W5 "Nature Boy"


Nature Boy honestly surprised me a lot. I love the crooning of Nat "King'' Cole. His voice is super soothing and really paints a great picture as he is singing this story. I love the instrumental in the background especially when the piano plays through the verse as well. The violin really sets an almost suspicious and creepy tune, yet the song is very soothing. It's crazy to me that a song this catchy and popular. It's crazy to take into account the history of Nat "King'' Cole, being one of the first African- Americans to host a television series. He also was an actor and performed on Broadway! So cool that at that time with discrimination you see a man like Nat "King" Cole come on top! I love the influence he had on Jazz moving forward. As well as R&B and crooning too. It's cool to see all the different genres of music combine and complement each other in one way or another, and now the music we have today! People take things and ideas that they love and add it to any type of music that they want to make it theirs! Just an amazing song, and an amazing story.

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  1. Andrew WilksFebruary 15, 2022 at 2:57 PM

    I really like your line "The violin really sets an almost suspicious and creepy tune, yet the song is very soothing". It is cool how in music emotions and feelings can be portrayed in any way we want. We can make a sad song sound happy, or make a happy song sound sad. Music really has unlimited ways of displaying what we want in the way we want. Great post!

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  2. JacobFebruary 16, 2022 at 2:30 PM

    I really like this song too, but is has almost an eerie snow white running trough a forest type of vibe with the intro that transitions into the crooner Nat "King" Cole. The message that is in the lyrics is actually really cool. A magical boy travels the land and tells all types of stories. then he give this advice "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return".

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