But the overall sense is of an experience which simply does not stop, is impatient with pauses, is relentless. The moments when the forward movement is interrupted - for pedestrians, for traffic signals which hold things up for a moment - provide some relief. It’s “just” a black-and-white film, not quite all in one take (although it feels like it), of a driver’s-eye view through the windshield of a car in almost non-stop traffic. Hey Mama Hey mama, its me Said you better wait child Said youve been a long time running Hey mama, answer me Baby boy you better sit down Cant listen. But pretty much anyone who’s tried (and tried hard) to succeed at one art form or another may see in it an interior dialogue, too: between the self-pitying voice that says, I may as well give up, and the loving but sterner one that says, Who are you trying to kid? You haven’t started working yet! The visuals which accompany the song seem to encourage a non-literal understanding of what it’s about. But his mother’s simply not having it:īetter start acting like this here’s a race…Īs I say, the literal interpretation works just fine. The guy feels sorry for himself, how hard he works, how little reward he’s gotten for it all, and so on.
“Hey Mama,” the single whose video I’ve featured here, can be interpreted literally - as a dialogue between a young man and his mother.
(It doesn’t hurt that the label behind them is the legendary Stax Records, described by Wikipedia as “a major factor in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music.”) Rateliff has performed with a backing band called the Night Sweats for an R&B side project he formed in 2013. But yeah: in the spirit of the music and the sense of the lyrics you’ll find plenty of soul. Nathaniel David Rateliff (born October 7, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter based in Denver, Colorado, whose influences are described as folk, Americana and vintage rhythm & blues. verse 1 Hey Mama, Its me Said you better wait child, said youve been a long time runnin Hey Mama, Answer me Baby Boy you better sit down, Cant listen. Listen online and get new recommendations. And the lead instrumental voices are those of rock, principally guitar, bass, and drums. Find Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Hey Mama lyrics and search for Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. Rateliff’s powerful voice won’t make you think Sam Cooke has been reincarnated.
#Hey mama lyrics nathaniel rateliff how to#
How to characterize their music…? The sound is country-ish, Americana-ish, sorta-kinda Southern rock, but the label which seems most often and most strikingly mentioned alongside the band’s name is soul. Suddenly they’re again on everyone’s radar - including mine, this time around - for the release of their second album, Tearing at the Seams. But that notion, apparently, makes sense only because I’d never paid attention to various email notifications I’d received about them in recent years. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).? I thought I’d never even heard of this band before this week. More from Tearing at the Seams Shoe Boot Be There A Little Honey Say It Louder Hey Mama Babe I Know Coolin Out Baby I Lost My Way, (But Im Going Home).
#Hey mama lyrics nathaniel rateliff code#
Get the embed code Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Tearing at the Seams (Deluxe Edition) Album Lyrics1.A Little Honey2.Babe I Know3.Baby I Lost My Way, (But I'm Going Home)4.Be There5.Coolin' Out6.Hey Mama7.I'll Be It Louder10.Shoe Boot11.Still Out There Running12.Tearing at the Seams13.You Worry MeNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Lyrics provided by
0 kommentar(er)
