Right before he breaks into We've Only Just Begun.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club.
Right before he breaks into We've Only Just Begun.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
Pitch perfect pickwick, as per normal.
And as usual when I try to describe Curtis, I'm at a loss for words.
Gypsy Woman - The Impressions It's All Right - The Impressions I'm So Proud - The Impressions Keep On Pushing - The Impressions Amen - The Impressions People Get Ready - The Impressions Woman's Got Soul - The Impressions We're A Winner - The Impressions I Loved And I Lost - The Impressions Fool For You - The Impressions This Is My Country - The Impressions Choice Of Colors - The Impressions The Makings Of You (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go Move On Up We People Who Are Darker Than Blue Check Out Your Mind Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey) Stone Junkie Beautiful Brother Of Mine Get Down We Got To Have Peace Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") Superfly Give Me Your Love Pusherman Future Shock If I Were Only A Child Again Can't Say Nothin' Kung Fu Sweet Exorcist To Be Invisible Mother's Son Billy Jack So In Love Only You Babe Party Night Mr. Welfare Man Show Me Love Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here You Are, You Are Do It All Night You're So Good To Me Between You Baby And Me - Curtis Mayfield (with Linda Clifford) Love's Sweet Sensation - Curtis Mayfield (with Linda Clifford) Love Me, Love Me Now Tripping Out She Don't Let Nobody (But Me) Baby It's You Homeless Do Be Down
Enjoy.
Super cool of you to post this....grabbed a few tunes i was needing from this so many many thanks....
Right before he breaks into We've Only Just Begun.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club[/b].
Meaning: Curtis could have just preached to the choir on this one. A cover like that would be akin to today's Joe B. Smoove covering "...Baby One More Time."
Shit: I'll bet that Curtis could make ANY song sexy.
Right before he breaks into We've Only Just Begun.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club[/b].
Meaning: Curtis could have just preached to the choir on this one. A cover like
that would be akin to today's Joe B. Smoove covering "...Baby One More Time."
Shit: I'll bet that Curtis could make ANY song sexy.
I added the bit about the hippie folk-rock club because that kind of audience probably would have been more skeptical of a Carpenters' cover than a traditional black crowd. Curtis obviously knew this, which is probably why he felt the need to explain himself. I don't know what the audience was like at the Bitter End the night Curtis recorded this album, but can you visualize, say, a white singer-songwriter like Jackson Browne or Jerry Jeff Walker busting out on a song like this at a hipster venue? I sure couldn't.
(For a similar situation, listen to Bobby Womack's "Close To You," which starts out with a monologue about how some record exec advised him not to do this song because it wasn't "commercial" or "funky." I wouldn't want to hear him do the song either, but I always play the rap at the beginning. It's on his Communication album.)
The part that always grab me is right after the introduction to "Stare and Stare." Curtis's introductory rap is all mellow and philosophical, but then the solo guitar lick breaks in and its just bluesy and fuzzy and soulful as hell and it communicates so much more than the words that preceeded it.
"Stone Junkie" as a whole, definitely. Gotta love the overall atmosphere of the record, the communication between Curtis & his audience etc.. one of my all time favorite records.
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Hey,
I like the part where he explains to the crowd how some of the radio stations would play "We're a Winner," (or is this "Mighty, Mighty") and how he didn't give damn cause he's "gon' sing it anyhow."
not to take away from curtis, my favorite moment on which is the opening when they just tear into 'Mighty, Mighty'. unlike some here, though, i could def. leave 'we've only just begun'.
I like the part where he explains to the crowd how some of the radio stations would play "We're a Winner," (or is this "Mighty, Mighty") and how he didn't give damn cause he's "gon' sing it anyhow."
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
It was the Impressions' "We're A Winner." In 1968, WLS (then the big white Top 40 station in Chicago, heard in 48 states & Canada on a good night) banned this from their playlist even though it had already crossed over to most pop stations by then.
The wild thing about this record is that the version of "The Ghetto" is a splice of two different live shows (one in NYC, the other in California). It took at least ten years for me to figure this out. The edit is crisp and only after scrutinizing the liners do you realize what's really going on.
I said this in another thread but his Young Gifted and Black on the second volume is one of favorite cuts of all time and definitely my favorite version of that song.
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Pitch perfect pickwick, as per normal.
And as usual when I try to describe Curtis, I'm at a loss for words.
Genius,
JRoot
Super cool of you to post this....grabbed a few tunes i was needing from this so many many thanks....
Shit: I'll bet that Curtis could make ANY song sexy.
I added the bit about the hippie folk-rock club because that kind of audience probably would have been more skeptical of a Carpenters' cover than a traditional black crowd. Curtis obviously knew this, which is probably why he felt the need to explain himself. I don't know what the audience was like at the Bitter End the night Curtis recorded this album, but can you visualize, say, a white singer-songwriter like Jackson Browne or Jerry Jeff Walker busting out on a song like this at a hipster venue? I sure couldn't.
(For a similar situation, listen to Bobby Womack's "Close To You," which starts out with a monologue about how some record exec advised him not to do this song because it wasn't "commercial" or "funky." I wouldn't want to hear him do the song either, but I always play the rap at the beginning. It's on his Communication album.)
If I find another I will hauler!
any thoughts on the donny hathaway live?
I like the part where he explains to the crowd how some of the radio stations would play "We're a Winner," (or is this "Mighty, Mighty") and how he didn't give damn cause he's "gon' sing it anyhow."
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
i prefer donny live...
not to take away from curtis, my favorite moment on which is the opening when they just tear into 'Mighty, Mighty'. unlike some here, though, i could def. leave 'we've only just begun'.
It was the Impressions' "We're A Winner." In 1968, WLS (then the big white Top 40 station in Chicago, heard in 48 states & Canada on a good night) banned this from their playlist even though it had already crossed over to most pop stations by then.
The wild thing about this record is that the version of "The Ghetto" is a splice of two different live shows (one in NYC, the other in California).
It took at least ten years for me to figure this out.
The edit is crisp and only after scrutinizing the liners do you realize what's really going on.
Does Prince have a live record? Is it any good?
And I still need this record, too. I never seem to come across it