some good tunes listed, love that virgil griffin, that sir shambling site is where it's at, that guy has all the great tunes, here's one of my favorites
Eddie Holman - I Love You is probably my favorite soul song of all time (I roll with no less than 3 copies of the LP), but I don't really see it as being a "deep soul" track -- am I ?
Etta James - "Feeling Uneasy" One of the first records I ever bought, and still today, one of my favorite songs ever. This song f??cked with me pretty seriously the first few thousand times I listened to it. Years later I read, in the Etta box set, her comments about the song in the liner notes:
It was my first day out of rebab, and I was wasted. Garbiel [Mekler] and Trevor [Lawrence] had written the music for me, thinking I'd come up with the story. But when I got to the studio I wasn't in the mood to write lyrics. I was sick as a dog. Trevor played the changes for me on the piano. I heard the music, the music was moving me, but all I could do was moan. 'Fine,' he said, 'keep moaning,' and at the end of my moans I just sort of sang out, 'I'm feeling uneasy,' which was the absolute truth...
For anyone whose gone through delirium tremens, shitting your guts out, shakes and sweats, this song should unhinge you like the absolute truth. I suppose, with it's vagueness, it could be applied to just about anything, but I've never really thought of it any other way. On this track Etta does more with 3 words than most other singers do on an entire record.
Clifford Coulter - "Do It, Again" Why Clifford didn't sing on every one of his songs is a mystery. His voice is so incredible. The amount of pain he can carry, is, depending on my day-to-day vulnerability, damn near unbearable. This song, seeking an uncertain vengeance on his former love, is as endearing as it is maddening as it is the absolute truth about these kind of situations. That is to say, you want to kill that bitch, but you usually end up drinking yourself to sleep.
And his lyrics are, frankly, f??cking pure genius:
If I could do what I please It'd please me just to see you dressed in sorrow
I dare anyone to offer a better opening couplet.
And it's not even three lines later when the uncertainty and despair creep in:
But what if all my thoughts should turn real Would I change my mind, help you up so you could hurt me again? Ooh wee, I never should have let you begin If I ever get this chance once mo' 'gain Oh, but knowin' me I'm such a fool, I'd probably do it again
(When the horns come in, I'm finished.)
Anyone have a guess as to what Clifford says in second verse:
"...Try to get this ___________ from my heart, just before it spreads to my soul."
Verse three is usually where I stop whatever I'm doing when this song is on and just sort of stare in the direction of the music. That sad trumpet solo. All quivery and sparse. F??ck me, seriously. It's deadly.
If I could find some way to go back in time The things you done to me might never happen Ooh, I'd make good use of my time Set my traps and watch you fall and not be laughing (I know I would) But the door to the past has no key If it did I would use it And to show you how it feels to be me I would make you be the fool I have been If I ever get this chance one mo' 'gain Oh, but knowin' me I'm such a fool I'd probably do it again
The track open with Clifford wanting her to wear all the sorrow in the world, and by the end he is begging her to come back. What a song.
SoulOnIce made a Coulter Appreciation Post some time ago that I've been meaning to fill with thousands of words on "Before The Morning Comes." I haven't had the time, but I will say I've been trying to get Judith & Holofernes to adapt a fado cover of "Before the Morning Comes" for a few years. With any luck they will, and, hopefully, dj neta's mom will make a video for it that is equally as haunting as her last:
Bambouche: I can't speak for the rest of the album - and I'm not going out of my way to find it - but I will say that "Do It, Again" is better than I remembered it.
Eddie Holman - I Love You is probably my favorite soul song of all time (I roll with no less than 3 copies of the LP), but I don't really see it as being a "deep soul" track -- am I ?
I know what you mean...and to not speak for James, but Holman's singing certainly sounds like it's coming from somewhere deep inside his soul to me.
Waaaay too many monsters dropped in here. This is my personal deep tune. Probably a better time to debut it than 12am on a Saturday night, but maybe thats actually the perfect time:
I work so hard Tryin' to do what's right Sometimes I wonder why I come draggin' in late Every night So tired I could cry So tired I could cry
Before the Sandman Close my eyelids I feel good because it's all for the kids All for the kids
I get my pay It don't take long There's the rent, gas bill and phone I can't ever save a cent I have nothing of my own I have nothing of my own
So I guess I done my very best Though my achin' body Sure needs rest Before the Great Man Makes his bid I feel good because it's all for the kids All for the kids
Comments
with "Live it Up" on the other side, is there a better
ballad/funk instro 2-sided single out there??
Also, Johnny Copeland "It's My Own Tears That's Wasted"
and
Johnny Adams, "Lonely Man"
Howard Tate I LEARNED IT ALL THE HARD WAY
"Sometime i wake up in the midnight hour, and my pillow be so wet with tears thinkin about my baby, babybaby babybabybayb babyabybaby"
can someone please post the mp3?
cc carlson - i don't want to sit down
jules & the dynamics - i've been a long way from home
david dee - this would mean so much
Also available in the much cheaper Diamonettes version (same backing track, less impactful vocals, on Alston).
One of the first records I ever bought, and still today, one of my favorite songs ever. This song f??cked with me pretty seriously the first few thousand times I listened to it. Years later I read, in the Etta box set, her comments about the song in the liner notes:
It was my first day out of rebab, and I was wasted. Garbiel [Mekler] and Trevor [Lawrence] had written the music for me, thinking I'd come up with the story. But when I got to the studio I wasn't in the mood to write lyrics. I was sick as a dog. Trevor played the changes for me on the piano. I heard the music, the music was moving me, but all I could do was moan. 'Fine,' he said, 'keep moaning,' and at the end of my moans I just sort of sang out, 'I'm feeling uneasy,' which was the absolute truth...
For anyone whose gone through delirium tremens, shitting your guts out, shakes and sweats, this song should unhinge you like the absolute truth. I suppose, with it's vagueness, it could be applied to just about anything, but I've never really thought of it any other way. On this track Etta does more with 3 words than most other singers do on an entire record.
Clifford Coulter - "Do It, Again"
Why Clifford didn't sing on every one of his songs is a mystery. His voice is so incredible. The amount of pain he can carry, is, depending on my day-to-day vulnerability, damn near unbearable. This song, seeking an uncertain vengeance on his former love, is as endearing as it is maddening as it is the absolute truth about these kind of situations. That is to say, you want to kill that bitch, but you usually end up drinking yourself to sleep.
And his lyrics are, frankly, f??cking pure genius:
If I could do what I please
It'd please me just to see you dressed in sorrow
I dare anyone to offer a better opening couplet.
And it's not even three lines later when the uncertainty and despair creep in:
But what if all my thoughts should turn real
Would I change my mind, help you up so you could hurt me again?
Ooh wee, I never should have let you begin
If I ever get this chance once mo' 'gain
Oh, but knowin' me I'm such a fool, I'd probably do it again
(When the horns come in, I'm finished.)
Anyone have a guess as to what Clifford says in second verse:
"...Try to get this ___________ from my heart, just before it spreads to my soul."
Verse three is usually where I stop whatever I'm doing when this song is on and just sort of stare in the direction of the music. That sad trumpet solo. All quivery and sparse. F??ck me, seriously. It's deadly.
If I could find some way to go back in time
The things you done to me might never happen
Ooh, I'd make good use of my time
Set my traps and watch you fall and not be laughing (I know I would)
But the door to the past has no key
If it did I would use it
And to show you how it feels to be me
I would make you be the fool I have been
If I ever get this chance one mo' 'gain
Oh, but knowin' me I'm such a fool
I'd probably do it again
The track open with Clifford wanting her to wear all the sorrow in the world, and by the end he is begging her to come back. What a song.
SoulOnIce made a Coulter Appreciation Post some time ago that I've been meaning to fill with thousands of words on "Before The Morning Comes." I haven't had the time, but I will say I've been trying to get Judith & Holofernes to adapt a fado cover of "Before the Morning Comes" for a few years. With any luck they will, and, hopefully, dj neta's mom will make a video for it that is equally as haunting as her last:
First one that sprang to mind was this Joe Graves number that I first heard when a poster, I think it was A-Ko, posted it on here:
Joe Graves - It's Got To Be For Real
And surprised noone's mentioned this yet considering the number of times Moses pops up on the board:
Lee Moses - What You Don't Want Me To Be
Wendy Rene 'After Laughter Comes Tears'
http://www.4shared.com/file/83272976/4fe53eb0/Priscilla_Price.html
billy frazier - let one hurt do
little joe & his soul brothers - here comes the night
I know what you mean...and to not speak for James, but Holman's singing certainly sounds like it's coming from somewhere deep inside his soul to me.
i have the cynthia richards reggae version which is pretty nice.
i am telling you. the places her voice goes in this song.
The Rockmasters, "Raining Teardrops"
The deepest.
always loved this song, it's not the deepest cut but the lyrics sure fit the category
I work so hard
Tryin' to do what's right
Sometimes I wonder why
I come draggin' in late
Every night
So tired I could cry
So tired I could cry
Before the Sandman
Close my eyelids
I feel good because it's all for the kids
All for the kids
I get my pay
It don't take long
There's the rent, gas bill and phone
I can't ever save a cent
I have nothing of my own
I have nothing of my own
So I guess I done my very best
Though my achin' body
Sure needs rest
Before the Great Man
Makes his bid
I feel good because it's all for the kids
All for the kids
BTW: how is it that no one's mentioned "Love's Gonna Pack Up" yet? So necessary.
thinks the Persuaders version of that song is 10 times better??
And the lo-fi of the S,S & W does nothing for me. I like it, but I
ended up selling my copy, satisfied that the Persuaders was all I need.