Fantasia - "Lose To Win". The first great pop song (ok, R&B song) of 2013. Nine years after she won American Idol, Fantasia remains one of the series' great discoveries. She's a great singer. A song like this - well-written, pleasingly redemptive - could so easily feel slight, a pleasant balm. But Fantasia is such a powerful interpreter, forceful of feeling; she makes this pop ballad a thing of intense will, of self-discovery. She catches someone's eye and holds their gaze. She hits.
"Lose To Win" uses the Commodores' "Nightshift" as its beams and struts. So the shimmer is the shimmer of skyscrapers in the 80s, starlight on old fashions.
A warning: the Commodores call-back is too much for my dear friend T, who winces at each recollection. Sons and daughters of faded nightclubs - steel yourselves.
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Posted by Sean at March 25, 2013 11:53 AMFantasia - Lose to Win sung by great singer, very inspirational song. Marvelous
Posted by Ravi at March 28, 2013 1:35 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
