I Can't Make You Love Me

Bon Iver. What? Bon Iver. Beth, what are you talking about? I'm talking about Bon Iver, that's his name! :)
Thanks to Jason who is broadening my musical tastes by suggesting (through Twitter but still!) this song by Bon Iver. Actually this is Iver doing a cover of Bonnie Raitt's "I can't make you love me" which is, I'm pretty sure, the ONLY song of Raitt's that I ever liked so today's song is a win for me! :) And for kicks, and semi-comparison, I've included Raitt's as a bonus for today. It's only right when Iver does such an incredible job of covering it.
I love the way in which Iver starts off the song with the piano, it's haunting in a way but oh so beautiful. The controversy on this song is always man vs. woman. Who pulls off the song better? It's a song that gets covered a lot, some of the artists that have covered it are: Adele, Lady Antebellum, Tank (who the heck is that? Oh never mind...), etc. It's one of "those" songs that begs to be sung by a variety of artists.
Iver has talent, he plays piano beautifully and his voice is unique. He definitely belongs in the same musical category as people like Adele because his voice isn't straightforward, it can (and probably does) take some warming up too but once you warm up to it (if you do) then you are hooked.
Enjoy!

I Can't Make You Love Me/Nick Of Time - Bon Iver
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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