soulful belly achin’
I have developed quite a few Pandora stations in the couple of years I’ve had the account. One of my favorite stations is my Billy Holiday station. I love many of Billy Holiday’s songs but the station has exposed me to the likes of Dinah Washington, Carmen McRae, and Peggy Lee. I adore their music particularly the slow songs. There is something pleasantly miserable about songs titled “I’ve got the Right to sing the Blues” and “Moanin’ Low” by Billy Holiday. I heard a good one by Carmen McRae this morning, “Something to Live for,” which talks about how she’s got nothing to live for until she’s found someone to love.
If you were to read the lyrics without hearing the music you would be concerned about the well being of the author. But when the lyrics are backed by a slow jazzy orchestration and sultry vocals, it’s calming. It makes you feel your aching is just apart of everyday life and somehow meant to be. A global misery of sorts.
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