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Thread started 10/09/14 12:57am

MusicAddict95

The Best Ad-Libs

You know, the extra words, phrases and embellishments ("woos!" "yeahs!!" "uh huhs", etc.) in songs that heighten the emotion in a song. They usually come in towards the end of songs.

Whitney, Michael, Aretha, Mariah, Celine and Stevie were masters at this.

Beyonce and Christina, on the other hand, are the worst offenders.

What are some specific examples?

[Edited 10/9/14 1:00am]

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Reply #1 posted 10/09/14 1:42pm

Superstition

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MusicAddict95 said:

You know, the extra words, phrases and embellishments ("woos!" "yeahs!!" "uh huhs", etc.) in songs that heighten the emotion in a song. They usually come in towards the end of songs.

Whitney, Michael, Aretha, Mariah, Celine and Stevie were masters at this.

Beyonce and Christina, on the other hand, are the worst offenders.

What are some specific examples?

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Prince is pretty good too, for sure.

"I love you too much... maybe three much!" - Stevie Wonder, I Love You Too Much

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Reply #2 posted 10/10/14 10:59am

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There's a song on the Jacksons album called, "Hurt". It basically features, Jackie, that is until the end, where Michael's ad libs take over. To me, it makes the song.
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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shorttrini said:

There's a song on the Jacksons album called, "Hurt". It basically features, Jackie, that is until the end, where Michael's ad libs take over. To me, it makes the song.

I think you're talking about Wait. The Hurt is Randy.

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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Reply #4 posted 10/10/14 1:42pm

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Is Jim Morrison's "scatting" on the live version of The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues" considered ad libing? If so...that's the one!

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #5 posted 10/10/14 2:08pm

shorttrini

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MickyDolenz said:



shorttrini said:


There's a song on the Jacksons album called, "Hurt". It basically features, Jackie, that is until the end, where Michael's ad libs take over. To me, it makes the song.


I think you're talking about Wait. The Hurt is Randy.




You're right, Mickey.
"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #6 posted 10/10/14 4:42pm

UnderMySun

I've always liked Alexander O'Neal's adlibs for Cherelle's Everything I Miss At Home and the S.O.S. Band's The Finest. I would have love to see what Alex and Mary Davis could do together in a proper duet. A song, produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis of course.

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Reply #7 posted 10/12/14 4:00pm

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Frank Sinatra @ the end of "Strangers In The Night"

"Doo-b-doo-b doooooo........."

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Reply #8 posted 10/13/14 11:04am

nammie

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Your Ways and Everybody by The Jacksons

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Reply #9 posted 11/02/14 10:27pm

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Fortunate by maxwell is a killer track that is made by its ad-libs.
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Reply #10 posted 11/03/14 9:10am

MickyDolenz

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Sister Sledge ~ We Are Family

The Violinaires ~ Groovin' With Jesus

Jackie Wilson ~ Baby Workout

Jackie Wilson & Lavern Baker ~ Think Twice {Version X}

O'Jays ~ Strokety Stroke / My Favorite Person

Terence Trent D'Arby ~ Dance Little Sister {Part 1&2}

Karen Clark Sheard ~ Glorious

Michael Jackson ~ Can't Get Outta The Rain

Tramaine Hawkins ~ Holy One

Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir ~ Goin' Up Yonder

Gap Band ~ I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance

Stephanie Mills & Teddy Pendergrass ~ Feel The Fire

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty ~ You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly

Brownstone ~ Pass The Lovin' {Maurice's Clubvibe Mix}

New Birth ~ Got To Get A Knutt

Isley Bothers ~ Who Said?

The Temptations ~ Power

The Sensational Williams Brothers ~ Jesus Will Fix It

Side Effect ~ S.O.S.

Smokey Robinson ~ Share It

Nature's Divine ~ Never Felt This Way Before

Dan Hartman ~ Instant Replay


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