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| December 07, 2006: Cupid & Psyche '85 - Take Five Hello, bonjour... Medical progress...well, I fasted for 14 hours and gave the lab all the blood they wanted for their tests; that was yesterday. Today I have to call about one last ultrasound and then I will be less antsy and perhaps a diagnosis will finally be reached...I am feeling okay, all things considered, am even bleeding a little, which is nice... *************************************** The song is quiet, but the musical modulations, even from the start, go up and down; there is a straight-forwardness about the chorus/choir, however, as it is pitched above, like (appropriately) angels. The lyrics of the song are about separation and longing; without one there could not be the other. It is a vow of love, a constant experience the singer has, that clearly keeps the singer going. It is a hopeful song that speaks of 'us' even though, as the song goes on, it is clearly revealed that the 'us' is what is longed for; in the end the singer sits and waits for a response. The voice of the singer is distinctive, magnifying the words, repeating them, expanding with the choral spaces and stretching out the syllables until the end, the careful modulations of the song and chorus as a contrast to the singer's direct and unfussy approach. It would be wrong to point to one song and say that it is a blueprint for an entire album, or even to compare one singer with another, but in this case I think there is enough to go on. The hope and separation (that said separation won't last long); the careful modulations (sped up or slowed down as they are); the quite different but equally sublime voice (how anyone could call it 'affectless' is beyond me); the ineffable (sorry to use that word, but it's what immediately comes to mind) uniqueness of the whole experience altogether, in its own time... "I Say A Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin may not be the exact or only song that inspired Green Gartside, but - ah! - it sounds like something an ordinary Psyche would sing, if she was going about her business, not in the palace Cupid built for her; but the emotions remain the same. Is it too far-fetched to say that this album is an answer to that song?
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