You've Been Loved (The Amazing World of Joseph Arthur)

I first heard this guy, Joseph Arthur, about ten years ago, and I thought he was awesome. The album I first heard about was titled Redemption's Son. (more from this one below) He has released a number of albums since but I kinda lost track of him until I saw this last night on a Letterman rerun.

I recommend full screen, High def (if you have the bandwidth), and volume. He (I think) did the artwork on his guitar. The singers seem to "get it" and it turns into church.



This song, Travel As Equals, is from a new album, Redemption City. I love the guitar solo near the end,  and the song, to me, is the second half of the greatest commandment. Redemption City is available as a free download on his website. His website, by the way, is a place I could spend a lot of time. He is a factory of creativity. As a matter of fact he has more than one site (all kinda linked), really. Here are his New Years Resolutions from his Tumblr site.

There is another video released from Redemption City, an interesting song called, I Miss The Zoo.


This morning I woke up and I couldn't remember the title of the song that first got me from Redemption's Son and then it hit me, like a text from you... You've Been Loved. There isn't a great Joseph Arthur version on You Tube (one live one and a cover by a guy that is pretty good here)

Evidently there has been a documentary made about him, though it looks like it hasn't been released on DVD or anything yet. Coincidentally, in this trailer for the film, the first song is You've Been Loved.

Joseph Arthur: You Are Free (Trailer) from reverb productions on Vimeo.


Here are the lyrics.

You don't know how you feel 
Are you a dream? 
Are you for real? 
Cause you don't ever slow down 
To find what you lost or lose what you found 

No one's saying what you need to hear 

You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 

It's always hard to admit 
Most days you feel like you don't exist 
Temptation sneaks past your fists 
Until the devil won't let you resist 

Oblivion is what you want 

But you've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 
You've been loved 

What you're gonna do with your life? 
What you're gonna do with your life? 
What you're gonna do with your life? 
What you're gonna do with your life? 

You've been loved(all the way) 
You've been loved(all the way) 
You've been loved(all the way) 
You've been loved