Re: Asking Around For You
Hi wordguy, I played my Best of Leon CD last night and I can see what you are saying, great lyrics also on Song For You. Since you know Grey's Anatomy, I thought "Miss You, Hate You" was the perfect song for Meredith and Dr. McDreamy, who is so steamy and that's why I watch that soapy show to begin with...Anyway, I wrote to them about it and I never heard back. It annoys me when people don't listen to my sound advice...LOL shortly there after, they started selling the music played on the show and I read they actually contracted someone to write songs for the show. Hopefully, management and/or PR are working on getting "Asking Around For You" to be a movie soundtrack, played on a TV show, etc.
Melissa-Thanks for pasting in the lyrics, they are beautiful! I'm sorry that Father's Day is tough for you. Neither of us have traveled down that sorrowful road yet, so it's hard for me to even imagine the emotions there. I hope it's a manageable day for you and filled with great memoiries of your dad. It must help that you have a wonderful dad for your children to keep the circle of life going. Maybe you know the scoop on Asking Around and what part Joe did, wrote the music to the lyrics, worked together on both?
And now that we have all professed our love for this song and Joe's music, what are we going to do about it, besides enjoy it?? It's payback time- whose got the skinny on how to get Joe nominated for a Grammy (song, album), a W.C.Handy Award, etc. etc. Is a Grammy political and better odds if you are behind a big record company??? Who does the nominating; a board, listener input, record sales???
As a reference point, I have 2 winner CD's right next to me. Keb'Mo' & Clapton w/B.B.
Keb'Mo' -Just Like You-Grammy-Best Contemporary Blues Album - I think 1996
Keb'Mo' also got a W.C. Handy in 1995 for Country/Acoustic Blues Album of the Year
So at least we know there is a Blues album Grammy award! Maybe one of you internet whizzes can do a little research on this.
Eric Clapton/B.B. King-Riding With The King- 2001 W.C.Handy Award-Contemporary Album Of The Year
The quality of "You and Me" more than meets the mark!!
I was talking more about the song itself, Leon's version specifically. The tempo, rhythm and "Singin' a song for you"/"Asking around for you" thing. But I agree, AAFY would be a great song for either of those shows.
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