That's us, before we got there

With rare exceptions, Songblague usually chooses not to hang with love songs. It's not out of coldness. They just tend to bore me. Well, here is one of those rare exceptions, and yet again, it comes courtesy of Arthur Russell. Beyond the avant-disco innovations, he's just got a knack for expressing genuine tenderness with a childlike guilenessness that disarms you of cynicism. Here, it's a warm keyboard against brisk percussion that rushes ahead but still seems unhurried. And of course, that Kermit the Frog voice gently cooing the sweetest obliqueness you might ever hear.

Arthur Russell - Wild Combination