2. "RE: Gregory Porter-Liquid Spirit" In response to Reply # 0
Grabbed this on vinyl this week - just getting a chance to listen now.
Only a few tracks in, but I have to say that what impresses me about dude even more than his voice is his really unique songwriting - esp. on the lyrics. I mean, the words of the opening track could have been penned by Leonard Cohen at his most midrashic: "There will be no love that's dying here
The bird that flew in through my window Simply lost his way He broke his wing, I helped him heal And then he flew away Well the death of love is everywhere But I won't let it be There will be no love that's dying here for me"
and further
"The mirror that fell from the wall Was raggedy, that's all It rest up on a rusty nail, before it made its fall Well the bones of love are everywhere But I won't let it be There will be no love that's dying here for me"
Dude rhymes "wall/all/fall" and manages to make it sound eloquent as all get out. His voice draws you in, and he has top-notch players working with him - but it's the totality of his songs that do it for me. The title track on Be Good was that way, easily - again, just a few tracks in, but he's doing it here, too.