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[QUOTE=Zero Hunter;2429098]No love for the great rev Al Green? For shame. Love and Happiness, I'm so Tired of Being Alone, Let's Stay Together, and so many many more great songs.[/QUOTE]
My favorite Al Green song is So Tired of Being Alone
[video=youtube;ICKToz7BLLA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICKToz7BLLA[/video]
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I apologize for the poor quality of the footage. Here's Grandmaster Flash and "White Lines." The dancers make me think of a low budget version of the movie [B]Fame[/B] or something.
[video=youtube;HsTJaP2tC0A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsTJaP2tC0A[/video]
Best bass line ever
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Prince performing live at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Prince...the man who looks like Little Richard, dances like James Brown, and plays like Jimi Hendrix.
[video=youtube;gm11X-CJml0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm11X-CJml0[/video]
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19 year old Patti Austin in 1969, singing a tongue-in-cheek song about interracial dating:
[video=youtube;Hj8WAANJfEo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj8WAANJfEo[/video]
I am loving those rougher vocals more than her later "smooth jazz" perfectionist vibe, actually.
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Under the sliding scale, this song just makes it. I find it incredibly poignant.
[video=youtube;PIh07c_P4hc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh07c_P4hc[/video]
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More Prince !!! Incredible !!!
[video=youtube;lVpt7q4xrn4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpt7q4xrn4[/video]
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This is so 90s, and I love the "black is beautiful" vibe it gives me.
[video=youtube_share;Ij0bj7SpP0w]https://youtu.be/Ij0bj7SpP0w[/video]
One of the guys is Marc Nelson, whose mother Phyllis Nelson had a hit with "Move Closer" in the 80s.
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don't slap me cuz I'm not in the mood...
[video=youtube;_odTlZaoLCA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_odTlZaoLCA[/video]
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Slow dancing back in the day,,,
[video=youtube;LeUG-xWj1IQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeUG-xWj1IQ[/video]
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This song explains what it's all about: [I]Sweet Soul Music[/I] (written by Arthur Conley and Otis Redding) performed by "Wicked" Wilson Pickett.
[video=youtube;WjAZtVM9AsY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAZtVM9AsY[/video]
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At the time my eldest cousin's room was like to me the place to hear the hottest and latest music when I'd visit
[video=youtube_share;wPsA3TsK1Uk]https://youtu.be/wPsA3TsK1Uk[/video]
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Willie Nelson's Country/Western ballad [I]Funny How Times Slips Away[/I] has been recorded by just about everybody, but perhaps never more memorably than in this 1964 R&B version by Joe Hinton:
[video=youtube;2HkGn2jifbM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HkGn2jifbM[/video]
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Jackie Wilson sings [I]Higher and Higher[/I]. 'Nuff said.
[video=youtube;AIy6X4VTWpk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIy6X4VTWpk[/video]
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[QUOTE=Surf;2427059][font=georgia]I'd be remiss to ever leave out [B]PE [/B]when talking about classics. I was raised on these joints.[/font]
[video=youtube;q0b0jIaCEHU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0b0jIaCEHU[/video][/QUOTE]
Man, The Bomb Squad and Terminator X are still forward thinking now.
"Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic" is still amazing.
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As for this one, it's certainly from the "Guilty Pleasure" pile...
[video=youtube;c_sfJHBdmuQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_sfJHBdmuQ[/video]