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The piano chords are spare, Legend singing as if he's trying to navigate a battlefield of love, trying to keep the affection safe from harm.Įvery male singer (nearly) has to do one song wherein he boasts of his pleasuring skills-and Legend is not exception. This is a fascinating mix of contrasts: Legend's slightly dramatic voice declaring his undying devotion and the music building in the opposite direction, as if a storm were brewing, almost operating in his scope.īack to a Man and His Piano, But what makes this more harrowing than your typical keys-oriented ballad is the insertion of a couple arguing.
JOHN LEGEND ALL OF ME LISTEN MOVIE
This is the perfect song for a rainy-day love affair or loveably soggy wind-swept movie romance. In point of fact, this sounds a bit like "Stormy," the dream 1970 hit by Dennis Yost & the Classics IV.
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Oh, this one features an undulating rhythm and a plush-sounding organ that one might hear in an Austin Powers movie - perfect for a slow-dance with a bit of extra groove. A slightly naughty mid-tempo charmer, but not so naughty that the parents will worry.
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Legend's singing is as focused as a diamond cutter having his way with a precious stone.Ī lovely, slightly jazz-tinged intro gives way to loping, slightly bouncy hip-hop beat with the 88's (piano keys, to you young people) and Legend's seductive, slightly randy let's-take-our-love-to-the-park sound. Legend's voice is a marvel here - his singing is rich with undertones of gospel, but he doesn't feel the need to over-emote as some pop and urban storm singers. "How 'bout some guitars?" "Show Me" is a slow-burning mid-tempo track that bears a slight resemblance to the Jimi Hendrix ballad "Angel," and Legend's rises and falls on the six-strings and rhythm elegantly. "Enough with the piano," some of you fellows say. Only three guys, maybe - Mick Jagger, Tom Jones, and John Legend - could make it sound like his cheating is really good for the relationship, and he does it in a song that evokes the carefree yet still funky breeziness of Stevie Wonder circa "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" without imitating it. And Legend sounds less like a stalker/nutjob, more like a weary just-plain-guy yearning for his baby's lost love.
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One of those semi-manic "Has anybody here seen that runaway gal of mine" songs - a desperate guy searchin,' searchin.' What make this an atypical song is the domination of keyboards and lush strings and a sing-song-y melody that wouldn't sound out of place on a pre-1970 Beach Boys album. The background vocals are rich and vivid, and even the Leg sounds sanctified, singing about not just the glories and treasures of love but the heartfelt comforts of home and family. 60, .įeaturing the Stephens Family, this Legend track delves even deeper into the waters of gospel (from which so much American music springs). Here is a Whitman's Sampler of some of his dandiest…ĭetails: 7:30 p.m. Add the cool savoir-faire of GQ, and you have the makings of a legend, one with talent to go with his looks-appeal. He can croon like Marvin Gaye at his sweetest and most sly, wax thoughtful and impish like Stevie Wonder, and have a modicum of the street-corner impudence of OutKast or Common. 17, at Comerica Theatre, was born at a nexus, one at which he could forge a union of old school 1960's rhythm & blues, '70s smooth soul and funk, and hip-hop. This Philadelphia soul man, performing Sunday, Aug. Singer, songwriter, and keyboard player John Legend was born John Roger Stephens in 1978.