#49 - Kissed By An Angel

Artist: David Bryan
Album: On A Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse
Other Versions: None
Era: N/A

At first, I wasn't going to write about any of David's instrumental stuff. It's a lot more challenging, and I'm not realy even sure how much into the classical piano work most Bon Jovi fans are. But it wouldn't be fair to David to discount his solo work just because he doesn't sing, especially since I always planned to include Richie's instrumental stuff. So bear with me as I try to get the hang of discussing music sans lyrics - I'll be a pro by the time I'm through Full Moon and Eclipse.

The beginning of this one always reminds me of "Here Comes the Sun". It's very light and airy, just a few simple notes from the high end of the spectrum being plinked out. Those few simple high notes wind their way through the whole song, they're almost always there alongside whatever else David's playing.

I have a hard time listening to music when I'm trying to sleep - I have this thing about wanting to really get into it, and then I wind up not sleeping because I'm focusing on the song. That's part of why I do this blog - I naturally analyze music when I listen to it, and needed an outlet. But this one always makes me feel extremely relaxed, and I could probably sleep to it if I ever felt so inclined. It's not boring, but it's soothing.

One of my favorite parts of this song is right around the middle. He's been playing with some depth, moved on from just those high notes, but in this one he's constantly climbing his way back up to the higher end. This time, he gets back up there and just stops. It goes silent and pulls all your attention back into the song - why did it stop? is it over? - and then he starts back in, back at the lower notes.

This song reminds me of the feather in the beginning of Forrest Gump - lazily adrift. Up in the air, but not through any effort. Sometimes it sinks but it always finds its way back upward, soaring along. Light and airy and just through its very existence it is achieving something but not with any apparent effort. This song is light and plinky and just kind of soars and drifts along until it reaches its destination, and affects me in much the same way that Gump feather is meant to affect you.

My Rating: 8/10

By the way, the anonymous commenter in the last post had a very good idea: link the lyrics to each song I review. That's something I wish I'd thought of myself. Starting with the next song I do I'll include a link after the heading info, before I actually write about the song, so you can go check them out. And over the next few days I'll probably go back and add lyric links to old posts.