Hey Dialophiles!
Today, the Dial gives thanks for friends, family, food, and fun… and of course, forgotten songs. Tonight’s featured addition to our jukebox of the quirky, is a tune that we’ve just recently rediscovered, Jewel’s “Under The Water”.
“Under” is an atypical
recording for the sweet Alaskan songstress, far removed from her pop and adult
contemporary material for which she is primarily known. The track is driven by
a mid tempo hip-hop/ funk beat, is layered with alternative rock styled
keyboards and guitars, and features eccentric lyrics about bees, blood, noise
and toys (and that’s just in the first stanza!)
Jewel even raps here (and holds her own rather well), although her performance is less LL Cool J and more Debbie Harry as in Blondie’s classic “Rapture”.
Featured on the original
soundtrack to the 1996 film “The Craft”, which was comprised largely of covers, such as Love
Spit Love’s treatment of The Smiths’ “How
Soon is Now”, “Dangerous Type” by
Letters To Cleo (a Cars remake), and the Beatles cover “Tomorrow Never Knows” by Our Lady Peace, Jewel’s original
self-penned track stood out from the rest in it’s vibe and lyrical
unfamiliarity. “Under” was never released as a single, so it never charted on
the Billboard singles charts.
Everybody enjoy your
holiday, and a happy Thanksgiving to all!
“Under the water, the total is more than the sum. Under the water, I hear who’ll I’ll become”
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