I don't know how this thread evolved really...but why does every writer of
note always tag "I Want You Back" as such a great song? Is it because it
really IS a great song or is it because...what? Yeah, I thought it was a
good song and in terms of numbers sold, it ranks up there...but it really
isn't that great and that's my humble and honest opinion. Anyway, just to
be a pesky fly, here are some of my favorites soul-wise:
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved A Man - Aretha
If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Livin' For The City -Stevie Wonder
It's A Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown
Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
Tobacco Road - Edgar Winter
and oh yes, anything by Al Green
Tera
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cantwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: The perfect single (was Re: Weller's Prime)
>Don't y'all l listen to ANY soul?
>
>One more baker's dozen of perfect singles. No rhyme, reason or order, just
>perfection:
>
>David Ruffin's My Whole World Ended
>The O'Jays' Backstabbers
>The Staple Singers' I'll Take You There
>Bill Withers' Lean On Me
>The J5's I Want You Back
>Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up
>Public Enemy's Fight The Power
>Afrika Bambaataa's Looking For the Perfect Beat
>Steve Wonder's Signed, Sealed, Delivered
>Frederick Knight's I've Been Lonely For So Long
>The Four Tops' Bernadette
>Jerry Butler's Only The Strong Survive
>Wyclef Jean's Gone Till November
>
>--david cantwell
>
