Music Review // Jonathon "Boogie" Long "Baby I'm Through"

 

When you think of the blues, you likely think of it as being sad music in terms of the overall feelings it can spread.   I always like to think of "The Thrill Is Gone" by B.B. King as being one of the best examples of a blue songs.  While Jonathon "Boogie" Long follows much of the blueprints for the blues in terms of sound, this song feels less depressing and more like a celebration in the revelation.  There is just something so positive in this song about moving on with your life and think more people need to explore that as well.

With these gospel style keys and of course the guitars which make up that blues sound overall, Jonathon "Boogie" Long has this way not only in the song but within this music video to make you feel like it's a party.  I know that people do this, but imagine if there really was a traditional celebration for divorce the way that there is for marriage.  Yes, you can feel sad because you're closing a chapter in the book of your life, but the way that this song has a focus on the positive of potential to come is what helps it shine.

The music video for "Baby I'm Through" makes me think of an old time MTV music video, like you would've seen in the first rock era after the new wave hit.  It feels almost like you're watching a making of at times, so much so to the point that you see Long writing out lyrics in a journal, and then at the same time you can just see the band strut and dance like it's a happy occasion.   At one point during this music video as well, during a guitar solo, the guitar begins to smoke and that's a fairly accurate portrayl of what this sounds like as well.

As someone who is willing to listen to the same albums on repeat, I feel like there is a definitive style of the blues and that's something worth listening to, but challenging that idea and taking it to another level is also good.   Just within this song, Jonathon "Boogie" Long has found a way to turn a negative, such as the lyrics describe with "You always get yours / But I never get mine" and turn it into a positive because now, by leaving this situation, he can in fact get his.  It's nice to see a sort of evolution in ways of the blues sound within this song, but it's also refreshing to hear positivity in a world which needs it so much right now.