12/20//2005 - Bring It on Home to Me (Live)
Song: Bring It on Home to Me (Live)
Artist: Sam Cooke
Why this song is the current jam: OK it's time for some classics. Sam. Cooke. Did you know that there are people who do not know who Sam Cooke is? If you are one of those people, slap yourself once hard for me, and then check this shit out. Sam Cooke is known as the man who invented soul, and not for no reason. He really was the fountainhead of so much of what we know as soul music. He was one of the first black artists to do the business as well as the art of music. He created his own record label and publishing company. He crossed over like no other artists before him, from gospel to popular music, and he reached white audiences and black audiences. How, you ask? The voice. He was also a consummate performer and he studied the art of singing and composing songs, but above all else, it is his voice that endures. On this track, a live version of his beautiful song Bring It on Home to Me (with Lou Reezy on the background vocals), Sam has the place whipped into a complete frenzy. He straight up takes it to church here. I challenge you to listen to the intro of this song and not get goosebumps when Sam starts wailing "You Send Me." And when the crowd is screamin out "Yeah!" along with Sam? Shit! It is amazing. Just a little taste of what Sam would have been like to see live. He, along with other guys like Jackie Wilson who were so full to bursting with talent, was given so many songs that were syrupy sweet and a little cheesy. But you have to listen to his voice, it makes it all ok. Listen to the soul and energy and love that his voice brings to those simple sweet songs. And then imagine seeing the man that could sing like that live, in front of you, singing what he wanted, how he wanted. It is such a shame that he died so young, because he had so much more to give, even though he had already given so much. This song fills my heart so that it might explode. Sometimes things are so beautiful they are hard to bear. This song is like that.
p.s. If you want to find a good Sam Cooke compilation, you can't do much better than The Man Who Invented Soul, a 4-disc set, which includes the entire Live album that this song is from. It has pretty much everything you'll need (minus the early gospel stuff). What I want is for the WHOLE crowd to go "aww shit! That is my SONG!" when I am DJing and I play a Sam Cooke song. Right now we are at about 50% I'd say which is preposterous.
Artist: Sam Cooke
Why this song is the current jam: OK it's time for some classics. Sam. Cooke. Did you know that there are people who do not know who Sam Cooke is? If you are one of those people, slap yourself once hard for me, and then check this shit out. Sam Cooke is known as the man who invented soul, and not for no reason. He really was the fountainhead of so much of what we know as soul music. He was one of the first black artists to do the business as well as the art of music. He created his own record label and publishing company. He crossed over like no other artists before him, from gospel to popular music, and he reached white audiences and black audiences. How, you ask? The voice. He was also a consummate performer and he studied the art of singing and composing songs, but above all else, it is his voice that endures. On this track, a live version of his beautiful song Bring It on Home to Me (with Lou Reezy on the background vocals), Sam has the place whipped into a complete frenzy. He straight up takes it to church here. I challenge you to listen to the intro of this song and not get goosebumps when Sam starts wailing "You Send Me." And when the crowd is screamin out "Yeah!" along with Sam? Shit! It is amazing. Just a little taste of what Sam would have been like to see live. He, along with other guys like Jackie Wilson who were so full to bursting with talent, was given so many songs that were syrupy sweet and a little cheesy. But you have to listen to his voice, it makes it all ok. Listen to the soul and energy and love that his voice brings to those simple sweet songs. And then imagine seeing the man that could sing like that live, in front of you, singing what he wanted, how he wanted. It is such a shame that he died so young, because he had so much more to give, even though he had already given so much. This song fills my heart so that it might explode. Sometimes things are so beautiful they are hard to bear. This song is like that.
p.s. If you want to find a good Sam Cooke compilation, you can't do much better than The Man Who Invented Soul, a 4-disc set, which includes the entire Live album that this song is from. It has pretty much everything you'll need (minus the early gospel stuff). What I want is for the WHOLE crowd to go "aww shit! That is my SONG!" when I am DJing and I play a Sam Cooke song. Right now we are at about 50% I'd say which is preposterous.
posted by Peetski at 2:24 PM
4 Comments:
Sam Cooke.. *swoon*
Every Sam Cooke some is my song. My favorite is still Frankie and Johnny, maybe because it was the first song I heard of his. I'm going to go listen to his work now. :)
Andréa
argh, wish we could edit posts..
it was supposed to read: Every Sam Cooke SONG is my song. *rolls eyes*
HELL YESS!!! Why do I feel like I'm in a Baptiste church right now!!! Old ladies in front of me shoutin'; It's hot; people are fanning themselve with fans that have scriptures on them. BRINGIN' ME BACK.
Preach, baby, preach.... This is the sh*t.
Amen brotha friend!
ps: If you haven't been to a Baptist church, you need to go: it is quite an amazing experience :)
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