All You Need To Do
by @hanley · @fearlessflight2014
Liner Notes
@hanley - Was thrilled that Liz asked to collab again this year, so I threw together a jazzy soul groove for her to lay some smooth vocals on. Couldn't be happier with what she came up with, she brought both mood and moves to it! Thanks Liz
@fearlessflight2014 : Every FAWM there’s a tune that you have to wrangle like riding a bucking bronco and this one I’ve been wrangling for weeks. I think it works‽ Thanks Michael. You are amazing. #soul #jazz #funky #organ
Lyrics
Why you work yourself into a pickle Trying to change everything? Stop the hustle, live just a little Loose the spring
Life is just a dance floor No one gives a damn the way we twist our shoes Tune into the muse Time to take a chance now make a move, do things your Mother won’t approve of Get your groove on
I’ll be me, you be you
We’ll lose ourselves
Under a disco ball moon
We’ll be free
And you’ll be dancing like a loon
That’s all you need to do
You’re living an endless competition A game that you need to win A fight to the death kinda mission It’s wearing thin
Life is just a dance floor No one really gives a damn the way we feel it Let’s be real It’s time to take a different stance Before you drown, do things Your teacher marks you down for Clown around more
CH
BR Time could be your friend Once again While you labour for your legacy Mortality will win So let the living begin
Life is just a dance floor
No one really gives a damn
the way we shake it
Make no mistake
Wear your big boy pants
Seize the day, do things
the boss man docks your pay for
It’s what we’re made for
I’ll be me, you be you Lose ourselves under the moon Take me in your loving arms That’s all you need to do
Comments
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Ooh, those drums! And that guitar noodle-y bit on the "life is just a dancefloor" section is sweet. Great pairing of backing track and vocal.
Favorite lyric: Before you drown, do things Your teacher marks you down for Clown around more
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Life IS a dance floor and you two make it a joy to twist some shoes (with those fills and those oohs). Oozing with cool!
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aw those ooos so stevie wonder progression/vibe.. so smooth. wow this is sublime. Life is just a dance floor No one really gives a damn the way we shake it beautiful!. love the hammond. and the whole thing really. what a fantastic collab!
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I love everything about this hit material. What a great collab to hear Liz's vocals, and Michael's instrumentals, blended into a smooooooth, and jazzy mix.
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Wow, I'm seeing a 10 piece band (including the backup singers!) doing this! Such an exquisite vocal performance and the backing instruments are so smooth.
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What a soulful vibe this is. Wonderful collab. Liz’s vocals are delightful and adventurous — appropriate to the lyric — especially those fantastic and everything is so perfect and inviting and not remotely cliche.
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Brilliantly done, both of you. Real Amy Winehouse and her band vibes here. You'd never know this is a collab over the internet, it feels and sounds so much like a jam in room together.
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Such rhythm in that vocal, I love it...especially that life is just a dance floor part. And those backing vocals through the whole thing, so nice. Love the production, everything is so funky and tasteful!
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Knew this was going to be gold-standard just from the names. And it really delivers on that promise. The dusty, echoey soul thang is so damn cool, I defy anyone not to immediately start grooving. Love those little guitar noodles too. Liz's vocal fits like a glove, totally worth all the bronco riding to get there. The moments when the harmonies hit behind the main vocal are sensational. As is the line "Wear your big boy pants... do things the boss man docks your pay for" 😂 . Really love this one. Hitting play again now...
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Winner!!! A perfect message so well delivered. These words of wisdom are gold. The musical backdrop if such a nice cool laid back groove. Liz’s delivery is off the charts good. For example, coupling the phrasing of dancing like a looooooooooon with That’s all you need to do…What a gem. And this song is filled with magical moments like that. And to hear song after song, day after day, of this high quality from Liz is such a gift to us listeners. Yay!
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this lives up to the very definition of a "smooth groove" the music track is just slippery enough to open up many different roads for the vocal to take. i love song structures that do not confine the melodies or the overall structure. open roads of flight!
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I am gliding around the room listening to this. No matter how hard you struggled with this, you made it into magic.