“Easy” by The Commodores
“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.” - Natalie Goldberg
Title: Easy
Artist: Commodores
Album: Commodores, 1977
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“Michelle” by The Beatles
“Michelle ma belle, sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble…….tres bien ensemble”
A song like “Michelle” makes you appreciate why music by The Beatles will forever be considered an essential element of our pop culture.
Mainly composed and performed by Paul McCartney, “Michelle” was one of many (many) stand-out records from The Beatles’ 1965 masterpiece “Rubber Soul”. Unsurprisingly, it won the Grammy for “Song of the Year” in 1966.
For a band that supposedly had no formal music theory education, the skill with which the melodies and harmonies on this song are constructed, is simply beyond me.
You don’t need to be a composer to know that this song is just …..perfect!
Chapeau!
Title: Michelle
Artist: The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul, 1965
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Loading ...“Come Home” by One Republic
“Hello world, Hope you’re listening, Forgive me if I’m young, For speaking out of turn, There’s someone I’ve been missing, I think that they could be, The better half of me
They’re in the wrong place trying to make it right, But I’m tired of justifying
So I say you’ll..
[Chorus]
Come home, Come home
Cause I’ve been waiting for you
For so long For so long
And right now there’s a war between the vanities, But all i see is you and me
The fight for you is all I’ve ever known
So come home, Oh
I get lost in the beauty, Of everything i see,
The world ain’t as half as bad, As they paint it to be
If all the sons, If all the daughters, Stopped to take it in, Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin, It might start now..Yeahh
Well maybe I’m just dreaming out loud…. Until then
[Chorus]
Come home, Come home
Cause I’ve been waiting for you
For so long For so long
And right now there’s a war between the vanities, But all i see is you and me
The fight for you is all I’ve ever known
So come home, Oh”
Title: Come Home
Artist: One Republic
Album: Dreaming Out Loud, 2007
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Loading ...“Spend A Lifetime” by Jamiroquai
On “Spend a Lifetime”, Jamiroquai step away from their usual funky brand of pop for a second, to explore deeper waters.
Dramatic keys and opera-style strings fuse to create a sense of timelessness as Jay comes to the realization that she is “the one”.
Here’s to finding “forever”….
Title: Spend A Lifetime
Artist: Jamiroquai
Album: Traveling Without Moving, 1997
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Loading ...“Let’s Burn Again” by Gush
If the Beatles and Jamiroquai got together to form a band, it would probably be called Gush, and their first single would probably sound something like “Let’s Burn Again”.
Gush is very much a family affair when you consider that two of the band members are siblings and the other two are cousins.
What really caught my attention with this group was the fact that it is composed of four vocalists with pretty distinct styles who are nonetheless able to mesh to create some amazing melodies. They have abandoned the traditional band format, which has one lead singer being backed by various instrumentalists. Gush has four leaders happy to share the spotlight, and this makes for a very refreshing sound.
Melodies people…..it’s all about the melodies.
Title: Let’s Burn Again
Artist: Gush
Album: Everybody’s God, (album to be released on June 22, 2010)
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Ssidy is what my friends call me. I was born in Senegal of Malian parents (hence my Mali nationality). I grew up all over the place…Bamako, London, Accra, Cape Town, before I went to college in Miami and finally got a job in Sydney where I’ve been living since August 2008.
When I’m not working on The Timbuktu Project, or as a financial analyst (full-time), you can usually catch me somewhere on a football pitch or involved in anything music related. Music is everything to me. Whatever mood I am in, there is always a song that captures the moment perfectly. Anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes around me will probably attest to this: I listen to all types of stuff.....possibly because no single genre holds enough songs to quench that musical thirst of mine... 