James: Just Like Fred Astaire

Another set of James songs that accompanied my turbulent autumn of 1999 (see also Seven).

During one of our telephone calls at the time, M said she imagined me singing this song to A. "Just met a girl who believes we can fly"? I don't think so. Much more appropriate at the time would have been the second song on the first CD, a duet with Sinead O'Connor, and possibly the best of all the songs on either CD:

We had managed the bend
Between lover and friend,
Found a place we could possibly meet

Yes it's me,
I can't help myself,
I just run headlong to defeat

Yes, though it seemed we might have managed that bend, we never did.

This is the third single from the same James album, and I bought multiple copies of all of them, like the duped fan I was — see We're Going to Miss You and I Know What I'm Here For. And how much are these "collectors' items" worth now? You can buy both for 11 pence…

MusicBrainz entry for CD1 MusicBrainz entry for CD2 Rate Your Music entry for CD1, CD2