#asha ali

[resistance765]

“Words” - Asha Ali

[resistance765]

“Perfect Day” - Asha Ali

[womynsong]

Asha Ali - Sometimes (live)

[isaysoandyoulisten]

To be honest, the latest Asha Ali release wasn't that good, but this remix of Go The Distance, made by former RBMA participant Harald Björk, is quite mesmerizing. Don't know Harald? Check out his debutalbum on Spotify, it's superb. 

[nuottikorva]

Asha Ali - Stop Talking

[yukimu]

Asha Ali ― Go the Distance

[poriel]

Visit Original Link

[groovesnjams]

"Stop Talking" by Asha Ali

DV:

It's easy to hear Asha Ali sing, "Come take my clothes off" in the chorus of "Stop Talking" and think you're hearing a love song. It certainly sounds right: bedroom-gentle with a pulsing beat, this could slot easily into your next sex playlist.

But only if you ignore the rest of the song. Because for all that its sound and its hook give one impression, the verses of "Stop Talking" reveal a world of conflict and anguish. "We both know how this goes/ Maybe someday I'll be surprised but tonight I know my heart and I do this so well/ all too well," Ali sings. And later: "Love is nowhere to be found." This isn't a celebration of sex, it's a lament at a relationship that's stuck on sex when she wants it to be more. It's a heartbreak song, a wrenching portrait of a connection she knows better than to indulge but can't keep herself from returning to. The last verse finds Ali at her most mournful, "Been in your bed so many times/ And every time I lose something" - but then the inexorable pull of the final chorus starts the cycle over again. By all means, put this on when you bring your next hookup home. Just hope that you can keep them too busy to listen closely.

MG:

I don't buy either reading of the song. It's certainly not sexy; "Stop talking/ Come take my clothes off" is about the least sexy bedroom command I've ever heard. But what sex-only relationship is too filled with talking? It's similarly hard to grasp where and when this exchange takes place. The verses indicate an established relationship, but the chorus's command is something you'd say to an awkward, fumbling partner. Are they at a club and she's coaxing him to leave? Is he talking to someone else? 

Ultimately, "Stop Talking" is best when I don't try to make sense of it. Sonically, it's juicy New Wave. Ali's voice is mercurial, sometimes anonymously pleasant and other times a little strange like her head got lost in a dimension without oxygen. The song's non-verbal elements tell a clearer story -- "Stop Talking" isn't a command, it's a plea, and one you dread making.