Social Media Choice – Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Rainbow’
This week’s social media choice selection is ‘Rainbow’ from Kacey Musgraves. As the chosen artist for the week, we asked people to shout their favourite song from Kacey and ‘Rainbow’ received much love!
In our review of ‘Golden Hour’, Lesley Hastings (twitter.com/lesleyhastings) wrote of ‘Rainbow’:
‘The song I have chosen is the album’s final track, the beautiful ballad, “ Rainbow”, apparently written several years ago by Kacey, Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby. She actually showcased it on her last UK tour so it’s obviously one that’s close to her heart and it was her grandmother’s favourite too, performed at her funeral. It really wouldn’t have sat right on Kacey’s previous releases but this dreamy lullaby with its upbeat message is the perfect way to close “ Golden Hour”……. I know it’s common to listen to albums in shuffle mode but I think the track order is pretty important!
The arrangement is very simple both instrumentally and vocally compared to most here, with Kacey singing to a piano accompaniment ( mostly just chords in fact ) which highlights her pure and very sweet voice and the gorgeous lyrics.
It is seemingly addressed to a specific person, though Kacey has said it is dedicated to “ anyone who has any kind of weight on their shoulders”. The metaphor used in the song for that situation is a storm, the addressee being so used to battling to keep their head above the “ rising waterline” they don’t realise that the storm is actually over and the “sky is finally open, the rain and wind’s stopped blown’ “ What Kacey can see, and always has done, is that there is a rainbow above them and if only they could realise that then they could move on to a better place…..” tie up your boat. take off your coat and take a look around” she urges, “ everything is alright now”.
Part of the inspiration for this one came from reading her horoscope one day, which said “ You don’t know it Leo, but there’s a rainbow hanging over your head”.
And of course, a rainbow is well known for being a symbol of the LGBT community which Kacey supports so strongly.‘
Social Media Choice Organised by Astrid (twitter.com/astridhelenem84)
Next week’s social media choice artist is Brandy Clark.
