I love that part on Curtis / LIVE! when...
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I think so.
(BTW, Curtis/Live! is not to be confused with Curtis In Chicago, the live soundtrack to a TV special he hosted with Leroy Hutson, the Impressions, Jerry Butler and Gene Chandler.)
I think so.
(BTW, Curtis/Live! is not to be confused with Curtis In Chicago, the live soundtrack to a TV special he hosted with Leroy Hutson, the Impressions, Jerry Butler and Gene Chandler.)
Right, we're talking about:
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
...and when they finish, they go right into that beautiful version of "People Get Ready". Whenever I hear his "I Believe" adlibs at the end, I get all teary-eyed and whatnot. God bless Curtis.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
Pitch perfect pickwick, as per normal.
And as usual when I try to describe Curtis, I'm at a loss for words.
Genius,
JRoot
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club. Meaning: Curtis could have just preached to the choir on this one. A cover like that would be akin to today's Joe B. Smoove covering "...Baby One More Time."
Shit: I'll bet that Curtis could make ANY song sexy.
"Some people think this song isn't appropriate for an underground club, but to me 'underground' means saying what you feel..." Props to Curtis not only for singing the only version of this song we need to hear, but also for being aware of how unhip this song was then going ahead and singing it anyway.
And he kills it, too.
That's my moment also. The "I am my own man" statement means even more in the context of a friendly crowd at a hippie folk-rock club. Meaning: Curtis could have just preached to the choir on this one. A cover like that would be akin to today's Joe B. Smoove covering "...Baby One More Time."
Shit: I'll bet that Curtis could make ANY song sexy.
I added the bit about the hippie folk-rock club because that kind of audience probably would have been more skeptical of a Carpenters' cover than a traditional black crowd. Curtis obviously knew this, which is probably why he felt the need to explain himself. I don't know what the audience was like at the Bitter End the night Curtis recorded this album, but can you visualize, say, a white singer-songwriter like Jackson Browne or Jerry Jeff Walker busting out on a song like this at a hipster venue? I sure couldn't.
(For a similar situation, listen to Bobby Womack's "Close To You," which starts out with a monologue about how some record exec advised him not to do this song because it wasn't "commercial" or "funky." I wouldn't want to hear him do the song either, but I always play the rap at the beginning. It's on his Communication album.)
The part that always grab me is right after the introduction to "Stare and Stare." Curtis's introductory rap is all mellow and philosophical, but then the solo guitar lick breaks in and its just bluesy and fuzzy and soulful as hell and it communicates so much more than the words that preceeded it.
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