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D'Angelo — Unshaken
Album: Unshaken
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7.2

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Total ratings: 3013








Released: 2019
Length: 3:52
Plays (last 30 days): 5
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May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds

Did I hear a thunder?
Did I hear you break?
I can't quite remember
Just what guided me this way, oh, oh

May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds

The pines, they often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
He who drinks from the deep water (Ooh, ooh)
May he know the depths of the well (Ooh, ooh)
Well

May I stand unshaken (May I)
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds (Mmm)
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds

Mmm, oh, traveler
What have you seen?
Were there crossroads
Where you been, where you been?
I once was standing tall
Now I feel my back's against the wall

May I stand unshaken (Oh)
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds
Oh, oh, oh

The morning light when it comes to me
It was there, but I could not see
Am I to wander as a wayward son?
Will the hunter be hunted by the smoking gun? (Oh)

May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds (World)
May I stand unshaken (May I)
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds (World)
May I stand unshaken (May I)
Amid, amidst a clash of worlds
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 NHMick wrote:


100%! It's like this song was written for that game.


I'm not sure if you're being facetious, but it literally was written for the game.  Daniel Lanois, who produced this, did a wonderful job creating the soundtrack.
Posted 4 days ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
Wow, I just heard this song playing RDR2 last night.  So good!
Posted 1 month ago by DanMac    [ Reply ]
 fxn23 wrote:

Red dead redemption 2! 



100%! It's like this song was written for that game.
Posted 1 month ago by NHMick    [ Reply ]
Nope, next.
Posted 2 months ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
Red dead redemption 2! 
Posted 9 months ago by fxn23    [ Reply ]
 jamesdwebb4 wrote:

Basically makes me want to ride a horse slowly through New Hanover.



I had to bump my rating from 8 to 9, after hearing this song in the context of the game RDR2, after chapter 4.  Pretty emotional content for a video game.
Posted 1 year ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
 Majoran wrote:

Neville Brothers :-)



are good. but this sounds nothing like them.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 luisaa72 wrote:


love this artist.  he blows me away every time.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Is it just me, or did the sound pan slowly back and forth randomly throughout that track?  I have AirPods but the head tracking and spatial audio was disabled.   Anyway. it's a solid track.  I give it an 8 for sure!





Posted 1 year ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
 Majoran wrote:

Neville Brothers :-)




I get it. All black vocalists sound the same. I don't agree beyond these are great examples where that's not true..
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by luisaa72    [ Reply ]
Neville Brothers :-)
Posted 2 years ago by Majoran    [ Reply ]
Just watched season 4, episode 3 of Atlanta last night and D'Angelo plays a prominent role in one of the story lines. Since this genre is not in my wheelhouse, it was an eye-opener to his influence. Great to hear him on RP. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 2 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
Wow! RP breaking new ground with D'Angelo! Bravo.
Posted 2 years ago by tee_dee    [ Reply ]
cinematic peace-for another Netflix drama
Posted 2 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
MY feeelings are being....stirred!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
If you like this, you will not regret checking out Christian Larsson's cover of Unshaken.

Also - if you're a RDR2 fan, this will hit harder.
Posted 2 years ago by suraj.sathyanarayan76898    [ Reply ]
 jamesdwebb4 wrote:

Basically makes me want to ride a horse slowly through New Hanover.



great. whatever the town is..
Posted 2 years ago by luisaa72    [ Reply ]
awesome tune and spiritual strenght <3
Posted 2 years ago by luisaa72    [ Reply ]
Ahhh... B&R, you are rocking my late night working today!
Posted 2 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
Basically makes me want to ride a horse slowly through New Hanover.
Posted 2 years ago by jamesdwebb4    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
 
 What (nasty) three people would give this comment a thumbs down??


Off topic FFS
Posted 2 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
Great song from RVA
Posted 2 years ago by Rowinguy    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Unshaken, not unstirred...



I stand, especially now, by my original comment...
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

Man, what a voice.
Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Great lyricand greater presentation!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
This song and the accompanying scene in RDR2 was one of the most powerful emotional moments in the game. A great song that will always have a rich place in my heart.
Posted 2 years ago by PrintError    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Excellent!




2nd listen is a CHARM! I had never heard of him prior to RP. It just gets better! Thank You, RP! 
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Great artist. Totally underplayed
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
WOW! Goosebumps...
Posted 3 years ago by christineclaydon1    [ Reply ]
 ubuntourist wrote:


I was going to say something similar, and decided to see if anyone else had beaten me to it... Maybe something David Byrne would have had his hand in, as well.


I hear D'Angelo. 
Posted 3 years ago by charbo    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:

Another great song brought to you by Daniel Lanois.



Amazing. I thought of Lanois as soon as the first bass tones emanated from the speakers.  That guy is the master of making the spaces between notes just as important as the notes themselves. 
Posted 3 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Damn, I miss that horse.
Posted 3 years ago by jpeaton    [ Reply ]
 jmsmy wrote:

Is this the same D'Angelo that had those huge R&B hits in the Mid-Nineties ?



WOW - Wiki says he is.
Posted 3 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Is this the same D'Angelo that had those huge R&B hits in the Mid-Nineties ?
Posted 3 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
You made me crying as I never cried before  pure bliss thank you forever  music is the ultimate emotion and your the best radio ever, as I said before  Thanks!
Posted 3 years ago by freefranklin    [ Reply ]
Another great song brought to you by Daniel Lanois.
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
 kazoo wrote:


RIP Sean Connery
 What (nasty) three people would give this comment a thumbs down??

 
Maybe they view it as off-topic in a forum about music in general and, in this case, D'Angelo in particular.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
Poetry.
Posted 3 years ago by okskyhi    [ Reply ]
 NLMiladin wrote:

Pa bravo, gde ga nadje....
 

What's been heard cannot be unheard. xD Uvek to čujem, tako i pevam! :D
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 maboleth wrote:
Jer ja... sedam, chekam!
 
Pa bravo, gde ga nadje....
Posted 3 years ago by NLMiladin    [ Reply ]
Nice!!!
Posted 3 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
damn this is awesome
Posted 3 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Jer ja... sedam, chekam!
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 kazoo wrote:


RIP Sean Connery
 What (nasty) three people would give this comment a thumbs down??

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 cneseman wrote:

Oh, it's worth playing the whole way through.

 
Too bad my job's been all overtime since the pandemic...cuz it would have been the perfect time to finish the game. Though now fall's here maybe I will!
Long Live RP!!

Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Unshaken, not unstirred...
 

RIP Sean Connery
Posted 4 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
timely.
Posted 4 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 hazyarc wrote:
Red Dead Redemption 2 anyone?
 

OMG YES. What a gaming experience. And that scene where this song plays..... Chills.
Posted 4 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

That you played or at least heard the biggest game ever (at release) - funny too cuz I stopped playing it shortly after the scene with this song. 
 
Oh, it's worth playing the whole way through.

Posted 4 years ago by cneseman    [ Reply ]
 hazyarc wrote:
Red Dead Redemption 2 anyone?
 
Scene right after they come back from the island, yes?
Posted 4 years ago by cneseman    [ Reply ]
 cneseman wrote:
I don't know what it says about me that I know this song because of Red Dead Redemption 2.
 
That you played or at least heard the biggest game ever (at release) - funny too cuz I stopped playing it shortly after the scene with this song. 
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I don't know what it says about me that I know this song because of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Posted 4 years ago by cneseman    [ Reply ]
Hi Bill, since you like this so much, how about adding some Neville Brothers to the rotation?
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Six plays in the last 30 days according to the RP tracker. I think that’s the most times I’ve seen a song played in that interval on RP. 
Posted 4 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Another D'Angelo
Posted 4 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
The Lost Neville Brother?
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Do you mean it's too bad that he no longer is a drunk?  Of course, some of the greatest legends in music had substance-abuse problems.
 And, lost waaay too many, to one "substance", wet or dry.

Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Ii like this tune but it is being played too often.
Posted 4 years ago by jonathansteven    [ Reply ]

Calming...
Posted 4 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 A bit like my voice - if I could sing ...
Posted 4 years ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
I wanted to see what D'Angelo is like live and I ended up with this clip with Daniel Lanois.

& sure enough, this was produced & co-written by Lanois. Funny 'cause initially I thought upon hearing that this was a Lanois/Blind Boys of Alabama thing. 
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 4 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
what a voice
Posted 4 years ago by irisrpradio    [ Reply ]
This guy has one smooooth voice. 8 from the mellowed out Nottingham jury :)
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 hazyarc wrote:
Red Dead Redemption 2 anyone?
 
Yes! Great moment in the game, when Arthur is riding his horse alone and this song kicks in. I turned on "cinematic mode" and just listened to the song, and it was absolutely perfect. 
Posted 4 years ago by jkamm14    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by jmddj    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Do you mean it's too bad that he no longer is a drunk?  Of course, some of the greatest legends in music had substance-abuse problems.
 
HA!  I'll laugh at your joke, although assuming OP meant "too bad he's a recovering drunk" is like saying "too bad the cancer patient is in remission."  Seriously, reading about D'Angelo since the late 90s he really sounds like a decent guy...LLRP and Recovering Drunks!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Perhaps a tad over the top, but I like the effects on the vocals in this. Especially the 'megaphone' "Yeah" and other ad libs in the last section. Cool tune.
Posted 4 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
The Lost Neville Brother?
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 kazoo wrote:
I'm hearing Leonard Cohen, Boogie Street. Not a bad thing for me.
 

I was going to say something similar, and decided to see if anyone else had beaten me to it... Maybe something David Byrne would have had his hand in, as well.
Posted 4 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
Too bad the guy was a drunk
 
Do you mean it's too bad that he no longer is a drunk?  Of course, some of the greatest legends in music had substance-abuse problems.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:
Sounds like continuation of Skip McDonald's Little Axe project. Some of those background yowls are the same used on the Little Axe's 1st album 'The Wolf That House Built' - which is a brilliant mix of Howling Wolf samples w dub and screaming guitars.
 
I might have to check that out since I'm liking this D'Angelo cut so much....in fact I went with another +1 calling it a 9 now....and partly due to how not-rKelly he is....he almost seemed embarrassed by the successes he had in the 90s....cool dude in my book....LLRP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Sounds like continuation of Skip McDonald's Little Axe project. Some of those background yowls are the same used on the Little Axe's 1st album 'The Wolf That House Built' - which is a brilliant mix of Howling Wolf samples w dub and screaming guitars.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Unshaken, not unstirred...
Posted 5 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I'm signing up for Amazon premium so I can get Alexa to play this again
Posted 5 years ago by aneal300    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
Nice!  BillG w/ some MORE R&B tracks....pretty cool.....I'll rate it at 7 for now....Long Live RP!!

**edit** After hearing this a few times, I'm going to lean on this being more soul than R&B - still, hearing R&B artists is cool, welcomed and this one is an 8 now for me....Long Live RP!!
 
Almost bumping this to a 9 after playing the part of RDR2 where Arthur returns from "Cuba" and boy it fit PERFECTLY in the game....well done Rockstar!  Well Done BnR!!  Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Too bad the guy was a drunk
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
What a tune!!!
Bill, please play it more!
Posted 5 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
That is quite a tune.
Posted 5 years ago by lovelyhelicopter    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Leonard Cohen, Boogie Street. Not a bad thing for me.
Posted 5 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a lot of the Chambers Brothers from years gone by.  I liked them, too.
Posted 5 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
RP. please play more D'Angelo.
Posted 5 years ago by MSKDCT    [ Reply ]
Is that the Blind Boys of Alabama singing back-up?  
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a movie music
Posted 5 years ago by llauer    [ Reply ]
Loving the groove and atmosphere of this.
Posted 5 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
 hazyarc wrote:
Red Dead Redemption 2 anyone?
 

Playing through now and the music is great. Sets the mood really well and completely pulls you in.
Posted 5 years ago by cbrandtbuffalo    [ Reply ]
Nice!  BillG w/ some MORE R&B tracks....pretty cool.....I'll rate it at 7 for now....Long Live RP!!

**edit** After hearing this a few times, I'm going to lean on this being more soul than R&B - still, hearing R&B artists is cool, welcomed and this one is an 8 now for me....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Red Dead Redemption 2 anyone?
Posted 5 years ago by hazyarc    [ Reply ]
New tune on RP.  Only 3 ratings when I chimed in here.
Going with a 6 on my 1st hear.
Posted 5 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
It gets better when you listen carefully and read the lyrics. The music is barely there, but it's a 6. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]