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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOn a bit of a 60s/70s soul and R&B jag here lately
so, if you would be so kind, please post your favorites here for me, esp if you have some lesser known gems.
Mine is not that obscure, but I had not heard or thought about it for quite some time. Great throughout, but the ending just slays me.
And truly live version:
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SARose
(1,105 posts)Yes I am that old!🤣
Great song and a great slow dance!
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter
Just what I needed to hear today. Thanks!
darkstar
(5,646 posts)The whole thing feels like warm, buttery sunshine!
darkstar
(5,646 posts)to share?
In no particular order
Try a little tenderness Otis Redding
My girl The Temptations
At last Etta James
Lean on me Bill Withers
A change is gonna come - Sam Cooke
When a man loves a woman - Percy Sledge
Ohhh my goodness! So many good slow dancing songs!😉
Anybody else?
darkstar
(5,646 posts)Thought I knew all of them except At Last. Looked it up, but it turns out I knew it too. But what a song. Listened to the whole thing. Those silky strings! That voice! Thanks for the reminder!
You are welcome. That voice yesss
Skittles
(161,633 posts)
darkstar
(5,646 posts)so thanks for the share. I just love how his voice breaks and get raspy along the way. And then the bluesy gospel-tinged inflections towards the end. He was practically a force of nature, wasnt he?
Skittles
(161,633 posts)my dad was a huge fan.....we were living in Madison when the plane crashed into the lake......gone way too soon
LudwigPastorius
(11,556 posts)Extra funky, finger lickin' good!
Sly
darkstar
(5,646 posts)I will have my attorneys contacting you bc I threw my back outwhile laying down, mind youto that JB tune. Holy crap, pure dynamite. I mean just too, too good. Good God yall.
Now, if you had led w the Sly tune, it might have warmed things up first and we wouldnt be in this situation. Seriously funky. I think of myself as knowing lot of SatFS tunes, but I guess its largely the hits. So much of what he did after the first wave of hits was so slinky and sexy at its core. Plus, I had a bit of a crush on Cynthia to begin with, so theres a multiplying factor for ya.
Anyway, two great ones so thanks so much for the turn ons!
LudwigPastorius
(11,556 posts)
A bit of connecting trivia: The bass player in the 5 Stairsteps (the third singer in your videos) is also playing bass on that Sly Stone tune I posted.
His name is Keni Burke, and he went on to become a session player and producer. After the 5 Stairsteps, he played with Billy Preston, Mavis Staples, Gladys Knight, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, and on and on.
JoseBalow
(6,430 posts)One of my favorite classics, live from 1974
Their epic appearance that night on The Midnight Special is worth checking out in it's entirety.
darkstar
(5,646 posts)Didnt know they were like this live. Wow. Those bit ragged but right horns are devine. Thanks for hipping me, my friend.
darkstar
(5,646 posts)Criminal that Ive not heard this, much less of the group, before now.