Benedict Cork, Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One) | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 5^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight the song, “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)” performed by Benedict Cork.  

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  In this column, we provide background and insight into the respective musician(s), as well as analyze + go gaga over the decadent bops being served up.  Furthermore, when the music dictates deeper, more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is articulated to the fullest.  All styles of music are welcome while the songs can be classics or brand-spanking new. So, without further ado, in the 5^th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2024), we highlight “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)” performed by Benedict Cork.

“I made a list of the reasons I loved ya / And all of the shit that you did that was wrong.” Well, damn! English singer/songwriter Benedict Cork comes out swinging on his first single of 2024, the marvelous “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)”. His lead vocals are radiant, characterized by ample expression and nuance.  On the intro – the eventual chorus – he gets a lift courtesy of locked-in background vocals.  He continues singing, “The bad came so easy, when I think of the reasons I want ya, I can’t even think of one.” Word! The good news for Benedict is, I can think of lots of reasons why “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)” makes me beam with pride, and not merely because Cork is a member of the LGBTQ+ community!

So, what makes “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)” the sugar honey iced tea? The songwriting earns high marks, courtesy of Cork and Martin Luke Brown.  Driving the narrative is those pesky matters of the heart. “You were kind, and I was young, how was I supposed to know? / I thought I was a fool to let you go,” Benedict sings in the first verse, later adding, “You were cruel, manipulating, every move we made / And I took it for love, it’s such a shame / Now I feel like a fool over again.” Love’ll make you do some stuff.  At least Cork arrived at his senses, something captured superbly.  Beyond the lyrics, the melodies are tuneful in the verses as well as the centerpiece, the chorus.  The instrumental also earns high marks, particularly the warmth of the keys – that organ is epic! Cork produces alongside HOOST, yielding top-notch results.  All in all, Benedict Cork ‘puts his foot’ into “Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One)”. Apologies for his love pain, but many thanks for turning that pain into music that makes me – wait for it – beam with pride!

🎙 Benedict Cork • 💿 Notes on a Hopeless Romance • 🏷 Benedict Cork • 🗓 2024

Benedict Cork, Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think of One): Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 5 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Benedict Cork; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]