- It's Flashback Friday again.
Hey, I know this guy.
Hey, welcome back to Flashback Friday.
This week, Jason and I would
love for you to meet Raining Jane.
Mona, Becky, Chaska and Mai,
if you don't know them already, are four incredible artists
who I've been collaborating with for 14 years.
We go all the way back to this album
to one of the first songs we ever wrote, "A Beautiful Mess."
What a beautiful experience that was.
So much so we stuck together when we wrote this album.
Just about everything written
and recorded together on the "YES!" album.
Fun fact, a song that didn't appear on the "YES!" album
appears as the lead single on the "Know." album.
That's right, "Have It All" was a reject.
Can you believe that?
I know, I know, but it's so good.
Yes, it is, I know, move on.
Last year, we released "Look For The Good"
which contains six songs that I wrote with Raining Jane.
Boy, do I have an attitude of gratitude,
thanks to my friendship and collaboration with Raining Jane.
Stick around after this interview to hear a new version
of "My Kind" recorded right here
in studio with Mona and Chaska.
And have a beautiful lackadaisical afternoon. See you soon.
- Three, two, Billy.
- [Billy] What's your names?
And what are you doing on the album?
- Hey, my name's Mai.
- I'm Mona.
- I'm Chaska.
- And I'm Becky, and we're Raining Jane.
- Yeah, and we contributed vocals on the reggae record.
(upbeat music)
- So during the album process,
when they were tracking the core band,
as the vocalists, there wasn't really a quiet place
for us to practice or try to get some vocal takes.
So there was a really special place that they found for us.
And it was outside.
(upbeat music)
- [Billy] What was the feeling that you left with?
- It was gratitude, for me.
I was like overjoyed that we got to be
a part of that process, it was so fun.
- I mean, the feeling of that magical synergy of,
you bring all these people together
who all came from different backgrounds.
Like some of us had played together before and some not.
And it was like meeting people for the first time,
and being instantly deep in this like heart-fueled music.
And you can't help but move.
- A way to celebrate is
to get people together and dance, right?
- Yeah, for the first time, all of us dancing together.
That's in 20 years never been like
a thing we've done in private or public.
(upbeat music)
- I don't feel like I need to answer this question.
(gentle music)
♪ Love is the way, love is the light ♪
♪ We light up today, and today is all right ♪
♪ Love is the way, love will take us higher ♪
♪ We are aligned, and we are united ♪
(gentle music)
♪ We are united by our differences ♪
♪ Our different kinds of interests ♪
♪ Our different intelligences ♪
♪ Artificial or natural mystics ♪
♪ Each one a chrysalis for perfect imperfections ♪
♪ Yeah, we are limitless 'cause spirit lives inside us ♪
♪ Mother nature did us a favor ♪
♪ Gave each one of us a different flavor ♪
♪ Different visions, different faces ♪
♪ Different incarnations of crazy ♪
♪ Some want to make some noise ♪
♪ Some want to hear the silence ♪
♪ Some want to drive the bus from town to town ♪
♪ And give out high fives to ♪
♪ Teachers and bakers and movie ticket takers ♪
♪ To midwives and doctors and magic baby makers ♪
♪ 'Cause if love is what you're working on ♪
♪ And peace is what you're dreaming ♪
♪ If you're fighting for freedom ♪
♪ You are my people ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, you're my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, you're my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ I don't believe in fighting ♪
♪ 'Cause we ain't got that much time ♪
♪ Tomorrow's ground is a foundation laid down ♪
♪ By decisions that I make today ♪
♪ I don't believe in war, no ♪
♪ I've been taught to love my neighbor ♪
♪ I've been all around, ♪
♪ And all I've found is we're all the same ♪
♪ Yeah, the chief of police and the dealer, the same ♪
♪ Neither the strongest can survive ♪
♪ Only he who can handle change ♪
♪ The secret to peace is to quiet the brain ♪
♪ Letting go with all our hearts ♪
♪ And letting love touch everything ♪
♪ If love is what we're working on ♪
♪ And peace is what you're dreaming ♪
♪ If you're combating evil, you are my people ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, you're my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, humankind ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪
♪ We share the same room ♪
♪ Your moon is my moon ♪
♪ We all wane and wax ♪
♪ We all wanna take a nap in the afternoon ♪
♪ Some wanna be small spoon, some wanna be big spoon ♪
♪ I like to rotate positions ♪
♪ And flip it over for a different view ♪
♪ Some like it reggae, some like it smooth jazz ♪
♪ Some like to slow things down ♪
♪ Some like to shake that ass ♪
♪ So many different expressions to take pleasure in ♪
♪ You are uniquely you, just like everyone else ♪
♪ Love is the way, love is the light ♪
♪ We light up today, and today is all right ♪
♪ Love is what we're working on ♪
♪ Peace is what we're dreaming ♪
♪ We are all equal, you are my people ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, you're my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, you're my kind, my kind ♪
♪ You're my kind, my kind, humankind ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, humankind, humankind ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, you and I, humankind ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, you and I ♪
♪ Yes, yes, you and I ♪
♪ Is it Flashback Friday again ♪