It's always a cool breeze to the earholes when "Soul Shadows" comes on during the drive-time Quiet Storm show.
― briania (briania), Friday, 6 August 2004 11:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― willem (willem), Friday, 6 August 2004 11:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― splooge (thesplooge), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
highlights, as vahid noted above, "I can't write left handed" - more relevant than ever now. the long held note on "she's go-o-o-o-o-o-one" in the track "hope she'll be happier" is probably even more astonishing than the one on "Lovely Day".
if you don't have this album you must buy it.
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
also seek out the soundtrack to SAVE THE CHILDREN (a 1973 concert movie of a Jesse Jackson/Operation PUSH rally from the year before)...bill starts out his portion of the album by saying something like: "ten years ago, if we saw THIS many black people in one place...even WE woulda been scared!" kinda makes up for the fact that he starts out "lean on me" wildly offkey
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:49 (seventeen years ago) link
(you should also check out the DVD that comes with the recent reissue of JUST AS I AM...my man Bill is just going OFF in the modern-day interview segments!)
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:56 (seventeen years ago) link
JUST AS I AM was actually reissued on Columbia in the eighties featuring an updated photo of a bearded Bill in a suit (my, how far we've come), but the new CD version (again on Columbia) restores the original day-job cover from '71!
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Thursday, 29 June 2006 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link
http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/190/14/5/8/355.jpg http://www.comicgenius.com/DiscoFever/disco_profiles/george_mccrae/images/rock.gif
― flëétwøöd måçk (jaxon), Thursday, 29 June 2006 04:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fastnbulbous (Fastnbulbous), Friday, 27 October 2006 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Then he changed labels and got more and more "quiet storm" as the years went on, and that's where I get off the train re: Withers. But damn if JUST AS I AM, STILL BILL, the live LP and JUSTMENTS weren't an incredible four-album run.
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Monday, 30 October 2006 07:57 (seventeen years ago) link
It's a disco edit/extended mix that sounds like Bill Withers and Quincy Jones being chopped and blunted by Madlib and then fed through the Akufen machine for a futuristic cleaning.
Italo-disco/Cosmic DJs love this track - I have no idea who did this remix - but if it were 3600 minutes long it would still be too short.
― greypejooze (Ryanssssss), Monday, 30 October 2006 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodney... (R. J. Greene), Monday, 30 October 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― edde (edde), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 00:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― struttin' with some barbecue (jimnaseum), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link
OMG just bought Carnegie Hall, and it really is beautiful. And as a rule I hate live albums... It's just so charming, and the band are so understated yet wildly funky. Grandma's Hands is genuinely affecting.
I just felt I wanted to share this.
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 18 June 2007 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
his drummer is teh shit! so subtle and funky. unbelievable. must get the carnegie hall.
much much love for horace andy's "ain't no sunshine."
― andrew m., Monday, 18 June 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Live At Carnegie Hall is the greatest soul record there is. James Brown invented more, Otis Redding is the greater singer, Aretha Franklin could do a wider variety of things, Al Green was more magical. None came close to summing up a cultural moment the way Live At Carnegie Hall did. Bill Withers' world is the one we would all want to live in, and the fact that we don't is why soul died and was replaced by funk and then hip hop (which, of course, have their own virtues).
― Kenny, Thursday, 19 July 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I just picked up a two-fer of his first couple, but I need to listen. Which is the story with a lot of music I own. : (
― The Reverend, Thursday, 19 July 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Live At Carnegie Hall is the greatest soul record there is
^^^^^^
― El Tomboto, Friday, 12 October 2007 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link
hmmmmmm. I just have a studio effort.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
No, you need that Carnegie Hall album. Seriously.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 October 2007 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
^
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 October 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 12 October 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
more love for Menagerie! it's as good as Still Bill.
Search 'It ain't because of me baby'
― poortheatre, Friday, 12 October 2007 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
-- El Tomboto, Friday, October 12, 2007 11:43 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link
― jed_, Friday, 12 October 2007 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:CK8DlNIOUwuJPM:http://www.80stees.com/images/products/Peanuts_Charlie_Brown_Yellow_Shirt-T.jpg
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 12 October 2007 18:38 (sixteen years ago) link
this is true
― tremendoid, Friday, 12 October 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
got the Live at Carnegie Hall record at the behest of this thread - good shit! thx for the rec everybody
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I Can't Write Lefthanded kills - weird version of Ain't No Sunshine tho (I like it but the drummer has an odd take on the rhythm)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw a dvd at a friend's house, can't remember now if it was an "Old Grey Whistle Test" or some American thing, but anyhow, Bill Withers doing "Ain't No Sunshine" moved me to tears. Soooo beautiful. I also love the story about how he couldn't come up w/lyrics for a bridge, so he just kept the "I know, I know, I know..." part.
― dell, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I can feel my heart just athumpinanaskippin
― sprinkle me mayne (The Reverend), Sunday, 21 September 2008 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link
In a room with soft satin pillowsCrackling fireplace keeps us warmWhispering wind through weeping willowsSweet Wanomi resting in my arms
In a soft light her eyes are gleamingPretty little hand covers up her mouth when she yawnsWake me up, I must be dreaming thatSweet Wanomi resting in my arms
Sleepy kisses warm me softlyGet much warmer later onI reach for the light and turn it offSweet Wanomi resting in my arms
― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 November 2008 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
so in <3 with that song today
I'm convinced he's one of our greatest songwriters
― Thugocrat (PappaWheelie V), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
as am I
― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 November 2008 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
That's so great. On the B side of the "Grandma's Hands" single.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 13 November 2008 07:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice riffette at the beginning.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 13 November 2008 07:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Wanomi, not the Reverend.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 13 November 2008 07:45 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks for clearing that up
― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 November 2008 07:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Glad to.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 13 November 2008 08:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Somehow I scored Live a t Carnegie Hall for $.50. Holy shit!
Girl (I guess) I just broke up with was not a fan of "Grandma's Hands". FUCK YOU, CLARA...YOU'RE BOTH WRONG AND GONE FOREVER, APPARENTLY.
― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Thursday, 13 November 2008 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, that is a dealbreaker
― mr. mayan end times guy (The Reverend), Thursday, 13 November 2008 08:18 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha wtf how could anyone not like that song
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
no one could not like that song
― Jordan, Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
does she like blackstreet?
― Jordan, Thursday, 13 November 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, Iknow, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, hey I'll leave the young thing alone.
― ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i def would.
also 'justments is his best album.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Sunday, 5 November 2023 21:25 (four months ago) link