10/31/2005 - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
Song: I Forgot To Be Your Lover
Artist: William Bell
Why this song is the current jam: One of the most heartbreaking guitar riffs ever, played by the master, Steve "the Colonel" Cropper. He was the same guy who did the guitar for a ton of other Stax songs that you know, including "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave. (and for the record, he's a white dude - go my peoples! See we do represent upon occasion) This song is so beautiful and bittersweet. About a guy who has screwed up and will do anything to make it up to the woman he loves, and William Bell sings it beautifully and gently and with complete conviction. This guy had some of the first big hits for the Stax label, who boasted better known greats like Otis Redding. Also, this song has been bitten about a thousand times in the past few years, most notably by Ludacris, Jaheim, Dilated Peoples, and Calvin Richardson. Perhaps not surprisingly, all the songs are kinda tight, at least the sample sure as hell is. If you are not aware of how disturbingly ubiquitous the practice of jacking the whole melody of an old good song to create a new good song is, just think of 5 recent R&B/Hip-Hop hits that you really dig. 3 of them are completely jacked beats. And that is a scientific fact.
Artist: William Bell
Why this song is the current jam: One of the most heartbreaking guitar riffs ever, played by the master, Steve "the Colonel" Cropper. He was the same guy who did the guitar for a ton of other Stax songs that you know, including "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave. (and for the record, he's a white dude - go my peoples! See we do represent upon occasion) This song is so beautiful and bittersweet. About a guy who has screwed up and will do anything to make it up to the woman he loves, and William Bell sings it beautifully and gently and with complete conviction. This guy had some of the first big hits for the Stax label, who boasted better known greats like Otis Redding. Also, this song has been bitten about a thousand times in the past few years, most notably by Ludacris, Jaheim, Dilated Peoples, and Calvin Richardson. Perhaps not surprisingly, all the songs are kinda tight, at least the sample sure as hell is. If you are not aware of how disturbingly ubiquitous the practice of jacking the whole melody of an old good song to create a new good song is, just think of 5 recent R&B/Hip-Hop hits that you really dig. 3 of them are completely jacked beats. And that is a scientific fact.
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