1981
2019 Before I Let Go 0:30 draws a line in the sand. He has made up his mind to walk but first she needs to hear what she is losing. Not out of spite. Out of needing to be truthful before the door closes.
But there comes a moment when holding on costs more than letting go. He is not bitter. He is final. Before he walks out, she needs to hear the weight of what she let slip.
A vow to keep love strong through difficult times. The organ glides like honey over warm soul chords. Two voices promise to never give up on each other. Love becomes a conscious choice made every single morning. Sweet commitment wrapped in velvet harmony.
Paul Thomas Anderson was twenty-seven when he made Boogie Nights, an epic about the San Fernando Valley porn industry set to the best disco compilation that never existed. Heatwave's title track -- written by Rod Temperton, who'd go on to write 'Thriller' -- is the film's thesis: joy that can't last, a party that doesn't know it's ending.
Everybody's got one special thing. The music is Boogie Nights' thing.
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
Before I Let Go 0:30 draws a line in the sand. He has made up his mind to walk but first she needs to hear what she is losing. Not out of spite. Out of needing to be truthful before the door closes.
But there comes a moment when holding on costs more than letting go. He is not bitter. He is final. Before he walks out, she needs to hear the weight of what she let slip.
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).