Where’s The Music Gone?

Sometimes you don’t really need to say anything when a song can say it for you. Music by the lovely Leela James sums up my feelings about a lot of things going on in the music industry that I don’t like. Listen here and you can read the lyrics after the jump.

Music by Leela James

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Lyrics

Somebody play on the guitar strings
Makes me think of my favorite songs
Reminds me of when I heard Aretha sing
Gladys, Tina, and Chaka Khan
Can’t go back to yesterday
But can we just put the thongs away?

And fall back in love with music
Nothin’ but the music, oh
Everybody knows that Marvin’s gone
Still I gotta tell you what’s going on
Said the music gone

Where’d all the soul go?
It’s all about the video
We don’t sing no mo’
Where’s the music gone?

Where’d the music go?
It’s all just for the dough
It ain’t songs no mo’
Where’s the music gone?

Still hear Donny playin’ them keys
Singin’ one day we’ll all be free
I can’t even turn on my radio
Somebody hollerin’ ’bout a bitch or a hoe

Right now I’m missing music
Back porch, down-home music

Where’d all the soul go?
It’s all about the video
We don’t sing no mo’
Where’s the music gone?

Where’d the music go?
It’s all just for the dough
It ain’t songs no mo’
Where’s the music gone?

Original photo courtesy of Flickr.