5. Paul Weller & Terry Callier – Brother to Brother (UK Single 2002)
Something of a guru to the Soho soulboy massive,
veteran Chicago singer-songwriter Terry Callier has a
voice like a warm breeze and a flair for framing
righteous indignation in sweet-toothed, gently
strummed surroundings. This is one of those nursey rhyme-style unity anthems that Curtis Mayfield might
have pulled off with ease, but in the joint mouths of Callier and Weller, feels a little like an ‘Ebony And
Ivory’ for the New Acosustic Movement: „One day they
will see/They can live as brothers just the same as you and me“. If only the warring factions in the Middle East could hear these wise words, you feel, their stunningly trite message would unite both sides
in mocking laughter. Nice tune, banal sentiments.
Stephen Dalton
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