Rhapsody's got a little interview with JJ where he talks about the meaning of "soul" music, then lists his top 14 favorite soul songs, along with a player so you can listen to them.
The url's too damn long. Pop over to the reviews/interviews page and click on it from there ya'll.
Hello It's Me!!! Yes, THAT Mo from the listserv message board 8-) I got kicked offa that joint cuz I didn't post for an extremely long time, so I'm over here now. Been in survival mode cuz life's been light on the joy and heavy on the pain for the past several months, but I don't really want to get into all that. So anyways, I checked out JJ's picks and thought I'd make some picks too. Here are my 14 Soul Favorites -
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Johnny Cash - Dark As The Dungeon
Loretta Lynn - Hello Darlin'
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
Funkadelic - Good Old Music
Maze - Joy and Pain
Elvis - Suspicious Minds
Country Gentlemen - Walking In Jerusalem (Just Like John)
J.R. Bailey - After Hours->Heaven on Earth
Ellen McIlwaine - Crawling Kingsnake
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
Jimi Hendrix - My Friend
Janis Joplin - One Good Man
Cheryl Barnes - Easy To Be Hard
I'm a big time Marvin Gaye fan and that was the hardest one to pick cuz I luv all his songs (been listening to Vulnerable a lot lately). I was also gonna pick Coal Miner's Daughter, but didn't wane to be a copy cat. J.R. Bailey is a top Mo favorite and although his album is hard to come by, I highly recommend it. Ellen McIlwaine was close friends with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Even though she didn't get the recognition that they did, her star shines just as bright. Cheryl Barnes was in the movie Hair and played the little boy's mother. I like her version of this song MUCH better than the chick on the Broadway one. Sister can WAIL!
20 lashes with a wet noodle for me for this one - I don't have a copy of Orange Blossoms yet 8-( I did hear it on Rhapsody and used up all my free listens to hear it. It's simply beautiful, a perfect gift from the band to all us fans. I promise to get my copy real, real soon.
Welcome Mo! Sounds like you've been around Mofro for many a long time. Are you the one who's been lurking on the site for months but never posted 'til now?? Glad to hear ya speak up!! And I hope things start going your way. Maybe with Orange Blossoms will come a little luck. Git back here soon... ---------- MofroFan1
One morning I met Mo & Steve at Chowder Ted's, day after a NYE show but they were closed.
I don't get on this board as much as I'd like too, but dang it's good to see some good freinds from the listserve popping up. Wonder what happened to Richard & Dottie.
---------- "I went to London & I couldn't get a woman...but I saw a lady pushing a dog in a baby carriage"
spitting these out as i think of them. soul means so much think really i only listen to two types of music soul and noise and sometimes the two merge to make a uniquely American experience. but soul is behind it all.
"If you take me back Back to your place I'll try not to bother you I promise 'Cause it's cold in here And I wish it was hot The sink's broke, it's leaking from the faucet And i'm fractured from the fall And i wanna go home But it takes two when it used to take one It takes two when it used to take only one Well, my money's no good when i'm up to no good No good ever comes from it, honest I got a really good heart I just can't catch a break If i could i'd treat you like you wanted me to i promise But i'm fractured from the fall And i wanna go home I'm fractured from the fall And i wanna go home But it takes two when it used to take one It takes two when it used to take one It takes two when it used to take one It takes two when it used to take only one"
these arms of mine-otis redding nutbush city limits-ike and tina sexual healing-marvin gaye change's gonna come-sam cooke
jsut a few I can come up with
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