From an abandoned church on Eleuthera
SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: Love That's Here to Stay
SUNDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Love That’s Here to Stay”
—This song came to me as I was taking a break from a cruise ship gig, disembarking on the Caribbean Island of Eleuthera. I ventured away from the tourist-y area to walk on a long, quiet highway. Then I came across an abandoned church, now a hurricane-blasted shell. There was something calmly defiant and timeless about that setting, and that informed this song.
The title refracts on the George & Ira Gershwin song, "Love is Here to Stay." From there my lyrics draw from public conversations I overheard about how some people rose above their problems + a C.S. Lewis essay ("...evil cannot stand alone in the blaze of a glorious light”).
The music is a flamenco-glam rock groove built on a re-working of the bass line from "The Model" by Kraftwerk. On a cosmic jukebox, this song would playlist between T. Rex, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, and tango legend Carlos Gardel.
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