He is noted for an asthmatic whispering lyrical style that is half-rapped, half-sung. As a producer and a musician he is known for having an aversion to perfection preferring to build up a dark, rich and layered sound. Culturally, Tricky bridges white and black Britain particularly in his fusion of rock and hip-hop, high art and pop culture. He drew his influences from rap (Public Enemy) to post-punk (he covered a Siouxsie and the Banshees's song Tattoo).
Throughout his work, Tricky blurs the normally clear sexual definitions found within hip hop. Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover. Within many of his tracks he blends elements of varying types of music, and use his lyrics to create a much more ambiguous and blurry reality of sexuality.
Maxinquaye remains his most commercially and critically successful album to date. About it, Tricky originally said in an interview with Raygun in October 1996 that he wanted to make an 'out-an-out punk record' and that "I thought it was going be heavier. I thought it was just going to be an out-an-out punk record. But you end up straying. What I wanted to do was a total fast album. Some of the tracks are fast and hard, but they didn't come out like that." He also said that he hated being stuck with the trip-hop tag so "That's why I did Nearly God, and that's why I did Pre-Millennium Tension. You can't see them as trip-hop albums. So I just keep running away from it. But the farther you run, it's still there. They'll find you." Ever since, Tricky' style has evolved away from obscure, sample-based textures to a more contemporary, electronic sound.
Tricky was in Massive Attack and appeared in the movie The Fifth Element as well as the music video for Parabola by Tool. He has collaborated extensively with other artists on tracks on his various releases, including Bjork, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, Anthony Kiedis , John Frusciante and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martina Topley-Bird, and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp also many others.
After his initial success in the latter 1990's, he started his own label called Durban Poison. Currently he is heading a new imprint called Brown Punk.
Mellow
Tricky Lyrics
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She makes me feel like movin'
I'm gonna see my baby
She makes me feel like movin'
She makes me feel high
She makes me feel low
I'm gonna see my baby
She makes me feel like groovin'
Like this
I see you go to see your baby
Does she make you feel like groovin'?
You go to see your your baby
She make you feel like groovin'
She make you feel high
She make you feel low
She make you feel high
She make you feel low
She make you feel like spendin' your money
She make you feel high
She make you feel low
Need my honey
Like you feel
Need my honey
She makes me feel
She makes me feel
Need my honey
Need my honey
Need my honey
Gonna go see my honey
She makes me feel like groovin'
She makes me feel high
She makes me feel low
When you go to see your honey
When I go to see my honey
Need my honey
She makes me feel
She makes me feel
She makes me feel
The lyrics of Tricky's song "Mellow" express the excitement of seeing a loved one who makes the singer feel a range of emotions. The repetition of the phrase "I'm gonna see my baby" is an indication of the anticipation and eagerness the singer feels to be reunited with their loved one. The constant repetition of "she makes me feel like movin'" and "she makes me feel like groovin'" are both indications that the singer feels empowered and inspired when they are with their loved one.
The refrain of the lyrics "She make you feel high, she make you feel low" can be interpreted as a commentary on the complex nature of relationships. The phrase "she makes me feel like groovin'" may refer to the energy and rhythm that the loved one brings to the singer's life. The constant repetition of "she makes me feel" indicates the intensity of the singer's feelings and their reliance on their significant other for emotional fulfillment. The song's lyrics effectively capture the emotions of falling in love and experiencing the highs and lows that come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm gonna see my baby
I see that you are going to meet your lover
She makes me feel like movin'
You feel energetic and lively when you're with her
She makes me feel high
She brings you up emotionally and makes you feel euphoric
She makes me feel low
At times, she brings you down and makes you feel sad
She makes me feel like groovin'
When you're with her, you feel like dancing
I see you go to see your baby
I notice that you're off to meet your partner
Does she make you feel like groovin'?
Does she make you want to dance and move with the rhythm?
You go to see your baby
You're going to meet your lover
She make you feel like groovin'
She makes you want to dance and enjoy yourself
She make you feel like spendin' your money
When you're with her, you feel generous and willing to spend money on her
Need my honey
I need to see my lover
Like you feel
Just like you do
She makes me feel
Being with her evokes certain emotions in me
Gonna go see my honey
I am off to meet my lover
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: RENEE SCROGGINS, COMPOSER AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@elektrozil9728
The stereo mix of the song makes me feel not Mellow. Its actually creepy, like Tricky is standing behind me and whispering in my ear. His breath reeks of cigar, vodka and mj. Hes trying to sell me something while im waiting in line to use the bathroom in the dirty club. He thinks I have extra cash to give him or something.
@the2ndcoming135
😅
@pasonjayne4635
@The 2nd Coming are you a Tricky fan?
@the2ndcoming135
@@pasonjayne4635 he’s a talented chap yeah😎
@Bonesoda
Like This.