A Valentine’s Day Song for My Best Girl: “Friday I’m in Love”
Posted on February 14, 2014 Posted by John Scalzi 30 Comments
Fun fact: This was the first song Krissy and I ever danced to, the very first night we met — indeed, we danced to it roughly thirty seconds after she came up to me and said “you and I have to dance sometime tonight” and I said “now is good” because if you think I was going to let the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life get away after she said something like that, you’re a silly, silly person.
Anyway. Today is Friday! And I am in love! So it’s even more appropriate than usual.
Warning: This version has me singing. And playing guitar. To varying levels of competency on both.
Hope you’re having an excellent Valentine’s Day. My your day be filled with love and/or chocolate.
That was beautiful baby, Thank you!
Hooray! Love you!
That was awesome, sir. You’re a much better guitarist and singer than my dad (which admittedly isn’t saying a whole lot).
You are so lucky to have such a beautiful, awesome wife. I wish you at LEAST 50 more years of happy marital bliss.
Qapla’, Mr. Scalzi, sir.
I love that story every time you tell it.
Is Athena making gagging noises in the background? ;)
Awesome indeed. All the best to both of you.
I’ll have to settle for the chocolate, though.
Unless you’re using some kind of pitch correction, you actually sing rather well. I didn’t hear a single note that was off enough to notice. (I don’t have the best ear in the world, but I can’t even listen to Frank Sinatra because his pitch is so bad. Just as a point of reference.) I’m assuming the accent you’re using is an imitation of the original.
But of course Kristine’s opinion is the only one that really matters here. Which means You Win!
Marriage rocks, as do husbands doing romantic things for their wives no matter the date. Happiest of Valentine’s Days to you both. :)
Awwwww….
nice :-)
Xopher:
No pitch correction, no. Some reverb, although that’s more to give a fuller and more 80s sound than it is to round out my voice. Well, and the reverb does smooth out my terrible strumming a little bit, too.
My own thought about my singing voice is that it is pleasant in its range but not particularly distinguished; when I sing songs I tend to take on at least a few of the vocal qualities of the original singers of the song. This means I’m good at karaoke, but it’s slightly less desirable if I were trying to establish my own vocal identity. Fortunately, I have writing.
Mind you, I sing regardless. I like to sing. It’s fun.
~wild applause~
That was wonderfully cute.
But, what is your cheesy one-liner for the year?
Mine is…
“You make my heart feel like Scorpion, It just wants you to, GET OVER HERE.”
Speaking as a musician (one who sometimes gets paid to practice his craft), that’s pretty good, man. Happy Valentines Day to you and Krissy.
I gotta respect any guy who can sweep a gal off her feet with a Cure song. I would have been far more impressed had it been a track from their Disintegration album, but still impressive.
Whilst I rode my giant swan in the blue waters of the Caribbean last year, I happened upon a couple staring into each others eyes while playing in the waves. At first I thought it a pair of seals, but lo, it was a pair of Scalzi’s.
Happy Valentines day, you two. Rock on with your bad selves.
The chocolate comes tomorrow — once it has been discounted.
As for Valentine’s Day? I think Ebenezer Scrooge said it best — “Bah! Humbug!”
In my twenties, I kept catching myself doing that with the accents of the people with whom I was speaking. I was always afraid someone would think I was making fun of him. I believe that I have learned to stop doing that.
You are adorable. Both of you. I hope Athena realizes how wonderful it is to have two parents still so obviously in love with each other.
“when I sing songs I tend to take on at least a few of the vocal qualities of the original singers of the song”
I noticed the slight accent. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Your singing and strumming are much better than the credit you give yourself.
Happy Valentine’s day to you both!
You’ve gotten a lot better than last time you posted signing for us, which was noticeably better than the time prior. Seriously. Good job. I played this for my partner. She’s a business translator specializing in tonal languages and she is quite impressed. Though of course only the person you recorded it for need really approve :)
Happy V-day! (Yes, it’s a corporate holiday manufactured to sell greeting cards and chocolates, but it’s still nice to do something thoughtful for your special person)
Holy crap, John, that was like totally awesome! Good job on the accent too! And thank you, my life is indeed filled with love and chocolate. I try to make sure it is like that every day. :D
Thank you. I live in a town with very mixed emotions today. This was very nice.
Another singer weighing in – not bad, not bad at all. We’d take you for the choir in a heartbeat.
Also, absolutely adorable as a Valentine’s Day gift. Good work!
Your love for the song is just as apparent in your performance as your love for Krissy is in this post. Happy Valentines Day to you both.
Wonderful, thank you for sharing! I was impressed with the homage-based pseudo-punk 80’s might-be-English accent as well. (Every time I sing I get requests — but I keep singing anyway!)
*adds JS to list of people to try to recruit for singing at conventions*
(Please note ‘try to recruit’ means “hey, a group of us are singing thus-and-so at time-and-place if you’re free and feel like it,” not “oh pleeeeeze come sing with us pleeeeeeeze.”)
Okay. I’m jealous now…
Shun-SHENG duh gao-WAHN (Mandarin) that was good. I love the Cure but that was a better cover.
*claps loudly!!* YAY! One of my most favorite songs EVER!!
But, I am now terribly sad that I did not get to hear this on Valentines day so I could share it with my person. *sigh*
Are you putting on a British accent to sing this, Sclazi…?