Rufus & Chaka & René & Angela at the same damn time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWk22Qgy81Y
Ridiculously deep catalog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5padNt0p5LU
― Andy K, Friday, 15 February 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Just cracked out 'Street Player'...'Stay' and 'Best Of Your Heart' are just gorgeous...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Friday, 15 February 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
I'm listening to the early eighties Arif Mardin-helmed recordings. Only a couple of classics on each but consistent as hell.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 February 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
damn, my computer blue screened as soon as that BET video loaded
― queeple qua queeple (Jordan), Friday, 15 February 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Blue Entertainment Television
― spacemindy, Friday, 15 February 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
the rufus stuff is top notch. Love that band.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 15 February 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
A friend just sent me a package of his favorite Chaka stuff. Just reviving this for later thoughts.
Listening to What Cha Gonna Do for Me right now, really into the version of 'Night in Tunisia.'
― Austin, Monday, 9 November 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
think her most solid record is possibly the 1982 s/t, though i never hear anyone talk about it.
i of course love destiny but i would force myself to love any album with "love of a lifetime" on it
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 9 November 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
I had a great time listening to those records for this piece: http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/03/chaka-khan-solo
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 November 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
also the post upthread that considers stompin' at the savoy a one-stop rufus shop is otm, much as i love street player and ask rufus
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 9 November 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
That one's up next. . .
― Austin, Monday, 9 November 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Nice piece, Alfred.
― Austin, Monday, 9 November 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
'82 self-titled is indeed a groover!
― Austin, Monday, 9 November 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZDFv0aTlk
― Romeo Daltrey (Tom D.), Monday, 25 April 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
What a catalog.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
POX
I'm Every WomanWha'cha Gonna Do For MeI Feel For YouAt Midnight (My Love Will Life You Up)CloudsI Know You, I Live YouEverlasting LoveStayMy Love is AliveTearin' It Up
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
when the chips are DOWWWWWN
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
"at midnight," "ain't nobody," and "love of a lifetime" are my three favorite songs of all time
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
To be fair, I could POXXX Chaka
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
I included the Green song but idk the production this time sounds chintzy. On the other hand, I can imagine Chaka destroying "Perfect Way."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
I wish she would've!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
I included the Green song but idk the production this time sounds chintzy
:|
at times it's my favorite green song ever
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
She slays the prechorus verses though
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
I dig "Love of a Lifetime."
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Ain't Nobody may be one of the best songs ever made but I love a lot of the rufus with chaka khan stuff, Love watching those old soul train clips on youtube. What a great program.
― Odysseus, Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
POX more:
This is My NightTell Me Something GoodQuandrySweet ThingDo You Love What You FeelWe Got Each OtherI'll Be Good To YouLive In MeFool's ParadiseStronger Than Before
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
one of my favorite Rufus album tracks. this would be tediously bombastic in the hands of just about any other singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Url7Bo_yRb4
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Friday, 26 May 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21rGZjjJfE
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 May 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
Just noticed that on Spotify the tracks (all but one) on the first two Chaka Khan albums are now credited to a 'Lew Hahn' as well. Turns out he was an additional recording engineer on the Chaka album, who also did remixing for it, and is credited for recording and mixing on Naughty (on Discogs, not on the original album sleeve, fairly or unfairly). In other words, he didn’t even write, produce or play on any of the tracks. But every time songs like “I’m Every Woman” or “Clouds” are streamed (including when it’s from some compilation), it’s not just added to Chaka’s tally but to his as well. That seems like some bullshit. Anyone know what this is about? Is it related to the equal billing producers now get for remixes they make for tracks by other artists (which is fair), and did this guy jump retroactively on this opportunity or something?
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 26 May 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
Spotify has a whole lot of bad tagging and I'd guess this is some of that.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 26 May 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecY5iZn6B0
Dang! As far as legacy artists making vital contemporary music goes, most of them do a worse job than Chaka does here. This song is HAWT
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
most of them do a FAR worse job! but seriously, i am almost shocked by how impressed i am with this new single
one of my thoughts after watching the video was "this needs an extended mix". and lo and behold there is one! of course there is. there's also an additional remix by switch, who afaict also produced the original track w/ someone named sarah ruba
― dyl, Saturday, 30 June 2018 05:13 (five years ago) link
to ring in the new year, another solid banger that will probably be slept on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9r5XBtoCo
― dyl, Friday, 4 January 2019 04:49 (five years ago) link
That’s very nice.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 4 January 2019 06:36 (five years ago) link
[/i]What is the next album you have coming?
I’m working on a Joni Mitchell project right now, who’s a great friend. I have her blessing. I’m doing my favorite songs of Joni’s. Not her hits — the songs that have kept me alive on tour. When I’m on the bus, I always put on Joni Mitchell. She would revive me, in a big way — the music, the things she said, the philosopher in her. She’s my favorite writer, singer-songwriter. I don’t even remember when I first met her; it’s been a while.[/i]
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/arts/music/chaka-khan-hello-happiness.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 February 2019 04:12 (five years ago) link
I love her comment about playing basketball with Prince and that she still plays
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 February 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
Your career has spanned so many eras, do you miss things from any period in particular?
Working in the ’80s with [the producer] Arif Mardin, in New York, really made my life happen. I really miss him. And he challenged me vocally and musically, and I miss that kind of interaction. The music I did in the ’80s I think was my best music. Working with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea — all the greats that I grew up listening to
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
I'm on this gossip site which publishes blind items. They had one on Chaka. They described her as a one hit wonder. Hilarious.
― nathom, Saturday, 23 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
her new album is very solid front to back. for pursuing such a defined aesthetic it actually thoughtfully covers quite a bit of ground sonically + naturally her vocals are great
― dyl, Saturday, 23 February 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
Her new album is solid and she blew the crowd away at Pitchfork last July. Don't think anyone expected that performance to be other than tepid yawn-legacy-act.
― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 February 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
Her version of “Ladies Man” is pretty fantastic
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cSZCNIp2A
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 24 February 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
i totally missed 'like sugar' at the time. what a fucking sick song.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
Could of dealt with a Chaka/Rick James album
This slams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJHSQUvSLus
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 21:52 (seven months ago) link