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Musical February : Day 13
I’m a big music fan so thought it might be nice to take part in Bee’s ” Love is in Da Blog” Challenge for the month of February.
Today’s prompt is a Jazz love song from my 30s so I’m going to have to wrack my memory. How about Missing by Everything But The Girl? I appreciate it’s more RnB than jazz but so what!
The single was taken from their eighth studio album, Amplified Heart (1994) written by its two band members, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. Initially it didn’t achieve much success until it was remixed by Todd Terry and re-released in 1995, resulting in worldwide success, peaking at or near the top of the charts in many countries.
Musically the song takes in multiple genres. The original version from the album is a more low-tempo influenced song, while the popular Todd Terry remix version (below) is more up-tempo. Lyrically the song talks about one person missing the other because they have moved away. Missing was critically acclaimed by the majority of music critics, who praised the composition and generally considered it a highlight on the album.
“Love Is In Da Blog” Rules/suggestions
- Join in! No matter where, when and with what. You missed the first day or week? Don’t worry. Just jump in when it suits you.
- Send us the link! My blog is public again, so ping-backs work. A ping-back is a link from one WP blog to another. If you blog on another platform, please leave your link in the comments.
- Tag your post either with “Love Is In Da Blog” or “LoIsInDaBl” or “Love Is In Da Blog 23” or #LoIsInDaBl23. You can also use these as hashtags for Twitter and other Social Networks to give your post more exposure.
- No matter which music the prompt favours, you create with it whatever you please and whatever length you please (no pun intended 😉 ) as long as it is about “LOVE.”
- I post the prompt post the day before, so you have some time to make up your mind and create your post. There won’t be two different posts, and I hope it’s not too confusing.
- If you like, use this picture for your readers to find the posts.
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Ah, that was a great song. Whatever happened to them anyway? 😊
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New Music: The first single from their forthcoming album Fuse, “Nothing Left to Lose” premiered on BBC Radio on 10 January 2023. Fuse will be released 21 April 2023 and will feature “Nothing Left to Lose” and nine more original songs both electronic and acoustic.
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Cool. Thanks, I am going to look it up on YouTube 😊
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Pleasure
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