Ronald
Michael Pope does not get the recognition he deserves. I know me writing about
him won’t make him famous over-night but I hope those of you who do read this,
listen to a few of his tracks and tell people about his fantastic voice.
This man is gob-smackingly awesome. I only
came across his music a few months ago when I was listening to some of “The
Vampire Diaries” soundtrack when I heard this WONDERFUL song ‘A Drop in the
Ocean’ by none other than Ron himself, it honestly wowed me. He wrote it in
2005 and it had featured in shows like 90210 and The Vampire Diaries. It’s when
he first really started his music career, and I was shocked I’d only heard his
music on YouTube in 2012. I really think he deserves to be noticed a lot more.
Anyway,
he released his newest album ‘Atlanta’ last month and I love it. I love it, I
love it, I love it. It’s astonishingly excellent. He plays kind of pop-folksy
stuff but his songs are just...gorgeous! This is actually his 8th
album and I’ve listened to some of the tracks from his older cd’s and they’re
just as astounding as the new ones. I really do wish I’d heard of him before.
Some
of my favourites from Atlanta are, One Grain Of Sand, October Trees, I Do Not
Love You, and Atlanta itself. Though all of the songs on the album are good
these just stood out. One Grain Of Sand is just so strong, he’s talking about
how he’s with this girl but thinks she’s not that interested in him, and how he
doesn’t want to make her feel love if she doesn’t. Whereas I Do Not Love You is
very misleading from its name, you think it’s just going to be about him being
with someone he doesn’t love when really he’s saying how he doesn’t love his
girlfriend for super-ficial reasons but for so much more. So all his songs differ
on subject matter but they’re all so... original.
As
soon as he releases some new stuff I will definitely be writing about him more.
He’s really different and un-noticed and I’m so glad I came across his music
online; I haven’t stopped listening to his songs since!
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