| Joan Osborne: Breakfast in Bed |
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Contributed By: Joanna Ester
Created On: Tuesday, 22 May 2007 Hits: 62  Breakfast in Bed “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination” was the initial single off the album to hit the radio waves. It has guitar play, as well as modest drum work and what sounds like a trumpet, which acts as an acknowledgement of Osborne’s arrival. Osborne’s voice resonates on the track, as she emotes lines like, “I really got to use my imagination. On “Ain’t No Sunshine,” Osborne covers the Bill Withers staple. She doctors it a bit, into lines such as, “Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone. It’s not warm when he’s away. Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone and he's always gone too long, anytime he goes away.” The song is a notice that Osborne is lost when her mate leaves her. Nothing matters to her, things like the weather don’t mean anything if he isn’t in her presence. There is organ work that enters into the song midway, and it gives it an even more poignant touch. Osborne gives listeners another classic with “Midnight Train to Georgia,” which was originally sung by Gladys Knight & The Pips. Osborne chants tender notes about a male who has made a decision about his life and is going on a journey to find his destiny, with lines like, “L.A. proved too much for the man. So he’s leavin’ the life that he’s come to know. He said he’s goin’ back to find, oh what’s left of his world. The world he left behind, not so long ago. He’s leavin’ on that midnight train to Georgia.” Osborne is accompanied by acoustic guitar work, as well as sporadic drum play. Joan Osborne’s Breakfast in Bed has Osborne toning it down a tad from her previous enterprises. Breakfast in Bed is a record filled to the brim with classics that fans of that musical era will eat up with a spoon. {mos_ri} Share this article to:        |
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