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08-05-2007, 01:34 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
If you like Michael Buble's version of Feeling Good, look up Nina Simone's. She can really wail, singing it like only a black woman can, and the trombones backing her definitely outshine Buble's band here.
Edit: Here we go: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nDsNLnsg6lo 
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08-05-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
One absolute vocal monster who hasn't been mentioned yet is Eva Cassidy. It's a real shame she died young and before she really got the acclaim she deserves. She just kills on some of her recordings:
Wade in the Water -- this is pretty easily the best recording of this song that I've ever heard. Honeysuckle Rose -- when it was written back in the early days of jazz, this was a fairly quick hot jazz number. This recording really changed things around taking the tempo way down. Nowadays if I hear people do this song, it's slow more often than not, and it's usually a tip of the hat to this recording. Stormy Monday -- I can't honestly say that this is the best recording I've heard of this particular song. It's been done so many times by so many legends. However, she still hangs with them. Time After Time
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08-03-2007, 11:22 AM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
WFMU podcasts its Downtown Soulville show, a solid hour of vintage soul 45s both popular and obscure. Check Mister Fine Wine's playlist page and podcast link here.
Also, once a month another soul DJ on FMU subs for Fine Wine. His RealAudio archives can be found here. As to specific artists, I like some of the Detroit Emeralds' work, particularly "Feel the Need in Me." Also, the original soul version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes is very nice.
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#6
08-03-2007, 12:51 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
For a great new voice with a ton of soul, try Jamie Lidell's album 'Multiply' Amazon page.
Here's him in some live performance Multiply live Stay clear of any of his other albums though... His older stuff is more techno-electro related music and completely different from the Multiply album. Edited to add links
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#7
08-03-2007, 01:06 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
Sam Cooke is the absolute king and if there is a prince it is Otis Redding.
My personal favorite soul recording of all time is Otis' posthumous album: "Remember Me". It contains alternate recordings of many of his classics. The alternate records just blow away the commercial ones. Otis liked to do 4 or 5 takes of a song with varying degrees of soul. The people making this compilation tried to use the most "soulful" versions of a song. Right off the top of my head I can say that he has 4 of my top 10 favorite songs of all time of any artist, all on one CD: -Remember Me -Send Me Some Lovin (much slower than the commercially released version) -Come to Me (the piano and guitar on this track are amazing, definitely my go to sad song.) On all three of these, you really get the feeling that he was singing to an old lover and that his heart actually felt the pain conveyed in the songs. -The Dock of the Bay (on this take, he actually makes the seagull and ocean sounds that were digitally put in to the real version of the song later. It is FAR superior to the commercially released track but was not released because he messed up the whistle part.) Link to my favorite album of all time. Before I bought this I hadn't bought a CD in 3 years. Try a Little Tenderness My favorite Sam Cooke Song- Tennessee Waltz
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08-03-2007, 04:11 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
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08-09-2007, 10:58 PM
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Re: SOUL thread. give it to me.
I just saw this great thread. You should listen to these:
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin - Night Life - http://youtube.com/watch?v=KTXpXO6jQHg Otis Redding - A Change is Gonna Come - http://youtube.com/watch?v=6kXW0VtQc0I Percy Sledge - It Tears Me Up - http://youtube.com/watch?v=pm5ARHpYdr4 Ray Charles - What'd I Say - http://youtube.com/watch?v=zIYLF9KBdaU Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour - http://youtube.com/watch?v=zkXtnknA8Ck A couple of newer guys - I love their voices: Anthony Hamilton - Charlene - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jst0qnDhQRw Jaheim - Put that Woman First - http://youtube.com/watch?v=mciblMkL9q0 I wish I knew how to put a label on a link.
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