cxxxii: JACKSON, Joe: Steppin' Out

cxxii. JACKSON, Joe (1954-       )

Steppin' Out (1982)
JJ, all instruments
(3:36)

from Night and Day.

During the 80's, VH-1 had this song on heavy rotation.

I was immediately intrigued by five things:

1. The disco-like bass line with the repeated 1/8-notes;
2. The high piano chords which are tinkled with the sound of the glockenspiel;
3. The flat-VI and flat-VII movement to the tonic (Db/Eb/F) or even better (Db/Eb/Cm);
4. The way the melody floats above the bass (example: "into the night" -- two dotted-quarters, followed a quarter and a whole note!); and
5. The video. It's very cool.

Here's the entire song: