Totally forgot about that Al Green cover, yeah that's a great one def.
Yes, "To Love Somebody" written for Otis Redding and was played live for him, but he died before he had a chance to record it.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
I adore "Woman in Love."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
i can't hear otis doing tLS, honestly.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
"I adore 'Woman in Love.'"
As a song, it's not bad, but Streisand does the verses in an accented staccato (Barry Gibb) style that tips it over into ridiculousness for me -- I don't make it to the soaring chorus.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
It's almost camp and maybe it is anyway (It's a RIIIIGHT I'LL DEFFEEEEND)
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
Tavares - More Than A Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQcCRo2b-ZE
probably my favorite thing related to the Bee Gees not called "Night Fever"
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, that Al Green cover. he owns it completely
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
> i can't hear otis doing tLS, honestly.
Neither can i, but then again if i only knew "Try a Little Tenderness" as sung by the likes of Bing Crosby (or even Sam Cooke) i'd never imagine what Otis could do with the same song, which he now owns.
It doesn't appear to be known if Otis Redding liked "To Love Somebody" enough to want to record it.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
kinda surprised - I can totally hear Otis doing it, "Try a Little Tenderness" is an obvious ref pt in that regard
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Surely 'Emotion' by Samantha Sang is a massive, massive search? such sickly backing vocals, such a cloying tune...so good!
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:45 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well yeah, he's al green.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
true that
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
he sticks pretty closely to the original arrangement but I don't see how anyone could fault his delivery
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
Really, "To Love Somebody" could be its own thread...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF64iyEkwPQ
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 26 April 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
Really, "To Love Somebody" could be its own thread...
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
The Bee Gees' version of "I Can't Have You" is tremendous!
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Monday, 1 January 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
Has James Carr version of “To Love Somebody” been posted yet?
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 January 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
everybody knows Al Green's "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart" right...?
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 January 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link