A much needed Black Music thread.

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[K Douglas]

One of the hardest drum beats in hip hop history. Courtesy of The Neptunes - Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.

 

[K Douglas]

Another compare and contrast...

"My First Lonely Night" peaked at # 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1966.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Ue o Muite Arukō" (Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song grew to become one of the world's best-selling singles of all time, selling over 13 million copies worldwide.


The amazing thing is I can still remember exactly where I was when I first heard it on my car radio back in the summer of 1963...

Sukiyaki was covered by the disco funk group A Taste of Honey. Here's their version of this classic

 

[K Douglas]

This is so going on my foundation playlist. Damn

 

[K Douglas]

Both pretty good...

Both are very good but give me Gene on this one. His voice is ridiculous.

 

[ogibowt]

X.. i listened to the tunes...most of which i liked...i marked "love" on a couple that stood out for me....

 

[xmontrealer]

X.. i listened to the tunes...most of which i liked...i marked "love" on a couple that stood out for me....

I'm just about half-way through that genre playlist. A lot more posts to come, but restricting them to 18 per night, cuz trying to not post too many to listen to at a sitting...

 

[ogibowt]

I'm just about half-way through that genre playlist. A lot more posts to come, but restricting them to 18 per night, cuz trying to not post too many to listen to at a sitting...

well to a Soul fan like me 18 plus is ok by me.....but a casual fan of this thread may gloss over your posts..imo.....3 or 4 or 5 might peak their interest...just saying

 

[xmontrealer]

well to a Soul fan like me 18 plus is ok by me.....but a casual fan of this thread may gloss over your posts..imo.....3 or 4 or 5 might peak their interest...just saying

I get it, but at 3, 4, or 5 it will take forever before I can go on to reviewing and posting the next genre...

 

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Sounds a bit like Al Green, no?

 

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