Tonight returns to the film work of the late lamented Isaac Hayes, here in instrumental mode with a much loved track from the soundtrack of "Shaft", if memory serves. Like much early seventies Isaac, brevity isn't its strong point, but it's a pretty cool groove
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O.V. Wright - 10/9/39 - 11/16/80"Soul is church. Just changing 'Jesus' to 'baby'. That's all it is."-O.V. WrightThe Stax/Motown dichotomy is just too delicious for music historians to leave alone. Motown, the northern label, a black owned business creating major pop hits whose success was rivaled only by The Beatles vs. the white owned, but highly integrated, southern label, Stax, whose artist...
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I met a young woman who seemed down and out. What do I know what that's all about. Your Belly In My Arms
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Talk last night of the posibility of a new Blaxploitation movie, soundtrack already chosen by Cody B, persuades me that it's time to dip into the soundtrack of "Black Caesar", released in 1973 when the blaxploitation movie cult was running out of steam, as kung fu epics produced by Run Run Shaw (Still with us, aged 100) became the late night movie of choice. Although not James Brown's finest ho...
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A few months back I made a post about Afrika Bambaata's Death Mix, a seminal document in hip hop history from around 1979. The mix features breakbeat tunes early hip hop DJ's were spinning and some party raps. One of the tunes on the Death Mix is It's Great To Be Here from the Jackson 5.Taken from the J5's '71 LP Maybe Tomorrow (their 6th in 2 years), produced by the no longer mysterious Corp...
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"Indian Summer" was written by beloved American composer Victor Herbert in 1919 and revived by Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra in 1940 with Frank Sinatra singing special lyrics written by Al Dubin. Bob Allen is heard here singing in a very romantic sounding baritone. Allen was a great favorite with musicians and had worked first with Hal Kemp before moving over to Tommy Dorsey's band after Dick ...
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i have an ironic ringtone on my BlackBerry: the hook from the instrumental version of "The In Crowd" by The Ramsey Lewis Trio.I am not, nor have ever been, in with the In Crowd. I don't have the faintest idea where the In Crowd goes, and i'm equally in the dark about what the In Crowd knows. When the original single by Dobie Gray came out, I was 14 years old, and believe me, I could not have be...
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Please tell me you are not one of these AVG I-tunes users that is dumb as a sack of hair.PLEASEHere Hello MOGhow's it going?i am recently really amused at the stupidity in the world and stuck reading various threads and discussions,laughing my ass off at the stupidity in our universe.Now i've finally a grasp of WHY the world is so damned fucked up yo?here a kool screen shot for ya and as James...
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are among the foremost preservationists of late-1960's R&B, all the way down to their dusty names (guitarist Binky Griptite and drummer Homer "Funky-Foot" Steiweiss, to name a couple).Frontwoman Jones struts like Tina, vamps like Aretha, and swings like Mavis Staples. Her Dap-Kings are most popularly known for their retro-soul backing of Amy Winehouse on her Gram...
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I used to roller skate to this track. Back in the day.
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I don't recommend Joe's method, but who knows. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. This is kind of a Yer Blues jam, but the way James Brown might have done it. Forgive the lyrics and enjoy the music and emotion.
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Yet to be posted, here's another great classic by the mighty, mighty Temptations (as Don Cornelius would say). Let's hear it for them. There was a post recently that asked the question whether there were any songs that remind you of failed loves or relationships. They actually asked if those songs are ruined when you hear them now, because of the bad memories.This one would be in that failed lo...
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Great googelly moogelly! It's so nice to see some tasty tunes sitting around in my inbox this morning. Here's one that will hopefully tickle the fancies of a few fellow moggers. Mizz Badu kickin it Michael-style, with the Roots Crew doing some DAMAGE behind her. Enjoy.
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MOGGERS Mojonation (here on bass) & Ham Soda (orange shirt) tearing it up. My Crew!!! I'm sure this has been posted before. King Curtis' beautiful rendition of "The Games People Play". Rather more "poppish" than Usual for Mr Curtis....but nice. Mellow my mind on this.......slouching morning.
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Because you can't truly appreciate the sweet without the bitter, today's song of the day is a terrible one: teen R&B sensation JoJo and her cover/response to Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls".Kingston's original was a gigantic summer 2007 hit, built on a sample of Ben E. King's immaculate "Stand By Me". A catchy if uninventive lament on foxy ladies who always seem to break your heart, the tune...
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