Joss Stone 'The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)'

British soul singer Joss Stone has released a new music video for the indie artist's emotional remake, "The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)," the leading cover track from her sixth studio album, "The Soul Sessions Volume 2," the sequel to her decade-old 2003 debut and a powerful, heartfelt and classy comeback project saw her cover a number of soul classics released between the 60s and 80s. Phenomenal. Put simply, she's far too gifted and talented to have her cause forgotten even more than it already has.
The 26-year-old Grammy Award winner and British singer brings us new music wrapped in stunning vocal power and passion. Stone has certainly returned to her debut's soul covers format in more mature and superb voice, and has always been a tremendous shouter, but has acquired a vulnerability and ability to truly inhabit emotional song. Originally released in 1971 by US R&B group The Dells, “The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind),” is appropriately covered by the contemporary soulster.
Stone remodels the song by applying her spiritual, earthy soul voice to produce a startling and soulful makeover. Her version received praise from the band, whose lead singer Marvin Junior passed away last month. Ten years on from the original "Soul Sessions" album, which Stone recorded aged 15, there is undoubtedly a new level of maturity in evidence on this critically acclaimed new set - a stunning exercise in vocal poise, passion and power. You can almost feel the fire fueled behind her powerful vocals. The original is a terrific song but Stone's interpretation blows it out of the water.
Stone's emotional storm manifests into tangible torrential rains in her music video which finds Stone adding some modern twists to the 70s classic. Directed by Anit Bashar and Brian Nelson, the clip features Dover, UK born songstress at home alone in tears reminiscing over love lost and longing for the return of the object of her affection. "The video I think is perfect because of the water really. Second you hear I'm gonna be drenched in water you think... this is a white t-shirt contest, but that's not it, this is all surrounded by the drops going down the pain of glass... It's all about actual tear drops," says Stone.

Joss Stone Gets Us So High In "The High Road"

The British neo-soul singer Joss Stone released the music video for "The High Road," the first U.S. single and a stone-cold soul makeover of the Broken Bells' cult hit, taken from UK songstress' latest sixth disc "The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2," a sultry, sexy covers-only affair. The resulting album showcases a young woman at the height of her vocal powers. The 25-year-old Grammy award winner's return to the soul basics that made her first album such a breakout hit fits cozily into my headphones as she breathes new life into old songs.
And as the name implies, "The Soul Sessions Vol. 2," follows in the footsteps of her 2003 debut album in that all the songs are cover versions of Soul classics, most of which were recorded in the 1960s and '70s. Or actually, make that most of the songs covered are Soul classics. One very notable exception is Stone' version of "The High Road," a song that was the first-ever single by electro-indie duo Broken Bells in 2009. The song juxtaposes an uplifting melodic chorus with a depressing lyric about not knowing if the dead can talk, or even not knowing if you're alive.
"The High Road" isn't that old but is something that Stone decided to put a soulful spin on with stellar results. And like all good remakes, Stone' version reshapes the original song into something that sounds fresh and new, but also has a familiar quality to it at the same time. This new smooth, spine-tingly tune replacing the original bluesy number's Danger Mouse-produced sheen with electric guitars, piano and her signature vocals, Stone unearths two Chi-Lites chestnuts and gives Broken Bells' "The High Road" a psychedelic-soul makeover. But her musical instincts are off, and she steamrolls nearly every song with her bombastic blues growl.
The psychedelic video features Stone taking a train ride to a very special station. She exits the subway and slap us with some melting Dali clocks and lead us through the enchanted forest on all sorts of magical adventures with all sorts of fantastical things surrounding her including an elephant that provides her next mode of transport. Stone then happens upon a hooded stranger who entices her into a game of chess, and how the game ends shouldn't really come as a surprise. Watch below to take "The High Road" with Stone into her dreamland of make believe.