I was listening to Diana Ross hits and comparing them to some of her other songs and I thought that her voice is much better, but in the same style, as many top pop singers today.
So I tried to figure out what makes a hit for her. It's something to do with her interpretation of lyrics. She takes a phrase that is something one might say, and turns it into art. The lyrics are usually simple, but they say a lot.
So I wrote a song for Diana Ross to sing, and here is one verse.
I'm so often convinced that I can't write a tune without copying another, that I haven't really written too many songs; but many fragments. Notes only have so many variations, so I never have confidence that I'm not just riffing off of something I've heard.
Looking back, I see the times I failed you.
Looking back, I know how hard I tried.
And I know, in my heart, I'll always be a part
of you, as you go
as you grow,Wherever life may take you now.
I pictured Diana standing in the wings as one of her kids is about to get married and fly the coop. This was a few months before Evan announced his wedding. I didn't really know how many of her kids were married at the time I made up the song.
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