Most people have heard Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" off her 2003 album Dangerously in Love. We love that song - it's so fun, bouncy and flirty, perfect for getting tipsy and dancing with your best girl friends.
But now, the nearly mythical Antony and the Johnsons has made a version that is, simply put, haunting. (It dropped in August 2009 - I'm just embarrassingly late to this party.) Beyonce's once fiercely energetic dance tune has turned into a ghostly ballad of all-consuming, near-crazy love, indeed. And I can't. Stop. Listening to it.
So many pieces fit together so perfectly to create this slightly troubled tune. It begins with an eerie oboe line that hovers over a shy, tiptoeing piano line. Antony seems to be restraining himself a bit, and that all creates this great sense of someone trying to control himself with all his might. But the stress comes to a climax, complete with shimmering strings. The guy really knows how to pull at a heartstring, doesn't he? I mean, who doesn't remember "Hope There's Someone" off his 2005 album, I am a Bird Now? If that didn't make you cry, then I just don't know. Listen and love, people.
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