I'm hooked on Solomon Burke's "Maggie's Farm" and Phil Flowers's "Like A Rolling Stone" right now... the only other one I can think of off-hand right now is Stevie's "Blowin' In The Wind", which doesn't blow me away as much but then I'm kind of sick of the song itself.
Can anyone recommend any others, especially pre-funk '60's stomping soul stuff?
― Brio, Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Brio, Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Missed this thread out of the gate, I love this little subgenre. Some favorites:
Sort of the classic example, I think:
And for Xmas, give Ike a gun:
Minnie!
Other great ones:Howard Tate - Girl from the North CountryBobby Womack - All Along the Watchtower (really a cover of the Hendrix cover)Does Harry Belafonte count? Nice version of Tomorrow Is A Long Time. Nina Simone has done a ton too.
― dad a, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Moreno, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
surprised no one has posted:
― steenpunk (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Sam Cooke's is way better than Stevie's tho
― steenpunk (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
thanks! i was bummed out when no-one responded to this
― Brio, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
I just heard Billy Preston's "It's Alright Ma" for the 1st time -- pretty sweet! Not an oft-covered song.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
(and yeah, I somehow totally missed this thread the first time around)
Dylan apparently offered "Just Like A Woman" to Otis Redding originally. Bummer he never recorded it. Are there any good soul covers of that song?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
Staples' cover of John Brown is definitive, so fantastic
― Jack Kirby's Orangutan Surfing Civilization (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
here's something the other way around
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, agree that the Staples "John Brown" is awesome -- though I might prefer Jim Dickinson's version more! (Obviously based on the Staples' arrangement).
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Brio, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 22:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
marion williams's I SHALL BE RELEASED ftw duh
― 69, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 22:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
available on soul jazz's SOUL GOSPEL comp, i think?
― 69, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 22:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
haven't heard that one -- will have to seek it out. also wtf w/ the Nina Simone Marilyn Monroe youtube.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 22:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
not quite in thread remit as such but still awes
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 23:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
That is great, so many specific gestures in there hark back to the original, it must have followed from an insane number of repeat viewings.
Never heard this one before, going unmiked by the end is pretty badass:
― dad a, Thursday, 19 November 2009 02:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
Freddie Scott does a nice 'I Shall be Released'
― sonofstan, Thursday, 19 November 2009 02:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
The computer I'm on has YouTube links disabled, so this may be redundant, but Roberta Flack does a very nice "Just Like A Woman" on her Chapter Two album.
― Officer Pupp, Thursday, 19 November 2009 10:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
She does a really great Leonard Cohen cover on that one too, I think.
― Brio, Thursday, 19 November 2009 15:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
that nina simone just like a woman cover is, frankly, awful.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Friday, 20 November 2009 05:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 20 November 2009 06:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
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