Love Is the Best [Single]

Dada Veda | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: RAWA Records
• ASIN: B002PQ7MUS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

reviewed by Gary Levinson

One of the Indie Music world s most anticipated releases, Dada Veda s Love is the Best is finally here. With his new album, Dada Veda presents us songs in a variety of musical directions: doo-wop, gospel, reggae, blue grass, barber shop, honky tonk, R and B, country, folk, rock....

Was it worth the wait? Let s look at some of the songs:

We Are Never Alone or Helpless, the opening track is a rocking, southern R and B flavored song, reminiscent of some of Leon Russell s work. It has a catchy Nashville sound, and it encapsulates the basis of yoga philosophy: You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

From Zero to Hero is one of my favorites. The honky-tonk riffs, and the slightly unpolished backing vocals support the song s message: We all have the capacity to turn the zero into hero.

Liberate Your Mind is about breaking free from worry, and as such is also about basic yoga philosophy. The barber-shop style singing on the background vocals, makes it clear to all that even a group a 40-something men can be interested in this renunciation of worry. Like my Grandmother says: Why worry? It doesn t help.

I m Waiting for That Time is a song about longing for a hoped-for future time of social justice. It is appropriately in the style of worker-revolution songs from the 1920 s and 30 s.

A Better Deal is a song in a country-folk style, with backing vocals, and is really about the ethical treatment of some of the other sentient creatures on this planet, namely the animals, many of which are murdered to provide food for the species that is in the position of power to murder them, namely the Homo Spaiens. A Better Deal describes the satisfaction, both moral and physical, that comes from having a vegetarian diet. Diipak gives us on this number some interesting violin accompaniments.

My Heart Will Go on Loving You is the most rock oriented song on the album and is a spiritual love song.

Open My Heart Wide, a bhajandone in the style of 1950 s rock n roll. Listen to the doo-wop backing vocals. Can this be a true bhajan? My answer is simply: Why not?

Love is the Best Like the Beatles said, Love is all you need ) and that is the message of this song. Of all the songs on this album, this song has the most New York, that is to say Lou Reed style. It is an appropriate wrap-up to the Dada Veda penned lyrical content on this album.

The next songs are two versions of kirtan, yoga spiritual dance songs. The first, Good Old Kiirtan, sounds like it could have been recorded live before a meditation session. The second, Kiirtan Remix, is my favorite song on the album: Mantra music with the beat of today. It sounds like Joy Division or New Order gone from depressed to spiritual. And I was thinking that that is exactly Dada s goal: to transform the feelings that people have in this materialistic world from the depressing to the uplifting, by realizing the spiritual nature of existence.

As we asked earlier: was it worth the wait? The answer is a definite yes. Dada Veda s voice his singing has made a quantum improvement. Surely proof that practice makes perfect. The musicians are highly skilled, and the production, by Ryan Sam, is first class. With this album Dada Veda has raised the bar, not only for his own future albums, but for spiritually minded Indie Musicians as well. A real smörgåsbord of styles, Love is the Best is a real treat. Although the year is only half through, Dada Veda s Love is the Best is one of the best Indie Music albums of 2009 --Indie Music Review,

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piritually inspired, Globally-tinged Folk and Americana music is what you ll find on Love Is The Best, Dada s second album overall. He seamlessly melds the rhythms of rock, country and Americana folk with the ancient wisdom of Yoga, bringing together such disparate strains to create a remarkable, eclectic music collection. There s even a Bill Haley and the Comets-1950s style doo-wop song ~ which honestly is a bit of a surprise coming from an orange turban and robe wearing Yogic monk, but he performed this style of music flawlessly. Overall Love Is The Best moves with a deeper spirit. Dada, much like Bob Dylan, U2, Johnny Cash or Bruce Springsteen, musically tackles topics that dominate our daily news, such as war and world peace, racism, economic and ecological issues as well as the need for open-minded spiritual discourse and real universal tolerance. Songs such as From Zero To Hero, A Better Deal and Liberate Your Mind bring these subjects into perspective. Also included on the album are two kirtan meditative tracks that feature mantra chanting. These songs were specifically written to assist the listener with their meditative focus. This record and Dada s music overall is a subtle work of simplistic beauty. I highly recommend Love Is The Best. But I would also suggest his first CD, Brighter Than The Sun recorded in 2003 in Albania. With its acoustic, country-folk melodies and spiritual sensibilities, it makes for an excellent accompaniment to Love Is The Best. The radiant song In The Stillness of the Morning is worth the price alone. reviewed by Michael Lohr --New Renaissance Magazine

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