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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Mar 4, 2004 1:06:11 GMT -5
I hear people say he has more soul than him but I dont understand how you decide that and what it is that dictates soul.
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Gorminako
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Post by Gorminako on Mar 6, 2004 23:09:27 GMT -5
Soul music elicits an emotional feeling coming from within that permeates your body and makes your body want to move with the music. It's a wonderful emotional release. Apparently not everybody has that capacity, and it doesn't seem like it can be learned. It's too bad, because it's a wonderful experience and can enhance your enjoyment of music that much more. And for some reason it seems to be dying. Fewer artists are singing soul, radio is playing it less, and those soul songs that you hear aren't doing so well. And fewer people seem to appreciate soul, even amongst a group of music lovers like we have here.
Current hit songs that could be classified as soul are Beyonce's "Me, Myself & I", Musiq's "Forthenight", and Mario Winan's "I Don't Want to Know", all good songs, in my opinion.
Some current artists that sing soul are Mary J Blige, 112, Usher (especially "My Way"), and Alicia Keys (esp. "Fallin'").
Probably the prototype for soul would be the "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin's "Respect". Her "Chain of Fools" and "Think" are other good examples. But no one was more soulful than Al Green, and "Look What You've Done For Me" is a perfect example of what I mean. Other great examples of soul include the Parliaments' "I Wanna Testify", "Hold On, I'm Comin'" by Sam & Dave, "25 Miles" by Edwin Starr, "Groove Me" by Pink Floyd, "Pay It to the Piper" by Chairman of the Board, Ronny Dyson's "One Man Band". Motown and the Philadelphia Sound blended soul with beautiful melodies. There were some great danceable funk songs in the '70's by bands like Earth, Wind & Fire, the Ohio Players ("Fire"), Parliament, the Commodores ("Slippery When Wet"), Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music"), and into the '80's the Gap Band. Rick James was big in the late '70's and '80's. Some other great soul songs are Jodeci's "Come & Talk To Me" and Dru Hill's "How Deep Is Your Love?", and "No More" by Ruff Endz.
I just recently bought a greatest hits collction by one of the all-time great soul singer/songwriters Keith Sweat, and I've been playing it over and over. I just love it. "I Want Her" was my favorite song of its time, but there are 4 songs I'm playing even more: "Twisted", the very danceable "Make You Sweat", the really soulful "I'll Give All My Love To You", and this great find I'd never heard before and can't understand why it was never released, "How Deep Is Your Love", distinct from either the Dru Hill or Bee Gees song by the same name. I love it.
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Post by mst3k on Mar 7, 2004 14:53:02 GMT -5
"Groove Me" by Pink Floyd LOL... I think you mean King Floyd. :) |
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Post by insect2 on Mar 7, 2004 16:04:19 GMT -5
I think it's all a matter of opinion.
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Post by Ragin on Mar 8, 2004 9:02:08 GMT -5
I hear people say he has more soul than him but I dont understand how you decide that and what it is that dictates soul. You just know. It's an unmeasurable intangible that you either know, or you don't. Some people can't see soul, and others can. |
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