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Quiet storm Can any of the older orgers help me out here?
How would you describe this music style (quiet storm)? Which singers do you think of when you hear the words "quiet storm" Are there any special songs that comes to mind? For me it`s ANITA BAKER, Phyllis Hyman (the P.I.R years), Luther Vandross, Regina Belle and Sade. This is what wikipedia wrote about quiet storm; "Quiet storm is a late-night radio format, featuring soulful slow jams, pioneered in the mid 1970s by then station intern Melvin Lindsey at WHUR-FM, in Washington, D.C. Smokey Robinson's like-titled hit single, released in 1975 as the title track to his third solo album, lent its name to the format and to the radio program that introduced it to the public, as well..." "...Today, quiet storm is also a broad term given to an array of mellow, slow-groove rhythm and blues/soul music and smooth jazz"  | |
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Here's what allmusic says:
In 1975, Smokey Robinson released a smooth, sensuous solo LP of romantic adult soul titled A Quiet Storm. The album eventually gave its name to a style and radio format that aimed to create very similar moods. Quiet Storm also drew inspiration from Marvin Gaye's lush Let's Get It On LP, the orchestrations of Philly soul, and the gentle, ultra-smooth recordings of Al Green. In a way, quiet storm was R&B's answer to soft rock and adult contemporary — while it was primarily intended for black audiences, quiet storm had the same understated dynamics, relaxed tempos and rhythms, and romantic sentiment. However, there was also an urbane sophistication and subdued soulfulness that marked quiet storm as unmistakably rooted in R&B. Some artists concentrated near-exclusively on the style, but most recorded more uptempo tracks in addition to the ballads that fit the requirements of the radio format. Quiet storm remained popular from the late '70s into the early '90s, when mainstream R&B took on a harder-edged hip-hop influence; as a result, quiet storm found virtually no new practitioners. 
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very interesting! I'd never heard the phrase "quiet storm" before as it relates to music, but everything described sounds like stuff I would love. Great music to chill to while sitting in front of the fireplace, relaxing, drinking wine perhaps.... Nice!!  | |
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PANDURITO said: Here's what allmusic says:
In 1975, Smokey Robinson released a smooth, sensuous solo LP of romantic adult soul titled A Quiet Storm. The album eventually gave its name to a style and radio format that aimed to create very similar moods. Quiet Storm also drew inspiration from Marvin Gaye's lush Let's Get It On LP, the orchestrations of Philly soul, and the gentle, ultra-smooth recordings of Al Green. In a way, quiet storm was R&B's answer to soft rock and adult contemporary — while it was primarily intended for black audiences, quiet storm had the same understated dynamics, relaxed tempos and rhythms, and romantic sentiment. However, there was also an urbane sophistication and subdued soulfulness that marked quiet storm as unmistakably rooted in R&B. Some artists concentrated near-exclusively on the style, but most recorded more uptempo tracks in addition to the ballads that fit the requirements of the radio format. Quiet storm remained popular from the late '70s into the early '90s, when mainstream R&B took on a harder-edged hip-hop influence; as a result, quiet storm found virtually no new practitioners.
http://www.allmusic.com/c...ql=77:2929 Thanks for posting 
Among their Quiet storm album highlights, there`s a Patrice Rushen album  | |
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NorthernLad said: very interesting! I'd never heard the phrase "quiet storm" before as it relates to music, but everything described sounds like stuff I would love. Great music to chill to while sitting in front of the fireplace, relaxing, drinking wine perhaps.... Nice!!
Exactly  There`s a song i think you`d like called "So many tears", by Regina Belle, a typical quiet storm ballad.
Here`s a sample, check it out and tell me what you think 
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Icicle said: This album cover couldn't get more `80s. | |
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Icicle said: NorthernLad said: very interesting! I'd never heard the phrase "quiet storm" before as it relates to music, but everything described sounds like stuff I would love. Great music to chill to while sitting in front of the fireplace, relaxing, drinking wine perhaps.... Nice!!
Exactly There`s a song i think you`d like called "So many tears", by Regina Belle, a typical quiet storm ballad.
Here`s a sample, check it out and tell me what you think
http://www.allmusic.com/c...v8b5c4msqg awesome, thanks for posting! I can't listen here at work, but I'll check it out this evening when I get home. | |
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NorthernLad said: Icicle said: Exactly There`s a song i think you`d like called "So many tears", by Regina Belle, a typical quiet storm ballad.
Here`s a sample, check it out and tell me what you think
http://www.allmusic.com/c...v8b5c4msqg awesome, thanks for posting! I can't listen here at work, but I'll check it out this evening when I get home. Enjoy  | |
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Quiet storm = monotonous jams that get inside your head, and make you less alert
Dangerous to listen to while driving.   " | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: Quiet storm = monotonous jams that get inside your head, and make you less alert
Dangerous to listen to while driving. I have that problem too, but only when i`m listening to Terence Trent D`Arby 
I loose consentration, so i just have to keep my cds in the house...  | |
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Hmmm...to me quiet storm is the kind of music that sounds great late at night...sounding very smooth, soulful and glossy.
QS songs are usually in minor key. Rather simple chords. Chorus is usually lifted above the whole composition and has a very catchy melody. The last section of the song is usually preceded by a dramatic bridge. Syncopated picked bass. Hammered piano (or electric piano) sound put through a chamber reverb. Electric drums with (almost always) a distinct cowbell patterns (Like in "Can't Let Go" by Mariah and "How Can I Ease The Pain" by Lisa Fischer). Strong vocals but not as raw as, for example, Wicked Pickett's gospel shouts. Oh, and very often there is a soft synth sound underlining the whole song. Generally the Quiet Storm songs have this strangely appealing airy and dark feel to them. Some Examples: Anita Baker "Sweet Love" Sade "Smooth Operator" Mariah "Can't Let Go" "Till the End of Time" Lisa Fischer "How Can I Ease The Pain" Stephanie Mills "I Feel Good All Over" Patti and Lufa "Is It Still Good To You" Babyface "Whip Appeal" Sos Band "No One's Gonna Love You" SWV "You're Always On My Mind" [Edited 12/18/06 13:05pm] I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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Great post rushing07.
Yeah, "Smooth operator" is a good example... | |
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Quiet Storm is just soft soul music. Sometimes soft jazz is called Quiet Storm, or wallpaper.lol All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Icicle said: This is what wikipedia wrote about quiet storm; "Quiet storm is a late-night radio format, featuring soulful slow jams, pioneered in the mid 1970s by then station intern Melvin Lindsey at WHUR-FM, in Washington, D.C. Smokey Robinson's like-titled hit single, released in 1975 as the title track to his third solo album, lent its name to the format and to the radio program that introduced it to the public, as well..." True!! Here in DC, I grew up listening to WHUR(Howard University Radio), where the late Melvin Lindsey (and Alvin Jones) originated the format. The show always opened and closed to Smokey Robinson's ballad, "Quiet Storm"... still does, in fact... from 7pm to 12 midnight, any good, romantic Soul/R&B was gonna show up on there, and to me, all that stuff comes to mind when I think of the Quiet Storm: The Isley Brothers(of course!!), The Stylistics, Barry White and Love Unlimited, Blue Magic, The Spinners, The O'Jays,... Major Harris ( "Love Won't Let Me Wait").... Norman Connors( "You Are My Starship" , "Valentine Love") and Michael Henderson ("Be My Girl", "At The Concert")... Commodores tracks like "Zoom", "Sweet Love" and "Just To Be Close to You" were in heavy rotation... ...The Emotions singing "Don't Ask My Neighbor" was quintessential Quiet Storm... ...Marvin Gaye was a Fixture on the Quiet Storm( Distant Lover, You Sure Love To Ball, Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away), as well as... shoot, just about all of the "I Want You" album... Earth Wind and Fire cuts like "Be Ever Wonderful", "Wait", "Love's Holiday", "I'll Write A Song For You" , "Imagination", "All About Love" and "Reasons" (both versions) Heatwave ( Always and Forever, Star of A Story, Look After Love)... L.T.D. cuts like Love Ballad, "We Both Deserve Each Other's Love", "Concentrate on You", Share My Love, "Stranger", and "April Love"... Teena Marie ("Young Love", "Deja Vu", "Dear Lover", "Tune In Tomorrow" "Casonova Brown", "Portugese Love")... Frankie Beverly and Maze, ("Golden Time of Day", "Reason", "Lady Of Magic"... Stevie cuts like "Creepin", and "Where Were You When I Needed You", "Too Shy To Say"... Patrice Rushen: " Settle For My Love" , "Remind Me", "Didn't You Know", "When I Found You", "Where There Is Love"... ...A great place to hear lesser known classics like Jermaine Jackson's"Castles of Sand", Brainstorm's cut, "This Must Be Heaven", Narada Michael Walden's song "Blue Side of Midnight" and Dexter Wansel's "One Million Miles From The Ground"... Jean Carne, Phyllis Hyman , Angela Bofill( "I Try" was a favorite ), Atlantic Starr( "Send For Me", "Am I Dreaming"), Rene and Angela... and Luther Vandross, naturally... Man, there's just too many to name.... ... [Edited 12/19/06 9:37am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Thank you paligap, many song titles i have to check out
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NorthernLad said: very interesting! I'd never heard the phrase "quiet storm" before as it relates to music, but everything described sounds like stuff I would love. Great music to chill to while sitting in front of the fireplace, relaxing, drinking wine perhaps.... Nice!!
Ohhhh! Then you missed a real treat growing up! I was lucky enough to grow up when it was most popular , and there was nothing more fun than daydreaming about your latest schoolgirl crush to the latest music from Quiet Storm. When I was even a small child I was allowed to sleep with a little transistor radio and the grooves from quiet storm made me a die hard romantic by the time I was in fourth grade | |
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rushing07 said: Hmmm...to me quiet storm is the kind of music that sounds great late at night...sounding very smooth, soulful and glossy.
QS songs are usually in minor key. Rather simple chords. Chorus is usually lifted above the whole composition and has a very catchy melody. The last section of the song is usually preceded by a dramatic bridge. Syncopated picked bass. Hammered piano (or electric piano) sound put through a chamber reverb. Electric drums with (almost always) a distinct cowbell patterns (Like in "Can't Let Go" by Mariah and "How Can I Ease The Pain" by Lisa Fischer). Strong vocals but not as raw as, for example, Wicked Pickett's gospel shouts. Oh, and very often there is a soft synth sound underlining the whole song. Generally the Quiet Storm songs have this strangely appealing airy and dark feel to them. Some Examples: Anita Baker "Sweet Love" Sade "Smooth Operator" Mariah "Can't Let Go" "Till the End of Time" Lisa Fischer "How Can I Ease The Pain" Stephanie Mills "I Feel Good All Over" Patti and Lufa "Is It Still Good To You" Babyface "Whip Appeal" Sos Band "No One's Gonna Love You" SWV "You're Always On My Mind" [Edited 12/18/06 13:05pm]  Oh babylove, that's all the NEWER stuff! Where are the old skool joints that intially help define the genre? Heck, I want to see some of these up in there!:
Switch- I Call Your Name Teena Marie- Young Love Minnie Ripperton- Memory Lane Midnight Star- Play Another Slow Jam Ashford & Simpson- Send It (OR!) Is it Still Good To Ya? Teddy Pendergrass- Turn Off The Lights Cameo- We're Going Out Tonight Samanta Sang- Emotion The Emotions- Don't Ask My Neighbors Stacy Lattisaw- Let Me Be Your Angel (or!) Love On A Two Way Street and whoever the hell made those songs "Magic Man", "Honey", "Pillow Talk" (Sylvia-what-her-name), and Me. & Mrs. Jones | |
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