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cdp1223cdp1223 Posts: 1,131
edited March 2010 in Other Music
Man I hope someone gets that reference...anyhoodle... :D

Anybody here into soul/classic R&B/Motown etc?

I just got the Stax box set for Christmas and have been plowing through it for weeks now.

Today however, I can't stop listening to the Temptations. Not so much the big HITS, more like their mid-period stuff: I Can't Get Next To You, I Know I'm Losing You, Cloud Nine, Psychadelic Shack, etc.
It is a constant battle between the Temptations and the Four Tops for me, I love them both so much.

I realize this is probably not the genre of choice for most people round these parts, but I figured I'd see....

Oh and Sam Cooke Live at the Copa is probably the best live non PJ album I own.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Great thread. Ive been into soul big time the last two years or so. Sam Cooke is the king. Early Ray Charles, Otis my man, Queen Aretha, James Brown, Al Green, Lou Rawls.

    Some others on the periphery include Dusty Springfield (who took all the songs Aretha didn't want to sing) and Cat Power. She transcends genres and adds the blues/soul touch to her work. Nothing says soul like a 30-something white girl from generation X :lol:
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • cdp1223cdp1223 Posts: 1,131
    Don't even talk to me about Cat Power. Do you want a punch to the throat? I think you might? :lol:

    Aside from that, though, you are great, so yes let's talk soul!

    Do you have the Otis Redding Monterey Pop performance? I was lucky enough to find this one on vinyl for $1 a few weeks back. Any live Otis is amazing?

    If you don't have that live Sam Cooke album though, get on it sir! Or I will totally send it to you...

    James Carr is another great one...sort of obscure though.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Hold on, what's your problem with Chan? She's my girl, so I kinda have to defend her honor.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    cdp1223 wrote:
    Man I hope someone gets that reference...

    i'm pretty sure i read that line last night.

    "Have you got any soul?" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends...
  • cdp1223cdp1223 Posts: 1,131
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Hold on, what's your problem with Chan? She's my girl, so I kinda have to defend her honor.

    mike-tyson-punch-out.jpg

    My ears just hate her is all. :twisted:
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Love some R&B/Soul/70's funk. Agree on Sam Cooke, although I haven't heard live at the Copa. The live stuff I have heard is great.

    I've picked up a lot of good (out of print) stuff off this blog:

    http://funky16corners.lunarpages.net/
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • One Song GloryOne Song Glory Posts: 710
    cdp1223 wrote:
    Man I hope someone gets that reference...anyhoodle... :D

    Anybody here into soul/classic R&B/Motown etc?

    I just got the Stax box set for Christmas and have been plowing through it for weeks now.

    Today however, I can't stop listening to the Temptations. Not so much the big HITS, more like their mid-period stuff: I Can't Get Next To You, I Know I'm Losing You, Cloud Nine, Psychadelic Shack, etc.
    It is a constant battle between the Temptations and the Four Tops for me, I love them both so much.

    I realize this is probably not the genre of choice for most people round these parts, but I figured I'd see....

    Oh and Sam Cooke Live at the Copa is probably the best live non PJ album I own.

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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Got this box set recently - listen to it all the time -

    70s_soul.jpg
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    I'm pretty into the Spinners. Great stuff.
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