{"product_id":"015707811217","title":"Mullins, Shawn: Light You Up (Vinyl LP)","description":"\"The album opens with the devastating one-two punch of the cinematic \"\"California\"\"-which instantly takes it's place alongside such latter-day Cali classics as Tom Petty's \"\"Free Fallin',\"\" David \u0026amp; David's \"\"Welcome to the Boomtown,\"\" Beck's \"\"Earthquake Weather\"\" and Mullins' own chart-topper \"\"Lullaby\"\"-and the smoldering, zeitgeist-capturing title track. In terms of their dramatic payloads, these two songs are of a piece, delving into the tattered yet resilient heart of the American Dream. The California setting, to which Mullins returns on \"\"Tinseltown,\"\" functions as a microcosm of our collective journey from wide-eyed innocence through bitter experience to the possibility of personal and collective renewal. The thematic thread runs seamlessly into \"\"Light You Up,\"\" with it's unsettling spoken verses-\"\"Everybody wants the real deal\/Everybody wants to cop a good feel\/Everybody wants more money\/Everybody wants a taste of your honey\"\"-and intense choruses, as scorching as the San Fernando Valley in August, as Mullins reaches upward to break into his thrilling falsetto: \"\"I just want to light you up\/Light you up like a fire\/I just want to turn you on\/Turn you on and take you higher.\"\" Here, as elsewhere, a deeper perspective is embedded in the song's bridge, as Mullins sings, \"\"Yeah this old world can bring you down\/Turn your smile into a frown\/Break your heart and make you sad\/Drive you stark raving mad.\"\" Finally, the narrative drops away as the band launches into a surging extended rave-up, further deepening the song's emotional resonance.\"  California, Light You Up, Murphy's Song, No Blue Sky, The Ghost of Johnny Cash, Tinsel Town, I Knew a Girl, Catoosa County, You Make It Better, Can't Remember Summer, Love Will Find a Way","brand":"Vanguard Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39572948746390,"sku":"015707811217","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/products\/1725380_662b2124-cf73-4af0-ae84-4cc0d371a24b.jpg?v=1704860772","url":"https:\/\/www.besvinyl.com\/products\/015707811217","provider":"besvinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}