The pending Kevin Love trade from the Timberwolves to the Cavaliers is an occasion to pair music to a business transaction.
Depending on which end of the deal you're on the lyrics to the songs on my list hurt in different ways.
More than a week ago I told Strib assistant managing editor and startribune.com editor Terry Sauer I was coming up with a list — since readers like lists — of songs to commemorate Love's departure. I've been busy and hadn't gotten around to it but my memory was jogged and annoyingly so by Seth Meyers, of NBC's "Late Night."
Making a joke about the upcoming trade, Meyers quipped that you can find love in a hopeless place.
That's clearly a reference to the Rihanna song "We found Love (In a Hopeless Place)."
Ah, Seth, you've performed in Minneapolis. Just in case that was not a reference to the NBA team, I am sure you noticed that Minneapolis is not a hopeless place and neither is St. Paul.
Tell your writers to check again. When Randy Newman sings "Burn On," I don't believe he says "There's a red moon a rising on the Mississippi River."
No, these are the lyrics Newman penned: "There's a red moon rising on the Cuyahoga River rolling into Cleveland to the lake."
