| Which is a strange jumping-off point to land in Aretha Franklin’s rendition of Bacharach’s “Say a Little Prayer,” but that’s where I always land: it’s the back-and-forth between Aretha and the backing vocalists, the free play that isn’t free play at all but total structure, the relentless architecture of the melody. David Banner’s “So Trill.” The soundtrack to Soul Caliber 2, noteworthy for how every separate track has a name like “Tears of the Moon” or something even though each song in question is indistinguishable from its brethren. (This has been proven by science.) Dionne Warwick. The new Enslaved album. The first Blondie record. Assorted tracks from all the other Blondie records. Chopin. Beethoven. The Smiths. |
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