We've never had a regular, non-death-related Barry White thread? (C/D, S/D, etc.)

how long is the version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" on yours?

4:50 - am I missing out on an LP version?

AMG says I am. Will have to get the LP.

there's a ticking time bomb intro to be found...

My favorites are "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" and "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" -- he's great at pulling all the different elements of a mix together. Also, super-syncopation. These are so fine.

I haven't heard nearly all the albums, but I dig the ones I know. Check out The Man. And even Staying Power, from '99 or so, is really nice.

Also for complete OTTness: Love Unlimited Orchestra. Rhapsody in White, White Gold.

Note to Hurting: Can't Get Enough is one long mash note, total devotion, little or no straight-out seduction steez. He made it right around the time he got married.

I like what you have to say about his "deeper need for validation."

Also search: Beavis and Butt-head proclaiming him "the horniest dude ever" while watching, I think, "Put Me in Your Mix."

cf that Tema De Amor '74 thing I wrote about on dis thread heeya:

rolling bargain bin buried treasure thread 2007

btw edit to my description there:

Like Curtis Mayfield scoring a romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton.

hey hurting can you link to the pandora station you are talking about here?

Oh yeah, I already forgot about that. I'm not sure how to link to a Pandora station though. If you e-mail me I think I can share the station with you that way.

ok i e-mailed you.

Sent.

I'm not sure what actually happens when you share a Pandora station, as I've never done it before - like I don't know if we both get to up or down vote songs, and whether we'd both hear the same thing at the same time if we were both listening at the same time.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41KH1VHAZ3L._AA240_.jpg

You should check out this amazing Barry White-produced album too. Yes, I was turned onto it by Jay-Z sampling There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You on Girls Girls Girls.

thanking u

"Honey Please (Can't You See)" is incredible. And I don't know why, but "Baby Blues" reminds me of one of the songs off Pet Sounds, only hotter.

Split single: Baby Blues - Brian Wilson/Let's Go Away for Awhile - Love Unlimited Orchestra

^ want

oh hey it turns out that "tema de amor" record i was flipping out about was actually this.

found 'let the music play' lp, first two cuts are monsters

closing, titular track is like perfect cryingintheclub.jpg music

I just got Barry White's Greatest Hits Volume One (1975) under much of the same circumstances as Hurting's. I was tired of wanting to listen to these songs without having to wait for them on the radio.

1. Yes this was the first thing I noticed too. He really makes the harpsichord work (!), which is bananas to me.

2. "Deeper need for validation" is dead on (OTM). I can respond to this more after sleep. Hold on.

3. I knew about half of the singles on this disc, and naturally the others are just as good (kind of surprisingly). But "Standing in the Shadows of Love" is really blowing my mind. From the opening banshee chorus echoing into ("Standing in the shadows of love-love-love-love-love!!") the funk, morphing into Barry shouting the first line; the first minute and a half is awesome.

4. Where do you go from here? I'm going to get "All-Time Greatest Hits" (1995) but what else? I'm think I'm going to get more into Isaac Hayes (should be a lock given it's Stax MF!!!) which I should have done years ago. But also I'm finally going to get more into Keith Sweat. I feel this is a natural inclination and long overdue for me personally. Meanwhile, it's this and Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, and "Lady Soul." (I miss Asheville's 100.7 a LOT now.)

he does some nice backup singing for jackie deshannon on her Laurel Canyon lp (1969). it was before he became famous but you definitely notice him.

2. "Deeper need for validation" is dead on (OTM). I can respond to this more after sleep. Hold on.

3. I knew about half of the singles on this disc, and naturally the others are just as good (kind of surprisingly)

Haha, did you really begin this post, sleep, and then finish it?

Also seek out Barry's productions of Love Unlimited (the trio, not the orchestra). Fantastic stuff that I've tried in vain to start threads on before; the musicianship's impeccable as described above, and the ladies have a sweet sharpness to their harmonies. Especially "Under the Influence of Love" and "Walking in the Rain With the One I Love."

seek out Barry's productions of Love Unlimited (the trio, not the orchestra). Fantastic stuff that I've tried in vain to start threads on before

i hear you there joseph, the general underrating of love unltd borders on the criminal. 'high steppin mean dressin feller' and pretty much all the greatest hits, these stomp all over the supremes and most music ever.

also, barry white's book is a work of wonder. the most positive feel-good thing i've ever picked up. reading that you just know he was one BRILLIANT guy to know. advising couples on their relationship issues when he was 14 yrs old !

came onto big up the girls, but someone's got there before me!

get their 'Best of' album
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=281;1;-1;-1&sku=833485
cause it's an absolute jaw-dropping knockout.

"There's a lot of people in the world today."

-- "Love Power," White Gold

3. I knew about half of the singles on this disc, and naturally the others are just as good (kind of surprisingly). But "Standing in the Shadows of Love" is really blowing my mind. From the opening banshee chorus echoing into ("Standing in the shadows of love-love-love-love-love!!") the funk, morphing into Barry shouting the first line; the first minute and a half is awesome.

the 8-minute album cut is fucking monumental.

btw challop alert i would take the 70s barry white catalog over every1 except p-funk

love that looooong intro into "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"

barry white

top 5 musical dude for all time

these songs sound like they come out of some deeper need for validation.

a well-curated barry white playlist would be called "Validation"

the playlist would be every barry white song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtwOeoeWhoo

^^a peak of human achievement^^

"girl it's true, yes i'll always love you" is astounding

i'm itt a lot
fuck, i would start a barry white cult. ppl have done crazier things with much less
the man was an unassailable genius

these songs sound like they come out of some deeper need for validation.

a well-curated barry white playlist would be called "Validation"

the playlist would be every barry white song

― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:27 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

m bison otm

the first minute or so of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf1mL1oNXeM

Also the beat that comes in at 1:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kochGJdqvcg

STONE GON'
FUCKING LOVE THAT ALBUM
FUCKING LOVE BARRY WHITE

I seem to recall that Richard Berry who wrote "Louie Louie" said Barry White's version of it on his 1981 album Beware! was his favorite version of the song, in part because it has a Caribbean feel that matched Berry's original conception of the tune.

Barry's one of those artists where, if someone says "I can't stand Barry White", how do you respond? What do you say?

say lol

Immediately walk away and never speak to them again

just picked up is this watcha wont yesterday for a couple buycks, holy shit YOUR LOVE - SO GOOD I CAN TASTE IT is incredible

btw challop alert i would take the 70s barry white catalog over every1 except p-funk

― susan lucci mane (m bison), Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:17 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok ftr, i have stevie and jorge ben ahead, but barry is still godlike to me

I need help. Heard a fantastic bit of BW on the radio the other day but don't know what it was! It was an intro with spoken bits thing that he does, but it wasn't directed at a lady, more like his listening audience. Something like "we put together this compilation for you" kinda thing. The music was minimal, rhythmic, reminiscent of maybe psychedelic era temptations?

I'm at lunch. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" playing loud enough in the speakers at this restaurant for everybody to feel the groove. God he was great, great, one of the all-time greats.

lets be in a cult together

i am bumping this so that I remember to post tomorrow

the 8-minute album cut is fucking monumental.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUMIfWO8LA

Positively glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00OfUWE7Z1g

one of the best

he just takes his time

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this is dope. i heard it in a record shop in new york a couple of years ago and had to buy it on vinyl instantly.

(Harpsichord solo)

The Man is unbelievable, why didnt I get this until now? And just for some suburban record store vibes, I picked up The Icon is Love.

He never got the respect that other seasoned r & b folk got, in the way that any record you pick out is gonna have good stuff on it.

I used to have the one with the fur cover

now that im fat again i relate even harder to barry's music

Built for comfort