Mon 26 Jun 2017
Michael Shonk — Music I’m Listening To: BETH HART “Tell Her You Belong to Me.”
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To[2] Comments
SELECTED BY MICHAEL SHONK:
One of the virtues of a great song is its ability to tell more than one story by just shifting the singer’s point of view. First, listen to the great Beth Hart sing her song “Tell Her You Belong to Me.”
How do you visualize the song? Who is the singer?
Now recently Beth Hart revealed whom she wrote the song about and for.
Notice how it shifts your opinion of the character who is telling the story of betrayal?
June 26th, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Michael, You’re right. Without video #2, I’d never have known what this song was really about. Thanks for sharing!
June 27th, 2017 at 11:53 am
This is why songwriters and for that matter writers of fiction rarely answer questions about meaning, The reader and listener play a role in the creation of the art. For me this song went from a sexy blues jazz song about a self entitled woman to a song that breaks your heart.