Small moments and quiet observations
Music offers solace, love, passion, and a sense of belonging with someone where connection feels natural and calming. With Valentine’s Day drawing near, music can make any moment feel more romantic and meaningful.
When it comes to love and romance, soul music enhances intimacy and creates the perfect atmosphere. Its slow tempo encourages a sensual, relaxed, and intimate setting. The lyrics linger, poetic and heartfelt. Some lyrics don’t just pass through us-they stay with you, not because they are loud or dramatic, but because they feel genuine. It expresses deep affection, strengthening the bonds between couples and sparking shared memories.
I’ve been listening to soul music to bring me some joy, peace, and contentment, and I find myself drawn to phrases about love growing in places lit by gentle and borrowed spaces. This line suggests that love doesn’t thrive on grand declarations but grows from borrowed everyday moments, shared memories, past tenderness, and even vulnerability. There are phrases about stories needing a place, where they are held gently—not hidden but kept safely, and the soft corners of the heart, where we keep what matters most—where emotions don’t ask to be explained but only understood.
Valentine’s Day has a way of stirring everything, and soul music doesn’t rush the feeling. It allows you to breathe, relax, and reflect, filling a void without pretending it isn’t there.
I’ll be playing my music again, but here are a few that match your Valentine’s Day vibe:
- Al Green: “Let’s Stay Together” (gentle, not showy—pure warmth)
- Bill Withers: “Just the Two of Us” (gentle hope without pressure)
- Etta James: “At Last” (that deep, genuine longing)
- Sade: “No Ordinary Love” (subtle intensity, deeply heartfelt)
- Sam Cooke: “Nothing Can Change This Love” (soft certainty)
And a few of Marvin Gaye’s moments that will stay in those gentle corners of your heart:
- “Let’s Get It On” (often misunderstood—there’s genuine vulnerability in it)
- “I Want You” (intimate, nearly whispered)
- “Come Live with Me Angel” (slow, yearning, deeply romantic)
- “Mercy Mercy Me” (reflective, tender, human)
Enjoy your music and peaceful moments.
Till next time,
Cheers
References
60’s Soul Classic – I Can’t Walk Away – Marvin Gaye , Sam Cooke Inspired Vintage Soul Chamber [Video]. (n.d.). Music YouTube. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2800PLveY_8
Marvin Gaye. Anthology: The best of Marvin Gaye. (1995). YouTube. https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDCLAK5uy_np73jIFPVcePvIrUCUCkC7nUIZ1VRT-fc
Matthews, W. (2021, August 21). Soul music as the Soundtrack to love — TILTED HOUSE. TILTED HOUSE. https://www.tiltedhouse.org/nonfiction/2021/8/20/soul-music-as-the-soundtrack-to-love
YouTube. (n.d.). Chicago soul sessions/Marvin Gaye Inspired – City Lovers (Unreleased album)[Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fIAP8TwiLg&list=RD4fIAP8TwiLg&start_radio=1
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