Boyz II Men Gives Listeners Plenty to Be Thankful For

Thank you blog and blog girls for joining me today where I will do my very best not to trample all over World Gratitude Day. In the spotlight I've placed Boyz II Men, four-part nineties smooth crooners who certainly made a mark on me with their delectable front stoop a capella jewel "Thank You". What's not to like? The flow is incredible, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, and Michael McCary have this great military style discipline about their work, and the bridge teems with warmth on a par with sitting in front of the fireplace on a cold night sipping cocoa. This song could conceivably apply to anyone who's made your tough life inch over into the bearable category be it a parent, girlfriend, wife, sibling, etc...Boyz II Men prove they have highly elastic instruments that they choose the ideal range to operate out of. Baritone pipes? Check. Mid-range belting? Got it covered. Freestyle harmonizing? You know they pull that off without so much as a second's notice of hesitation. They do a fine job of proving that even when unplugged almost entirely, they can still command a grand vocal presence simply by using the gifts God gave them to the highest level possible. It's a shame it never placed any higher than #21 on Billboard Magazine's Singles Chart. Why is it that a lot of the time when I listen to music it's the songs that barely crack the top 40 or get stuck somewhere in the middle that arouse my curiosity the most? "Thank You" is definitely a pertinent example. Perhaps it's the understated subtlety (Read: No overly emotional delivery or braggadoccio)that kept it from reaching its full potential. Guess we'll have to file that under "mystery for the ages". "Thank You" is the gentle yet solid display of gratitude one associates with those two powerful but easily ignored words. We probably as a collective bunch of people don't say it nearly as often as we should. Hopefully this review will convince you to take time out to say it to the person or persons who've been feeling snubbed as of late. If it doesn't you've still got a nice little dollop of neat nostalgia to smile about. Get in the way back machine and give this another listen. Don't be surprised if the ear to ear grin has made it to your face long after your brain has had time to figure out how it got there.