Lighthouse

[matrixmann]

Warum müssen so viele "only ones" besungen werden?

Why are there so many "only ones" to be sung about?

Comments

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

Cliche. People son't want to come up with anything unique. Use what has been proven popular.

[matrixmann]

Hm... First, it's a popular phrase. Second, it's kitschy, semi-romantic stuff. You can feel like "Oh, I'm special!". Imagine yourself as being really important. And third, regard it as a manifestation of the zeitgeisty narcissm that is common these days. "Three or four? A mass? No, bring me the lighthouse! Bring me the ONE! The ONE for all eternity!" (Which then only lasts a couple of weeks or months...)
...It's more caressing to be addressed directly and to receive the impression "nobody else, but you I mean!".

[onb2017.livejournal.com]

This is pretty much what I said except for the third point and I agree with it.

[matrixmann]

Wouldn't mind for a song with that topic here and there, but meanwhile it already seems like every active artist in the world has a song named with that title.