Lyric of the week (Week 7)

(Apparently Amazon's selling the cd for 21% off, lol)

Right before I left to come to school, I went to dinner with Bird and Lil’ Kim [Not the Jailbird. Don’t be a snitch right?] We got to talking about lyrics and great song writers, I think we started with Smokie Robinson, because he was playing on the speaker system in the cheese cake factory.

Then we moved onto Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross. Our conversation turned to how the quote in my blast from James Baldwin was so true. We discussed how we knew Smokie loved women and that Stevie was married but couldn’t explain Luther’s great lyrics. Not to speculate on his love life, and God bless the dead, but we never heard of Luther's love life.
Later on I thought about some of the great songwriters of our time:

· Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson (Ain’t no mountain high enough, your precious love, Ain’t Nothing like the Real thing, You’re all I need to get by, etc.)

· Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff (I love music, For the Love of Money, Hope that We Can Be Together Soon, For the Love of Money, Me and Mrs. Jones, Backstabbers, Love train, Bad Luck, Now that we found love, etc.)

But I hadn’t thought about any white guys. Until I put in a cd today to study to. They covered his music (along with Gamble & Huff) a couple of seasons ago on American Idol. And he was on Regis with Ron Isley (who is in court facing tax evasion and 20 years, pray for Mr. Biggs) the music was oh so pretty with him singing it. I wound up blogging again today because of it. This white boy has it going on. Here’s just a small list of his catalogue.

Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
What The World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
I Say A Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
One Less Bell To Answer - The 5th Dimension
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends
A House Is Not A Home
Make It Easy On Yourself
Close To You
In Between The Heartaches

Well any way, this one spoke to me today. And since I’ll be gone for the weekend and I owe you a couple here we go…

The Lyric of the week (Week 7)
(*And no, I didn’t see the movie, but I’m sure it’s based off of the song*)

Artist & Composer: Burt Bacharach
From his latest Album: Here I am: Isley meets Bacharach
Alfie

What's it all about,
Alfie?
Is it just
for the moment
we live?
What's it all about
when you sort it out,
Alfie?
Are we meant to take more
than we give?
Or
are we meant to be kind?
And if
only fools are kind,
Alfie,
Then I guess it's wise to be cruel.
And if life belongs only to the strong,
Alfie,
What will you lend on an old
golden rule?
As sure as I believe
there's a heaven above,
Alfie,
I know there's something much more,
Something even non-believers
can believe in.
I believe in love,
Alfie.
Without true love we just exist,
Alfie.
Until you find a love you've missed you're nothing,
Alfie.
When you walk
let your heart
lead the way
And
you'll find love
any day,
Alfie,
Alfie.