“One Fine Wire” is a song about those coming of age thoughts we all have, our struggles to find ourselves and our balance in the complicated adult world, or, even after we are adults and lose our balance or fight to juggle the demands of… everything. With a lively effervescent chorus this is happy-despite-life’s-woes song. “Bubbly”, the song that got Caillat noticed, is a perfect, gladsome, engaging love song that absolutely captures the feeling that women get when happily in love. It’s simple backing music of acoustic and electric guitar, some synth, bass and drum, accomplices the light-hearted lyrics “You've got me feelin' like a child now/ 'Cause every time I see your bubbly face/ I get the tingles in a silly place”. And the chorus of “They start in my toes/ And I crinkle my nose/ Wherever it goes/ I always know/ That you make me smile/ Please stay for a while now”…
Other tracks that make my heart feel light and merry are “Feelings Show”, “Realise”, “Tailor Made” and “Tied Down”. And my personal favourite track, “Magic”, has a more sensual, lustful feel to it with decidedly big-girl lyrics:
“You've got magic inside your finger tips
It’s leaking out all over my skin
Every time that I get close to you
You’re makin’ me weak with the way you
Look through those eyesAnd all I see is your face
All I need is your touch
Wake me up with your lips
Come at me from up above
Yeaaaa, oh I need you”
Caillat has managed to capture the essences of being female and in love. Caillat knows — when some do not — that when a woman of any age is under the influence of that first blush of love she is a mischievous little girl, a giggly, flirty teenager, and grown lustful woman all at the same time. With Coco Colbie Caillat expresses all of these feelings with winsome, congenial, and folksy songs. I would like to dedicate this review to the man who reminded me of Caillat’s music and inspired me to write this review, as he also inspires me to giggle girlishly, blush sweetly and lust with my grown-up heart.
If you would like to hear Coco you can visit Colbie Caillat’s MySpace page, or her own website where you can see the video for “Bubbly”.
Article comments
1 - Kath
You want singer/songwriters that capture that giddy feeling of being in love or having a crush? Try Amy Rigby ("Backpack", "All the Way to Heaven"), or Kirsty Maccoll ("Head"). They "capture the essences of being female and in love" without what is, in my opinion, overly sweet singing and moon-June-spoon rhyming.
Sorry, I'm just missing what all the fuss is about, I guess...
2 - Kath
Correction: The song by Amy Rigby is called "Knapsack", NOT "Backpack." (Oh, and another song recommendation by the same artist -- "Time For Me to Come Down.")