Maxwell - This Woman's Work
Maxwell is a 41 year old singer, song-writer, producer and actor whom was born in Brooklyn, New York. Maxwell was not serious about music until he reached the age of 17.
This is a remake of Kate Bush's song, This Woman's Work, which was featured in a movie titled 'She's Having a Baby' in 1988. The remake that Maxwell did charted at 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop songs chart. This song has many voices from the piano, guitar and backup vocals. In a few parts of the song, you can hear Maxwell's pitch change from high to low. For example, you can hear the voice change at 2:43 to 2:50 and then from 2:58 to 3:10.
I absolutely fell in love with this song from the first time I heard it back in 2001. The melody is beautiful and his voice has so much power that I can feel his pain. This song expresses the pain and anger from unexpected events that may involved the one you love so dear. In this video, it shows how Maxwell is grieving the loss of his love and how hard it is to cope and move forward. I believe the change in pitch from his voice ranging from high to low expresses hurt then to anger. Overall, this is one of my favorite songs.
I like how he let people know sometime do not just look on the bad view but look at the good thing about that person.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! I love this song by him. I especially love it in the movie "Love and Basketball".
ReplyDeleteI love this song! I'm surprised that it only made it to 58th on the Billboard. The first time I heard this song I thought it was a woman singing because he reached such high notes...amazing voice for sure.
ReplyDeletewow! i am impressed with the way his voice changes in the falsetto... truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteGreat song!! I love his voice. The vocals are so strong and the piano in the background appeal to the senses. I can really feel his emotions.
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