{"id":7207,"date":"2017-08-17T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2025-07-09T05:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T05:35:46","slug":"elemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7207","title":{"rendered":"Elemental 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elemental-768x484-1-1024x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elemental-768x484-1-1024x171.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elemental-768x484-1-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elemental-768x484-1-768x128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/elemental-768x484-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Elemental-20172.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suzy Johnson and I recorded the original &#8216;Elemental&#8217; in 2005 as a birthday present for Mike, Suzy&#8217;s partner. Whilst the original version had its charms I felt it needed \u2026 revisiting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My aim was to soften the dance beat and lift the vocal a bit, making the whole song much more focussed on Suzy&#8217;s wonderful vocal, with light and space to breathe. The result is a somewhat mushy synthy pop song &#8211; the sort of thing I don&#8217;t normally do, but have nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed, both the first time round when recording with Suzy, and this time round, just doing a&nbsp; quick, but I think effective, remix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you call my name<br>It&#8217;s like wind in the trees<br>When you touch my skin<br>It&#8217;s like cool mountain water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So kiss me, heal me, free me with your touch<br>Kiss me, awaken me, release me with your love<br>With your love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I see your face<br>it&#8217;s like bathing in sunlight<br>Then you smile at me<br>And the stars fill the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So kiss me, release me, let&#8217;s make love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I&#8217;m in your arms<br>It&#8217;s like coming home<br>With you by my side<br>We&#8217;re as strong as the ocean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So kiss me, heal me, free me with your touch<br>Kiss me, awaken me, release me with your love<br>Kiss me, feel me, free me with your touch<br>Kiss me, be with me, Mr Jones &#8211; let&#8217;s make love<br>Let&#8217;s make love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suzy Johnson and I recorded the original &#8216;Elemental&#8217; in 2005 as a birthday present for Mike, Suzy&#8217;s partner. Whilst the original version had its charms I felt it needed \u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7539,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions\/7539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}