I grew up hearing this song, and it sounded so original and it still does now.Love Amour So many things I've got to tell you Tellement de choses j'ai à te dire But I'm afraid I don't know how Mais je regrette de ne pas savoir comment Cause there's a possibility Parce qu'il est possible You'll look at me differently Que tu me regardes différemment Love Amour Ever since the first moment I spoke your name Depuis le premier moment même où j'ai dit ton nom From then on I knew that by you being in my life Depuis alors j'ai su que toi étant dans ma vie Things were destined to change cause. It’s so clever, and it sounds like three songs in one. I will forever be trying to write a song like this. Stevie Wonder, “Knocks Me off My Feet” (1976)
You listen to it and it’s joyful and it makes me want to dance.ĩ. My family gets together whenever we can and the night always ends with us completely pissed and dancing to this song. She’s a master of her voice, and this song showcases that voice, which is like candy covered in honey. I went to South by Southwest in March and saw her sing this song live, and I’d never reacted physically to a singer like that before in my life. You can hear the pain in Etta James’ voice. She’s standing in church watching the love of her life get married. The whole idea of falling in love with someone who doesn’t love you back – it’s heartbreaking. I was introduced to this when I saw Cadillac Records and Beyonce sang this song. Etta James, “All I Could Do Was Cry” (1960) He doesn’t push too much – he lays back on it.Ħ. The vocals are amazing and the soul and funk in it are ridiculous. We wanted to make something that sounded like this song. When my collaborator Jimmy Napes and I were in the studio, he put me onto this tune. Musiq Soulchild, “Just Friends (Sunny)” (2000)
It sounds the way songs sound on the radio now. The way he used his voice, the way he pitches his voice up and down – it must have been ahead of its time when it came out. Howard Lawrence from Disclosure put me onto this one, which was my first introduction to Prince. It sounds like the way a high-fashion perfume ad looks. This song for me is like summer – it’s sexy and uplifting. I love the control she has over her voice. She hits the notes spot-on, it’s amazing. God, the power in her voice is ridiculous.
Unbelievable – a classically written soul song. The more mature Whitney, like “I Will Always Love You,” came later. People forget that’s how she rose to fame. I love the juxtaposition of a melancholy lyric with an upbeat sound. Whitney Houston, “How Will I Know” (1985)Ī Whitney Houston song that makes me happy – it’s a feel-good song. Who Is Sam Smith? A Quick Primer on the U.K. My whole family has a lot of powerful women, and so hearing women sing about empowerment and independence, it reminded me of my family and the amazing women in it.”
“My mom would play soul music in the car when taking us to school, and it was Whitney and Chaka Khan. “Both my mom and dad loved soul music and played it constantly when I was a kid, and that made me fall in love with it, mainly the female voice,” says Smith, the 21-year-old Brit-soul sensation who sang on UK hits by Disclosure and Naughty Boy and will release his debut album in June. For someone born the same year Whitney Houston starred in The Bodyguard, Sam Smith knows plenty about R&B and mind-blowing voices.
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