MACEY GRAY - DISCO TUNE

[QUINNY]

Heard a Macey Gray track today that was pure disco (title wasn't given). Her voice really blended quite well with what she was singing. She came across as something quite special when I saw her on Jools Hollands TV show 'Later' a few months back. Very distinctive voice as everyone knows, which could be her biggest asset or biggest downfall in years to come. She has matured since exploding on the scene a few years back. I wouldn't be surprised if she achieves super stardom at some point.

[discosavvy]

The song "When I See You", the first (April 2003) single from her latest album "The Trouble With Being Myself", is called "a full on disco classic" by the BBC, but I don't understand that. I just heard the song's original mix at Epic Records; it's not disco at all, it has a rhythm guitar, but otherwise isn't very disco-sounding, doesn't have a disco tempo, nor a steady beat. I'd call it funk-pop. It got to #11 on the Japan Top 20 chart and #34 on the Australia Top 40 chart and at least #27 on the British Pop Chart. Did you perhaps hear a different song from that album? Her album comes out later this month in the States so we can hear it then. Or were you thinking of "Sexual Revolution" from her 2001 album "The Id"? Now that's a real disco song.

[QUINNY]

Wouldn't have a clue, as the title wasn't announced and well, radio is sorta aural wallpaper in my house, so I didn't really take a great deal of notice. I'll be able to find out more once this week's tracklisting appears on the Radio 2 website.