Blue Wolff And Danny Morrison Reviewed
Blue Wolff – Workin’ In The USA
Every good business is a successful business. And nearly every successful business is just a Ponzi scheme that hasn’t gotten enough bad press yet to make people not want to join in. Trust me, I studied Economics in school. And, yes, I’ve unknowingly endorsed a Ponzi scheme or two in my day.
But, knowing this, doesn’t make wanting to have invested in the Ponzi in its earliest days any easier. Pull out your money at the right time, and you’re golden. Join the crusade right as the bodies are piling up and the wine is flowing, and you’re likely to have the time of your life.
But what happens when the dream goes on for too long? People start resenting whoever got them to dream and believe in the first place. Blue Wolff doesn’t have a working-class struggle on his hands. He has a work problem.
And the whole thing, believe it or not, is going on in the affluent U.S. A., the place that until recently would’ve been described by a big chunk of the world’s population as “the closest thing to Heaven on Earth.” The song’s a lament disguised as a humorous blues shuffle about going hungry by the palace’s golden gates.
Danny Morrison – Still Mine
You sometimes have to look at the hundreds of films that get made and released to the public, and politely wonder why anyone bothers. The vast majority of all films are quite objectively of a very low standard and have the online ratings to prove it.
Frankly, but to a lesser extent, that’s an issue within pop music and in most other art forms. And, because of that, the people putting out material do their best to look busy. They incorporate weird instruments, write songs about strange philosophies, play lightning-speed solos.
But what if you don’t have to do that? What if your song is so pleasant-sounding and nicely crafted that you no longer have to make a horrible effort to get people to listen? That’s Danny Morrison’s luxury problem.
The way that the singer-songwriter solved it is by making “Still Mine” into a plain and earnest love song. After all, it’s that gorgeous Beatlesque arrangement and pretty-as-can-be melodies that do the heavy lifting here. When you’ve hit upon something so good, why work to complicate matters?
