Single - 1. Sentimental Lady.
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| "Sentimental Lady" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Bob Welch | ||
| from the album 'Bare Trees and French Kiss | ||
| Released | October 1977 | |
| Recorded | Originally 1972, 1977 (solo) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:58 (Originally 4:34) | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Writer(s) | Bob Welch | |
Sentimental Lady is a song written by Bob Welch. The song was originally recorded for Fleetwood Mac's 1972 album Bare Trees but was re-recorded by Welch on his debut solo album, French Kiss in 1977.[1][2] It is a romantic song, originally written for Welch's first wife.
[edit] History and release
The song was originally written by Welch at the former Gorham Hotel on 55th Street in New York City.[2]
The song became a hit for Welch when he recorded it on his first solo album in 1977. It was the first track on his album, French Kiss and the album was released on November 18, 1977. The single was released a month earlier in October 1977 and reached #8 in the U.S. charts. The single remained in the Billboard Top 20 for months and on December 22, 1977 was #18 for Christmas that year.[3]
The re-recording of the song featured Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac as backing singers[2]but unlike the original which had 2 verses, Welch's solo version only had 1 verse to cut it down to less than 3 minutes for the radio. Mick Fleetwood was only invited to play the drums for this song on Welch's 1977 album. The original 1972 recording had been 4 minutes 34 seconds but was cut down to 2 minutes 58.[1][2]
[edit] Lyrical composition
The original placeholder/dummy lyrics for the chorus before the full lyrics were wrtten was, "my legs are sticks and my feet are stones."[2] The song has a notable introduction with a musical box.
According to Welch, "The lyric was probably referencing my first wife (at the time) Nancy.[2] In the song Welch personifies the love of his life as a "sentimental, gentle wind" which he perceives as "blowing through my life again."[4]
In the original song, Welch includes the lyrics which are repeated several times in the chorus, "And all of the things that I said that I wanted come rushing by in my head when I'm with you, 14 joys and a will to be merry."[5] In the 1977 recording of the song Welch makes no reference to this but retains the references to the "sentimental blowing wind".[4]
Donald Brackett, in his 2007 book, Fleetwood Mac, 40 Years of Creative Chaos has discussed Welch's poetic romantic lyrics in Sentimental Lady and writing and performing style. He describes the featuring of the song on the 1972 album Bare Trees as the best example of the group's move towards a new, softer and highly commercial style in the early 1970s and describes the essence of the lyrics and nature of the song as "almost too gentle" but describes his voice as like "crushed velvet", in that he believes his voice was simultaneously gentle and threatening in tone, a symbolic balance between the emotions of hope and despair.[6] He later says of Welch's song writing, "Welch had the unique ability to encapsulate in a single song the travails of personal intimacy as well as the larger social picture in which we all lived".[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Bare Trees". Last FM. http://www.last.fm/music/Fleetwood+Mac/Bare+Trees. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sentimental Lady (2:58)". Last FM. http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Welch/_/Sentimental+Lady. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ Billboard. Vol. 90, No. 1. January 1978. pp. 67. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=Sentimental+Lady+1977#v=onepage&q=Sentimental%20Lady%201977&f=false.
- ^ a b "Sentimental Lady". Buckingham Nicks.net. http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/lb/guest/sentimentallady.html. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ "Sentimental Lady. Written by Bob Welch.". The Penguin Lyrics Archive. http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/lyrics/s/sentimentallady.htm. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
- ^ a b Brackett, Donald (2007). Fleetwood Mac: 40 Years of Creative Chaos. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 90. ISBN 0275993388, 9780275993382. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=loCGso06VjsC&pg=PA90&dq=Sentimental+Lady+welch#v=onepage&q=Sentimental%20Lady%20welch&f=false.
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