Thursday, March 5, 2009

This Love - Maroon 5

How long has it been since this came out? Nearly five years? I'd be almost surprised if you didn't know it. I first heard this in my Chinese school with this guy two years older than me continually singing the chorus. Uh... well let's just say he wasn't the best singer ever, but despite that, that catchy chorus still got stuck in my head. I had an idea it was called "This Love" and heard it several times on the radio before, but uhh... never really heard it or knew who it was by until quite recently. The band goes together quite well, especially fitting of their style: pop rock. The video involves the band playing in front of an orange backdrop with cherry blossoms, interesting video effects, and the main singer and his girlfriend-at-the-time touching each other inappropriately.

Warning: video consists of slight nudity. Nothing that would get it banned from Youtube though.



Several covers of this song have been made, and it was even featured in Guitar Hero: On Tour, the Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS.

Korean boy band Big Bang's G-Dragon covered this song using its trademark beat in the background, despite rapping/singing in Korean (even in the English version, the lyrics are different.) Several times during both version, the words "this love" is said, and the song is as a matter of fact called "This Love."



Recently, Natasha Bedingfield also did a cover for the Yahoo Pepsi Smash.

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