Have you ever had a song in your head that is so pervasive that you want to die? Except the song itself is really good, and even though it echoes in your brain while you sleep, shower, make love, you actually jones for the real thing, actually wish you could implant a single-song iPod in your ear and loop the damn thing for eternity, basically just want to loveknife the thing so you can end the sweet insanity? No?
For the uninitiated: “love knife” is the act of stabbing someone/something you love or are infatuated with. Usually, the stabber is a crazed fan and the stabbee is a musician or other celebrity.
The phrase was coined in the late 1990s by Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, which means I’ve been over-using the phrase for about ten years now. So glad to see it’s catching on amongst my friends.
