The thing that is interesting is the obvious connection between what Mitchell did and what Gamble and Huff did in Philly...and both scene's obvious role in the beginnings of disco music.
― Jess Hill (jesshill), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 11 April 2003 20:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
Jackson's drum sound on Stax records sounds quite a bit different than his sound on Hi records (at least in their respective golden ages). Hmm.
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
By "Mitchell drum sound" I meant the signature production style, not Grimes' playing, which is not in question.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 11 April 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 8 May 2003 01:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Al Green obviously still has it when he cares to put out, it's a sin no one can extract a decent album from him.
Two killer Hi cuts: 'I Don't Know Why" OV Wright"I Still Love You," Ann Peebles
Al Jackson, RIP
― rumplestiltskin, Thursday, 8 May 2003 04:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
a new Al Green Q&A:http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1216/article11995.asp
interview outtakes on gay marriage:http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/pscholtes/2004/03/19
some other links for y'all:The Al Green Ticket DebateAl Green & Willie together again... should i get my hopes up?http://www.memphisflyer.com/MFSearch/full_results.asp?xt_from=1&aID=5116http://www.algreenmusic.com/
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 25 March 2004 02:28 (twenty years ago) link
― SexyDancer, Thursday, 25 March 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 25 March 2004 06:29 (twenty years ago) link
This is exquisite shagging music, too, I must say. It doesn't matter which girl you bring home, from whatever walk of life and music, she'll always accept Al or Anne, in my limited experience.
― Baravelli. (Jake Proudlock), Thursday, 25 March 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Even the b-sides/rarities are gems. I love the "Flipside To Al Green" collection so much.
― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Could Al Green be the much sought-after answer to the question of the artist EVERYONE agrees is amazing? Let's face it, anyone who doesn't has got serious issues.
And fuck me if the album 'I Can't Stand the Rain' (Ann Peebles) isn't a contender for best soul long-player of all time.
― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Thursday, 21 April 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Thursday, 21 April 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― charleston charge (chaki), Thursday, 21 April 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
I like all his stuff but I always go back to the "Listen" comp. I love "Love Is Real" and "Mimi" and "I Think It's for the Feeling."
I also saw the Hi Rhythm Section a couple times while I lived in Memphis. Howard Grimes was incredible. He plays like Al Jackson but it's a little looser, maybe, and if anything even straighter. Teenie Hodges is one of my favorite guitarists, ever, in any style.
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Sunday, 5 June 2005 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 5 June 2005 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 5 June 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Sunday, 5 June 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 June 2005 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link
i love al to death but i dont think he has any great albums... the true love compilation is really amazing though, not a bad track on there.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"Al Green Explores Your Mind" is great. Reminds me of the summer I pwned Virtua Tennis on the Dreamcast.
― caek, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
classic in my eyes
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i love al to death but i dont think he has any great albums
You're missing out, man!
Al Green Gets Next To You is fire! Let's Stay Together is yoga flame! But I don't think it gets better than I'm Still in Love With You.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 18 November 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
hmm.
i actually harbour evil suspicions about people that dont like al green. if you dont love him, fine, but if you dont like him? something sinister is at work.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Sunday, 18 November 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
If you actively dislike Al Green, then I can never respect anything you have to say about anything.
― caek, Sunday, 18 November 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
the best al green album is the 'true love' compilation.
― veryloggedout, Monday, 31 December 2007 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link
no, it isn't...The Belle Album is...wonderful way of dealing with born-again-ism ("it's you I want but Him that I need"...the holy trinity love triangle)..."Feels Like Summer" couldn't be a more appropriate song title, and "Dream", well, if I ever get hitched (ILM Poster In Unmarried SHOCKER!) that will be "our" song...(if I can sell it, which I'm sure I can)...
― henry s, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm very fond of Livin' For You's "Beware."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
This is still the most retarded question ever asked on ILM.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link
HOOS otm
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 31 December 2007 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
the best al green album is the belle album
― strgn, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:37 (sixteen years ago) link
arguable
― The Brainwasher, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
no
― strgn, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
haha yes. but belle is at least top 3 rite
Rite. Classic album.
― Tom D., Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:43 (sixteen years ago) link
georgia boy owns 99.9% of everything ever
― strgn, Saturday, 19 January 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Those who like the follow-up to The Belle Album should come vote on this thread: Best Version Of "I Say A Little Prayer"
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 19 January 2008 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
On one listen, liking his new album quite a bit. Even the Corrine Bailey Rae duet.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
not heard it all yet but thought the songwriting on the tracks i have checked out werent quite as strong as the production/instrumentation. or maybe its just that his voice cant make them seem better than they are anymore.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link
We play it at on the stereo at my bookstore, and beneath the racket of customers, it's sounds pretty indistinguishable from Classic Al. There doesn't seem to be a real killer track, but it's very pleasant, and I think I appreciate "pleasant" a lot more these days than I used to.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I will be purchasing this album as soon as humanly possible.
And yeah, this was the dumbest question ever asked on ILM. How can you ever question the good Reverend?
― B.L.A.M., Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link