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tapedeck
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Fri Jul-26-13 09:06 PM

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"Gregory Porter-Liquid Spirit"


  

          

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXRP-cRkeVc

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very nice. I LOVE "Lion's Song".
Aug 01st 2013
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RE: Gregory Porter-Liquid Spirit
Sep 19th 2013
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Gloworm
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Thu Aug-01-13 10:47 AM

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1. "very nice. I LOVE "Lion's Song"."
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I caught that video at 3 AM one morning and absolutely fell for it.

  

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thebigfunk
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Thu Sep-19-13 07:00 AM

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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.

  

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