Isn’t She Lonely, New George Wilding Single

The second single from George’s sessions with Jolyon Dixon is out today, Isn’t She Lonely. With the vaudeville ambience of Queen’s later material and sprinkles of doo-wop at the intro, this whisps around crooners with subtler psychedelic undertones than usual. One could ask if this is tongue-in-cheek or a mature direction for George, to delve into post rock n roll influences, yet, of course, it retains, through its incredibly inventive uniqueness, the definitive George Wilding…..

For his fans it’ll remind them somewhat of Terrible Little Secret from his decade past Being Ragdollian EP; how George is skillfully capable of frolicing vocally with the schlager of artists like Tony Christie, and remain cool throughout by splicing this music hall vibe ironically with a degree of melancholy in the narrative. It is, in short, impressive.

“The lyrics were born out of the idea of changing one letter of ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ so it takes on this whole desperate air,” George explained. “It goes from so celebratory to a real longing when you change it to ‘Lonely;’ the instant flip side of love. When I wrote it I had it as a 60’s thing in my head; think Bobby Vee’s ‘Take Good Care of My Baby.’”

George Wilding

My immediate reaction was Stevie Wonder was referring to his newborn daughter in the title, rather a romantic interlude, but this take only bears resemblance to it by title, and just like how George can make a cover his own, Isn’t She Lonely is not in any way a parody of Wonder’s 1978 hit. Though the commercially viable element rings home, and sticks. 

Just as Madonna did with True Blue, yesteryear pop hooks will be recalled and reused so not to be archived in an impenetrable chest, and in that they become timeless, precisely summing up this song. If the last single back in October, Signs of Life, bore elements of gothic and most definitely indie, this is George being more playful, different, yet still being George!

Isn’t She Lonely is across streaming platforms today….

Trending…..

Rooks; New Single From M3G

Chippenham folk singer-songwriter, M3G (because she likes a backward “E”) has a new single out tomorrow, Friday 19th December. Put your jingly bell cheesy tunes…

Keep reading

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.

Leave a comment