Genre:
Rhythm and Blues is primarily African-American music. It is a mixture of jazz, gospel and blues. R&B started around the 1940's which was coined as a musical marketing term in the United States. It evolved during the the World War II period where it became most influential from the rural South to the Midwest, Northeast and West Coast. R&B became popular in places like Chicago, New York, Detroit and Los Angeles until it spreaded worldwide. R&B isn't only about the words of the song but also the instruments that create the melody. Some instruments that are used in R&B music are guitars, bass, harmonica, saxophone and piano. You can say that R&B is a modern form of soul and funk because the melodies and tunes are very similar. Even though R&B began to become popular among the African-American, this music has become very popular with people of all ethnic backgrounds today.
Cover:
The cover that my group and I are doing is the song that was originally sung by Aretha Franklin and was co-written by Stevie Wonder, Until You Come Back to Me. However we are doing the cover that was sung by Camile Velasco. We came up with this song because it portrayed what R&B really is. In this song you'll hear the gospel/soul harmony in the background with some funk beats by the drums. This song also uses the piano, guitar and the bass. Asides from that, the lyrics tell a story and in this case, it's about someone who is waiting for that one person to come back into their life.
Until You Come Back (Camile Velasco) Lyrics
Though you don't call anymore
I sit and wait in vain
I guess I'll rap on your door
tap on your window pane
I wanna tell you,
baby changes I've been going through,
missing you, listen you'
til you come back to me
that's what I'm gonna do
Why did you have to decide
you had to set me free?
I'm gonna swallow my pride
and beg you to please,
baby, please see me
I'm gonna walk by myself
just to prove that my love is true,
all for you, baby
'til you come back to me
that's what I'm gonna do
Living for you, my dear
is like living in a world of constant fear
hear my plea
I've got to make you see that our love is dying
Although your phone you ignore
somehow I must explain
I'll gonna rap on your door,tap on your window pane
I'm gonna camp by your steps
until I get through to you
I got to change your view, baby'til you come back to me
that's what I'm gonna do'til you come back to me
that's what I'm gonna do'til you come back to me
that's what I'm gonna do
I'll gonna rap on your door,tap on your window pane
Open up, baby.
I'll gonna rap on your door,tap on your window pane
I'll gonna rap on your door,tap on your window pane
Our lyrics
Our lyrics are based on the ignorance of the other partner not realizing a relationship to be over. It completely contrasts the original lyrics. We have titled it Out of Love.
Out of Love Lyrics
Slowly falling out of love
Not sure if I should stay
Can’t say ‘I can’t get enough’ (enough)
Nothing’s goin our way (nothing’s goin our way)
Didn’t want to say it
But this can’t go on anymore
Dissing you, listen you
In the past, I’d never say
That you’re no longer my boo
Why did we leave it at that
We could have agreed
I need more than mere chit-chat
You’re not the one
Oh not the one I need
So please let it be (please let it be)
You just have to let me go
In the past, I’d never say
That you’re no longer my boo
We’re not what we used to be
Said I'm slowly fallin' out of love with you
Boy listen
You need to set me free cuz I want to move on without you
Although I'm finally letting go
I know we'll end this artificial show
Oh boy you need to realize (realize)
That I’m not gonna try
Oh I’m not gonna try
We need to say our good-byes (say our good-byes)
I’ve had too many chances with you
Oh boy
In the past, I’d never say
that you’re no longer my boo
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