soul music

i want to get into soul music. recommend me some stuff. is there some kind of slightly experimental classic soul, something verging on trip hop but from the seventies? basically the more melancholy it is, the better.

good thread. i wish i could contribute, but I need to be schooled also. Other than motown and Withers I don't really know shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e187BbYLz8Y

Doesn't get too much more melancholy than this (taking the lyrics into consideration). This shit's like the story of my life. Loosely.

:braindance: :braindance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_AAz29Amc

not melancholy at all, but just fucking great.

  On 12/10/2009 at 6:32 AM, sneaksta303 said:

good thread. i wish i could contribute, but I need to be schooled also. Other than motown and Withers I don't really know shit.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e187BbYLz8Y

 

Doesn't get too much more melancholy than this (taking the lyrics into consideration). This shit's like the story of my life. Loosely.

 

:braindance: :braindance:

great track

is What's Going On too obvious?

  On 12/10/2009 at 4:56 AM, zaphod said:

i want to get into soul music. recommend me some stuff. is there some kind of slightly experimental classic soul, something verging on trip hop but from the seventies? basically the more melancholy it is, the better.

psychedelic soul: but i think this is more soul with elements of psychedelic rock, not really trip-hop like you need

maybe you should look at one of those sample-identification websites under certain trip-hop artists and see who they've sampled

i have a feeling what'll hit the spot for you is going to be singles, not an entire subgenre

Everyone should have this first album in their collection, it's a classic. Anyway here are a few...

  On 12/10/2009 at 10:25 AM, takeshi said:

 

 

THIS!

Also, you should give this a try:

- Syl Johnson

- Dexter Wansel

- William Bell

everything keshi said plus:

The New Birth had some nice songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUsHr7jqpfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-efFrnRI4g

i was going to say cymande. and 2nd all the good stuff mentioned like withers, al green, curtis mayfield, marvin gaye... early nina simone not mentioned yet? look into memphis soul... stax and hi records..

  On 12/10/2009 at 6:51 AM, thanks robert moses said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_AAz29Amc

not melancholy at all, but just fucking great.

I don't know... I agree with you that it IS a fucking great song, but I've always thought it was a little menacing. Maybe it's the continuous high-pitched note that runs throughout it.

maybe its the skin cancer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htukjem0ZrY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tOpwgrqshU

/thread

ok, what's going on is pretty obvious. but good recommendations so far.

check the eccentric soul series, especially the deep city compilation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2sOqbIcaM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1aMSZp_WHc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s

+ basically everything by roy ayers.

fuck there's so much awesome soul.

  On 12/11/2009 at 2:43 AM, data said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTXljIqxRE

Great song, the album is decent too. I think DeVaughn isn't as well-known as other artists because a lot of people attribute this song to Curtis Mayfield. You can definitely hear the influence.

i'm liking the roy ayers song, but i see it's just a demo. is that version on a release?

  On 12/11/2009 at 3:49 AM, zaphod said:

i'm liking the roy ayers song, but i see it's just a demo. is that version on a release?

I'd never heard that version before. Here's the version you'll find on most compilations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36OGCfYp3A

more Ayers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjw2XFCevrQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zECaSF62x0

Can't believe I forgot Gil Scott-Heron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzlFO19m3k

Idris Muhammad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbQIJ4B-trM

  On 12/11/2009 at 3:49 AM, zaphod said:

i'm liking the roy ayers song, but i see it's just a demo. is that version on a release?

Yeah, it's on Virgin Ubiquity II: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981.

i like the standard version of the track as well, but for what you described, it felt like the demo was a bit more apt. those vibraphones are just fresh.

This one's real tight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvBv2xxKtb4

Fuck yeah.