![]() But, bearing in mind the whole album was experimental in terms of how things flowed from start to finish per song, maybe it adds balance to some of the other tracks? We can’t appreciate the highs without some lows, right? Doesn’t matter where they go and they know it’s not for everyone, but “You holdin’ me holdin’ you… It’s a hell of a view.”Īnother chill out tune reflecting on wanting to be wherever ‘she’ is Where I Wanna Be isn’t the strongest track of the nine to be fair, and if it had never made the cut I don’t think the whole project would have suffered greatly from its exclusion. He loved it and the song about leaving town and chasing dreams with your other half was finished and recorded in a day, just like most of the other tracks. While Eric went for a run, two of his writers, Monty Criswell & Casey Beathard, got started on Hell of a View and presented it to him on his return. Granted I won’t sound as cool, but what the hell. All I need now is to steer an argument with someone so I can quote the chorus word for word. ![]() There’s some high notes I feel Eric strains with but Joanna’s blues background not only saves the track but really makes it so punchy and good. Joanna Cotten has been with Eric’s band for many years and I urge you to check out her Funkabilly album from 2008. Now, if Stick That In Your Country Song is the ‘angry’ song of the whole collection, Break It Kind of Guy is the middle finger tune. Even the way the guitar is used as he’s singing about the storm makes you think of thunder. It’s another ‘he’d be nothing without her’ kind of song, but what makes it interesting for me is the way the tune of the melody doesn’t go where you expect it to on the last note of “…brighten up my world.” Clever musicianship that sets it aside from many of his peers. The track is kinda left field, but it still scores for me.īright Side Girl is a little gem. There’s a sense of Motown mixed with crackly falsettos on this song about understanding his ex is looking so good. But now he has a fan-base that have grown with him and listened to him hone his craft, he can throw in tracks like this and, well, get away with it. Sounding like a preacher man from the onset, there’s no way Church could have released this as his first single, like way back at the beginning of his career. There’s definitely Gospel undertones in Look Good and You Know It. Maybe Church is referring to Mel Brown’s version of Ode to Billie Joe? Wrong side of the track kid,” as he discovered black music and Rock & Roll. I’m sure you’ll think of someone, but for me I’m reminded of Jerry Lee Lewis, “The skinny little white kid. But I just needed that one line.” Despite the title, it’s a fairly laid back, guitar led track. I think he’s in a rehab meeting when he says, ‘I was so & so… and rock & roll found me.’ I told my wife, Katherine, “Pause it, pause it… Just gimme one second.” I grabbed my guitar and said, “I’ll be back.” I never came back. As Eric explained to Ricky Ross of BBC Scotland, “I was in the middle of my manic songwriting spell… That night I watched a movie with my wife Rocketman about Elton John. The story behind Rock & Roll Found Me is pretty cool, to be fair. Do I feel Soul matched or exceeded that bar? Or has it fallen short? Read on to find out… ![]() Much like nipping to the kitchen before finishing that boxset on Netflix, here we are back with the third instalment from Eric Church. In the final part of his journey into Eric Church’s new triple disc release Heart & Soul, Paul Sammon shares his impressions of Soul, the concluding part of the set.
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