S O N G N O T E S
SLEEPING PILLS & LULLABIES
(2013)
Some personal musings by Jonathan Edwards
on the songs from the first Luna Rossa album...
(2013)
Some personal musings by Jonathan Edwards
on the songs from the first Luna Rossa album...
THE DARK ROOM
"Sometimes, when looking at photographs, you can catch a glimpse of an alternate reality.
They have a ‘what if…’ quality to them.
We see those younger, more hopeful faces frozen on paper…
They look like us, but seem so far away from the people we’ve become that we hardly know them anymore.”
They have a ‘what if…’ quality to them.
We see those younger, more hopeful faces frozen on paper…
They look like us, but seem so far away from the people we’ve become that we hardly know them anymore.”
MAD ABOUT YOU
“A joyful & carefree song about the first flush of love - the flirtation, the chase, and the wonder.
A musing on fantasy and reality.
With a hint of John Martyn about it, this track has an exuberant 'swing' thanks to the amazing Andy 'Was' Coughlan on double bass."
A musing on fantasy and reality.
With a hint of John Martyn about it, this track has an exuberant 'swing' thanks to the amazing Andy 'Was' Coughlan on double bass."
THE BOOK OF LOVE
“A song written by the marvellous Stephin Merritt, from the Magnetic Field’s ’69 Love Songs’ triple album.
This was a joy to arrange and record - such a gorgeous song, it urges you to sing along with it.
Then when Peter Grabriel released ‘Scratch My Back’ with his own version of this song included, we were So glad that we’d decided not to do a string arrangement!”
This was a joy to arrange and record - such a gorgeous song, it urges you to sing along with it.
Then when Peter Grabriel released ‘Scratch My Back’ with his own version of this song included, we were So glad that we’d decided not to do a string arrangement!”
SCREAM AT THE SKY
“Another song from the dark room… about one of those times when you find yourself in tears and you don’t know why.
When you realise that the Beatles were wrong… sometimes love isn’t all you need.
Musically we were thinking of the beautiful arrangements on some of Nick Drake’s songs when we wrote the cello and piano lines.”
When you realise that the Beatles were wrong… sometimes love isn’t all you need.
Musically we were thinking of the beautiful arrangements on some of Nick Drake’s songs when we wrote the cello and piano lines.”
LEAVING FOR THE LAST TIME
“This was a last minute addition to the album…improvised around a basic chord structure and recorded in one take.
We were really pleased with how it turned out, which is just as well, as I don’t think either of us could have captured the same spirit again;
a magical moment!
The title came after the piece was recorded.
The music has a melancholy mixture of beauty and sadness to it… and it made us think of the feeling you get when you’re leaving somewhere you’ve loved, knowing that you’ll never return… that mixture of not wanting to leave, yet knowing that you have to.”
We were really pleased with how it turned out, which is just as well, as I don’t think either of us could have captured the same spirit again;
a magical moment!
The title came after the piece was recorded.
The music has a melancholy mixture of beauty and sadness to it… and it made us think of the feeling you get when you’re leaving somewhere you’ve loved, knowing that you’ll never return… that mixture of not wanting to leave, yet knowing that you have to.”
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
“This string arrangement was great fun to write ,and the quartet really enjoyed playing it, which you can hear in their performance -
we naively thought it might be ‘challenging’ for them, but they nailed it without a problem!
Tim (Hamill) then programmed up a cool rhythm track for us, which always makes me think of the opening credits of “Run, Lola, Run”
we naively thought it might be ‘challenging’ for them, but they nailed it without a problem!
Tim (Hamill) then programmed up a cool rhythm track for us, which always makes me think of the opening credits of “Run, Lola, Run”
LA CLEF
“A song about new beginnings… with old loves…
Written in English, but translated into French by Anne-Marie.
Because sometimes, only the language d’amour will do! “
Written in English, but translated into French by Anne-Marie.
Because sometimes, only the language d’amour will do! “
CLOUD
"Recorded very late in the studio sessions - a very raw and naked song that was very moving to hear for the first time...
It came together really quickly... this is just the 2nd take and sounds sublime."
It came together really quickly... this is just the 2nd take and sounds sublime."
