Let the tension remain, fully aware that the final line of the track is: ‘Don’t let it be left unsaid.’ This is where the song is so redolent for me, as it is the combination of said delivery and the fractured-imaginative content of the lyrics that fits perfectly with the dominant mood of nostalgia but the question, though is nostalgia for what and when? (Marciano was born in 1978). The way the content is said forces us to listen and this makes it seem timeless, out of time, as if a message passed on from some kind of sage. This gives an enormous power to the tale being told. He speaks the content in a way that is theatrical and unnatural – not unlike the way French people speak English, breaking up sentences constantly, with lots of pausing for emphasis.Ĭertainly, there is much attention given to the intricacy of the wordplay, and yet Roc Marciano speaks as if he is stating something simple, essential – uncontested and true. There is a repeated three, or four steps forward style to the way Marciano presents his words that is extremely distinctive and powerful. Two reasons to love this song by Roc Marciano, if you are looking to be convinced: the essential genius of the choice of sample, the immediately identifiable 70s anti-love-song by 10cc and how its used and the wonder contained in the way Marciano delivers his rhymes.Īdd to this, the core lyricism and indestructible mood of the track too.
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