In the ten years this blog has been in existence I can honestly say I've lost count of the number of truly great songs I've written about and shared. Just when you think - not for the first time - that all the gold has been mined, a nugget so big and so bright rises to the surface just begging to be heard.
Geraint Watkins, he of the Balham Alligators and Nick Lowe sidekick (to name but two senior positions he's held over the years) knows a thing or two about the art of songwriting. I think I said as much here. With Watkins there is no fat; no filler. Any excess will have been trimmed in the editing suite (if not before) so all that's left is a song in its purest form. Not a word (or indeed syllable) too many or too few set against a melody so achingly beautiful you wonder why more artists aren't covering his stuff.
This is from his latest long player, Rush of Blood, which came out last September. I can't stop playing it. And I can't stop loving it.
Geraint Watkins - Heaven Only Knows (2019)
Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful music.
ReplyDeleteI can't add anything to that.
DeleteA delight from start to finish.
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding lazy, see my reply to FBCB.
DeleteThanks for posting. This is wonderful. Have been curious about Watkins since his name has popped up on Nick Lowe's albums through the later years. Nothing but compliments about him in the Lowe biography.
ReplyDeleteHis arrangements with Nick Lowe are equally mesmeric. 'You Inspire Me' being one that springs to mind.
DeleteAnd here it is - for anyone who may be unfamiliar with it.
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