5th Blog Post

Nat King Cole – Nature Boy (1971, Vinyl) - Discogs

5th Blog Post 

Song Chosen: Nature Boy by Nat King Cole

This song surprised me because I listen to a cover of this song regularly. AURORA covers this song, and I've loved it for awhile, and I know all the lyrics as well. I can see why she chose to cover this song, it is absolutely enchanting. Upon researching the song, I also found that David Bowie also covered this song for a movie. This song has obviously made a large impact on pop culture.

The background music resembles that of an old Disney song, with the soft flute and piano. It provokes a feeling of nostalgia for me. Even the lyrics are so magical, talking about an enchanted boy, a boy who has a lot of wisdom to share. He shares "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" which I think is such a lovely piece of of advice.

I absolutely love Nat King Cole's voice, he has such subtle and beautiful vibrato, along with passion and zest in his voice. To sing softly like this takes a lot of talent, it's much easier to sing loud in my experience. His voice fits this piece ridiculously well. At 1:40, the decrescendo of his voice and the music, leading into such a magical harp right before the instrumental bridge is by far my favorite part.


Comments

  1. Joseph TongamoaOctober 11, 2021 at 4:54 PM

    Awesome song choice I've also chose this song and I could relate too you on how you feel about this song. I agree with you that the song is like talking about a story tale.

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  2. Mckenna BundyOctober 12, 2021 at 3:53 PM

    This was a great review for this song. I didn't realize so many artists have covered this song. I love David Bowie, so I will have to listen to his cover. I also like his voice, and I think it adds a lot to the song. I love this review and think it was a great song.

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  3. Jackson AOctober 13, 2021 at 7:27 AM

    Great post! I really loved how you brought up the instrumental. I think its too common that people forget how important the instrumental side of the song is. It can really serve to emphasize the lyrics of a song far beyond what the lyrics would be able to do themselves. Without the instrumental arrangements it would just be some dude speakin words.

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