Baby, when you love me, I feel Home sweet home inside of yours sublime This Garden's sure to grow you know Our love is just like Summertime Parrots eye the fruit & we make love Between the harpsichords & lutes? Our greenlimbs intertwine, you know Our love is just like Summertime Our souls collide We slip & slide We feel no pain & with our lives locked together We weather the Wind & Rain We grow the Farm We're safe from Harm Inside this Circle of Summertime Both of us know is our Love Lovers from the Past with poison smiles All pray our love will never last But we are Trees not Vines, you know Our love is just like Summertime As the song begins these shipwrecks fade Behind a wave of violins; Vivaldi made us rhyme, you know Our love is just like Summertime
I was very much into him before I met the man that would become my husband & lifemate. Lucky for me that man had also already found this music. His music was a soundtrack to our 1st few years as couple & when I re-listened in preparing this post, I felt that his music had become timeless, even if it brings me back to the late 1970s/early 1980s. Michael Franks is pigeonholed into the smooth jazz genre, but I am not sure that fits. I think of him more as Singer/Songwriter with a jazzy edge with a big nod to Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Over the long meandering journey of 35 years & 18 albums, Michael Franks has mesmerized & seduced me. Seamlessly weaving lyrics of stunning sensuality, satire, shadow, & sophisticated style over music that tastefully incorporates shadings of jazz, soul, pop, chamber & world music, Michael Franks the songwriter is simply a statesman of song craft. His best known works include Popsicle Toes, When the Cookie Jar is Empty,Tiger in the Rain, RainyNight in Tokyo & Tell Me All About It. His work has been covered by artists from Diana Krall & Natalie Cole to Manhattan Transfer & The Carpenters). As if that weren't enough, Michael Franks the singer is gifted with a gentle, deliciously expressive voice identifiable from the 1st note. As a singer, I have been influenced by the economy of his singing. He was a huge influence on me when I was singing jazz & standards.
Michael Franks is also very much "my type" ( & I don't just mean male & still breathing), I find him very attractive.I love a rainy day at Post Apocalyptic Bohemia, with a glass of whiskey & Michael Franks on the sound system. I can get lost in his exotic, intoxicating world.
