Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)

At first I wasn't going to blog about this song. Reasons being that it's not really all that old, it's hard to forget, and pretty much everyone's heard it before. However the more I hear this song (with headphones on full blast mind you) I can't help but fall deeper in love with it and that's pretty much the clincher for getting a blog posting in my book. The song is Alicia Keys' "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" and I don't think there's a soul out there that wouldn't fall in love with this song once they've heard it.

It starts of really simple with handclaps, percussion, beat, guitar, and Alicia's ever present piano and that leads into her sultry vocals. There isn't much to say about this song because the song pretty much says it all. It's a song of two lovers crossing that line that everyone else would naturally deem too soon which would make them seem crazy but they don't really care. Alicia sings about feeling something she's never felt before and how it's impossible to ignore and because of that she's willing to do the unthinkable. Because of that she's willing to dive in head first and caution be damned. All he has to do is ask her because she's ready and you just have to love that.

Couple that sentiment with a superbly arranged backing track and you have a song that's hard not to enjoy. The music is moody and bottom heavy while Alicia's voice is light and layered expertly. It's really a well put together song that even the bridge (which I think is the only flaw in this song) doesn't mess it up. Hard not to love a song like that.