{"id":24208,"date":"2015-07-08T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=24208"},"modified":"2015-07-08T07:47:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:47:02","slug":"watch-leon-bridges-unplugged-performance-of-river-on-the-seine-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-07\/watch-leon-bridges-unplugged-performance-of-river-on-the-seine-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Leon Bridges&#8217; Unplugged Performance of &#8220;River&#8221; On The Seine in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2-650x365.jpg\" alt=\"LBParis2\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LBParis2.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonbridges.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leon Bridges<\/a><\/strong> is receiving raves for his new neo-soul album <em><strong>Coming Home<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 In an increasingly-crowded field, <strong>Bridges <\/strong>stands out with his\u00a0<strong>Sam Cooke<\/strong>-stylings and his thoughtful, evocative lyrics.\u00a0 Today <strong>La Blogoth\u00e8que <\/strong>gives us a unique glimpse of <strong>Bridges<\/strong> (with acoustic guitar and sweet singers) performing his song <em><strong>River<\/strong> <\/em>in a cafe in Paris next to the Seine River.\u00a0 The song is surely an homage lyrically to <strong>Al Green&#8217;s <em>Take Me To The River,<\/em><\/strong> though the river metaphor runs deep in the genre<em>.<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Check it out.\u00a0 Gospel beauty right there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d8fawmsUJaQ\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>River<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Been traveling these wide roads for so long<br \/>\nMy heart\u2019s been far from you<br \/>\nTen-thousand miles gone<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I wanna come near and give ya<br \/>\nEvery part of me<br \/>\nBut there is blood on my hands<br \/>\nAnd my lips aren\u2019t clean<\/p>\n<p>In my darkness I remember<br \/>\nMomma\u2019s words reoccur to me<br \/>\n&#8216;Surrender to the good Lord<br \/>\nAnd he\u2019ll wipe your slate clean&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Take me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna go<br \/>\nOh, go on<br \/>\nTake me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna know<\/p>\n<p>Dip me in your smooth waters<br \/>\nI go in<br \/>\nAs a man with many crimes<br \/>\nCome up for air<br \/>\nAs my sins flow down the Jordan<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I wanna come near and give ya<br \/>\nEvery part of me<br \/>\nBut there is blood on my hands<br \/>\nAnd my lips aren\u2019t clean<\/p>\n<p>Take me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna go<br \/>\nGo on,<br \/>\nTake me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna know<\/p>\n<p>I wanna go, wanna go, wanna go<br \/>\nI wanna know, wanna know, wanna know<br \/>\nWanna go, wanna go, wanna go<br \/>\nWanna know, wanna know, wanna know<br \/>\nWanna go, wanna go, wanna go<br \/>\nWanna know, wanna know, wanna know<\/p>\n<p>Take me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna go<br \/>\nLord, please let me know<br \/>\nTake me to your river<br \/>\nI wanna know&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Bridges is receiving raves for his new neo-soul album Coming Home.\u00a0 In an increasingly-crowded field, Bridges stands out with his\u00a0Sam Cooke-stylings and his thoughtful, evocative lyrics.\u00a0 Today La Blogoth\u00e8que gives us a unique glimpse of Bridges (with acoustic guitar and sweet singers) performing his song River in a cafe in Paris next to the 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