Aretha Franklin – This takes me back to the original MyFive for which a former co-worker submitted an album containing this track. It made the compilation CD I made – representing that album. ‘Retha belting it out. FREEDOM!
This version seemed a little fast though. I listened to the version from the Aretha Now album and I think I prefer that one. Just a better groove IMHO.
The Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks On Me
I’m feeling Public Enemy/Ice-T here. Laying down some serious street information. Solid groove. A window into a different world.
Just caught another “four cornered room” reference recently (specifically, the song from the band War) – waiting for a third.
“Think”/Aretha. Ed confirms my suspicion this was an arrangement recorded for the film, not the original version. Aretha can scarcely be topped for R&B vocal power, and the song itself is rightly a classic. Hard to separate the track per se from the “Blues Bros” sequence. It appears this role helped resurrect her recording career, which was a bit in the doldrums. Not hard to see why. Even Matt “Guitar” Murphy doesn’t stand a chance!
Geto Boys- I am also getting the Public Enemy vibes here. This song really expplicates the connection between R&B and Hip-Hop. That backing track is so laid-back groovy with the funky guitar splashes, solid gtoove and little guitar lead. This may be very middle-age-white-guy of me to say, but the use of the n word is jarring.
Aretha- (I’ll try not to comment on the video which is AMAZING!). I don’t think I had any idea who Aretha was when I first saw the Blue Brothers and heard this song. I did recognize that this was a killer song though. Those horns! And her incredible range–talking, belting, scatting all manner of vocal acrobatics. **Sidebar- I wonder if this version is sped up or was just recordedat a higher BPM than the original. I’d encourage you all to just listen to a few bars of the originial which decidedly slower and groovier.
I will have to say however that one of the beautiful aspects of the movie and this song is how unproduced and imperfect things are. I daresay a scene like this would appear in a movie nowadays.
It’s funny, I did not notice the ‘n’ word drop. Maybe I just don’t see color. 😉
(It’s likely that I’m so much of a groove/feel guy that it takes many listens before I start to cognize the actual lyrics.)
“Think” by Aretha Franklin: Aretha can belt a tune out for sure. A classic.
“Mind Playing Tricks on Me” by The Geto Boys: 90’s ghetto rap. I love the groove. The story is grim, dark and like watching a movie. Song was vaguely familiar. Enjoyed.
Aretha Franklin – This takes me back to the original MyFive for which a former co-worker submitted an album containing this track. It made the compilation CD I made – representing that album. ‘Retha belting it out. FREEDOM!
This version seemed a little fast though. I listened to the version from the Aretha Now album and I think I prefer that one. Just a better groove IMHO.
The Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks On Me
I’m feeling Public Enemy/Ice-T here. Laying down some serious street information. Solid groove. A window into a different world.
Just caught another “four cornered room” reference recently (specifically, the song from the band War) – waiting for a third.
“Think”/Aretha. Ed confirms my suspicion this was an arrangement recorded for the film, not the original version. Aretha can scarcely be topped for R&B vocal power, and the song itself is rightly a classic. Hard to separate the track per se from the “Blues Bros” sequence. It appears this role helped resurrect her recording career, which was a bit in the doldrums. Not hard to see why. Even Matt “Guitar” Murphy doesn’t stand a chance!
Geto Boys- I am also getting the Public Enemy vibes here. This song really expplicates the connection between R&B and Hip-Hop. That backing track is so laid-back groovy with the funky guitar splashes, solid gtoove and little guitar lead. This may be very middle-age-white-guy of me to say, but the use of the n word is jarring.
Aretha- (I’ll try not to comment on the video which is AMAZING!). I don’t think I had any idea who Aretha was when I first saw the Blue Brothers and heard this song. I did recognize that this was a killer song though. Those horns! And her incredible range–talking, belting, scatting all manner of vocal acrobatics. **Sidebar- I wonder if this version is sped up or was just recordedat a higher BPM than the original. I’d encourage you all to just listen to a few bars of the originial which decidedly slower and groovier.
I successfully did not comment on the video.
I will have to say however that one of the beautiful aspects of the movie and this song is how unproduced and imperfect things are. I daresay a scene like this would appear in a movie nowadays.
It’s funny, I did not notice the ‘n’ word drop. Maybe I just don’t see color. 😉
(It’s likely that I’m so much of a groove/feel guy that it takes many listens before I start to cognize the actual lyrics.)
“Think” by Aretha Franklin: Aretha can belt a tune out for sure. A classic.
“Mind Playing Tricks on Me” by The Geto Boys: 90’s ghetto rap. I love the groove. The story is grim, dark and like watching a movie. Song was vaguely familiar. Enjoyed.