toomanyhatz
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Post by toomanyhatz on May 2, 2023 18:51:54 GMT
It was written by a cantankerous old bastard who was basically a serial philanderer, too.
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Post by davey on May 2, 2023 19:41:09 GMT
Notice that it was all-but entirely excised from oldies radio formats. Whatever moment we were in in 1972 (when it finally became a hit), that moment is long gone now. Generally when I talk about this one, I talk about the tempo. The way it just seems to stop time. I don’t think that the radio or the Sirius XM folks actually want that. But as a kid, there was something epic and dreamy about a record like this. My attention would drift in and out of it. It felt like a constant that I could always return to. I’d love to hear your version. It’s a great song, so I’m sure that you made something beautiful out of it. But yeah - this is my favorite record in the world. The room sound. Ron Carter’s bass sound. Roberta Flack’s quiet strength and vulnerability. It’s perfect. I heard this today and time stopped still for me too. I did a search for the song because I wanted to see if we'd ever talked about it. It really is the most beautiful thing. I don't know if I even feel it as music. It's a universal sentiment perfectly expressed as a personal moment. I had tears in my eyes, it's so incredibly moving. My dad was a big fan - he couldn't hold a tune in a bucket but he loved this one. I can see why. I think the tears were for him too - we never really got on, and I didn't share his love for this, and now I do, and he's not around. So it goes, eh? Ah man. Not much I can say in response. The best thing about a board like this is posts like these. Whatever we agree or disagree about, a record like that…when it lands…is such a sacred and magic thing. I daresay…that’s the thing AI won’t replace.
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Post by oh oooh on May 2, 2023 19:45:29 GMT
Absolutely.
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Post by rayge on Dec 18, 2023 13:12:23 GMT
1966
A year with four stone cold classics that have as yet been totally ignored. They include the Best British single before the Sex Pistols turned up, Cream's I Feel Free, the BBB's East-West, still fresh and enchanting more than 50 years after its release, the utterly extraordinary and game-changing Eight Miles High (along with East-West taking the John the Baptist role in heralding psychedelia), and my choice, without question the greatest soul vocal performance ever - phrasing, drama, melisma, testifying power, tuneful pleading, pure lightning (and indeed thunder) in a bottle.
Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me (Baby)
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