Welcome to Cant Ang. The angelic song, Cantum Angelicus!

In this third episode, our host Simon the Cut brings us inspirational discursive of the legendary song Back to Black by Amy Winehouse with a focus on the lyrics of this great song on the 20th anniversary of its album release.

Tracks to listen to for this episode:

Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

https://open.spotify.com/track/30FURVTCpbKyykjSEQzGkH?si=0557dac1773640f6

The Shangri-las, Remember (Walkin' the Sand)

https://open.spotify.com/track/3USpW00BezlRVR0iQDLgGT?si=bc47315990d84097

Every great song is founded upon how it was made. A chord that shouldn't fit, but does. A line that lands just off the beat and makes your heart skip a beat. A silence where you expected sound.

In each episode, your host, Simon the Cut, takes one song and opens it up the architecture of songwriting. Two ideas at the heart of the song are set side by side, then compared and contrasted. Loved. Then we go deeper into the philosophy of sound, listening beneath the mix for what the ear misses and the heart has always known.

How was it written? Why does it work? And what can it teach us?

The wisdom of angelic song creation...