Posted on 04/23/2021 6:42:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In the 1969, they were the greatest band in the world, light years better than the Beatles. Why did he get rid of the band at the top of their game?
Lots of great stuff from Motown and Atlantic Records.
IMHO theirs' was the best set of Woodstock.
Thanks for that clarification, but it was still guilt by association. Cities were burning every night on television and it was absolutely repulsive.
One of the albums I had that I wore out the grooves on, was Bloodstone - Natural High, loved that album, although I only the title track got any airplay, it was very eclectic with different styles.
Interesting post.
If anyone’s interested the May, 2021 issue of Mojo has a major story on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Goin’ On. Never liked it myself but can appreciate how others would.
Just the titles of some on the list bring back the moods and feelings of those days. Always true of music. The Back Stabbers, Love Train, Shaft. Corny but evocative of the era.
Curtis Mayfield was so underappreciated by many at first. Notice Keep On Pushin’ (which he wrote for the Impressions and released in 1964) was on the cover of Bringing It All Back Home. Bob Dylan greatly admired him from the start.
And somehow Sly produced classics while out of his mind on drugs. After the label set up studio hours, paid for the sound staff and musicians and all was ready he usually wouldn’t even show up. So the label paid for building a studio at his home so he’d be on time to arrive since he was already there.
Thanks for posting this.
Also Reasons
There was drum and bass rap in the 50s and 60s as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRS62nccwmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hz1EIpfvLY
I guess they are excluding Funk, which explains no Parliament or Funkadelic.
Skin Tight was a great song
Uh, oh. We'd better keep an eye on you.
Actually, I fully agree.
How about some contemporary “throwback” soul from modern smaller labels?
The late Charles Bradley covered Black Sabbath for his final album a few years ago.
He turned it into a song about losing his mom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi49yirJiEA
I saw Parliament / Funkadelic at the Cotton Bowl in 1979 or so. It was called the Funk Festival. Bootsy Collins, Rick James, BarKays, ConFunkShun, and a few others. There weren’t too many of us crackers there.
They are all great, but I guess they can’t include everyone. I like Bill Withers as a great soul singer too.
Funny, I was walking around a shopping area last night and “Pusherman” came on over the speakers. Don’t they know it’s got the N-Word in it, LOL!
Album covers schmalbum covers
I prefer the singles that the Ohio Players released in the 1960s
1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYEkJM2ad-8
1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-pacT94ac
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ohio-untouchables-mn0000404089#
No doubt. They were the best in the world. Unfortunately it was their swan song.
It’s a very myopic list, 3 albums by several repeated artists and even 3 soundtracks.
I saw the Isley Brother perform “Shout” at halftime of the 2018 Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
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