I confess a weakness for instrumental easy listening (when it’s done well, I don’t care for stupid orchestral arrangements of the Beatles and such). I love hearing the texture, you can tell that it’s real instruments being played by real people and not some sampled midi crap. This is how I knew I was going to love Always Sunny in Philadelphia before the opening credits were even done.
Love is Blue is practically a masterclass in great arrangement:
Yeah, everybody loves 60s Herb Alpert, and this was popular at the time but you don’t come across it much anymore. But if there is a more unabashed example of who-cares-about-anything laid-back-70s-vibe than this, I’ll eat my hat. This is what quaaludes take when they want to relax.
