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Post by petrolino on May 17, 2019 23:09:48 GMT
'Love And Happiness' - Al Green
"Call Me is considered by many to be the definitive soul album of the 1970s; spare, sparse, funky, and razor sharp."
- Conor O'Shea, '70s Soul Explosion'
Rufus Thomas, Ann Peebles & Al Green
'Call Me' - Al Green
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Post by DrKrippen on May 18, 2019 4:18:41 GMT
Say what???
I love Al Green as much as anybody but I don't see any need to slander Jackie Wilson and Wilson Pickett.
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Post by mstreepsucks on May 18, 2019 4:26:21 GMT
dunno who it is. maybe. perhaps.
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Post by petrolino on May 18, 2019 9:18:46 GMT
dunno who it is. maybe. perhaps.
He makes music.
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Post by petrolino on May 18, 2019 9:29:26 GMT
Say what??? I love Al Green as much as anybody but I don't see any need to slander Jackie Wilson and Wilson Pickett.
Huh? It's not intended as slander. Some people called Elvis Presley's songs the devil's music back then. I believe that's just how some people viewed some of the music of the day.
"Al Green has always exemplified his faith and his spirituality has always shown throughout his life, so much so that he is known as The Reverend Al Green. It is said that Al Green was kicked out of the family home in his teens after his religiously devout father caught him listening to Jackie Wilson."
- Teresa Myers, AXS
“There's a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah.”
- Al Green
"WHEN rock-and-roll enjoyed its initial surge of popularity in the mid-50's, many fundamentalist Christians recoiled in horror. To them, rock's ''savage rhythms,'' and the thinly concealed sexual double entendre of many rock-and-roll lyrics, made it ''the Devil's music.'' A number of churches encouraged their younger members to participate in record burnings, in which quantities of rock-and-roll disks were dutifully tossed into bonfires. Many of the earliest rock-and-roll performers were raised in fundamentalist environments, and they reacted to Christian attacks on rock-and-roll in a variety of ways. Elvis Presley, whose music was heavily influenced by white gospel stylings, recorded several albums of hymns along with his regular rock-and-roll output and does not seem to have been unduly worried by any contradictions. Little Richard quit rock-and-roll to join the ministry. Jerry Lee Lewis concluded that rock-and-roll was indeed the Devil's music but decided he would play it anyway. When the pioneering rock-and-roll record producer Sam Phillips suggested to him at a 50's recording session that, as a rock-and-roll performer, he might be able not only to do good works but also to save souls, he was appalled. ''How can the Devil save souls?'' he wanted to know. ''I have the Devil in me! If I didn't, I'd be a Christian.''
- Robert Palmer, The New York Times
Bob Gray preaches against the sensuality of Elvis
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Post by petrolino on May 18, 2019 9:39:26 GMT
I love Al Green as much as anybody but I don't see any need to slander Jackie Wilson and Wilson Pickett.
Great. What are some of your favourite songs? Which of his albums do you like the best? Do you enjoy any of his collaborations with other singers / musicians? Is there anybody else you like in music who cites Al Green as an influence? Did you read his autobiography, 'Take Me To The River'? Any recommendations?
Thanks.
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Post by Sulla on May 19, 2019 1:29:13 GMT
I never got around to buying any of his albums. But it seems as if I often heard him on the radio. The voice is unmistakable. The early '70s was not yet the age of instant information, so I really didn't know much about him. As far as I was concerned, Al was the king of love songs at that time.
My top five favorites are...
Let's Stay Together
Love and Happiness - love the intro.
You Ought To Be With Me
Tired Of Being Alone
I'm Still In Love With You - This song has a special place in my memory. At about 13 I developed a crush on a girl on my school bus. We would sneak glances at each other and smile. But we were both terminally shy and didn't speak for the longest time. She always sat with a friend and I was sitting with a few of mine. Riding home on the last day of school I noticed her friend was absent for some reason. She was listening to a transistor radio and "I'm Still In Love..." started playing. I could see my friends anytime, but I knew if I didn't do something, I wouldn't see her again for three months. The song motivated me to act. So I went over, sat down next to her and we started talking about the song and other things. We ended up exchanging phone numbers. Our relationship grew that Summer and she became my first girlfriend. I probably should've acted sooner, but this was all new to me.
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Post by petrolino on May 19, 2019 2:07:43 GMT
I never got around to buying any of his albums. But it seems as if I often heard him on the radio. The voice is unmistakable. The early '70s was not yet the age of instant information, so I really didn't know much about him. As far as I was concerned, Al was the king of love songs at that time.
My top five favorites are...
Let's Stay Together
Love and Happiness - love the intro.
You Ought To Be With Me
Tired Of Being Alone
I'm Still In Love With You - This song has a special place in my memory. At about 13 I developed a crush on a girl on my school bus. We would sneak glances at each other and smile. But we were both terminally shy and didn't speak for the longest time. She always sat with a friend and I was sitting with a few of mine. Riding home on the last day of school I noticed her friend was absent for some reason. She was listening to a transistor radio and "I'm Still In Love..." started playing. I could see my friends anytime, but I knew if I didn't do something, I wouldn't see her again for three months. The song motivated me to act. So I went over, sat down next to her and we started talking about the song and other things. We ended up exchanging phone numbers. Our relationship grew that Summer and she became my first girlfriend. I probably should've acted sooner, but this was all new to me.
I believe we were very lucky in one regard here in the U K. Al Green was on the veterans circuit when his albums were reissued on dvd, and they came out as 2-for-1 sets selling at budget price. I bought all the ones from the 1970s and my gamble was rewarded. We also had other great soul artists of the 1970s available on disc as 2-for-1 album offers, but for me, nobody topped Al Green. I learnt that my childhood love of Stax Records transferred to a newfound love of Hi Records, they almost seemed like sister labels in their approach to intelligent songwriting, tight timing, intricate, instrumental interplay and immediate, minimalistic sound designs. I also got into Ann Peebles around this time, was delighted to find such depth within her discography.
Your childhood was illuminated by Al Green's work. I think that's wonderful.
'Love and happiness, yeah
Something that can make you do wrong, make you do right
Love
Love and happiness
But wait a minute
Something's going wrong
Someone's on the phone ...'
Cyndi Lauper's a big fan of Ann Peebles and Al Green's work ...
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Post by Sulla on May 19, 2019 16:06:36 GMT
petrolino
I regret to say I'm unfamiliar with Peebles although I know at least one of her songs which was covered by other artists. This morning I've been listening to some of her songs on YouTube.
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Post by petrolino on May 20, 2019 17:35:13 GMT
petrolino
I regret to say I'm unfamiliar with Peebles although I know at least one of her songs which was covered by other artists. This morning I've been listening to some of her songs on YouTube.
I like her albums 'Straight From The Heart' (1972), 'I Can't Stand The Rain' (1974) & 'Tellin' It' (1975).
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Post by Sulla on May 24, 2019 22:08:52 GMT
petrolino
I regret to say I'm unfamiliar with Peebles although I know at least one of her songs which was covered by other artists. This morning I've been listening to some of her songs on YouTube.
I like her albums 'Straight From The Heart' (1972), 'I Can't Stand The Rain' (1974) & 'Tellin' It' (1975).
You ain't kiddin'! I'm currently working on Straight From The Heart.
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Post by petrolino on May 24, 2019 23:02:55 GMT
I like her albums 'Straight From The Heart' (1972), 'I Can't Stand The Rain' (1974) & 'Tellin' It' (1975).
You ain't kiddin'! I'm currently working on Straight From The Heart.
That's my favourite. I feel like it's simmering with tension, even burning with rage at times.
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Post by permutojoe on May 31, 2019 22:39:27 GMT
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