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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 9:22:46 GMT -5
Their original singer was Donald McPherson who was also a great lead but died from Leukemia right after their first album Tasteful Soul. That record had the great songs... I'm Better Off Without You, Magic Shoes and I'm so Proud on it. I have DJ'd classic soul for the last 20 years and The MI are one of my all time favs. Magic Shoes was a roller skating fav back in the 70s. Whoa, some serious Main Ingredient knowledge Topher. I haven't heard "Magic Shoes" in ages. As a lifelong fan of The Impressions it feels almost blasphemous to say it, but I think I prefer MI's beautifully orchestrated version of "I'm So Proud" to Curtis Mayfield's original. Classic Soul DJ? My man! I guess we all define Classic Soul in our own way, but do you have any of my old school Philly boys on your playlist? Delfonics, Intruders, Stylistics, Blue Magic, Harold Melvin? Are you familiar with The Ethics? Even further back Garnet Mimms, The Tymes, Solomon Burke? Those may be too prehistoric by now, but I had to ask. I’ll delay leaving the car for “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” anytime…”Betcha By Golly, Wow” sold me a record as did “(First Time) In The Rain”… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 22, 2024 9:28:01 GMT -5
Whoa, some serious Main Ingredient knowledge Topher. I haven't heard "Magic Shoes" in ages. As a lifelong fan of The Impressions it feels almost blasphemous to say it, but I think I prefer MI's beautifully orchestrated version of "I'm So Proud" to Curtis Mayfield's original. Classic Soul DJ? My man! I guess we all define Classic Soul in our own way, but do you have any of my old school Philly boys on your playlist? Delfonics, Intruders, Stylistics, Blue Magic, Harold Melvin? Are you familiar with The Ethics? Even further back Garnet Mimms, The Tymes, Solomon Burke? Those may be too prehistoric by now, but I had to ask. I’ll delay leaving the car for “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” anytime…”Betcha By Golly, Wow” sold me a record as did “(First Time) In The Rain”… Good stuff Inger. Some of my favorites as well. |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 22, 2024 9:32:06 GMT -5
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 22, 2024 9:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 22, 2024 9:39:05 GMT -5
I’ll delay leaving the car for “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” anytime…”Betcha By Golly, Wow” sold me a record as did “(First Time) In The Rain”… Good stuff Inger. Some of my favorites as well. A couple artists who followed these greats that I still listen to from time to time are Barry White and Anita Baker. I guess they would fit into the Soul catagory but I'm not sure, maybe contemporary? Both had soulful voices. Anyway, it's good music. |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 22, 2024 9:43:22 GMT -5
Good stuff Inger. Some of my favorites as well. A couple artists who followed these greats that I still listen to from time to time are Barry White and Anita Baker. I guess they would fit into the Soul catagory but I'm not sure, maybe contemporary? Both had soulful voices. Anyway, it's good music. I love Anita Baker...saw her at Fiddler's Green (Denver). Have the album "Rapture". My favorite..."Same Ole Love" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIFLAKyQX0 |
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Post by inger on Oct 22, 2024 10:37:28 GMT -5
We interrupt the current theme of this thread to say that Tom Petty would have been 74 today…
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 22, 2024 13:37:17 GMT -5
We interrupt the current theme of this thread to say that Tom Petty would have been 74 today… Another victim of addiction and sycophantic physicians. Tom Petty is all over my Spotify playlist. My sister got lucky married a yuppie took him for all that he was worth now she's a swinger dating a singer I can't decide which is worse |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 23, 2024 16:25:02 GMT -5
During my workout today was listening to some early Springsteen. This very well could fall under the "water is wet" type statement, but boy is the E-Street band great freaking musicians. Is it possible they are overshadowed just a bit because Bruce is such an icon?
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 24, 2024 13:45:15 GMT -5
During my workout today was listening to some early Springsteen. This very well could fall under the "water is wet" type statement, but boy is the E-Street band great freaking musicians. Is it possible they are overshadowed just a bit because Bruce is such an icon? When we lived in Manhattan from 2000-2004, we lived in a high-rise at 322 West 57th Street, between 8th and 9th. Steve Van Zandt lived in the building. There was a fitness center on the 50th floor where he regularly worked out. I must have seen him a hundred times, always on the treadmill, always with a big folder in front of him which I assumed was either a script for "The Sopranos" or maybe sheet music, I don't know. He always had at least one flunky with him, standing alongside the treadmill to make sure nobody got too close. He always wore that turban or whatever you call it. I didn't know a soul in the building who had ever exchanged a word with him. And that's fine, I can understand how a celebrity would want some space, although he seemed a bit extreme. When you live in Manhattan you see a lot of famous people, and New Yorkers tend to leave them alone. As they should. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 24, 2024 14:07:26 GMT -5
One lingering music-related note from our recent sojourn in Scotland. There is an unassuming little town in northeast Scotland close to where we were staying called Dingwall. It has an 18th century Town Hall, now a local museum. No big deal, except it was in this Town Hall in January 1963 that The Beatles played their last gig before they became famous. A few days after this gig, which drew a throng of 19 people, "Please Please Me" hit the charts in the UK and the first wave of Beatlemania struck. It took another year to reach the US. The room they played in looked like your basic 1930s elementary school auditorium.
The same night The Beatles were doing Dingwall, a few blocks away a local cover band called The Mellowtones drew over a thousand people. Oddly enough the museum doesn't even mention The Beatles, although there are two plaques commemorating the event. There were two elderly women staffing the desk at the museum who clearly were old enough to have been in attendance. The younger of the two wasn't native to the town, but the other, who was quite hard of hearing, was. When she finally figured out what I was asking, she told me she was watching The Mellowtones that night. She also told me in no uncertain terms about The Beatles "I didn't like them then and I don't like them now."
There is an annual reunion among the handful of people remaining who saw The Fab Four that night.
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 24, 2024 14:51:33 GMT -5
During my workout today was listening to some early Springsteen. This very well could fall under the "water is wet" type statement, but boy is the E-Street band great freaking musicians. Is it possible they are overshadowed just a bit because Bruce is such an icon? When we lived in Manhattan from 2000-2004, we lived in a high-rise at 322 West 57th Street, between 8th and 9th. Steve Van Zandt lived in the building. There was a fitness center on the 50th floor where he regularly worked out. I must have seen him a hundred times, always on the treadmill, always with a big folder in front of him which I assumed was either a script for "The Sopranos" or maybe sheet music, I don't know. He always had at least one flunky with him, standing alongside the treadmill to make sure nobody got too close. He always wore that turban or whatever you call it. I didn't know a soul in the building who had ever exchanged a word with him. And that's fine, I can understand how a celebrity would want some space, although he seemed a bit extreme. When you live in Manhattan you see a lot of famous people, and New Yorkers tend to leave them alone. As they should. I think Van Zandt wears that bandana to cover large scars on his scalp from an injury he suffered when he was younger. He was also a huge fan of The Rascals, and was heavily involved in the stage production of "Once Upon A Dream" which was a great show for fans of the band, as I am. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Oct 24, 2024 15:34:35 GMT -5
Whoa, some serious Main Ingredient knowledge Topher. I haven't heard "Magic Shoes" in ages. As a lifelong fan of The Impressions it feels almost blasphemous to say it, but I think I prefer MI's beautifully orchestrated version of "I'm So Proud" to Curtis Mayfield's original. Classic Soul DJ? My man! I guess we all define Classic Soul in our own way, but do you have any of my old school Philly boys on your playlist? Delfonics, Intruders, Stylistics, Blue Magic, Harold Melvin? Are you familiar with The Ethics? Even further back Garnet Mimms, The Tymes, Solomon Burke? Those may be too prehistoric by now, but I had to ask. I’ll delay leaving the car for “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” anytime…”Betcha By Golly, Wow” sold me a record as did “(First Time) In The Rain”… The Philly PBS-TV station is running a Soul Special on Sunday Night featuring the "Sound of Philadelphia" with the Gamble-Huff ERA groups. A couple of summers ago, I saw the Tymes performed at Cooper River Park. They still sounded a great and still own that painting busines , that kept them going when things were tough for them in the music business. |
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Post by kaybli on Oct 24, 2024 15:53:31 GMT -5
One lingering music-related note from our recent sojourn in Scotland. There is an unassuming little town in northeast Scotland close to where we were staying called Dingwall. It has an 18th century Town Hall, now a local museum. No big deal, except it was in this Town Hall in January 1963 that The Beatles played their last gig before they became famous. A few days after this gig, which drew a throng of 19 people, "Please Please Me" hit the charts in the UK and the first wave of Beatlemania struck. It took another year to reach the US. The room they played in looked like your basic 1930s elementary school auditorium. The same night The Beatles were doing Dingwall, a few blocks away a local cover band called The Mellowtones drew over a thousand people. Oddly enough the museum doesn't even mention The Beatles, although there are two plaques commemorating the event. There were two elderly women staffing the desk at the museum who clearly were old enough to have been in attendance. The younger of the two wasn't native to the town, but the other, who was quite hard of hearing, was. When she finally figured out what I was asking, she told me she was watching The Mellowtones that night. She also told me in no uncertain terms about The Beatles "I didn't like them then and I don't like them now." There is an annual reunion among the handful of people remaining who saw The Fab Four that night. From pipps:
"The room The Beatles played in and the very modest commemorative plaque"
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 24, 2024 16:02:17 GMT -5
From pipps:
"The room The Beatles played in and the very modest commemorative plaque"
Very cool.... |
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