It reached number 11 in the US and number one in the UK and Canada. The group's background was West Indians, Sri Lankan, and White British and they were one of the few British musical acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound. "Build me up Buttercup" was the third single by and a 1968 hit for THE FOUNDATIONS a British soul band who were only around from 1967-1970. The commercials aer very popular and even as I am typing the motorcycle ad with Buttercup came on and naturally I sang along. There is always a man driving along on his bike singing this tune until he is brought back to reality and realizes he was only daydreaming. Perhaps found yourself singing along with the catchy tune of "Build me up Buttercup" as you have viewed a variety of television commercials for GEICO motorcycle insurance. You may have these words come to you easily in recent months because you hear them often without even realizing it. So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart" I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin' When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me aroundĪnd then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby "Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
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