Keith Urban: The Blessing Of One Special Song
Keith Urban puts a lot of thought into the songs he plays each night in his concerts, and every once in a while, a song that has been in his…
Keith Urban puts a lot of thought into the songs he plays each night in his concerts, and every once in a while, a song that has been in his catalog for twenty years rises to the top.
One of those special songs is his 2001 song "But For The Grace Of God." Keith told us, "I love that a song can do that, and continue to do it. People discover things for the first time that have been around for a long time."
He continued, "It was my very first number-one song, so it's really special for me. It's a song I occasionally do in concert even. If it's just a snippet, I do it acoustically."
"It's remarkable that on each tour, when I'm putting together a set list, I sometimes rediscover songs that I haven't done for years and years and years. I'll sit with the band, and they'll be like, 'We should do that one. Let's put that one in.'"
The country superstar concluded, "It's nice to discover these songs that have held up over time. That's a real blessing."
Urban surprised fans a few weeks ago by announcing the release of his first full album in four years, High. The new project will be released on September 20.
After the initial announcement, Keith filed us in on a few more details. He elaborated on the title, High. "It's a one-word title, and I think that kind of summed up the whole spirit and energy of the record, and it ended up also being a word that started appearing in many songs on the record, unbeknownst to me (laughs). '"
Urban continued, "The songs were done and recorded. And it was when I started listening to the record that I went 'Omigod, there's that word again. Oh, there's that word again. It's in 'Straight Line.' It's in a lot of songs.' So, that really summed up the album. So, it's really just a feeling and a spirit and an energy, and I think it's a very accurate photograph of who I am at the moment."
As for the record as a whole, Keith told us, "It feels good. There's a feeling in this album, top to bottom. It's 11 songs. It's only 40 minutes. It's not like this opus, but because of its concise nature, I think it flows with a feeling that I'm really, really happy with that I don't think you can intentionally do that on albums."
