I Asked Seal About "Kiss from a Rose" 

"I wonder how Seal thought of this? Oh well, I'll just call him..." -Rick Beato's life 2024

Quality answer… ‘I didn’t know I couldn’t’. 😂

“I didn’t know you couldn’t do those things” That's a real composer!!

I love the fact that he refuses to give a definite answer in the lyrics and meaning so that each person can make it their own.

I randomly met Seal hiking in LA on the trail. He was the most friendly, awesome guy.

His response is just so damn authentic. You could see that it is coming straight from his heart. I am so impressed by its depth and authenticity.

Accidently writing a song while getting to know your new 'device' is what happend to Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics as well: it resulted in the musical hook of 'Sweet dreams'. Annie Lennox spontaneously came up with the singing melody and the words while hearing it for the first time.

Oh damn, Seal’s closing comments choked me up a bit. Showing respect to Rick and what he’s bringing and illuminating to people about music and songwriting, especially young people.

Love that answer, "it is the right thing to do", speaking from the soul for every artist.

"I didn't know that was unusual.." Follow your gut hell yeah

I can appreciate how you let Seal get the last word here.

Such a classy gentleman

Many problems have been solved by people who were never told that the problem was unsolvable. "I didn't know I couldn't" is a perfect example of this from a musical perspective.

Seal has such an amazing voice. What a genuine well spoken guy.

I met Seal back in the late 90s when i worked at a hotel in London and he used to come stay there often.. he was an awesome guy, quiet and very respectful .. fond memories... :)

"The whole thing happened really quickly ... an afternoon's work of about two or three hours, and I wasn't really thinking about the melody at all." This theme of 'working fast' and 'not thinking' (in other words, Wu Wei) happens so often in the creative process of great music that it's fascinating how little people talk about its continual recurrence.

Cool to see Seal on your channel. He's written 3 of my all time favorite songs; Kiss From a Rose, Prayer for the Dying, and Love's Divine. He's one of those artists like Sade who blurs the lines between Soul, Jazz, and Pop. Phenomenal voice, interesting lyrics, engaging beats, rhythms, and melodies. One of my favorite artists for sure!

That song sounds as fresh and relevant today as when it was first released. A true classic. Thank you seal and rick.

A) it's the instinct & talent, NOT the theory or complicated methods & high flying chord names B) thank you, Tascam. 🌹🎶👌🏼💯

I was today years old when I discovered that Seal wrote this song as well as sang it. Awesome. ❤

To Me , the entire album is magnificent . I`m 66 years old and it`s been in my top 20 since I first listened to it 30 years ago. I don`t have the words to express how much this album , has and still means to me . I want to thank Seal for all the heart and soul he poured into the recording . It simply heal`s .

Seal is absolutely amazing. Great songwriter, amazing performer, eloquent speaker and he always has that "distinguished" air about him. A proper gentleman, if you will.

Seal speaks truth. It’s the song above all else. Sadly today’s popular music has completely forgotten the meaning of “the song.”

Timeless song, beautiful piece of work. Thank you Seal! Rick Beato is music teacher to the world

That was a lovely 5 minutes with Seal. Thank you!

Seal also has Trevor Horn in his corner, which is a huge help in realizing "songs".

This makes me so happy! I love Kiss from a Rose, and to hear that Seal sung it into his new Tascam cause he didn't play an instrument is so relatable... and look at what he created from these humble beginnings. So inspiring.

I always found this song super hypnotic. I think I didn't hear it before it rolled (in the credits?) in Batman Forever. Loved that whole soundtrack.

Like most says, Seal's answers are top class - a true gentleman.

“Why’d you make Ba ba ba da ba?” The hard hitting questions

Such a great song. Recorded it over and over on a cassette tape just so I could listen to it several times without rewinding...

His explanation of the lyrics is an explanation of art.

Thank you, dear Seal, for bringing such beauty into the world. God bless you.

Loved his performance at Freddie's tribute concert. He really gave it his all.

“I felt like it was the right thing to do”, this sums up the definition of “inspiration”. (Just discovered ur 2nd channel through this, thx.)

Amazing how such a beautiful song can come from out of nowhere. Every time I hear that song, I get the chills it's so powerful.

Great rick. Scott from Scotland I was listening to kiss from a rose today in bbc radio 2 driving back from the farm … and it knocked me again. I remember hearing it when it came out and been a fav since sing since. Just stunning how a simple chord structure. Just turns into amazing song Seal is true talent. So simple so complex …so beautiful

I love this man so much. "Show Me" was my jam for a long time. Still hits hard to this day.

The grasp of hamony on display during the bridge from this song still breaks my goddamn mind.

I would love to feel this inspired reading instruction manuals. 😂

Wonderful work Rick, yourself and the Fil from the Wings of Pegasus channel are so necessary for folks to learn about this industry. Keep shining your light, it is a rare thing of beauty!

At all cost has to be upheld got me. Man thank you for this Mr. Beato and Mr. Seal!

Seal.... The legend.

I was trying to do what an orchestra would do....proceeds to hum one of the most iconic songs from the 90s.

This song might be the top1 composition of all time for me... There is nothing like it!!!

Doing something 'unusual' without knowning it was something what happened to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders as well. She wrote songs with odd timesignatures without realizing it herself. An exemple of that is the song 'Tattooed Love Boys'. Her fabulous guitarist James Scott bluffed his way through the recording having no clue what the timesignature was. Ever thought about interviewing her Rick?

Please interview Andy Partridge and/or Colin Moulding from XTC.

A Tascam 244 ... takes me way back. Kids today have no idea how hard it was to do all this before laptops.

This was great. Thank you sir. Love learning about all this stuff. Keep them coming.

This was beautiful! Thank you, thank you!

How wonderful this is. Thank you for using your access & curiosity to delve into these cool questions. And - Thank You, Seal!!

Amazing!! Thankyou! Such an impressive selection of icons!!

This is so great Rick! I'm such a huge Seal fan from WAY back. Seeing him live is quite a treat! A real artist.

That was cool, man. Such a generous person. That song and that voice are just awesome

Enjoyed so much, thank you !!! More interviews with Seal please. Love his voice, song and honesty ❤

Amazing! I really love this song and congratulations on the channel Rick! 😁🙌🙏👽🎶🪐

I love hearing about the songwriting methods of artists and how particular songs came to be from inspiration onward! More of this please!

Again, heaps of praise that is so well deserved. We all raise a glass to you Rick and thank you so much for what you do.

Amazing mini interview. Very original format.

Love and enjoy, love Seal answers, such a nice talented sir, and both so athentic and showing true love for music!

Loved this! Great human, great musician, great song. Also: i never noticed this was a different channel.

Love this format. Thank you for bringing these legends to us 😊

This song just popped into my head the other day and would not leave. This is so on time. A Kiss From a Rose is one of the most beautiful songs to ever happen!❤❤❤

I have always really loved this song and to be honest Seal has other great songs too. But I also love that he enjoys people's different ideas of it. It shows that he proud of it and how it has touched so many people.

I totally agree with Seal. Your channels are very important❤

Great interview, amazingly beautiful song that endured

Love 'Rick Beato 2' ... always great insights.

“It’s the song.” This was 5 minutes of quality viewing and has added value to my life. Thank you. I just subscribed 👍.

yooooooooooooooooo rick's channel is on fire. Words of wisdom from seal... great stuff and fucking inspiring

I loved this Breakdown, very inspirational!

People have been asking Seal this question for 30 years now.😂

Good grief, does Seal not age? That song was 30 years ago!

Rick - Seal, how did you make that amazing song? Seal - IDk.

Love this! What a lovely chap.

Just the best song ever

Wow. Much respect to Seal, man. Great answer(s) & great sentiment about what Rick is doing w/ these channels. & I must say.. His answer about, "what does this part or that lyric mean?" - his reply is that of a true artist: "Well.. You tell me. What do you think it means?.." Like Maynard Keenan & so many others have said - art (& in particular music) is supposed to be interpretive. It means something different to each listener. ✊😎

One of the best songs ever. ❤

Seal is a class act when it comes to singing, and writing. And his honesty makes him much more important to the music industry !

What an amazing and moving composition

Love this. Awesome as usual Rick 👏👏👏

What an awesome guy. This song is timeless

I love Seal so much and this just underscores who he is! I'm all warm and fuzzy inside!

There was a time when I listened to his first album every day. Amazing artist.

What an awesome dude. I still love Seal's albums from the 90's.

"I didn't know you can't do it". Check and mate, Rick! 😁

So interesting that he wasn't concentrating on writing a song, he was concentrating on how to operate his new Tascam multitrack cassette recorder. He needed to practice bouncing so he had to come up with a bunch of vocal parts to bounce, since he was alnoe and he didn't play an instrument. Fascinating! I'd buy *another* machine to figure out if I was him!! lol

Is a nice touch of lay out ! Love the song

Excellent greetings from Ibiza RICK !!

People that weren’t around when this came out have no idea how huge this song was! Even though it got played to death, it still holds up today. Great song. Great performance by Seal.

God bless true artists. In a world full of of ai n celebrities we need ppl like these.

Great song. One of those you're never tired of litening to. And Trevor Horn is a great producer and arranger.

Seriously, what an amazing vocal performance.

If you want to be unique then you have to be unusual. Being unusual is what produced this great song!

I truly respect Seal as a musician ❤. Just respect 👍

Absolute classic song. I was blown away when I first heard it... and am again every time I hear it.

I was so lucky to see seal in concert at the pearl in vegas.. amazing

Man those were the good old days of music. MTV was absolutely rocking and there was so much music coming out. There was no reason to change! Bring back original MTV and music videos!!!

What a wonderful human being 💜 a huge STAR INDEED 💞✨🙏

the melody line on kfar is the definition of unreal!

I love Seal, The Human Beings & Fpur Albums are AMAZING!!