Who's Loving You?

"Who's loving You?"

Remember this song from Terence Trent D'Arby's debut Album:  "Introducing The Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby?"  It was so so fresh when it came out in 1987 we all thought we'd died and gone to heaven.  It was just about the time Jazzie B and Soul II Soul came out with "Back to Life".  It was the kind of music you heard and instantly knew it was going to transform your life.  You had no idea how, but you knew things were now different.  It was exciting, original, and bloody damn good!  I've no idea what any of the artists I mentioned above are doing now, since they're no longer releasing music to the public (as far as I know).

The thought I had was this, when I listen to great music, I feel loved.  A good song will express exactly the same sentiment that YOU could have written, but clearly didn't .  It moves you emotionally and tonally to a point of dementia for those around you who have to hear it for the 15th time and may not share your sentiments about the genius in the music.  Seriously, when D'Angelo wails "How does it feel", I answer him.  It's a less important question for me to answer (for now anyway) than it is for me to ask myself the feelings I had when listening to the song for the very first time.

Feelings change, but we still remember how music made us feel at a particular time.  I love good solid vocals, great lyrics, and a wicked tune that won't get out of your head.

"Who's Loving You" is one of those songs from TTD that was not as celebrated as say "If you let me stay" and "Sign Your name".  I still remember every lyric of every track, and could even start singing the note that I know will come next after the end of the previous song.

There's a huge collection in my playlist, which I'm always expanding on; but truth is I'm so boring and predictable that I tend to play and listen to the music I know from before much, much more than I do music I've recently been introduced to.  Mxo, Nomfusi and the Lucky Charms (love the name) & that British sensation Adele is a great example of the newbies that are now part of my collection.

A friend of a friend (ahem) recently went on a 3 hour site visit with her boss, a  particularly vexatious member of government who is constantly in the news about one thing or another and is not a most likable member of the new establishment.  Dude actually barred my friend from playing ANY music during the trip.  What kind of creature does that?  Someone who needs a lot of hugs, I suspect.

So, who's loving you lately?