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Smokey + Miracles: "I'll Try Something New"
My favorite Smokey track. I think Prince should've covered it instead of "La La La Means.."!
Anyone else got any favorite Smokey songs?
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I like his original version of that song better. |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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me too. | |
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silent partner' is one of my favourites too... | |
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I said it once and I'll say it again: Smokey was best when he was in the Miracles. | |
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Sure you can't deny the power of Smokey & The Miracles, but his 70's solo output was just as rich and soulful. Smokey's legacy with or without the Miracles is so engrossing. Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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'the love between me and my kids' is one of my favourite ever smokey arrangements. but alas, it's not on youtube.
question: does anyone know if marv tarplin played on the song 'dear michael'?
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Hmm... he was okay in the '70s but afterwards? YEECH! | |
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www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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Yep...after '76's Smokey's Family Robinson or so, something happened...
c'mon tim!!! you know 'being with you' and 'just to see her' are your favourite songs... | |
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Yeah he had some good cuts in the 80's, but he lost his touch by then a little bit. But his recent album, Funny How Time Flies should've gotten more notice.
Here are some of my favorite 80's cuts:
[Edited 2/17/11 16:41pm] Check me out and add me on:
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I give you Being With You but Just to See Her got tiring after a while. | |
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HA! | |
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well he said, 'if the singing thing don't work out, i'll go into the culinary business'. what was up with that 'linda mc cartney' period he had/has?
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Agreed! "Just to See Her" was too okey-dokey for my taste and it's just 80's fluff. But this is his best ballad of the 80's, hands down:
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I've always liked this version. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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i remember this!!! | |
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