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Blue Rose
(playing time 5:20)
After hearing Liz Wright on public radio, I do have to say she is amazing! What a skilled performer and writer. I see why Rick is drawn to her and this song. Wow, to hear Rick sing such a sensitive sounding song. I love it! I don't know how he can do this one without crying. It spews emotion.
This is not a song for Rick! It was originally done by a woman, so to me, it just doesn't "fit" him in some way. I just can't quite put my finger on it as to why. Although I think Rick did a great job vocally, this is definitely one of my least favorites. Now, the music itself, I do enjoy that part. The piano, combined with the acoustic guitar and that ocassional saxophone melody is what I enjoy most. Personally, I don't think the lyrics even do the song itself, justice.
Blue Rose is a song I would expect to hear in a small, quaint little cocktail lounge. Maybe GH could use it for one of their hot and steamy love scenes. I don't know, maybe it would more or less "belong" in one of these two places, but not on this CD.
It's funny how different two people can hear the same song. After reading other's reviews, I went back and reread the lyrics yet still, I find this a relaxing, calm song and one of my favorites on
TDAY. I too see it as innocence... but not in a depressing way (which is the way I personally think... which makes my perception of this song so much more surprising).
I see it like a refreshing beacon of light... the face of someone or something that is yet affected by what is bad around them. Like there's still something pure, innocent and good in the world. A world that is far from perfect... full of thorns, thistle, and tangled vines. Yet the Blue
Rose maintains its beauty despite being surrounded by vines... it still looks up and soaks in the sunlight, and reaches deep into the soil for nutrients to flourish and grow. Not everyone appreciates (or even sees) the beauty of the Blue Rose... but the travelers see and appreciate her, and to those who don't, she's a mystery that they may never fully understand. I felt that what Rick sees in children and animals is what I felt he saw in this song. It seems that dogs simply love their owner (in a general way of thinking)... and no matter what goes on in the world around them, they are happy and continue to love... no matter what.
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From the first listen this was one of my favorites on the CD. I'd never heard the original until long after I had listened to TDAY a bunch of times so it was just something in this song that attracted me. I think it may stem from the fact that one of my favorite flowers as a kid was the Morning Glory. I recall working hard to convince my mom to plant it and then trying to remember to run out in the morning to see the flowers.
But, back to the song, now having heard the original I truly wonder what Rick was attracted to in this song. In the original the woman's voice is almost artificially deep as she tries to stretch out the lyrics. And, particularly towards the end, it's like she is saying Glow-y not Glory. One more little pet peeve, the words Blue Rose do not appear in the song. Blue yes, rose no. So why this song is not titled Morning Glory baffles me. So after hearing the original I appreciate Rick's version much more his voice is much more fluid through the song and he added the element of saxophone to the song which gives it more depth and makes the melody a lot more interesting. As for the lyrics, they are pretty straight forward. I enjoy the song just listening to the song as a whole in particular the chorus. But examining the lyrics closer it's a pretty straight explanation of all the traits of a morning glory flower. It has no thorns, it grows on a vine like stem and stretches towards the sun, and the flower only blooms in the morning. I understand using analogy but this song never convinces me it is not just describing a flower. I suppose a woman could get lost in the vines of life and not be allowed to bloom but you'd have to be a pretty severe morning person to only be available in the morning and otherwise a mystery. The lyrics make me wonder, the original makes me shudder, but I can sit back and just enjoy listening to Rick's version. The first time I heard this song I didn't like it at all for about the first 10 seconds. I had that initial response that I wanted to skip it. Well, I'm glad I didn't because Blue Rose is one of my favorites on
TDAY. I love the metaphors in this song, and it is definitely a song that Rick could have written. This song makes me think about all the strong women out there who go unnoticed.
Her arms stretch wide To receive the light And her roots go deep into the black earth For strength and she blooms It's a lot like Rick's own writing style in that what you hear the first time is not the same thing you hear the second, third, fourth, etc. time you listen to a song (which is why I admire Rick's writing style so much). I don't recall the original version of this song, like I do so many others on TDAY, so maybe that's why I like this one so much. To me, it's an RS original, this one so much...to me it is an RS original. No thorn, no thistle, only an open face ... arms stretched wide to receive the light. This is an innocent who hasn't been hurt yet, but is destined to be crushed. :( Looking in a child's eyes, there's no hate, there's no lie, there's no struggle, there's no fight.
morning glory lost in a tangle of vines This one is doomed if left in the vines, she'll be choked out. If someone clears out the vines, she'll be torn out also. :(
she's just a closed mystery She's finally protected either by mother nature (sleep) (dead? once a flower has bloomed, that's pretty much it....) or by experience, she's no longer an open face, arms wide open. no longer innocent. She blooms while the people sleep This makes me wonder about the people he met in Vegas. This city moves at a different cycle, the people move about at night. (I remember the efx dancers telling us that they rehearsed AFTER the shows.) Instrumentation: the classical guitar part seems very lonely (beautiful, but lonely). The piano and the sax add to the melancholy.
I don't like the raspy voice. I like the song, it's interesting, and the music is pretty, but it's really depressing, and isn't a song I choose to listen to very often. This is my favorite song on this record. I love how Rick sings this song very deep and sexy. I could totally see him singing this in a
jazz club.
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