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Post by rayge on Mar 31, 2020 14:01:53 GMT
A Israel Tolbert - Big Leg Woman
B The Mar-Keys – Whot’s Happenin’
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 16:13:49 GMT
Ooh, ooh, A's good. A bit of funk, a bit of sass, a bit of clear guitar. Seems quite modern. A little slick (not a good thing. But I like it. I like the guy's voice. I prefer John Lee Hooker's 'Big legs tight skirt' but this is good too.
B's good. But it does seem just to be the same riff repeated time and again.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 31, 2020 16:43:16 GMT
Both good, and both helped enormously by the House Band, which I guess is what B is. But A is an awesome discovery, new to me, and really great evidence of the strength of their in-house production team and proof that it didn't even need a star upfront for full realization.
One of the discoveries of the cup so far.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Mar 31, 2020 18:58:49 GMT
A's good but B is bit rougher around the edges. The Mar-Keys worked from a really small palette it seems, but I like that sound a LOT.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 23:28:53 GMT
I must admit I have a problem with this kind of Southern bluesy funk. It can sound quite laboured and heavy footed. It's the kind of thing I can imagine Tom Jones covering, huffing away while wearing a medallion. Of course there are many things in this vein I do love, but they tend to be two parts funk to one part blues and with this the ratio was more the other way round. As such, it wasn't really my cup of Darjeeling daddio.
It was only recently,while reading a book on Stax, that I found out how inexperienced The Mar-Keys were, basically just kids recruited from the local high school.I'd always assumed they were seasoned pros.This track exposes those origins, it's pretty basic. But it's played with total conviction and some of the soloing is an absolute joy. I enjoyed this one a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2020 23:32:41 GMT
Vote B
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Post by DarknessFish on Apr 1, 2020 20:14:49 GMT
If anyone thinks that I don't take these cups seriously, just how frigging many obscure Stax tracks do you think I endured on youtube before I came across Israel Tolbert? Sounded like the most Stax thing imaginable to me, given my lack of Stax knowledge. Fit all my preconceptions, so I picked it.
So I'm not sure, given that, that I can vote against B on the grounds that it's very by the numbers and typical of the Stax sound. Anyway, I hope some of you appreciate my efforts.
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Post by oleandermedian on Apr 3, 2020 10:44:26 GMT
A’s OK. It might have been better without the horns in fact.
B is groovy and
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Post by fange on Apr 13, 2020 13:15:02 GMT
Both good, hearty soul food. A by a whisker.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Apr 14, 2020 21:53:49 GMT
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Post by rayge on Apr 15, 2020 16:19:49 GMT
B for the sax, although neither was really enjoyable
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Post by neige on Apr 25, 2020 13:35:42 GMT
While B is what the Mar-Keys to (and do exceedingly well), I end up finding A more interesting
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