Hello
friends, as you all know, I don't typically dabble in modern music,
but when a recent song catches my ear like nothing before, I turn the
Dial's attention its way, and call it a Radio Dial Extra.
Tonight,
I invite you to take a listen to South London born Lianne La Havas
and her outstanding neo-soul number “What You Don't Do”.
Taken from her second LP Blood, and following the lead single
“Unstoppable”, Lianne has concocted a sophisticated
musical cocktail that builds from an R&B base, adds upbeat
doo-wop and smoky jazz flavors, and tops it all off with clever lyrics that turn the
negative phrase “What You Don't Do” into a positive affirmation
about the love of her life.
Astute
listeners will detect vocal hints of Whitney Houston, Erykah Badu, and Ella
Fitzgerald, along with echos of Sly & The Family Stone, George Michael, and Prince
layered throughout this incredibly danceable melody.
Released
just this past July, La Havas hasn't hit the Hot 100 just yet, but
“What You Don't Do” did reach #30 on Billboard's Adult R&B
Charts. Why this instant classic didn't cross over to the Mainstream
R&B singles chart, and then storm up the Top 40 is perplexing to
me.
“I
know what I got and I know where we're going... You don't need to
show it, I already know it all ! It's what you don't do, it's what
you don't say...
(It's
what you don't do) I know you love me, I don't need proof !”
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