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Kirk chose the song Karen Carpenter made famous, Merry Christmas, Darling, so we feature his sweet and precise, high trombone floating over us all. The rich Irish Wexford Carol is worthy of Clarion's horn quartet, with just a little help from their friends. Larry has a trumpet sound as big as Santa's workshop, so letting him soar on the big ballad, Have Yourself a Larry Little Christmas, is a slam-dunk. What Child Is This?, on the Greensleeves tune, has been sung for half a millennium, so doing something new with it means quoting some more Renaissance music, opening it up for jazz improvisation, and turning Andy loose with his flugelhorn. So we get in touch with our wild side and play it fast and close to the edge.Īt Clarion's concerts, we have been featuring the talented soloists and sections from within the group, which is everybody, and some of those are represented here. The lyrics are about going out in the snow to race sleighs and pick up girls. Since Jingle Bells is the best-known winter song in America, taking liberties with the tune might be welcome. Williams' film scores have certainly kept brass players busy and earned their love, so this selection is written as a tribute to his beefy writing. Reindeer Games is really Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman as they would sound if they had been orchestrated by John Williams for an action adventure movie. People should be able to ho-ho-ho at Christmas, shouldn't they?Some explanations may be in order, beginning with the title track. So we rethink all of these carols and songs in a way which renders them unique to Clarion - sometimes serious and gorgeous, sometimes. It is fun to find and highlight the underlying character, or at least some characteristic, in each one of these songs which resonates with brass and percussion overtones. You can listen to "Drowning Shadows" in the embed above.In The Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition buy CD music Clarion's wildly varied body of music comes with the attitude that as much as we love holiday music and its traditions, they don't have to be the same every time we hear them. There's definitely a sadness to "Drowning Shadows," but Smith has a way a reassuring us we'll get through it. Loneliness and isolation are the center of this track. "Give in to someone or lock down my door? / Or drown all my shadows, drown them like before? / I'm drowning shadows once more." While this song didn't make the original release of In the Lonely Hour, contextually, it fits right in. "Go home to nothing or stay out for more?" he asks.
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However, it's the chorus where Smith truly hits his stride. He hones in on the feeling of pressure to conform, of acting or feeling a certain way, singing, "Am I wrong to give in to the pressure? / Cause I feel like the city's got the better of me / Oh, this casual love isn't what it seems / And I try to imagine something closer / And somebody who is good for me / I'm so tired of all this searching / Do I, do I, do I, do I." This restlessness is definitely familiar, but Smith's voice adds an extra layer of poignancy. While not everyone will relate to Smith's story specifically, we all face bouts of loneliness and doubt, and that's where this song really resonates with its listeners. In typical Sam Smith style, the lyrics cut close, sparing no emotion as they explore inner struggles. The lyric is, 'Do I go home for nothing or stay out for more?'" I was in such a lonely, sad place when I was writing this album that sometimes, I'd literally have to choose. Smith spoke about the inspiration of the song to Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show, explaining (via Rolling Stone), "One road would lead to gay clubs I used to go out to, and the other road would go home. While he's gearing up for a break, we can enjoy "Drowning Shadows" - a new song that appears on the deluxe edition of In the Lonely Hour. The Spectre theme song is great in the context of James Bond - but is also exciting for Smith's fans, who are anxious for any music from the singer. Ever since its glorious debut in September, Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall" has been in high rotation for many.