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with refrains that effortlessly stick in your mind, and underneath it all, there’s a relaxed,
breezy Creedence Clearwater Revival spin.
It’s The Morning, I Just Met You, I Don’t Want
To Be SeenWith You
, andmost of all,
I’ve Always Got YouOnMyMind
are fully developed,
highlypersonal reflections on love. Innocent yet erotically tinged ina subtleway. Enchanting
melodies, sungwith an intimacy that creeps underneath your skin. Towake up at daybreak
with thoughts about one particular woman tearing a hole in your heart may sound like a
tired cliché on paper but when Ortega sings it, there is suddenly no gap whatsoever
between the words, the feelings, and the reality. Or between the singer and the listener.
