Golosio Love Song Took 10 Years To Reach Your Ears
Tim Mapp
Music: http://www.golosio.com/gomp3s/u_r_love_dare_128.mp3
Sitting in his car one summer day in 1999, songwriter John Scott G
composed "You Are Love." In the shade of some trees by the side of the
Ventura Freeway, G wrote about a love that was powerful and all-
encompassing. One year later, he recorded the demo. Nine more years
would pass before the song reached the public.
Canadian singer Paul Manchin's journey to the "You Are Love" song
began in 2002 on a film set in Ontario, Canada when he worked with the
12-year-old star of "Cold Creek Manor," Kristen Stewart. Getting to
know the Stewart family, Paul gave them some of his albums. Kristen's
mother was impressed and passed one to a neighbor of hers in the U.S.,
Matt Forger, who is known for engineering on many Michael Jackson
albums as well as for producing artists who have achieved hits on
multiple continents.
After hearing Paul's album, Matt contacted the singer and they began a
long series of discussions about recording together. Schedules,
studios, and songs were discussed and debated. "I kept thinking that
if we could find the right song to record, everything would fall into
place," Manchin stated.
But nothing ever worked out 2009 until G gave Forger his old demo of
"You Are Love," by this time represented by Golosio Publishing.
Suddenly, everything clicked. Matt liked it, Paul wanted to sing it,
and G thought it was "a great match of material, producer, and
performer."
Matt brought in Jon Mattox of the Young Dubliners and put a session
together at two Los Angeles studios. Paul flew in from Toronto while
instrumental tracks were recorded at Bright Orange Studios, and then
recorded the vocals at Anisound, where the song was mixed. There are
two versions of the song, the "Truth Mix" and the "Dare Mix." The
artist collective known as FookMovie created videos of the "Truth" and
"Dare" versions.
While the lyrics to "You Are Love" are sweet and tender, Paul's
interpretation of the song is intensely emotional, vibrant, and edgy.
"My idea is that this is about a man who is in love with someone but
at the same time cannot have that person," states Manchin. The
combination of worshipful lyrics and vocal fury takes the song to a
new level of emotional viability.
The videos for "You Are Love" were shot on locations in Hollywood and
Los Angeles. In addition to sequences in both studios, there are
scenes taken of Paul playing an electric guitar partly submerged in
G's swimming pool.
"You Are Love" by Paul Manchin, now available on iTunes http://bit.ly/4itHSg
is a recording that was literally ten years in the making.