Best-known as the voice of Basement Jaxx, London-based Brendan Reilly is an American singer-songwriter of jazz, soul, pop, and dance music. He has toured the world with Basement Jaxx, and worked with artists such as Florence and the Machine, Duffy, and Rita Ora.
This album from 2012 is his collaboration EP with Redtenbacher's Funkestra, recorded fairly shortly after he arrived in London | UK.
Any time of the day or the night
Call my name and I’ll be right by your side
Like Maria and Michael saying
Baby just call out my name (BVs: I’ll be there)
Some many things that I wanna do
So many dreams and they include you
Tell me are your ready for the future with me
(chorus 1)
This is how it’s gonna be
Penthouse, first class flights
Loving you day and night
This is how it’s gonna be
Champage, fancy restaurants
We’ll do whatever we want
(BVs: This is how it’s gonna)
(verse 2)
Even if the times get rough
I will always make sure you’ll have enough
You deserve but the best
But you know that love don’t cost a thing
(BVs: Love don’t cost a thing)
I don’t really know what the future will bring, so
Let’s live it up like a king and a queen
I can hardly wait for your to see
(chorus 2)
(This is how it’s gonna be)
Penthouse, first class flights
Loving you day and night
This is how it’s gonna be
Champage, fancy restaurants
We’ll do whatever we want
(BVs: This is how it’s gonna)
(chorus 3)
Penthouse, and a first class flight
Loving you day and night
This is how it’s gonna be
Champagne, fancy restaurants
We’ll do whatever we want
(BVs: This is how it’s gonna)
(Mid-8)
How it’s gonna be
This is how it’s gonna
Gonna be
(Hook)
4 bars
(Instrumental solo)
16 bars
(chorus 4)
(This is how it’s gonna be)
Penthouse, First class Flights
Loving you day and night
This is how it’s gonna be
Champage, fancy restaurants
We’ll do whatever we want
(BVs: This is how it’s gonna)
(chorus 5)
[free improvisation]
(This is how it’s gonna be)
Penthouse, First class Flights
Loving you day and night
This is how it’s gonna be
Champage, fancy restaurants
We’ll do whatever we want
(BVs: This is how it’s gonna)
(tag)
8 bars
credits
from Little Black Raincloud,
track released April 7, 2012
Brendan Reilly - lead and backing vocals
Vula Malinga - backing vocals
LaDonna Harley-Peters - backing vocals
Sharlene Hector - backing vocals
Eran Kendler - guitar
Phil Peskett - keyboards
Mike Sturgis - drums
Oli Savill - percussion
Sid Gauld - trumpet
Jim Hunt - saxophone (tenor)
Dave Williamson - trombone
Stefan Redtenbacher - bass
All songs written by Brendan Reilly
Produced by Brendan Reilly and Stefan Redtenbacher
Mixed by Peter Dudley
Mastered by Rupert Christie
Artwork and design by Pete Katsiaounis at Ink and Manners
Austrian-bred bassist and funk fiend Stefan Redtenbacher is an anomaly, anachronism and a defiant demolisher of the pigeon-
hole. Currently based in London, Stefan and his band Redtenbacher’s Funkestra deliver “out-and-out spectacular funk” (Snowboy) or, as UK Bass Guitar Magazine put it, “a near perfect slice of jazz-funk from one of Europe’s great players.”...more
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