Moot Thoughts & Musings

I got Chris the album Global Soul for Christmas. We heard a song from it a few years ago on the radio and were really intrigued. It's international R&B and hiphop. The first track opens and sounds like a typical R&B song, but then vocals come with "J'attendrai". The lyrics aren't printed in the jacket, but in passing I hear the phrase--the one phrase I can pick out in French pop music--"J'ai besoin de toi" (essentially I need you, baby) This delightfully fresh sampler contains rapping and soulful singing in French, German, English, and other languages from around the world.

I'm not big into vocal music, because I don't really get into lyrics generally, with a few notable exceptions (for another post), so there's a level here where I don't care that I don't understand what's being said. What I revel in is the sound of the words--the smooth French spinning from the front of the mouth, soulful rolling Portuguese. Each language colors the familiar beats of the genre in slightly different shades. This album makes me happy and groovin'.