Only Love by Ben Howard
Ohhhhh, I love this video below on so many levels. You'll see why. Today, I'm featuring Ben Howard's, 'Only Love.' He's from London and is a singer/songwriter/surfer. That's right, a surfer too.
And in an interview, he talked about music and that real side of it all, "I'm talking about a 'heart and soul' side. And that's where 'real' music takes over...people who care about what they're singing about." His guitar playing has been described as "delicate and intimate," while also "bold and endearing." Kind of like how life can be, ay?
Anyway, this song, "Only Love," is simple in verse and chord progression and I so appreciate it. He speaks to simplicity with the idea of love. As complex and challenging as life can get, sometimes, all we need is shelter and heart and love to give us strength so we can endure.
"Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart..."
I love the raw human emotion shared in this video. His smile/joy when he sees what's transpiring before him. The silence of the crowd as they listen whole-heartedly. It made me want to be in that time/space...the glow of it all. And who knows what happened before or after, but at least for five minutes, there was a feel that was captured and shared among a number of people...only love;)
Enjoy. And simply enjoy love in whatever way it moves you this week.
And in an interview, he talked about music and that real side of it all, "I'm talking about a 'heart and soul' side. And that's where 'real' music takes over...people who care about what they're singing about." His guitar playing has been described as "delicate and intimate," while also "bold and endearing." Kind of like how life can be, ay?
Anyway, this song, "Only Love," is simple in verse and chord progression and I so appreciate it. He speaks to simplicity with the idea of love. As complex and challenging as life can get, sometimes, all we need is shelter and heart and love to give us strength so we can endure.
"Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart..."
I love the raw human emotion shared in this video. His smile/joy when he sees what's transpiring before him. The silence of the crowd as they listen whole-heartedly. It made me want to be in that time/space...the glow of it all. And who knows what happened before or after, but at least for five minutes, there was a feel that was captured and shared among a number of people...only love;)
Enjoy. And simply enjoy love in whatever way it moves you this week.
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