‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ is another prime example of Morgan Wallen's distinctive, seamless Hip-Hop-country fusion, which propelled another One Thing At A Time stand-out, ‘ Last Night’ to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 16 weeks (and counting).Īs a result, it wasn't a tremendous surprise when ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ emerged as one of the most streamed tracks from the album, with the track surging up the Mediabase country charts at the start of the Fall at an unprecedented pace for a non-single. It wasn't long before the ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ clip caught the attention of Morgan Wallen himself, who re-shared the footage, teasing, “fav fan ever. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.Released as part of Morgan Wallen's ground-breaking 2023 opus, One Thing At A Time, ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ embodies the refreshingly genre-fluid blueprint that underpins the project.Īlthough fans had to wait until One Thing At A Time's March 3 release date before they could hear the full version of ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’, there was already a considerable level of anticipation around the sultry, beat-driven track, courtesy of a viral video captured during Morgan Wallen's album preview party the week before.Īs ‘Thinkin’ Bout Me’ was playing through each attendee's individual headphones, a somewhat elderly lady proceeded to steal the show with her light-footed dance-moves. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. “I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. “Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets." She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. "There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother our last name was Smith. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." "What it feels to descend from the mountain top. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Like this pile of your stuff that's packed up in the back You're gone, and I'm gone three sheets to the windĪll of these sorrys I don't owe you, honeyĪll of these miles on this Chevy and prayers in a pew It's all my fault, yeah, I dropped the ball Looks like I'm learnin' the hard way again
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