A few people have accused me of only listening to one type of music--dance music. That's an extremely false accusation. I listen to all different kinds of tunes on a daily basis. Just today I've listened to the Walkmen, LCD, The National, Hussle Club, Bowie, BRMC, The Horrors, Syl Johnson, Foals, and The Golden Filter. There's no method to my madness! I love it all. If you pigeon-hole yourself to only listening to one type of music, you're making a mistake in life. You're also dumb, ugly, and empty inside. God gave us all these different music genres so they could be heard and enjoyed. The least you could do is have an open mind and explore the wonderful gift that is music. Although I'm not an expert in the genre, I do indeed like cutting a rug to some good soul music. As of late, there's been somewhat of a trend of white guys getting on the soul train and taking it for a ride. Mayer Hawthrone, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, and Los Angeles-based Fitz and the Tantrums are just 3 examples of why white guys singing soul music is kinda the new black. Though only time will tell where the above mentioned fall in soul's history, on "Pickin' Up the Pieces," Fitz and the Tantrums do it real and perfectly. Soul music comes from the soul and hits you in the soul. With lyrics like "I am oh so tired of loneliness/But the world don’t change" and "But i’m inclined to tell you somethin’/you never show me how you cared for me," this holds very true. I feel like my soul is getting stung by a punch from Ali while I'm simultaneously floating like a butterfly from such a grooving rhythm that the Tantrums provide. To top off it off, "Pickin' Up the Pieces" has dueling vocals. Dueling vocals always get me, but guy/girl dueling vocals are the best. On the second verse, backup vocalist Nicole Scaggs almost outshines Fitz on what is one hell of a track.
Download Now: "Pickin' Up the Pieces"-Fitz and the Tantrums
Editor's Note: You're not dumb and ugly.
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