Bobby Womack, “Lookin’ For A Love” | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 119^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2022), we recollect and reflect on “Lookin’ For A Love” by Bobby Womack. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome – we don’t discriminate ‘round here! In the 119^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2022), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Lookin’ For A Love”, performed by 🎙 Bobby Womack.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

One thing was clear in 1974: 🎙 Bobby Womack was 🎵 “Lookin’ For A Love”.  Per the late, great soul musician, “Everyday, I’m lookin’ for a love / Well, I’m lookin’ here and there and I’m searchin’ everywhere /… I’m lookin’ for a love to call my own.”  Honestly, can you blame him? We all have or all are searching for that special person in our lives.  Womack took his search for his lover to the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.  In fact, “Lookin’ For A Love” ended up being Womack’s biggest hit, and that’s saying something when you consider this was the same man who dropped gems like 🎵 “That’s The Way I Feel About Cha” and 🎵 “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down And Out”.

On this funky gem, Womack tells the audience exactly what purpose and role his future lover will serve. “Someone to get up in the morning and rub my head,” he sings in the verse, adding, “Someone to fix my breakfast and bring it to my bed.” Hmm, when you reexamine this top-10 hit, those lyrics are a bit, um, archaic, close-minded, and dare I say, sexist.  The roles are old-fashioned – too much so – but if you look past these conservative ideals, the point Bobby seems to be making is he wants someone that will be his wife.  He still “needs someone to walk by my side,” which entails more than “to do a little housework,” as he sings at one point.

Final Thoughts 💭 

All in all, Bobby Womack delivers an unforgettable soul gem with 🎵 “Lookin’ For A Love”. It’s imperfect as far as the demands for a future wife mind you, but the idea, ultimately, is that Womack is looking for a good, faithful, loving woman for his own.  That is something that we can all relate to.

🎙 Bobby Womack • 💿 Lookin’ For A Love Again • 🏷 Capitol • 🗓 1974

Bobby Womack, “Lookin’ For A Love”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 119 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Capitol, Gerhard G., JL G via Pixabay,  Karl Hörnfeldt via Unsplash,  The Musical Hype]