Theoretically, an Al Green box set should have been easy to assemble, given the overall excellence of his material, but the four-disc Anthology is a textbook example of a botched box set. Instead of simply condensing the best of Green's prolific output, including all of the hit singles, onto collection, the compilers were concerned with telling a story -- literarly. Three of the discs are spiked with lengthy interview segments, one which is as long as five minutes. Furthermore, they wanted to add as many rarities as possible, but most of the rarities were live tracks, which means classics like "I Can't Get Next to You," "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, " "Love and Happiness, " "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy), " and "L-O-V-E (Love)" are all presented in inferior live versions. The live cuts, interviews and rarities cut severely into the pacing of the set, and they don't make Anthology useful for the fan that wants to pick up one, definitive collection -- their appeal is solely for collectors, who already have the material elsewhere. Consequently, Anthology isn't useful for either the casual or dedicated fan, both of whom would be better off with the original albums and the Greatest Hits collection, which does contain the essence of Al Green, and most of his hits, on one single-disc.
I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHOM I AM ANYMORETHIS SHIT SUCKS....... YEAH Ldis be me sometimes most times.I'm so tired of being aloneI'm so tired of on-my-ownWon't you help me girlJust as soon as you canPeople say that I've found a wayTo make you say that you love meHey baby, you didn't go for thatIt's a natural factThat I wanna come backShow me where it's at, babyI'm so tired of being aloneI'm so tired ...
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The Reverend Al Green giving the southern soul treatment to The Doors _Light My Fire_.
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... time to let it down, get loose, and bring on the weekend with some Friday evenin Funk.
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The legend that is Al Green will be touring the UK this summer, his first shows over here since a show-stopping turn at Glastonbury about seven years ago.I shall be in attendance for the Royal Albert Hall gig on June 28, and before then I'll be interviewing the great man - possibly as early as this coming Tuesday. I am very excited.Here's a classic Soul Train clip from the early 70s, although I...
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Baileys on Ice 3 1/2oz of Baileys Orig Irish CremePour over iceCombine in Rocks glass
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I know the topic of pop songs in commercials has been raised here before and, depending on the song/band/product, we've all rolled our eyes, shrugged our shoulders, or clutched our heads, and we've discussed juxtapositions and demographics. But this is serious.Here I am, puttering around, half-watching repeats of The Office (marathon night!), when I suddenly hear Al Green's "Let's Stay Together...
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So yesterday I went to see Al Green at USC Galen Center Grand Opening concert.AMAZING! He was jumping around, doing his signature dance, singing ALL of his songs and a few others from the 60s and 70s. I felt like I was in church for a little while there. The reverend sang his gospel, had people jumping around it was insane! I loved every minute of it! (and at the $10 student price it was a stea...
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An opportunity to see Al Green was offered and a free concert in the sea side park at Coney Island and I accepted and it was a blast. Being 46 I grew up with Al Green and know his 70s hits and had them as part of the soundtrack of my life then. His falsetto was both vulnerable and sexy, and those photos of him from '72, skinny and shirtless, well, um, I was into Al.But that same falsetto made m...
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