Chanteur de soul élevé au gospel dans les années 50, Joe Simon grandit influencé par la musique de Sam Cooke . Ce qui est loin d'être un mal puisque cela va le mener à produire une vingtaine d'albums et une bonne soixantaine de singles . Quelques titres comme "The Chokin' Kind", "Power Of Love" et "Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)" viendront même se placer en première place des charts R&B américains, respectivement en 1969, 1972 et 1975. Sans s'en douter, sa discothèque va faire de Joe Simon une source (encore) [...]

In the 6 th volume of soul covers, we have the great Grady Tate's interpretation of the Theme of M*A*S*H and versions of songs previously recorded by Gil Scott-Heron, Bob Dylan, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Elvis Presley, James Taylor, Righteous Brothers, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Joe South, Rolling Stones, Credence Clearwater Revival, James Brown, Cream , Peggy Lee, The Beatles, The Flamingos, Julie Andrews, Nat 'King' Cole, Billy Joel and Cat Stevens. Quite a mixed bag. This mix features a fair number of country songs remade as soul songs, showing how close the two [...]

The first mix of soul covers was very popular (and great fun to compile), so I hope that subsequent compilations will also find an audience.I think I have at least two more in the works. There are a few surprising covers in this mix. Maxayn reshape the Rolling Stones song entirely, while the wonderful Zulema Cusseaux, a gifted songwriter in her own right, perhaps even tops my favourite solo McCartney track. And could there be soul versions of Wild Thing? Jagger's ex-squeeze Marsha Hunt gave it a shot. Scanning the tracklisting, there are some wonderful [...]
After you've finished LOLing at the previous post, stick this up ya. Oh yeah and the first person to claim that the "XYZ edit is so much better" is getting the people's elbow. Joe Simon - Love Vibration
Interview with Billy Paul recording 'Me and Mrs Jones' keeping it Philly style. Billy Paul - East Joe Simon - Theme from Cleopatra Jones The Glimmers - Physical

very cool to see dave post that questlove sample montage earlier today, taken from gilles peterson's radio one program back in 2005...thought i'd one up him though, & post the same mix, only broken up...obviously, audiophiles like dg don't require the extra help, but for the rest of us, the separate tracks make the playlist a little easier to follow...i also included full length versions of a few of my favorites from the mix below, so make sure to check those out as well. download: questlove - the lesson.zip [...]

Drowning In Your Love I've been down one time I've been down two times But now I'm drowning, drowning in the sea of love Let me tell you all about it Joe Simon - Drowning In the Sea of Love : Drowning In the Sea of Love 7" Joe Simon - Let Me Be the [...]
Nothing heavy here, man. Just a couple notes on some righteous comics from the past. Comic books have a mixed record on dealing with current events. I would argue that they did a pretty good job just before and during WWII. You may know that most of the major superheroes ended up fighting the Axis (e.g. Captain America, Sgt. Fury). In the Fifties, the DC characters were pretty fluffy, but E.C. put out some amazing books that tackled war in a realistic fashion (both past and present) and social issues like [...]

Soul peoples in the place to be---it's with great pride that I introduce the first guest writer since Vik came through with "Slang Meets Soul". Call this the beginning of a series if you'd like, but my approach to collaborating with other bloggers is essentially lawless and without boundary. My hope is to periodically break the monotony a bit by surrendering complete creative control to some of the greatest minds on the interweb. The content and theme will be entirely to the guests' discretion, and if this submission is any indication, I think this will [...]

Your white tee, well to me looks like a nightgown. Make ya mama proud take that thing two sizes down. Joe Simon - " Before the Night Is Over " used in "So Fresh So Clean" Five Stairsteps - " Danger She's A Stranger " used in "Two Dope Brother's in a Cadillac" Allen Toussaint - " Worldwide " used in "We Luv Deez Hoez" Brothers Johnson - " Strawberry Letter 23 " used [...]