Does anybody here listen to R&B/Soul Music?

[Newguy562]

Marvin LAYING IT DOWN  

I love Youtube because if you go on a video like that you can click your way through millions of obscure soul jams!

Newguy, have you listened to Isaac Hayes records?

yes youtube is probably my favorite site then after is here
and no i havent ever heard anything by him before..send me a song

The slow jam to END slow jams!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBJb0QXbub0

it says this video isn't available in my country

[hypehat]

Well, f*ck that, hows this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzbqTvpWxE&feature=related

[Newguy562]

Well, f*ck that, hows this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzbqTvpWxE&feature=related

it doesnt either ...i just typed in the song name and now I'm listening to it...it's ehhhh...send another

[Jay]

I'm a HUGE Temptations fan. My goal is to get every album they've put out.  I think they've done about 65 albums since 1964.  I have probably 30 of them. The problem is that several of their albums have never been issued on cd.

[Alex]

Blows Beyonce and Rihanna out of the water, could pass for an old Stax outtake, even though it's from 2007:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE

[Newguy562]

I'm a HUGE Temptations fan. My goal is to get every album they've put out.  I think they've done about 65 albums since 1964.   I have probably 30 of them. The problem is that several of their albums have never been issued on cd.

Then download them like everybody else does..use itunes or amazon
who was your favorite lead singer...david,paul,eddie or dennis?

[Jay]

I'm a HUGE Temptations fan. My goal is to get every album they've put out.  I think they've done about 65 albums since 1964.   I have probably 30 of them. The problem is that several of their albums have never been issued on cd.

Then download them like everybody else does..use itunes or amazon
who was your favorite lead singer...David,Paul,eddie or Dennis?

I know I'll catch a lot of flack from certain people here, but in my opinion David Ruffin was/is the greatest R&B/Soul singer ever. Dennis and Paul are VERY close, though.

[Newguy562]

I'm a HUGE Temptations fan. My goal is to get every album they've put out.  I think they've done about 65 albums since 1964.   I have probably 30 of them. The problem is that several of their albums have never been issued on cd.

Then download them like everybody else does..use itunes or amazon
who was your favorite lead singer...David,Paul,eddie or Dennis?

I know I'll catch a lot of flack from certain people here, but in my opinion David Ruffin was/is the greatest R&B/Soul singer ever. Dennis and Paul are VERY close, though.

David is an ego maniac but he had the talent to back him up...I seen the movie the other day and now i hate Otis! lol
In my opinion Eddie has the best voice out the bunch ...What's your top 5 songs by them?

[MBE]

I love James Brown, Ike Turner, and The Jackson 5. I've got most of the Motown hits by others on those triple LP sets they put out in the seventies. I also like people like Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Fats Domino and Ray Charles.

check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K76kGhxHnvk
& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg04Ri6oWYU

Great stuff!

[Newguy562]

I love James Brown, Ike Turner, and The Jackson 5. I've got most of the Motown hits by others on those triple LP sets they put out in the seventies. I also like people like Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Fats Domino and Ray Charles.

check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K76kGhxHnvk
& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg04Ri6oWYU

Great stuff!

that's what i meant by soul music

[Rocker]

I love James Brown, Ike Turner, and The Jackson 5. I've got most of the Motown hits by others on those triple LP sets they put out in the seventies. I also like people like Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Fats Domino and Ray Charles.

Some of the ol' cats updated their sound - at least for a while - with some funk stuff in the late 60s/early 70s. Bo Diddley did three cool funk albums. Jerry Lee Lewis' "Southern roots" (featuring the MG's) remains one of his best albums. Also Elvis' '69 Memphis recordings and some of the cuts he did at Stax (If you talk in your sleep, I got a feeling and much of the Raised on Rock album) were very much in that language.
Plus everything Tony Joe White did back then - right into the 80s  - was funky and souly (does this word exist?) to death.

Here are some cool ones:

Bo Diddley - Bite you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf8rDqZJJa0

Jerry Lee Lewis - Just a little bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvwhM1vlSc

Fats Domino - Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMwNd-WSXo

Little Richard - Nuki suki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pb9-yRNnO0

Tony Joe White - I get off on it (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVqXxK-gK0w

I couldn't listen to the videos, so I hope I got all the right versions.

[MBE]

I love James Brown, Ike Turner, and The Jackson 5. I've got most of the Motown hits by others on those triple LP sets they put out in the seventies. I also like people like Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander, Fats Domino and Ray Charles.

Some of the ol' cats updated their sound - at least for a while - with some funk stuff in the late 60s/early 70s. Bo Diddley did three cool funk albums. Jerry Lee Lewis' "Southern roots" (featuring the MG's) remains one of his best albums. Also Elvis' '69 Memphis recordings and some of the cuts he did at Stax (If you talk in your sleep, I got a feeling and much of the Raised on Rock album) were very much in that language.
Plus everything Tony Joe White did back then - right into the 80s  - was funky and souly (does this word exist?) to death.

Here are some cool ones:

Bo Diddley - Bite you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf8rDqZJJa0

Jerry Lee Lewis - Just a little bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvwhM1vlSc

Fats Domino - Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeMwNd-WSXo

Little Richard - Nuki suki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pb9-yRNnO0

Tony Joe White - I get off on it (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVqXxK-gK0w

I couldn't listen to the videos, so I hope I got all the right versions.
Great post the fifties guys still had a lot of fire in their thrities and (once in a while) fortys

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Like The Miracles,The Temptations,Marvin Gaye,The Drifters(etc.)? If so, Who's your favorite group?

Probably my favourite overall kind of music. I tend to like Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Marvin Gaye the best but I love them all and I have been hunting down obscure stuff since around 2001.

[Newguy562]

Like The Miracles,The Temptations,Marvin Gaye,The Drifters(etc.)? If so, Who's your favorite group?

Probably my favourite overall kind of music. I tend to like Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Marvin Gaye the best but I love them all and I have been hunting down obscure stuff since around 2001.

what's your favorite temptations/marvin gaye song?

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Ain't Too Proud to Beg/Stubborn Kind of Fellow

[Newguy562]

Ain't Too Proud to Beg/Stubborn Kind of Fellow

check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJUtBjPMBmg & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSTIgEPtxOs

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Yeah. I've heard them. The Temptations one is good - definitely Smokey doing his Oo Baby Baby shtick. I don't mind the Marvin Gaye one but I prefer his pre-What's Going On stuff, personally.

[Newguy562]

Yeah. I've heard them. The Temptations one is good - definitely Smokey doing his Oo Baby Baby shtick. I don't mind the Marvin Gaye one but I prefer his pre-What's Going On stuff, personally.

smokey is a genius...and i prefer post whats goin on..his earliersometimes can be  pretty corny..(hitchhike,pride and joy,grapevine)but if you like that era check out this and tell me what you think of these early marvin gaye songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdV1ai-lH1w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNwm_Vg8XG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqIC2HoMb0U

[hypehat]

Grapevine? Corny?! Dear god, man. Sometimes I think it's the perfect pop song.

[Newguy562]

Grapevine? Corny?! Dear god, man. Sometimes I think it's the perfect pop song.

I always hated that song ...I felt Marvin Gaye didn't find his own voice til What's Goin On...That's truly his style..then again he said in many interviews he always wanted to be a balladeer like his idols Frank Sinatra & Nat King Cole.

[hypehat]

That doesn't change the fact that Grapevine is insanely brilliant. You can't convince me otherwise! 

For Isaac Hayes, go into the thread I made about him, and check out the youtubes. If By The Time I Get To Phoenix doesn't convince you, well, I just don't know.

[Newguy562]

That doesn't change the fact that Grapevine is insanely brilliant. You can't convince me otherwise! 

For Isaac Hayes, go into the thread I made about him, and check out the youtubes. If By The Time I Get To Phoenix doesn't convince you, well, I just don't know.

I know it is even though i don't like it..it's not a number one for no reason. lol
i'm going to check out his songs right and check out your post...Have you ever got into Michael Jackson's music before?

[Heysaboda]

Like The Miracles,The Temptations,Marvin Gaye,The Drifters(etc.)? If so, Who's your favorite group?

Probably my favourite overall kind of music. I tend to like Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Marvin Gaye the best but I love them all and I have been hunting down obscure stuff since around 2001.

what's your favorite temptations/marvin gaye song?

I like Ain't That Peculiar, but I prefer the version by Chris Hillman on his Clear Sailin' album.

[Newguy562]

Like The Miracles,The Temptations,Marvin Gaye,The Drifters(etc.)? If so, Who's your favorite group?

Probably my favourite overall kind of music. I tend to like Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and Marvin Gaye the best but I love them all and I have been hunting down obscure stuff since around 2001.

what's your favorite temptations/marvin gaye song?

I like Ain't That Peculiar, but I prefer the version by Chris Hillman on his Clear Sailin' album.

That's one of his early hits i actually liked

[hypehat]

That doesn't change the fact that Grapevine is insanely brilliant. You can't convince me otherwise! 

For Isaac Hayes, go into the thread I made about him, and check out the youtubes. If By The Time I Get To Phoenix doesn't convince you, well, I just don't know.

I know it is even though i don't like it..it's not a number one for no reason. lol
i'm going to check out his songs right and check out your post...Have you ever got into Michael Jackson's music before?

I love The Jackson 5 with a ridiculous passion, but in terms of his solo stuff my dad used to play it around the house ALL. THE. FREAKING. TIME and unlike Parliament/Funkadelic and Kraftwerk (his two other big obsessions) I can't really listen to it.

Speaking of which, you need Parliament/Funkadelic in your life! where else can you see this?


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