Barbra Streisand paid 'tribute' to the #Covidiot-in-chief, Donald Trump, with her new hit, :"Don't Lie to Me."
Sonically, the song is a grand, lush and heavily orchestrated affair that's very much in the spirit of much of her catalog; lyrically, however, Streisand is pointed — and not subtle. "You can build towers of bronze and gold," she sings. "You can make castles in the sky. You can use smoke and mirrors and old cliches ... don't lie to me."
In the chorus, she brings it home: "How do you sleep when the world keeps turning? / All that we built has come undone / How do you sleep when the world is burning?"
The irony is that psychopathic narcissists with sociopathic tendencies often sleep very well, even while those around them are dying.
#Trump #coronavirus #Streisand
Good song, great singer. Heard this some time ago.
"Don't Lie to Me" is the lead single from the 2018 Barbra Streisand album Walls, notably critical of the Trump administration.
Don't Lie To Me is the album's first single. It was inspired by a road trip when Streisand was listening to the radio and becoming disgusted by the content of the news. She originally wanted to create a subtle song, but ended up writing "Bombastic" lyrics.
The song, written by Streisand, John Shanks, Jonas Myrin and Jay Landers, is "grand, lush and heavily orchestrated". Billboard described it as an "impassioned, dramatic ballad with pointed barbs". The piece has a "bombastic string-laden backing".