Macklemore Ryan Lewis: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Tears and laughter in the span of about 15 minutes that s what s so astonishing about these Macklemore Ryan Lewis songs. The first time I heard Same Love, it brought tears to the eyes of a roomful of people, myself included. The song is about equality, specifically gay rights, with an unambiguous message: It s human rights for everybody, There is no Then, in a flip of a backingtrack beat, Macklemore Ben Haggerty) sings about wearing a velour jumpsuit and some house slippers, grandpa The contrast in these songs, Same Love and Thrift Shop, makes the levity all that much memorable; as producer, Ryan Lewis is a master at the hook and clever with the melody. But this Tiny Desk Concert didn t end there: The live, sweet, soulful sounds of singer Ray Dalton belting, Like the ceiling can t hold us had Macklemore standing on my desk and shaking the dust off the ceiling tiles. Wa