Anyone who knows me will know, despite my geek lifestyle, I am also a soul and funk nut. I’m pretty sure a lot of geeks like this sort of music, but it’s not usually attached to the geek brand I guess.
I watched “In pursuit of happiness” over the weekend, which I thought was a fantastic film, especially as it was based on a true story, you really wanted something to go right for this guy and Will Smith pulled off the serious roll perfectly, hopefully, long gone are the typical black quips like “I’ve gotta get me one of these” that he is now known (and sometimes hated) for.
Something that really made goose bumps stand up was the soundtrack, 2 songs from Stevie Wonder’s album “Innervisions” (there may have been more actually), which were “Jesus children of America” and “Higher ground” (also covered and, may I add, killed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers), both were used at a point in the film when they should be used and it worked, very very well, it’s the pain in Stevie’s voice.
Now if anyone hasn’t had the opportunity to listen to this masterpiece, I’d recommend it, it’s a grower, you listen once and think “what?”, then after a while it becomes clear what has happened and it’s something beautiful. I’m not going to go on about how he plays pretty much all of the instruments because we all know that, it’s the songs, they blend into each other and take you on a journey. Just have a listen, even if soul isn’t your bag.
