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"It's a Shame" Appreciation

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited January 2009 in Strut Central
I don't know if this is blasphemy but that song, IMO, sons everything they recorded w/ Atlantic.
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  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Spinners?
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    There isn't much in general thats f*cking with this song!
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Yerp.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    I personally dig the Alton Ellis version more.

  • SmallAxeRickSmallAxeRick 497 Posts
    Definitely up there in my list.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I don't know if this is blasphemy but that song, IMO, sons everything they recorded w/ Atlantic.

    yeah, as you may have guessed, I disagree with the "better-than-Atlantic" sentiment 200%, but other than that..."It's A Shame" - GREAT SONG!!
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I personally dig the Alton Ellis version more.


    I need more reggae in my life.
  • RerogRerog 569 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap
  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    This song gets stuck in my head every two weeks or so without fail.

    b/w

    I ain't mad about it.
  • john_doejohn_doe 237 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap

    The boss of all bosses, I own racehorses and a fortress
    Corridors with Olympic torches and Mona Lisa portraits

  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    how many times in a row do you think you could listen to it before getting annoyed/restless? i wanna say at least 27.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap Monie love
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap Monie love

  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Great song, the guitar hook gets me every time. How big a role did Stevie Wonder have in writing it?
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap Monie love

    EL OH EL

    Either way it goes, Kool G, OG or Monie
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Not mad at Monie. That's how I discovered the Spinners.

    Real talk.

    And Pickwick - it's not like I dislike their Atlantic output ("I'll Be Around" is hard to deny) but man, "It's a Shame" is just so next level to me.
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    It's a shame ticks pretty much every box for me. I'm a sucker for any song where the lead vocalist goes all out and the notes Cameron hits in the chorus are the mutts nuts. Funnily enough I never knew it was a Stevie song growing up but it's blidingly obvious really. Undoubtedly one on my favourite uptempo soul songs of all time.

    Totally off topic but the Stevie song Cameron did after he left the Spinners is a great track too.
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    Great, great song! I really like the Positive Express version as well.

    That Alton Ellis version is blowing my mind right now.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    YO DAY, YOU KNOW I HAD PLANNED ON GETTING THAT TATTED ON MY ARM BACK IN THE DAY... THAT'S MY SHIT KID!

  • z_illaz_illa 867 Posts
    I thoughht this was gonna be about Kool G Rap

    The boss of all bosses, I own racehorses and a fortress
    Corridors with Olympic torches and Mona Lisa portraits


    the spinners is unfuckwithable too.


    here's a real simple remix I did with the kool g years ago...

    DivShare File - kool g rap - its a shame robzilla remix.mp3
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I don't know if this is blasphemy but that song, IMO, sons everything they recorded w/ Atlantic.


    on all counts. A truly great record, co written with Syreeta and another blind singer, Lee Garrett (who made some great 45s in Philly in the 60s).
  • MintingDownMintingDown 34 Posts
    That Alton cover is nice but this reggae Spinners cover is better (not to threadjack):

    DivShare File - Otis Gayle - I_ll Be Around.wav
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    I personally dig the Alton Ellis version more.


    Alton kills it, no doubt but dude, it's not outdoing the OG!
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    I've never not loved this song. It has to be said, also, that the drums (Pistol Allen? Uriel Jones?) are unfuckingreal. I love Atlantic-era Spinners to the bone, but It's A Shame is something else.
  • ageage 1,131 Posts
    I personally dig the Alton Ellis version more.


    Alton kills it, no doubt but dude, it's not outdoing the OG!

    HEAR HEAR!
  • CBearCBear 902 Posts
    Picked up the LP this last weekend thanks to this thread.
  • On_the_Red_ClayOn_the_Red_Clay 1,728 Posts
    thanks to all that posted in this thread - i was on this (even though i have owned and loved the alton ellis version for years), and that has now been righted. A NM copy of the 45 is on it's way as we speak.
  • Deejay_OMDeejay_OM 695 Posts
    I personally dig the Alton Ellis version more.


    you must have a different Spinners "It's a Shame" 7" than me...because I totally disagree...original kills this (instrumental or vocals)...imo
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Picked up the LP this last weekend thanks to this thread.


    so what do you think of the rest of the album?
  • TheBeatGoesTheBeatGoes 711 Posts
    so good

    here is the acapella in uncompressed .aiff if anyone needs it

    12A - Spinners_ The - It_s A Shame.aiff - 16.75MB
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