Out of the album Older, Jesus To a Child was George Michaels first self-penned hit for almost four years and entered the UK Singles Chart straight to number-one, this month back in 1996. Even though few at the time knew the story behind it, the sincerity, and the will to somehow pass on something extraordinary and vanished, is palpable. It’s a heartfelt celebration of the effect love can have on a life, and it’s a songwriter consciously setting himself his hardest possible task, and achieving it. It also sounds so beautiful. The song is very long for a #1 hit, but the slow bossanova rhythms winding through it make it inviting, even beguiling, where more hymnal, stately chart-toppers are suffocating. The synth banks and high flutes could easily have sounded marbled and cold, but the rhythms divert that: this is the sound of something waking, allowing itself to feel again. So when he reaches the crux of this remarkable song – “the love we would have made, I’ll make it for two” – you believe him. George Michael at his very best.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:56:49 +0000
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