Music Review // Sam Weber "Hey Hey"

 

When I think of "Hey Hey" I want to go into a Neil Young song but this song by Sam Weber is quite different from that.   This song feels like it's about self reflection and just the idea, as the lyrics say, that "We all gotta hear and we all gotta feel it some time".   What exactly is coming for us?  It's the truth.   That seems to be the message behind this song- is that you can try and avoid it for as long as possible, but the truth is going to catch up to you in the end.

I've always felt this very straight forward and direct approach when it came to telling the truth.  If you tell lies, you can get caught up in them and then forget who you told what to and sometimes even you can forget the truth.   But as Sam Weber brings about in this song, the truth is what remains constant in our lives and so we must acknowledge it.

With these soft acoustic guitar parts and comforting vocals, Sam Weber has a sound reminiscent of Jack Johnson.   This song also takes a few steps off the path into these musical breakdowns of differing degrees of percussion and electronics.   This really makes this song stand out as more than just another acoustic guitar + vocals type of song because the music showcases that talent of Sam Weber.

One thing I really enjoy about this song is that as much as the lyrics behind it just seem to be about baring all and stripping down to the roots to find the truth, the music feels that way as well.  This is some of the most straight forward and honest type of music I've ever heard and as such it only feels appropriate to deliver this message.   Now I just hope everyone will listen.