I miss this kind of music [Archive]

bjjp2

08-13-2009, 07:26 AM

jpervin

08-13-2009, 08:31 AM

Not in my lifetime.

daddyo

08-13-2009, 08:56 AM

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?
That was the real r&b, soul, and funk. When an r&b band had real crazy skilled musicians. I love that music and do not like the modern r&b on the radidio.

Mark 63

08-13-2009, 09:00 AM

On satellite radio, Soul Town plays a lot of that great music.

billm408

08-13-2009, 09:10 AM

I love the old Motown stuff. Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" was the last time I heard anything new that felt similar. Unfortunately, the rest of the album didn't deliver the same.

offbeat

08-13-2009, 09:17 AM

Actually, my last music purchase was the Best of Earth, Wind & Fire. What a TIGHT band, and incredible vocals!

Taller

08-13-2009, 09:22 AM

With any luck, P Diddy Doggy Doo will sample some of that good old stuff and release a duet with Kid Schlock. This way, the music will live to inspire another generation, ruined though it may be.:rolleyes:

John II

08-13-2009, 09:23 AM

Love it too.

You should check out the artist known as Maxwell. His album "Urban Hang Suite" from the mid 90's is a masterpiece of groovy, sultry R & B/Funk. It's not big hook Motown stuff but the influence is there. Listen to this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bc2owuxYwE

This tune really, really grooves. Fast forward through the minute long intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isDf3dQyNx4&feature=channel

KRosser

08-13-2009, 09:32 AM

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

They did once...I think that's enough...that music came out of a time and place that no longer exist; to attempt to recreate it would be false

I love that stuff too, to this day

bjjp2

08-13-2009, 09:43 AM

Although a lot of these black artists get lumped in as "Motown", not all of them were. The Spinners started with Motown, but then moved to Atlantic, where they made most of their hits. The Stylistics and O'Jays were never with Motown. Neither were Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players or Rufus. The Four Tops had most of their hits with Motown but also had hits after (including "Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got", the song I heard on the radio this morning that inspired this thread).

Edit: Glady Knight and the Pips was another great one. They started with Motown but got frustrated and left because they thought they were second class citizens there. Their huge hits in the '70's ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me") came after they left.

Mark 63

08-13-2009, 09:47 AM

Weren't the Stylistics and O'Jays part of the Philadelphia sound?

bjjp2

08-13-2009, 09:49 AM

Weren't the Stylistics and O'Jays part of the Philadelphia sound?

Yep.

Andrew D.

08-13-2009, 10:12 AM

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

Yes. It's a small community of musicians who do, but here are some artists (many are my friends, so I admit bias):

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Lee Fields
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Charles Bradley
Mayer Hawthorne
Budos Band (more afro-beat funk than soul, but really good)
Menahan Street Band
The Jive Turkeys (one of my bands)

Old school soul/funk has actually be gaining popularity in the last few years. Fans are extremely loyal, buy lots of records, and love to purchase 45s and LPs. The Daptone/Dunham Records crew also helped us all out when the did Amy Winehouse's Back to Black record.

Mark 63

08-13-2009, 10:15 AM

The Dap Kings and Mark Ronson really made Back to Black the great album it is.

bjjp2

08-13-2009, 10:15 AM

Yes. It's a small community of musicians who do, but here are some artists (many are my friends, so I admit bias):

Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Lee Fields
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Charles Bradley
Mayer Hawthorne
Budos Band (more afro-beat funk than soul, but really good)
Menahan Street Band
The Jive Turkeys (one of my bands)

Old school soul/funk has actually be gaining popularity in the last few years. Fans are extremely loyal, buy lots of records, and love to purchase 45s and LPs. The Daptone/Dunham Records crew also helped us all out when the did Amy Winehouse's Back to Black record.

Thanks for the leads.

Telecaster62

08-13-2009, 11:22 AM

Having been born in 1962, I love that music from the depths of my soul. It instantly takes me back to the things I loved about the 60's and 70's. My parents who were born in the 1920's loved it as well. Great music transcends generation, time and place. Just like I loved my folk's Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington records and my kid's love my Beatles records. Today's pop music PALES in comparison.

Doug H

08-13-2009, 11:35 AM

Growing up in the 70's, in addition to listening to all the guitar based stuff I really enjoyed stuff like The Four Tops, Spinners, Temptations, Stylistics and O'Jays. Do you think they're ever going to make music like that again?

We have an oldies station in town that plays a lot of that kind of stuff. It's a lot of fun to listen to in the car. I remember when I was a kid in the 70's and started going out at night. The discos played that kind of stuff, really good R&B. Then it literally changed over the course of one week. One weekend it was R&B, the next weekend it went all "disco" music and R&B never came back after that. What a waste... :facepalm

Phil M

08-13-2009, 11:35 AM

They did once...I think that's enough...that music came out of a time and place that no longer exist; to attempt to recreate it would be false

I love that stuff too, to this day

Exactly.

Doug H

08-13-2009, 11:37 AM

The Dap Kings and Mark Ronson really made Back to Black the great album it is.

Wow, I just saw The Dap Kings on Craig Ferguson the other night. They were great! Sharon Jones has a great voice!!!

The Golden Boy

08-13-2009, 11:40 AM

Weren't they propping up John Legend to be the next Marvin Gaye?

When I hear stuff like Duffy or some other things- that's closer to that 60s "singer" type stuff than I've heard in a long time. It's much more polished and precise- but it doesn't make the product any better, just more "modern."

KungFuLio

08-13-2009, 11:58 AM

young band i've been producing...

www.myspace.com/intervision

BuddyGuit

08-13-2009, 12:11 PM

Loved all that and still do!

Frankee

08-13-2009, 12:30 PM

I listen to soul music almost exclusively nowadays.......unfortunately some great acts have been all but forgotten due to the "standard radio format" of oldie/soul stations. Seems like a constant rotation of strictly Motown and Gamble/Huff/TSOP/Philly stuff.

Luckily on Sundays we get a local jock who takes it into the deep cuts. Another place is Philadelphia.....they have the greatest soul station on the planet.

That's one aspect of growing up in the barrio that I'll always be thankful for.....we generally had better music in the air than what you heard out in suburbia.

derekd

08-13-2009, 12:50 PM

They did once...I think that's enough...that music came out of a time and place that no longer exist; to attempt to recreate it would be false

I love that stuff too, to this day

I feel the same way, and a total throw back might come across as cheezy, but I gotta think the funk hasn't been fully mined. Prince's new 2 disc set has some pretty happening tunes on it, I still dig Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten. The Victor/Marcus/Stanley disc Thunder is pretty amazing.

There is still some good r&b and funk out there, you just have to hunt for it. Of course The Funky Meters are still getting it done.

stevieboy

08-13-2009, 01:21 PM

Although a lot of these black artists get lumped in as "Motown", not all of them were.

I once saw a college band do a "tribute to Motown" as their theme for a halftime show. They lead off with Aretha, then did a James Brown tune.

bjjp2

08-13-2009, 01:58 PM

I once saw a college band do a "tribute to Motown" as their theme for a halftime show. They lead off with Aretha, then did a James Brown tune.

Our singer once introduced "Midnight Hour" by saying "and now we're going to do some Motown!" Made me crazy.:jo

Rockinrob86

08-13-2009, 02:15 PM

Jc Brooks and the uptown sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8HRTTUiko4&feature=related

they are freaking awesome, and very retro. sounds like otis in 65 or something.

I take that back NO ONE will ever be like otis, but JC Brooks is really cool.

Stax was better anyways :)

JKjr

08-13-2009, 03:23 PM

Booker T and the MGs are as good as a band can get IMHO. Even I could sound good with Steve and The Duck behind me. Likewise the Funk Bros in their various incarnations. And let's not forget the Wrecking Crew. It may get different, but it won't get better.

aeolian

08-13-2009, 03:54 PM

The singing may not be east coast street do-wop, but the guitar and band on the last couple RF albums are attempting to capture this soul, guitar driven vibe.

rustneversleeps

08-13-2009, 03:58 PM

When I got my first MP3 player about 5 years ago, I downloaded nothing but the great 70's soul you folks have been talking about. The DelFonics, The Three Degrees, The O'Jays, the Spinners. Timeless classics.

B Vance

08-13-2009, 04:58 PM

Some of the best music ever made in my opinion. It was my musical entrance-drug. I can't thank my parents enough for introducing me to it from an early age.

All of those bands have served as my musical guidence and have had the largest role in shaping me as a player (believe me I'm in the minority of players in my age demographic - 27 yrs old). My tastes have also given me the opportunity to meet, play with and most importantly befriend tons of people I'd otherwise have been isolated from.

That music isn't dead. Artists like Raphael Saadiq, Musiq Soulchild, Corinne Bailey Rae, Adele and Susan Tedeschi have been keeping it alive and well for me.

Guitar Dave T

08-13-2009, 05:10 PM

Played and still play a lot of the 60's material, esp when I'm blessed to get the call on a Lou Hampton or Bobby Patterson & The Midnighters gig.

But a lot of the 70's stuff I've just heard to many jive assed white boy party bands play with absolutely no soul. When one comes along that really gets it, I sit up and pay attention.

BTW, download live bootlegs of Derek Trucks doing "Don't Change Horses" and "Freddy's Dead" if you want to hear some really interesting recent interpretations.

R13D

08-13-2009, 08:49 PM

"Ain't That Peculiar" Marvin. One of my favorites!

sovtekking

08-13-2009, 09:45 PM

Gavin Degraw can really play and sing that style pretty well.

Guitar Dave T

08-13-2009, 09:45 PM

"Ain't That Peculiar" Marvin. One of my favorites!

Wonderfull pick. Was that on the soundtrack to "American Splendor"?

stratzrus

08-13-2009, 09:55 PM

That was the real r&b, soul, and funk. When an r&b band had real crazy skilled musicians.They still do.

R&B is not a genre for people who don't know their instruments, can't read and can't play. You'll have your hat handed to you in a NYC minute.

mike barth

08-13-2009, 10:01 PM