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

[Newguy562]

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

[Slow In Brain]

Stevie Wonder is cool and a recent album called A Time To Love is great

[Alex]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

[Ron]

I gotta disagree about the New Jack Swing, I absolutely love that stuff.  It didn't kill R&B, R&B is still alive and doing well. 

[LetHimRun]

I have a pretty big collection of R&B/Soul/Motown songs. Four Tops, Temptations, Miracles, Supremes, Drifters, Sam&Dave, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Martha and the Vandellas, etc.

I think I'd have to go with The Supremes as my favorites, but barely over the Four Tops, Miracles, and Same Cooke. Holland-Dozier-Holland were an absolute force of a writing team and cranked out a lot of fantastic material, mostly for The Supremes and Four Tops.

[Newguy562]

Stevie Wonder is cool and a recent album called A Time To Love is great

check out this by stevie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKTgWozFEyo

[Newguy562]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

You didnt mention Marvin Gaye
Isn't new jack swing what Michael Jackson did in the 90's ?
I love Amy Winehouse's Back to Black..her voice is so strong if you closed your eyes you would think she's an overweight black women singing lol (Aretha,Gladis)
her finest moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0jxiUPjbg

[Alex]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

You didnt mention Marvin Gaye

No I didn't. And I'm now rectifying the omission. I could listen to What's Goin' On? and Mercy Mercy Me in a loop over and over again all day.

Some of MJ's stuff probably was in New Jack Swing style, but it started in the 80s with producer Teddy Riley and his group Guy. Made famous by Bel Biv Devoe, Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Keith Sweat, etc. The singers usually held up their end of the deal...I blame the producers and record labels for cheaping out. Why hire Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Booker T, Jamerson, a horn section, when you can get an anonymous hack to play Fairlight and/or Synclavier?

[Jay]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

You didnt mention Marvin Gaye
Isn't new jack swing what Michael Jackson did in the 90's ?
I love Amy Winehouse's Back to Black..her voice is so strong if you closed your eyes you would think she's an overweight black women singing lol (Aretha,Gladis)
her finest moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0jxiUPjbg

Keep digging that hole...

[Newguy562]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

You didnt mention Marvin Gaye
Isn't new jack swing what Michael Jackson did in the 90's ?
I love Amy Winehouse's Back to Black..her voice is so strong if you closed your eyes you would think she's an overweight black women singing lol (Aretha,Gladis)
her finest moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0jxiUPjbg

Keep digging that hole...

Don't take everything so seriously

[Rocker]

I love that music. Especially the 60s stuff from Stax, Motown, etc. For my taste the artists from tose years were still enough connected with R'n'B and the Blues which I myself hold dearly in my heart. I don't care for modern day"R'n'B" and "Soul". Although there certainly are very good artists and recordings, the stuff you hear on the radio/charts is just plain terrible and has almost nothing to do with what made the music so great.
I for some reason can't get that much into James Brown's music. I like some of it but I stickmostly to other artists. I love Joe Tex for example although he often just repeated himself. But there are recordings that are so great that you can overlook that. "I gotcha", man what a song !!! Funky in every ounce of it's being.
You ever seen this?

Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBU9rtviKWc&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgDV6PSA2sM&feature=related

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR5QnL4C6zA&feature=related


I also love Lee Dorsey. Everything he did was funky (pun intended). There's so much great music and I hope I'll get to know much more than I do right now.

[hypehat]

Soul music is the f*cking business. I have promised more than a few people that I will eventually marry Smokey Robinson. The greatest voice.

Anyone who doesn't turn to jelly at Ooh Baby Baby has no love in their heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThnUmWRCCs

Of course, I have much love for Curtis Mayfield (both solo and The Impressions), Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Marvin, MJ, Aretha, Everyone on Stax, Everyone on Motown, The Persuasions, Sly Stone... Too many to list. The music makes me feel so happy!

[Newguy562]

I love that music. Especially the 60s stuff from Stax, Motown, etc. For my taste the artists from tose years were still enough connected with R'n'B and the Blues which I myself hold dearly in my heart. I don't care for modern day"R'n'B" and "Soul". Although there certainly are very good artists and recordings, the stuff you hear on the radio/charts is just plain terrible and has almost nothing to do with what made the music so great.
I for some reason can't get that much into James Brown's music. I like some of it but I stickmostly to other artists. I love Joe Tex for example although he often just repeated himself. But there are recordings that are so great that you can overlook that. "I gotcha", man what a song !!! Funky in every ounce of it's being.
You ever seen this?

Part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBU9rtviKWc&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgDV6PSA2sM&feature=related

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR5QnL4C6zA&feature=related


I also love Lee Dorsey. Everything he did was funky (pun intended). There's so much great music and I hope I'll get to know much more than I do right now.

he reminds me of james brown..i'm not into up tempo stuff i'm more into melodic slow pretty songs

[Newguy562]

Soul music is the f*cking business. I have promised more than a few people that I will eventually marry Smokey Robinson. The greatest voice.

Anyone who doesn't turn to jelly at Ooh Baby Baby has no love in their heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThnUmWRCCs

Of course, I have much love for Curtis Mayfield (both solo and The Impressions), Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Marvin, MJ, Aretha, Everyone on Stax, Everyone on Motown, The Persuasions, Sly Stone... Too many to list. The music makes me feel so happy!

that music makes me feel sad even though i love it so much
see your talking my style of music..i love those pretty harmonies!...
check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiXidOkWIc

[hypehat]

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?

[Summertime Blooz]

Some of my favorite soul music is that  early 70s Philadelphia falsetto style that groups like the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and Blue Magic popularized. So much of it has that strong Bacharach influence that Thom Bell brought  to the table.  Betcha By Golly Wow is the s**t. I love me some Stevie Wonder though.

[Ron]

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

A lot of those old soul songs get me really pumped up. I like everyone from Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding to Smokey, Stevie, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, Aretha, the Tempts, Sam Cooke, Sam and Dave, James Brown, Billy Paul, the O'Jays, and even early Jacko on occasion. Some tracks ("Land of 1000 Dances", "War", "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for examples) rock even harder than Hendrix, Cream, and the Who. I think the big reasons why I love the old R&B are the kickass backing bands (Funk Brothers, Booker T and the MGs, Muscle Shoals guys, etc.) and organic instrumentation/arrangements. Funk kept the spirit alive into the early 80s, but I think "real" R&B pretty much started to die with disco and the final nail was put in the coffin when New Jack Swing came along. There were some good singers who were unfortunately victims of lame 80s/90s/00s R&B production. The Stax house band would've done wonders for guys like Luther Vandross. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are great, though. Modern-retro soul...they played on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.

You didnt mention Marvin Gaye

No I didn't. And I'm now rectifying the omission. I could listen to What's Goin' On? and Mercy Mercy Me in a loop over and over again all day.

Some of MJ's stuff probably was in New Jack Swing style, but it started in the 80s with producer Teddy Riley and his group Guy. Made famous by Bel Biv Devoe, Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Keith Sweat, etc. The singers usually held up their end of the deal...I blame the producers and record labels for cheaping out. Why hire Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Booker T, Jamerson, a horn section, when you can get an anonymous hack to play Fairlight and/or Synclavier?

Well all I know is I like the sound of it, even if it is a drum machine.  "SWV" were awesome in every way, Bel Biv Devoe were great, Boys II Men were great, Bobby Brown was great, Michael Jackson's New Jack Swing stuff was all good in my opinion (stuff like "Jam", "Remember the Time", "Keep the Faith", "Dangerous", etc.) Tony Toni Tone were INCREDIBLE soul musicians.   I don't see how you can say New Jack murdered Soul music... have you never heard "It Never Rains in Southern California" ?  It doesn't get much better than that.  Of course Motown was great but don't completely disregard an entire decade of good music just to prove how great Marvin Gaye was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yNibj8LW-Q

[Ron]

OH, some more soul r&b stuff I find fascinating since I live in Charlotte is all the great beach music that came out in the 70's.   Lots of bands played along the strip in the Carolinas, and would do tons of cover songs, as well as originals that SOUNDED like cover songs.  Here's a great one, fascinating too that the band members are white, Soul is colorblind I suppose!  Song actually recorded in Charlotte in 1975.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKVjzlv8VKM

[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.

[Ron]

Some of my favorite soul music is that  early 70s Philadelphia falsetto style that groups like the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and Blue Magic popularized. So much of it has that strong Bacharach influence that Thom Bell brought  to the table.  Betcha By Golly Wow is the s**t. I love me some Stevie Wonder though.

Yeah; I love that Blue Magic song "Sideshow".  

Here's some good 'current' R&B by Jaheim.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_3n9CvBKQ&feature=related

Sorry guys I'm just not cynical enough to not enjoy music like this.  Love this stuff!  It's not Sam Cooke but it's close enough for me

[SBonilla]

Some of my favorite soul music is that  early 70s Philadelphia falsetto style that groups like the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and Blue Magic popularized. So much of it has that strong Bacharach influence that Thom Bell brought  to the table.  Betcha By Golly Wow is the s**t. I love me some Stevie Wonder though.

Don't forget Linda Creed; she made those Thom songs appealing to the heart.

[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

[Newguy562]

Some of my favorite soul music is that  early 70s Philadelphia falsetto style that groups like the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and Blue Magic popularized. So much of it has that strong Bacharach influence that Thom Bell brought  to the table.  Betcha By Golly Wow is the s**t. I love me some Stevie Wonder though.

like teddy pendergrass?
isn't this the philly style? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAEHUaEFNa4

[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

[hypehat]

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