Posted on 04/14/2015 11:28:00 PM PDT by uglybiker
Legendary soul singer Percy Sledge has passed away at the age of 73.
He was best known for recording the classic 1966 power ballad When a Man Loves a Woman.
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Coroner Dr. William 'Beau' Clark confirmed to The Associated Press that Sledge died early Tuesday morning.
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A great voice, RIP.
Awesome voice.
RIP
Great voice, and great song.
And Michael Bolton’s version still bites.
“Muscle Shoales” music DVD - check it out at your local library
My first dance with a girl was to When A Loves A Woman at a 7th grade “prom”.
Would a song with these lyrics be allowed in today’s hyper-sensitive, homofascist climate?
RIP Mr. Sledge.
Of course it would. That song was/is an anthem for mixed race sexual relations. The woman he is singing about is white. The greatest prize a black man can have is a white bitch to do. And white women view black men as the ultimate sexual partner. Soon they will be praising the sexual superiority of Arab and ISIS men. Women are craven disloyal traitors who bow down before their conquerors in every population and in every society down through the ages. Starting with Eve.
I wondered what became of him recently. We are losing legends. I saw him on a old SNL from 1986 with Bill Murray Hosting recently.
How do you figure?
Watched the lyric version on Youtube, and I can't see any indication of this. The shtick seems to be that a man is willing to debase himself to any extent to maintain his obsession. I don't see the race angle.
RIP and rock on.
Yes, the song brings back some great memories. Fantastic song.
That when Sledge moved to Macon, he bought a home in a predominantly white neighborhood, and the home burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances before he could move in.
I watched this documentary film on Netflix a couple of months back. Very interesting to watch. Percy was one of the earliest success stories of the Mussel Shoals sound...
Muscle Shoals
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2492916/
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lp7FtJXp7k
So...you’re a Log Cabin Republican, 4Runner?
WOW. Ping for later to view replies.
I don’t hear race stuff in this classic at all....I hear pain and unbridled love.
RIP Percy Sledge
“I wondered what became of him recently. We are losing legends”
He was still touring until last year, when he was diagnosed with liver cancer.
Whaddya wanna bet you’d never have the cojones to say that to my face?
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