God Will - Holly Cole

An artist that I must confess, I do not know much of past this song, but she has an amazing voice that always captivates me and lifts my spirits every time I need it. The song I have selected by her is titled 'God Will.' One that evokes the heart and soul to be wrenched back to a long lost love in your past.

It starts out with a piano, swinging with the melody playing on its keys for 8 bars. Repeating the same phrase, then calming down and entering into a call and response with Miss Holly Cole. The first verse after this continues and is joined by a walking bass underneath everything, do a nice job of keeping the beat.

After this it goes into the chorus, re-iterating the same lines twice. Quickly after, the piano goes into its own solo, ripping up the piece with a quick romp through the keys, enticing Holly to come back with the Bridge, which causes another call and response between her and the piano. After this, we are lead back to the chorus, with the bass becoming more apparent everyone vamping up to a crescendo, before Holly ends it on a high note, and the piano winds down with a mournful chord, slowly fading out.

To be honest, its not a terribly complicated blues piece, and one that does not require much thought, but has a power behind it that I find to be exhilarating, deriving its style out of sheer simplicity. There is something to be said for a song that can have so little, but mean so much.