Almanac Music: When Will You Fall For Me?

 

 

When Will You Fall For Me?

 

Sometimes a song gets into your head and goes round and round in there for days. It can simply be annoying, and maybe even just a jingle, but on other occasions it can be one from the past that you absolutely love. Whatever the case, the song goes into repeat mode in the brain, often for a reason – or reasons – unknown.

 

The song for me at the moment, in this context, is ‘When Will You Fall For Me?’, a minor Australian hit for sisters Vika and Linda Bull in 1994, as many will know. This is popular music at its best, I reckon, and from its opening lines Who’s gonna save you darlin’? / Whose gonna save you when you fall? is wonderfully melodic and uplifting. The basic sentiment is one person saying to another, in a spirited but good-humoured, tender way, when are you going to wake up to yourself and be with me – admit that you love me. There is everything right about such a sentiment in a pop song.

 

‘When Will You Fall For Me?’ builds to a fine climax, featuring the Bull sisters’ singing at its best, with Vika singing the high part and Linda the low bit: My love, you can’t deny it / You won’t know until you try it / Give it air, let it breathe / Let it burn like a fire / I can’t contain my desire / Give it air, let it breathe.

 

The song was written by Mark Seymour, well-known for his work with Hunters and Collectors, as well as his solo material. The man can certainly write a brilliant love song – ‘Throw Your Arms Around Me’ is another top class example.

 

Fittingly, in ‘When Will You Fall For Me?’ there is also a sense of coming home, home to one’s true self, a not uncommon theme in many works of art – and this lovely song is a work of art. The following lines occur numerous times: Let me know if you’re alone / Before I come to take you home. Home is not only meant in a straightforward, literal way here, of course.

 

The film clip for the song, featuring the Bull sisters near the beginning of their long solo career, is a quirky, colourful joy, too.

 

 

 

 

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