What a sweet sweet song. This one is stripped down and slow which is a treat. Love this song. Love the mood it puts me in. Excellent choice for song of the year. I also love the normal version of the song is great for an electric evening.
“Something on My Mind” is a bluesy R&B song by saxophonist Big Jay McNeely, released in 1959. The song is a lament about a troubled relationship, with McNeely singing about how he can’t get his lover off his mind, even though they are no longer together. The lyrics express his longing and regret over losing her, and his desire to win her back. The song is driven by McNeely’s soulful saxophone playing and features a catchy, repetitive melody that emphasizes the song’s emotional intensity. Overall, “Something on My Mind” is a classic example of the emotional and musical power of early R&B and blues music.
I really love the groove of this song. I find it sexy as hell.
2019 was a year of disappearance. Well, that’s not true… but it was a year of working and not living. The highlight of the year was going on an epic trip with my kids to Europe and a song from that rang in my ears from the 4th quarter of 2018 with this song. It’s called sh’diah and it’s simply beautiful. I used it in the sunset part of our Europe vlog. It’s close to a minute and a half into it.
Wow… the last time that I posted a song of the quarter was at the end of March in 2018. What the hell happened to me. Oh well… I can try and get it back on track going forward. Previous songs can all be found here.
Australian trio Mansionair has just released a brand new single, “Astronaut (Something About Your Love)” and it sounds like something straight out of a Victoria’s Secret ad. It’s seductive, smooth, and definitely worthy of some sort of trailer or commercial. This song makes me happy and it’s been on repeat. After a couple of days playing it raps up my feeling going into spring.
Mansionair continues to hone in on their synth-heavy sound with minimalistic verses and a more danceable chorus that bounces into a trance. Produced by the band and mixed by Eric J, it’s distant and somber, yet something about it leaves room for hope. Of the track, producer/guitarist Lachlan Bostock said, “We shoved a microphone deep inside a piano and recorded all the atmospheric noises that came out. Like what I imagined an astronaut felt as if he was looking back at Earth.”
[Verse 1]
Slow down, stepping up my game
Tied to you, try not sink on through the cracks
And maybe I could forget this town
And maybe I should get out
[Bridge]
Ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it, ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
[Chorus]
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
[Verse 2]
Right now, I’m feeling like a astronaut
I’m fading to the thought of coming back to you
And maybe I should forget this town
And maybe I could get out
{Bridge}
Ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it, ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
[Outro}
Ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it, ooh
There’s something about your love
Can you feel it
If you want to explore the other songs I’ve picked for song of the quarter and year… Previous songs can all be found here.
It is truly a sign of the terrible times that many American youths have never wept uncontrollably to “Moon River,” the heartbreaking ballad “a very lovely, very frightened girl” strums on her fire escape in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Lucky for them, Frank Ocean, the elusive romantic we truly do not deserve, dropped a cover of the Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer classic just hours after Valentine’s Day. As originally performed by Audrey Hepburn, “Moon River” is a wispy ode to wanderlust and the immense opportunities “two drifters” find in the glorious unknown. But it becomes something far different in Ocean’s hands; as he showed on his 2016 cover of the Isley Brothers’ (and Aaliyah’s) “(At Your Best) You Are Love,” he is never content with simply imitating another artist.
Ocean’s version of “Moon River” trades Hepburn’s gentle sigh for bold and confident yearnings. As he warbles about the wild surrounding world, Ocean envisions his own self-realization through double-tracked new lines like “What I see, What I become.” Ocean’s only sin here is cutting the original’s detail about “my huckleberry friend,” a sweet allusion to the carefree innocence of childhood that feels right up his alley. (As he once sang, wisely, “We’ll never be those kids again.”) Ocean’s “Moon River” retains the enchanting comfort of the Hepburn original without sacrificing any of his genius. It’s the balm we never knew we needed.
[Intro]
One, two
[Chorus]
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday (someday, day)
A dream maker (maker, maker)
My heartbreaker (you heartbreaker)
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ that way (the same, the same…)
[Refrain]
Two drifters off to see the world
There’s such a crazy world to see
We’re all chasin’ after all the same
Chasin’ after our rainbow’s end
[Chorus]
Moon river, wider than a mile
Crossin’ in style someday
My dream maker, heartbreaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ the same
[Refrain]
Two drifters off to see the world
It’s such a crazy world you’ll see
What I see, who I become
What I see, who I become
We’re all chasin’ after our end
Chasin’ after our ends
[Outro]
Life’s just around the bend, my friend
Moon river and me
You can look at the songs that I’ve selected as my songs of the year/quarter right can all be found here.
[Verse 1]
Tell me all your little thoughts
Tie you up, not enough
Give me that bad love, bad love
Show me you’re a criminal
Bite it up till it talks
Give me that bad love, bad love
[Verse 2]
We could be high on feeling requisite
Under the thoughts, give me your love, give me your bones
We could have love on fire
I give it all up for bad love
[Chorus 1]
I’ll be your warmth here
I’ll be your back
I put you in the corner when you open up
Please, baby, back for bad love, bad love
[Verse 3]
Tell me you’re another girl
Heavy lust, heavy touch
Give me that bad love, bad love
We could have love on fire
I give it all up for bad love
[Chorus 1]
I’ll be your warmth here
I’ll be your back
I put you in the corner when you open up
Please, baby, back for bad love, bad love
[Chorus 2]
I’ll be your warmth here
And how can I wait?
I’m holding your bag for you
Please, baby, back for bad love, bad love
[Outro]
How can I wait?
Holding your bag for you
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