Music Review // Sue Decker "Hummingbird"

 

Sue Decker has once again found a way to create a song that has a simple and familiar sound without really sounding exactly like anything else out there today.   A guitar riff drives this entire song, which gives it that feeling somewhere between rock n roll and the blues.  There is a driving element to this song as well, which makes me think of a lot of older classic rock from the South, from "Radar Love" to ZZ Top.

As we grow older, we become more interested in birds and hummingbirds are really one of the most interesting of the birds out there.   While you can hear birds singing their songs for other birds, the hummingbird is unique because it makes a humming sound just by flapping its wings and flying.   There is almost something musical within this, which makes it seem like if birds could understand the music of humans they could at least hum along.

The song has lyrics about want and desire.   Lines such as "I need some loving nectar I've been down so long" ring true with the idea of wanting that hummingbird to come and visit you.  This could be about a number of different things, depending upon your background.  In some ways you could attribute these lyrics to the problem in the United States we have with being addicted to sugar, as it appears in so many of our foods.

But overall I think this song is sweet and innocent.  I think that the candy-like cravings are of love and just that companionship that someone else- even a bird and not otherwise human creature- can bring.   Sometimes, if you feel lonely because other people out there aren't reaching out, just remember that there are other species on this planet who can help to make us feel more at home.  "Hummingbird" is a nice reminder of that.