What burns and glows without flame?
What lives and grows without rain?
What brings a smile that lasts for a little while
That makes me cry without shame?
How can you please me then torture
And tease me and do it in the name of love?
Don’t you know how to be nice?
You’d leave me without thinking twice
Your wall has an oven when you want a little lovin'
And you go from fire to ice
How can you please me then torture
And tease me and do it in the name of love?
I’m comin', I’m a goin', is it rainin' or snowin'?
I got no way of knowin' your mind
You make me rise and fall
You make me stumble and crawl
So baby, get with it, you might as well admit it Don’t love your daddy at all
'Cause how can you please me then torture
And tease me and do it in the name of love?
You make me rise and fall
You make me stumble and crawl
So baby, get with it, you might as well admit it Don’t love your daddy at all
'Cause how can you please me then torture
And tease me and do it in the name of love?
Do it in the name of love, do it in the name of love
Amazing cross between CSN harmonics meets Al Jarreau's cool scats - I heard him when I was leaving the gym and realized this was special. What a genius. Once again proving that to me 1960 to 1979 were the best years of music.
Kenny's music has been a part of my life since I was 7 (Yup, 7 !). There is something magic about his songs, but especially this one. Absolutely cool riffs, the scatting, that voice = perfect !
Any trombone player who likes jazz should try playing along to Kenny Rankin.
This song is particularly good, but there are many others. You can easily hit any note he hits, but his rhythm, breathing, and phrasing is like a master class in improvisation.
Try it and you'll see what I mean.
Met Kenny in Bryn Mawr, PA in the early ‘70’s at The Main Point...... a couple times. His keyboard player, Wendy Haas, at the time, was in need of a Wurlitzer electric piano of which I had one for sale. My wife and I brought it to his apartment and we hung out together for a while. He took his prized classical guitar out of the case and handed it to me, because he knew I was also a singer songwriter musician. That was a real thrill for me because I admired Kenny all through his career. He was a true original.
Boy, Kenny just cooks right along in this number - I have been a Kenny Rankin devotee since I discovered him when I bought this album when it came out decades ago. Kenny was not adequately recognized for the outstanding composer, musician, and singer that he was. I'm grateful we have his albums that recorded him for eternity.