#your picture

[metamorphesque]

It's with your laughing picture that I'm living now,

Boris Pasternak, Your Picture

[taylorconnect]

Unreleased (2003) – Part 2

Part 1

me and britany | my turn to be me | never fade | not one day | one more day | one-sided goodbye | point of view | ride on | same girl | smokey black nights | someone loves you | spinning around | sugar | tennessee | that's life | this here guitar | why do you tell me? | your heart's somewhere else | you walk away | your picture

Sources: 1 | 2 | 3

[bubblegeon]

💌 Shin Hyun Woo and Lee Woo will release a duet, "Your Picture" on October 28, 2023.

[euesworld]

"When I look at your picture, I see a sweet girl.. I see a girl that deserves more, I see a girl that deserves the world. I see a girl that I could love for the rest of time, when I look at your picture.."

When I look at your picture I see a girl that is worth more than anything else in the world, she deserves to be happy - Eue

[dustedmagazine]

Sha La Das — Your Picture (Diamond West)

Photo by David Harrison

The Sha La Das leave a mid-century trail: falsetto croons, soft romantic lyrics, seething basslines and harmonies, lots of harmonies. It comes from the larger retro Daptone universe, though producer Tom Brenneck (the Budos Band, Menahan Street Band, Sharon Jones, etc.) now releases records through his own Diamond West label. Like most of the bands Brenneck has been involved with, this one mines an archaic vibe, in this case, the elaborately arranged, silky vocal arrangements of classic 1940s and 1950s doo wop, but it is too full of life to feel like a museum piece.

 The band is a family affair, headed by papa Bill Schalda and filled out by his three songs, Paul, Will and Carmine. Shared genetics may explain, at least in part, why their voices meld so beautifully, though long practice likely comes into it. Schalda has been singing with his sons most of their lives, though this is only the second album from the Sha La Das.

To add even further to the family vibe, the songs are dedicated to Linda Schalda, Bill’s wife and the boys’ mother. “Made Me Change My Mind,” or instance, declares, “Linda, 1969, Linda, you made my change my mind,” which gives you a sense just how long this romance has been doing on. That could be a little uncomfortable, Oedipal even, as the boys sing love songs about their mother, but instead it’s kind of sweet: a family reminiscing together about stories about mom and dad.

None of this would matter if the music weren’t good, and in fact, it is excellent, well-thought out and exquisitely performed, with just enough Budos-style bite and menace to keep things moving. “Stop Using My Love” for instance, rambles and lurches in rough soul style, a syncopated drum beat and sinuous bass putting the slink in the tune, while group shouts of “Stop!” echo the Supremes. Bill Schalda has a fluid, melismatic voice that flutters delicately around the melody, then joining the others in emphatic harmonies. “Do You Remember When,” by contrast, is a satin-y slow-dance, embellished with celestial doo-doo-doos and wahs.

Some songs balance both elements — the smooth and the rough — in an affecting way. Take “Catch You on the Rebound,” its tale of long-ago young love, separation and reunion punched up by rattling drums and growling leads and velvet backing vocals. I’m not sure anyone was looking for a doo-wop revival led by a father and three sons, but here it is, and it’s a kick.

Jennifer Kelly

[roohdaar]

Whenever I get to see you, you still feel 'mine'.

[madpotatodisease]

Just talking to your picture Talking to your picture You told me we were washed up The love you had for me was gone But darling, I still gather And here's all that I've been feeling from that moment on Just talking to your picture Begging you to come back and be my wife Darling, if you don't I'll be talking to your picture all my life (all my life) You won't accept my phone call My notes to you come back unread I wanna make you mine again But you make me spend my time a different way instead Just talking to your picture Begging you to come back and be my wife Darling, if you don't I'll be talking to your picture all my life (all my life) There, on the table, by my bed, near the door Is the photograph you signed with love forever more If you just let me see you Perhaps you'd care again, you might My only chance for happiness Lies in your embrace, don't make me face another night Just talking to your picture Begging you to come back and be my wife Darling, if you don't I'll be talking to your picture all my life Just talking to your picture, talking to your picture