It doesn't get played all that often today, but the Orleans song, "Love Takes Time," was a bigger hit in 1979 than I remembered. Some listeners might dismiss the tune as overtly commercial, but I've always liked it. Its outlook about love being hard to find and having to work at it once you find it is refreshingly realistic. Despite that dose of cold water reality, the song's optimistic tone in the vocals and keyboard makes me want to hear it. The lyrics indicate that relationships aren't always easy and require a lot of maintenance, but the vocals and keyboard suggest that if you put in the effort, things just might work, after all.
Valentine's Day is as good a day as any to remember that, I think.
