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Alicia Keys Unplugged
Posted by funky monkey
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Image via WikipediaThis is a very special recording. You see, Alicia Keys and her team had been on the road 2 years doing these grand shows with loud music and blaring lights with massive audiences. As her tour started to close, she started to feel like she wanted to go back to her roots and do some kind of recording that was raw, stripped down, intimate, and organic. Back to the days where she would play in clubs with a broken down piano and small audience. She wanted to recreate that environment.
So she teamed up with MTV to come up with "Alicia Keys Unplugged" and just watching it gave a new meaning to the word "simple yet profound". What amazes me and what I think I can relate to is how much effort they went into rehearsing, stage design etc to actually create a feel that was organic and intimate yet still polished and professional. Just because something was simple does not mean that it is "plain".
As for the music, it was marvelous! There were moments that I just sat there and closed my eyes and let the soothing melodies lull me slowly into an oblivion. There are very few artists and recordings that you can simply turn on and watch or listen to that can create a sense of rapture and just for a few precious moments, whisk you away from the routine of your daily life and bring you into a whole other world.....
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