The sun is shining, yet the wind is blowing, today and I’m strutting around the Village blasting this classic from Florence and the Machine. What prompted me to do so was the simply depressing fact that I could not attend her concert at Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday night because I was stuck in good ol’ suburbia of Pennsylvania where I once called home. The song’s “You’ve Got the Love” and it’s off her debut CD Lungs. Ranging from the song itself to the accompanying music video, this jam is as spectacular as the radiantly shimmering half-crescent moon she perches herself on as she croons this tune in the video…
A classic love song, this infectious ballad sings of living a life of constant pressure (we all can give an “amen” to that… AMEN!), but the love she has for her significant other is what “sees her through” her life of nonstop go-go-go! Starting out with a simple single-instrument paired with her angelic pipes, the track then bombards the listener with percussion and a vast array of orchestrations. As Spring unfolds in front of us, this song is what we all need as our little blossoms bloom day and night throughout the city! Check out the video
here. Hold on a sec, something looks familiar in this video. Holy bunnies, batman! The club scene looks exactly like my favorite party of the week, “Headz Will Roll” at La Pomme, where all the beautiful people come out and “throw their hands up in the air” as Florence sings in the track, and snow falls from the ceiling (well, confetti in Florence’s video).
That’s your music fixing for today, enjoy it Rabbittos! See you all tonight at SWAY!
-xoxo-
Ryan Rabbit
