VIDEO: "Be Good" by Gregory Porter
buzzz worthy. . .
It's nice to have a little poetry with soul music. The impatience in the gutsy, honest lyrics often found in blues and soul are arresting and I appreciate their concreteness. But sometimes I'd rather be moved like a feather floating from the push of a breeze. Rarely does a song woo, take it's time with the listener. The voice of Gregory Porter is what has been missing. "Be Good" by Gregory Porter meets this need. The song and video both are creatively mindful that music is a form of art.
"Be Good" poetically uses the metaphor of "Be Good" a dancer teasing a caged "lion" who longs to love her, dance with her. She's cautious, afraid of being hurt."She said lions are made for cages just to look at in delight. You dare not let them out or they just might bite," go the lyrics. It's video is an equally satisfying piece of art that uses color, vintage attire, and abstract objects to bring about theatrical depth in the same way Porter's voice does the job in the song through timing, tone and phrasing.
It's nice to have a little poetry with soul music. The impatience in the gutsy, honest lyrics often found in blues and soul are arresting and I appreciate their concreteness. But sometimes I'd rather be moved like a feather floating from the push of a breeze. Rarely does a song woo, take it's time with the listener. The voice of Gregory Porter is what has been missing. "Be Good" by Gregory Porter meets this need. The song and video both are creatively mindful that music is a form of art.
"Be Good" poetically uses the metaphor of "Be Good" a dancer teasing a caged "lion" who longs to love her, dance with her. She's cautious, afraid of being hurt."She said lions are made for cages just to look at in delight. You dare not let them out or they just might bite," go the lyrics. It's video is an equally satisfying piece of art that uses color, vintage attire, and abstract objects to bring about theatrical depth in the same way Porter's voice does the job in the song through timing, tone and phrasing.
