December 3, 2007

"Beautiful," G. Love featuring Tristan Prettyman

Song: "Beautiful"
Album: Lemonade
Artist: G. Love featuring Tristan Prettyman

This song captures the feeling of a new relationship (a long time in the making), with all it's ambiguity, posturing, excitement, possibility and indecision. It's light, fun, sexy and playful.

In the tradition of "Baby It's Cold Outside," this is a duet between daters, each with an agenda. Fifty eight years ago, Ella Fitzgerald wouldn't have sung about Louis Jordan taking off her shirt. It was a time that required much more subtlety and a pretext. But the playful, free bluntness of this song is one of the qualities that makes it a winner. Play count = 101.

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