+- Music Discussion (https://www.music-discussion.com)
+-- Forum: Music Discussion (https://www.music-discussion.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Forum: General Music (https://www.music-discussion.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=18)
+--- Thread: Songs People Should Hear (/showthread.php?tid=2032)
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 11-02-2010
gryphon Wrote:Beautiful song from this excellent Canadian singer song writer.........I hope one day he can make a trip to Europe soon as I would love to see him live :biggrin:excellent.
YouTube - Gordon Lightfoot - Minstril of the Dawn (1A)
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 12-02-2010
One of the few chart successes for Magna in the UK and other territories not as big a hit as it should have been due to a supply shortage,,,,,When it was in the UK charts one had to order a copy and it took several weeks to arrive! No wonder it did not make a bigger dent on the chart!
YouTube - The Airport Song - Magna Carta
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 12-02-2010
![[Image: P02697L675V.jpg]](http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200/drP000/P026/P02697L675V.jpg)
MP3DL Player
from wikipedia
"Respect" is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. "Respect" became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin. While Redding wrote the song as a man's plea for respect and recognition from a woman, the roles were reversed for Franklin's version. Franklin's cover was a landmark for the feminist movement, and is often considered as one of the best songs of the R&B era,[by whom?] earning her two Grammy Awards in 1968 for "Best Rhythm & Blues Recording" and "Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female", and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored Franklin's version by adding it to the National Recording Registry. It is number five on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1] It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Otis Redding wrote and recorded "Respect" as a blues tune in the studio while finishing his third album, Otis Blue. The album became widely successful, even outside of his largely R&B and blues fanbase. When released in the summer of 1965, the song reached the top five on Billboard's Black Singles Chart, and crossed over to pop radio's white audience, peaking at number thirty-five there. At the time, the song became Redding's second largest crossover hit (after "I've Been Loving You Too Long") and paved the way to future presence at American radio.
Producer Jerry Wexler brought Redding's song to Franklin's attention. While Redding's version was popular among his core R&B audience, Wexler thought the song had potential to be a crossover hit and to demonstrate Franklin's vocal ability. "Respect" was recorded on February 14, 1967 with Aretha's sisters, Carolyn and Erma, singing backup
During the recording process, a bridge was added to Redding's original composition. Another addition was King Curtis' tenor saxophone and the slicker production of Wexler and co-producer Arif Mardin. The resulting song was featured on Franklin's Atlantic Records debut album, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. As the title track became a hit on both R&B and pop radio, Atlantic Records arranged for the release of this new version of "Respect" as a single.
Franklin's rendition found even greater success than the original, spending two weeks atop the Billboard Pop Singles chart, and for eight weeks on the Billboard Black Singles chart. It also became a hit internationally, reaching number ten in the United Kingdom, and helping to transform Franklin from a domestic star into an international one. Even Otis Redding himself was impressed with the performance of the song, and at the Monterey Pop Festival in the summer of the cover's release, he was quoted playfully describing "Respect" as the song "that little girl done stole from me".
"Respect" is one of several songs considered to have defined the 1960s. It has appeared in dozens of films and still receives consistent play on oldies radio stations. In the 1970s, Franklin's version of the song came to exemplify the feminist movement. Although she had numerous hits after "Respect", and several before its release, the song became Franklin's signature song and her best-known recording. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You was ranked eighty-third in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time in 2002. Two years later, "Respect" was fifth in the magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. The song "Respect" is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 12-02-2010
? & The Mysterians - Can't Get Enough Of You, Baby
YouTube - Question Mark & the Mysterians-Can't Get Enough of You, Baby
But I do like the Smash Mouth cover more.
Songs People Should Hear - kvincent5555 - 12-02-2010
My favorite Priest song. A classic from their early days. Kind of slow and bluesy with thoughtful, old-school lead work and crisp, close-up production.
YouTube - Judas Priest - Victim Of Changes
Songs People Should Hear - Wavehellomachine - 12-02-2010
"Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" by Bill Withers:
YouTube - Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone
He also did another classic:
YouTube - Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 12-02-2010
Cole Porter song done by an Australian singer in a somewhat unforgettable way ....check out the violin solo in the middle done by Charisma records session player who plays with String Driven Thing......
YouTube - I Get A Kick Out Of You - Gary Shearston
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 13-02-2010
Just beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0TInLOJuUM
Songs People Should Hear - kerry101 - 13-02-2010
Wavehellomachine Wrote:"Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" by Bill Withers:
YouTube - Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone
He also did another classic:
YouTube - Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Isaac hanson does a fantastic cover of Aint no sunshine. i love this song
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 13-02-2010
A nice slice of Motown .........check out Stevie on keyboards
YouTube - The Tears Of A Clown