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#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

Released Thursday, 13th August 2020
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#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

#9 - The Makings of You / Curtis Mayfield

Thursday, 13th August 2020
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Since I first started listening to pop music, I've wondered about what's really going on in songs about love. Something seems to haunt expressions of romantic affection or loss, something that often seems to go beyond the strict meaning of the words. How can we explain the power of apparently simple songs about heartbreak and devotion? This episode looks into the history of American popular song to seek an answer to the question of meaning in songs about love, and to wonder what a classic love song - Curtis Mayfield's 'The Makings of You' - might be saying to us, if we could take into account the reverberations that echo from its musical histories.

All the songs discussed in this episode, including the original recording of 'The Makings of You' can be heard here. The version of 'Steal Away' heard in the episode is based on a performance by McHenry Boatwright, which isn’t on Spotify but can be found - at the time of publication - on YouTube.

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