AOR Radio: Mellow Weekend

C-Heads Magazine

Isn’t that what everybody wants? A mellow weekend? I deliver the soundtrack, so you can keep mellow all weekend long… Enjoy this fresh part of AOR Radio!

One of the tracks is from talented singer/songwriter ROOSEVELT who describes Shadows from his album Young Romance as follows::

"Shadows is a song about a long lost companion - someone that you were close to in the past, that still haunts you and you can't get out of your head. With the production I tried to mix 70s disco with more recent synth pop."

Arianne by pop/soul singer Johnny Mathis appeared on his Killing Me Softly With Her Song album that was released in 1973. Rod McKuen, who recorded the track two years later, wrote on his official site that the lyrics are a translated French poem. Although it is a beautiful song, it almost sounds a bit creepy:

"Arianne is April morning
That comes rippling through my window
She's the smell of coffee brewing
On a quiet, rainy Sunday
She's the purring of a kitten
That has made my neck a pillow for his head…"

Tracklist:

Vance Joy – Saturday Sun (2018)
Maxine Weldon – I Want Sunday Back Again (1975)
Cerrone – Strollin’ On Sunday (1982)
Little River Band – Home On A Monday (1977)
Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow (1975)
Johnny Mathis – Arianne (1973)
Galdston & Thom – Savannah Sunny Sunday (1977)
The O'Jays ‎– Livin' For The Weekend (1975)
Roosevelt – Shadows (2018)
George Benson – No One Emotion (1985)
Mr. Mister ‎– Is It Love (1985)
Paul Carrack ‎– Don't Shed A Tear (1987)
Jimmy Hall – I’m Happy That Love Has Found You (1980)
Cat Stevens – Another Saturday Night (1974)