Sound
What to listen for
- Smooth early seventies soul at a 90 BPM mid-tempo glide with wah rhythm guitar.
- Sweet male tenor with falsetto lifts and falsetto backing vocals.
- Lush strings, soft horns and vibraphone in a warm analog mix.
I'll Bring Your Containers Back
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Classic Soul sample
I'll Bring Your Containers Back
Classic Soul
An original example from a nephew to his Aunt Rosa, who invites anybody with nowhere to go for Thanksgiving: neighbors, college roommates, even the mailman one year. Her table started with no leaves and now has three extra leaves and a card table on the end. She makes two kinds of stuffing so nobody fights, sends everyone home with a plate in her good containers and asks for them back for months.
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The sound of this song
Smooth early seventies soul at a 90 BPM mid-tempo glide with wah rhythm guitar. Sweet male tenor with falsetto lifts and falsetto backing vocals. Lush strings, soft horns and vibraphone in a warm analog mix.
“An original example of a soul Thanksgiving song from a nephew to Aunt Rosa, who invites everyone with nowhere to go.”
Lyrics
Lyrics from I'll Bring Your Containers Back
Every Thanksgiving you open the door To anybody with nowhere to go The neighbors drift in from down the street My college roommates in a row One year you even waved in the mailman And sat him down to eat
I'll bring your containers back Every lid and every stack Thank you from the ones you fed, Aunt Rosa For the seat you saved where we sat
Your table started out with no leaves Just enough for a few Now there's three extra leaves pulled out And a card table hooked on too Every year it's reaching longer Like it's learning it from you
I'll bring your containers back Every lid and every stack Thank you from the ones you fed, Aunt Rosa For the seat you saved where we sat
Two kinds of stuffing on the stove So nobody starts a fight One with sausage, one without Everybody gets it right Then you pack us each a plate to take And tuck it in tight
I'll bring your containers back Every lid and every stack Thank you from the ones you fed, Aunt Rosa For the seat you saved where we sat
You'll ask me in December You'll ask me again in May I'm saying it for all of us, Aunt Rosa We love you, and we're here to stay
I'll bring your containers back Every lid and every stack Keep that card table on the end We're coming home to where we sat
I'll bring your containers back
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