Released as a single on June 22, 2010. The album Hands All Over Me was released September 15, 2010.
Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6g2mvItp4
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The Amature Music Mixer's family had to do a slight detour with the travel plans when meal number one (the first of three planned stops/meals to see family and stuff our faces) had to be aborted because a sibling came down with the flu - or at least something similar if it wasn't actually the flu! That was maybe a good thing, because the belly belonging to the Amature Music Mixer has already grown to a size that really doesn't need to be surpassed - and actually some type of receding process would be preferred! So, missing the first potential gluttony was something of a relief! And, in a "win-win" result for the weekend, the sibling's health returned in time for a stop - and just a light luncheon - and some visiting time before the return to the home base.
More importantly, though, the holidays and the preperations that go along with them have put another dent in the plans to keep the Fall Mix song summaries posted on a regular basis. Indeed, I had truly hoped to have all twenty summaries finished a good two weeks ago, and yet I still find myself with several to finish and the winter season nearly upon us! For some, the winter season has already arrived, but here at the home base, we still await a snowfall. Perhaps one won't come this year? We shall see!
So, we have reached Maroon5 in the music mix! And - interestingly - with this new album by a relatively* new band, we still manage to go backward in time somewhat. Is it because of Maroon 5's professed attempts to channel the likes of Stevie Wonder (which was the inspiration for their first album) or Prince, or The Police (artists whose songs were the primary influence in their second album)? Not exactly. There isn't a particular artist that Maroon 5 tried to emulate on this, their third album, but if it has any resemblance to groups like AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Bryan Adams, The Cars, or even Shania Twain, there's a reason for it. Longtime (dare it be said, "Legendary") music producer Mutt Lange stepped into the Maroon 5 fold for the production of Hands All Over. The now 62-year old - who is something of a recluse and hasn't granted an interview since the 80's - who called the band while they were on tour in 2007, but preparing to begin work on what would become Hands All Over. Maroon 5 accepted the offer, and then began what lead singer Adam Levine would describe as the hardest-working sessions he'd ever been through!
The pairing may become yet another example of Lange's midas touch with talented artists. Misery was the first release from the album, and it did a climb into the top 15 of the charts, reaching #1 for Adult Pop.
The video is another example of artistry taking a story in an entirely different direction. The song itself is described as the awkward and unsure feelings felt by someone when a relationship is ending. But in the video, the female lead attemts to kill her lover: which, I guess, would put a rather permanent - with very little to be uncertain about - stamp to the end of a relationship, wouldn't it?! If I had a girlfriend who wanted to play five finger fillet, I don't think I'd have any doubts about which way I'd be running!
It's good to have Maroon 5 back on a mix, and I hope you like their placement in the list!
*I say "relatively" only that they weren't around as a group in the 80's. The group itself has actually been around for awile - just with a different name. Most of the present members of Maroon 5 played together, and even did some recording - though with little success - as a group called Kara's Flowers from 1992 - 2002
