the isley brothers
1966
for when: your heartache can only be properly expressed through the bari sax.
...or you just need something you can dance around to in your desk chair without falling out. warning: don't judge this by the 1989 rod stewart version, which makes me throw up a little in my mouth (although you may want to watch the music video, for larfs). you don't have to be feeling particularly ache-y in the cardiac area to love this track. i'm not, but for whatever reason, it's on repeat in a way that's making my roommates look at me oddly. it's also the song that i've sent to stressed, finals-taking or job-applying or apartment-hunting friends for like the past three months, and more than once i've been told it was the perfect musical panacea.
the rest of your playlist:
"moanin'" charles mingus (for the bari)
"tears dry on their own" amy winehouse (for the belt-y, melt-y, dance in your chair heartbreak)
"baby i need your lovin'" the four tops (for the old school video footage...because god forbid they're remembered for the 2009 grammys tribute, which, with the jonas bros' creepy performance with stevie wonder, was a night when soul died just a little).
for when: your heartache can only be properly expressed through the bari sax.
...or you just need something you can dance around to in your desk chair without falling out. warning: don't judge this by the 1989 rod stewart version, which makes me throw up a little in my mouth (although you may want to watch the music video, for larfs). you don't have to be feeling particularly ache-y in the cardiac area to love this track. i'm not, but for whatever reason, it's on repeat in a way that's making my roommates look at me oddly. it's also the song that i've sent to stressed, finals-taking or job-applying or apartment-hunting friends for like the past three months, and more than once i've been told it was the perfect musical panacea.
the rest of your playlist:
"moanin'" charles mingus (for the bari)
"tears dry on their own" amy winehouse (for the belt-y, melt-y, dance in your chair heartbreak)
"baby i need your lovin'" the four tops (for the old school video footage...because god forbid they're remembered for the 2009 grammys tribute, which, with the jonas bros' creepy performance with stevie wonder, was a night when soul died just a little).
I LOVE THE FOUR TOPS
ReplyDeleteAnd we have all these songs in common, which is another reason I like you.
I feel like "Back to Black" would fit well here, too, although that would make two Amy songs.
The Zombies' cover of This Old Heart of Mine is much better than the Stewart version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdhMRQulNes (Bonus: dancing French teenagers!)
ReplyDeleteTOPS RULE. And "This Old Heart of Mine" is my #1 favorite single of all time. It's absolutely perfect.
ReplyDeleteAnybody who likes Motown at all needs to see "Standing In the Shadows of Motown" about the Funk Brothers. They were the Music behind the music.
ReplyDeleteMore #1 hits than the Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones combined.
Rod? Yup, gag reflex.....
David Bowie's "Modern Love"...killer bari sax solo.
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