I will be the first to admit that mainstream pop, which seems to be a permanent resident in the charts these days, is not my first port of call when looking to fill my ears with music. But, if more of it sounded like “You,” the latest one from Carl Kammeyer, I would definitely be a more frequent visitor.
Pop it is, for want of a better word, but it is pop that echoes classic soulful grooves, the sort of thing that puts you in mind of the likes of Martha and the Vandellas or The Supremes finest moment, “You Can’t Hurry Love” or, for the slightly younger element, perhaps Hall and Oates.
It is soulful but also, if not pop by the modern definition, certainly pop-adjacent in a more classic sense. But more than that, it is celebratory, something that too much music, even pop music, fails to be. This is music doing the thing that music was invented for (if we forget all that devotional classical music), to revel in the idea of love and being loved.
“You” has it all. Infectious grooves, soulful vibes, great harmonies, it swings, it seduces, and delivers a message that gets right at the heart of what it is to be alive! Too many songs come off as being me-me-me-oriented, egotistical, and self-serving. This, as the title tells us, is the exact opposite. At last!
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