Now to the cream of the crop. What I always admire about seeing Christina Perri in her videos are the little imperfections which for me makes her seem more ‘Human‘. Speaking of which, if you haven’t heard her song Human then you are just letting all of the best in life pass you by. That song is commensurate with Nathy Peluso’s Sana Sana and Puro Veneno and demonstrates how just one person; alone can deliver exceptional song-artistry in a sole performance. No back-up sexy dancers to cajole anyone.
Onto the imperfections…When I first watched this Burning Gold video I was hung up on the lazy chorus, the cringy Cleopatra opening and her crappy Supremes wobble which doesn’t compare to the fluency of the dancers either side of her. But it’s Perri and when she sings ‘I’ve had enough, I’m standing up‘, all of my aforementioned concerns fall by the wayside. Like how she sung in Time of our Lives – the Mendihuaca Beach song – ‘I’d do it again and again and again‘.
Looking for an exit in this world of fear
I can see the path that leads the way
Mama never left, and daddy needs me here
I wish the wind would carry a change
Looking through the window to a world of dreams
I can see my future slip away
Honey, you won’t get there if you don’t believe
I wish the wind would carry a change
I’ve had enough
I’m standing up
I need, I need a change
I’ve had enough of chasing luck
I need, I need a change
I adore watching the Perri scenes in the bar. Note her intonations and inflections of voice, which so few can do like her. Also, her looks and expressions are priceless. Burning Gold was recorded for her second studio album, Head or Heart (2014). The song was used on seventh episode of second season of the American TV series, The Fosters. Burning Gold debuted at number 39 on the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart. As with her previous mentioned single, Human, the song’s instrumentation consists primarily of piano, but it also incorporates a ukulele and drums.
Even how I imagined it, Perri seemed burnt out in this and this is reflected in Song Facts:
(She) didn’t want to be dealing with another potential single. “I hit this gnarly point where I stopped having good experiences,” she told Billboard magazine. “As a writer, I know you have to write sh—y songs to write good songs too...But the night before my last day, it was 4 AM and I was in a place where I just didn’t like music anymore, and I didn’t want to go,” Perri continued. “My manager said, ‘Can you, for me, go up in your pajamas and at least show up?’ So I go and I sit down and I said, ‘If I hear the word ‘single’ one more time, I’m going to throw up.” After taking the tired songstress for pizza, Kid Harpoon convinced her to return to his studio, and the song was birthed in just twenty minutes. Perri said: “We stayed up all night that night finishing it“.
Reference:
1. Burning Gold (song) – Wikipedia