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Originally Posted by michelej1
They do, particularly SYLM and OMH for me. It's like there's a certain restrained emotion. I don't get all verklempt over Songbird, but there's a certain depth underlying even her hooky songs that pulls at me.
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SYLM always excites me. The backing track is catchy and well-executed, but it's her voice, the pure joy of that low alto, and then the way the three voices mix in the chorus. I can hear that song 100x in a row and never get tired of it.
I enjoy "Songbird" as an earthy, direct address, a kind of homely and naked appeal to a lover whose beloved has seen her in the morning without makeup and still loves her for her unaffected beauty. But I do NOT consider the song an intense tear-jerker. "Why" and "Oh Daddy" are the weepers.