Sunny

Playing Mafia 3 and listening to its amazing soundtrack had me hankering for some oldies. And for some reason I had to search for this song, and when I stumbled across a disco version I was thought something was wrong. But then I settled on Bobby’s version, I’m not sure if its the original of this famous song but it is an amazingly smooth version of it. The vocals are given with a very airy feel to it reinforcing the happiness of the song. I also love old songs like this where the recording almost sounds vintage. It is really hard for me to explain but I find I experience this feeling when listening to Motown. The recordings just have that extra flair to them. But back to this song specifically, the song and its lyrics are also very simple making it easy to follow, the subtle changes in tempo that lead to the finale. Which is very easy to follow by listening to the snare in the background. Need I go on? It is a classic track.

Upon writing this as well, what I can hear is probably the fact that the track was recorded live with everyone in the same room. It is just a theory but it does make sense why the snare sounds so far away. Let me know what you think.