One of the highlights of Blue Afternoon, "Blue Melody" contains one of Tom Buckley's more intoxicating melodies. Filled with a combination of minor seventh and major seventh chords and a beguiling Brazilian tempo, it moves like some of Antonio Carlos Jobim's work of the early '60s. Lyrically, the song is intriguing as well, and Buckley uses the parable of a blues melody to illustrate his life as well as the conflict that he faced as a recording artist and performer. An automatic and welcome addition to Rhino's excellent 2001 anthology Morning Glory.
(by Matthew Greenwald, allmusic.com) |