Declaring the full extent of your desire, on the other hand, is always fatal. 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) Jesse came to the understanding that musicians weren’t just imperative to the human experience, they ARE the human experience.įrom that day forward he has done everything in his power to help artists of all backgrounds and sound, spread their craft.Beatdown 1 CRITICAL BEATDOWN Steven Shaviro 1. When musicians spread their art into the world, that fault line shifts, sending waves of raw emotion pouring from the track into the individuals absorbing it. He believes each musician is the creative equivalent of a tectonic plate fault line. Jesse’s love for all genres of music started when he realized the power of music in the human experience. ![]() His drive and passion for helping those in need is what he believes refines him the most as a strong, confident character.Ĭonstantly inviting challenges to solve, you’ll be “cold pressed”, (caffeine is clearly essential), to find another person who looks as dashingly good looking in both a freshly pressed suit, and the same pair of sweatpants he’s put off washing from a few too many evenings couch surfing. If there is one thing in all of existence that can possibly perk Jesse up more than a fresh dark roast coursing through his veins, it’s philanthropy work.
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