What's Your Drink of Choice, I Prefer Dark

I’m not really talking about the act of indulging on a liquid libation…Though, I do love a good Whiskey. There are similar elements that derive from the taste of a good Whiskey paired with good music. As, Diana Ross eludes to this in her "Love Hangover". Both provide that warm feeling, a sense of satisfaction and a conversation piece. Hear me out, I’m not talking about the physical sense of passionate indiscretion and the sensuality that may come from that one sip, but the feeling that comes before that. That mental space, while looking for a perfect song that mimics one's true emotions at that moment. Once you hear it, you just know, it's that initial gratification of yes, there it is, that's it, that's the song, like Sylvia does so eloquently in "Pillow Talk". That look, the biting of the lip and that sweet kiss on the neck, everything that calls for a nice night or day, depending on your appetite.  Is this Love? Are these the components that manifest themselves into something sweeter, something permanent, something more beautiful, or just lack luster temporary passion.  I feel like yawning…BORING….Where is that fire, not just the desire. Yeah, I had no choice but to include that in there, Rick James and Tina Marie on my mind took me somewhere else for a moment…or "One Less Bell To Answer"  with Marilyn McCoo, giving me my "Ol' Skool" yearn getting through past heartache.  When I feel the need to be inspired, call it a mental block, I can spend countless  moments, the lack of allowing oneself to feel something deeply, something far beyond the quick touches and the “Hey Baby, Oh Baby”. But, that, Sade, “No Ordinary Love” and all of that swag from Marvin Gaye’s, “I Want You”. These songs, remind me that I can still feel something, that I thought I once lost, that emotion, that love, the makings of something special. So what’s your drink of choice, I prefer dark of course. 

Nik Kimbrough

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