Come On, Let's Go by Hop on Pop
A courtship in 3 parts — this one is all about the song. I just love the melody. And I think that the chord changes are some of the prettiest that I’ve ever come up with. I know that this is also a particular favorite of Dave. When I played the recording for my wife for the first time, when she first heard Jan’s and Gabby’s viola, I saw her eyes get big and she sat up in her chair. By the way, Jan Hammer is not that Jan Hammer.
Recorded and mixed by: Noah Samuels; assisted by Brandon Koumos;
Auset’s and Brad’s parts recorded by Brad Sarno
Produced by: David Kling, Noah Samuels, and Todd Leiter-Weintraub
Todd: Acoustic guitar and vocals; David: Piano; Jan Hammer and Gabrielle Allen: Viola; Auset Sarno: Backing vocals; Brad Sarno: Steel guitar
©2009 Todd Leiter-Weintraub
Featured Review
Such a beautifully delicate melody so utterly wistfully carrying the emotion drenched delivery of some heart string plucking lyrics. There's a gentle genius akin to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here in the simple piano chords defining the beat, I've listened twice and now am wondering if there are even drums at all. There are, very softly following the piano. I like the poetry grabbing me so regular, it was Tuesday, it was late, but not to late to play the flute or play the hand of fate, oh yeah!
Its abrupt ending took me by surprise, I thought no! not yet, but that was that, but now I love it and want it just that way, it makes sense.
There's nothing stellar about the performance aside from its super subdued mood and feeling utterly in control in the zone where what is done is precisely optimum. Take the sweet, soulful steel guitar counterpointing dangling piano arpeggios and sprinkled staccato strings, and semi-distant backing vocals, whoever is responsible for these qualities deserves serious credit.
This is one of those songs that is intimidatingly good in a likable way. You may have a hundred or a thousand other songs all superior in one aspect or another before you hit upon one as charismatic as this one, so I wish you luck on the next one, and thank you.
