Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 12:26 pm: | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:05 pm: | |
What can I say that you have not already said. That Aretha tore the house down with that album. The whole album is great. Back then, not everyone had great songs all on one album. |
DyvaNaye (westside314) 5-Doyen Username: westside314
Post Number: 302 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.211
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:12 pm: | |
WONDER b...ID LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR MY NEW SCREEN SAVER...My employees ask me: Where do you get these pictures from?...and I reply 'Ancient chinese secret'...LOL... |
Lady Mystique (ladymystique)
5-Doyen Username: ladymystique
Post Number: 294 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 198.26.122.12
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:14 pm: | |
I do remember my mum having this album...one of her greatest indeed! I like the whole album...I can't choose! |
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 4-Laureate Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 107 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:21 pm: | |
Hey Wonder B. ! I remember seeing that promo-telgram years ago. I saw in an old 67' issue of Billboard Magazine, years ago. That looks great ! Yeah Lady, my mother too, had this LP and wore it out completely lol.
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Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 4-Laureate Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 108 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.207.40.18
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:28 pm: | |
Hey SDF (Handsome) ! Yes I do remember the tv series, " Get Christie Love" and when she sang " Don't Let Me Lose This Dream"! You're absolutly correct about it being featured on the Supremes & Four Tops, "Dynamite" LP. That was a pretty nice version. |
Wonder B (wonder_b) 4-Laureate Username: wonder_b
Post Number: 157 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.51.160.56
| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 2:41 pm: | |
Dyvanaye, I am glad to have been of assistance to you... LOL Yes screen savers like this one cannot be obtained just like that... ...and God knows how ancient and Chinese I am LOL LOL Yes indeed Chancellor this came from a Billboard ad... Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go! |
Clay (clay) 1-Arriviste Username: clay
Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.43.133.99
| Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 3:51 am: | |
Wonder B 37 yrs ago I was the Detroit Promo man for Atlantic Records and broke Aretha's "Never Loved A Man" record here in Detroit. It was the begining of a long career for me,which also included breaking another Record here called"Cherry" by a new unknow artist by the name of Neil Diamond.........all before I went to Motown........................ .....PEACE |
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b
Post Number: 177 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.250.181.161
| Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:00 am: | |
Clay you could have done worse than promote this pure classic! LOL It must have been heaven to do the job you did during one of the most creative periods of this music we love so much...Well done... Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go!
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IconsPen (iconspen) 1-Arriviste Username: iconspen
Post Number: 9 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 9:02 am: | |
This album has been an "essential" in my collection since I was a teenager..."Drown In My Own Tears" is pure lethal...but how can you pick a favorite from such a classic piece of work? This one's in the Top 10... |
Destruction (destruction)
3-Pundit Username: destruction
Post Number: 33 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.2
| Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 - 5:44 pm: | |
This was the second album by a single female artist that I loved top to bottom. The first was by Barbara Steisand. |
~medusa~ (~medusa) 4-Laureate Username: ~medusa
Post Number: 111 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.79.101.225
| Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:00 pm: | |
Hey Wonder B (hahaha) I aint 'bout 2 mess with the Fro, so I guess I can stay huh? (LOL) |
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b
Post Number: 321 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 80.14.113.239
| Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:24 pm: | |
You sure can medusa!!!! Messin with the 'fro is a no-no from another guy, but a woman can always do what she pleases LOL... and if she messes with the 'fro then... LOOOOOOOL Wonder B If you don't mess with my 'fro, you can stay gurl! |
marv (marv) 3-Pundit Username: marv
Post Number: 36 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.138
| Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 1:46 am: | |
One of the best songs, recordings ever! I loved it. |
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann
Post Number: 182 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.169.197
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 1:01 pm: | |
I've always wondered how Atlantic Records was able to get such a raw and soulful tune to take off on Pop radio? I can't think of another super soulful R&B tune before this (besides a few James Browns' hits) to really take off on the Pop charts as well as the Soul charts. You gotta give Aretha and Jerry Wexler their props. 1960's female Soul singing (and ALL 60's Soul for that matter) can be divided into two groups, Before Aretha Franklin's Atlantic recordings and After Aretha Franklin's Atlantic recordings! After Aretha recorded 'I Never Loved A Man' the cutesy Girl-Group type songs of the early 60's were suddenly out of fashion and women started getting real. Some female singers like Etta James, Betty LaVette and Tina Turner were always extremely soulful but Aretha made it acceptable for the Pop charts. Inez Foxx, Dee Dee Sharp, Irma Thomas and countless others all switched from Pop-Soul and vocally went back to their gospel roots. Even the men started getting a little more soulful on wax! 'I Never Loved A Man' wasn't merely a fantastic record but it was a Soul Music revolution! |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20)
6-Zenith Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 1221 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 2:12 pm: | |
That LP was an EXPLOSION!!!! There none of that "Sweetie, Honey, Ooh Ooh Baby, I'll Do Whatever You Say, So Hit Me Cause It Felt Like A Kiss"!!! Not for Aretha!!! Honey started off with the real: "You're no good, heartbreaker. You're a liar and you're a Cheat"!! Man, wasn't nothing like that on the radio then. This girl was a revolution. I also loved the underrated Baby, Baby, Baby, that was a song!!! Now, don't forget that Otis was singing that Soul back in 1964. |
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann
Post Number: 185 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.169.197
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 6:55 pm: | |
Oh yeah! I never said that Miss Franklin invented Soul. Otis was always a very soulful singer. And like I said in my post, James Brown, Etta James, Betty LaVette, Tina Turner and countless others were as well. I can't really think of very many of them besides James Brown and to a lesser degree Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge (with 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', 'I Feel Good', 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag', 'Land Of 1000 Dances' and 'When A Man Loves A Woman') who were able to cross over into the Pop Top 10. Otis Redding had several fine recordings but he never had a Pop Top 10 hit until well after he passed in early 1968. Before Aretha Franklin, crossover success for women in R&B meant singing cutesy songs like 'Baby Love' and 'The Name Game'! LOL. James and Aretha will always be the King & Queen of Soul to me because they made undiluted Soul commercial to a Pop audience. |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20)
6-Zenith Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 1242 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 7:40 pm: | |
RODMANN!! Bro, you sure ain't lying. You ain't lying at all!!! |
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b
Post Number: 372 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.128.156.104
| Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 - 8:32 pm: | |
Rodmann, you are talking the truth... That's why I feel sad today because I have learned that James will be the opening act for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers during their British tour from June 18th 'til 27th... How can such a legend, and the N°1 R'nB artist of all times (Billboard) open for the RHCP....? This is a disgrace... Does JB need the money that bad??? Wonder B
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Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann
Post Number: 187 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.169.197
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 5:35 pm: | |
LMAO! Juice you're killing me! I'm not sure how I missed it the first time but "Sweetie, Honey, Ooh Ooh Baby, I'll Do Whatever You Say, So Hit Me Cause It Felt Like A Kiss!" is too damn funny but it's the truth! LOL. Wonder B, James Brown is OPENING UP for the Red Hot Chili Peppers! WTF? I can't get mad at the RHCP's because they have always shown love to George Clinton & P-Funk and now James Brown but Wonder you are right, THIS IS A DISGRACE! I'm not sure how this could happen? James just sold his music catalog a few years back for like 100 million dollars! What's next? Aretha Franklin opening up for Avril Lavigne? |
Destruction (destruction)
3-Pundit Username: destruction
Post Number: 48 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.225.21
| Posted on Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 6:00 pm: | |
Juice, "Honey started off with the real: "You're no good, heartbreaker. You're a liar and you're a Cheat"!! Man" True True, but that line was followed by: And I don't know why I let you do these things to me. Don't forget the title of da song. |