Ella (Full Edition)

This song is inspired from the poem "I love you" from Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 - October 30, 1919).
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet, born on a farm in Wisconsin, which is north-west of Chicago. Her best-known lines are probably these, from her poem ‘Solitude’: “Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone”. But here is Ella being sweet telling about her love in erotic terms.
The poem goes:
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I love your lips when they’re wet with wine
And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white flesh
Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hair when the strands enmesh
Your kisses against my face.
Not for me the cold, calm kiss
Of a virgin’s bloodless love;
Not for me the saint’s white bliss,
Nor the heart of a spotless dove.
But give me the love that so freely gives
And laughs at the whole world’s blame,
With your body so young and warm in my arms,
It sets my poor heart aflame.
So kiss me sweet with your warm wet mouth,
Still fragrant with ruby wine,
And say with a fervor born of the South
That your body and soul are mine.
Clasp me close in your warm young arms,
While the pale stars shine above,
And we’ll live our whole young lives away
In the joys of a living love.
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I added this repeat at the end of the song:
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But give me the love that so freely gives
And laughs at the whole world’s blame,
With your body so young and warm in my arms,
It sets my poor heart aflame.
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It is not clear if the song was written for a man or a woman...
I loved that poem, and while playing on my keyboard randomly found that interesting theme. That reminded me of the Depeche Mode atmosphere of the 80', and after a year of iteration, pauses, and personal experiences, I came to mature the song to what it is today. It took actually some time to find the right break with the bridge and chorus, in good balance with the main theme, and add the extra instrument to make it complete. As a background to the theme, we can hear a progressive arpeggio-type melody, that I often like to fuse in with other of my musics. Some friends find these to have Asian touch. Let me know what you thing.
I never thought adding some bass and drums to the song because the theme has some sub-rhythm, is stereophonic, and goes from low to high frequencies, giving a good span on the spectrum but also on the rhythmic space. But after my friend Olivier Elshocht tried the song in his car, it was clear it was missing good bass. I had to go back to work, finding the right addition to this and finally make this final version ready for release.
I find it funny to bring this almost forgotten poem from 19th centurty to now, jumping from the old traditional farmer background of Ella Wheeler Wilcox to an modern dancing club, somewhere on this earth, mixing the 20th century electronic music revolution, to the latest music technologies of the 21th century.
This video clip was a cooperative work with the great Marc Hamill ( / videos4musicdotcom ) bringing that extra sensual, hot, dancing and exciting feeling, for both genders and all people. Marc is expert in making great video clips, he's very professional and reliable.
Enjoy ! And let me know your feedback !
Special thanks to my friends Juergen Bullach, Pierre Bouchet, Olivier Elshocht, Christel Grevesse, Anthony Leroy, Alexandre Djalili, Axel Baronnat and Ludovic de Belleval for their precious help.
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