This is irresistible – and couldn’t be more topical with the dreadful events currently going on in South Africa.
Bill Brewster – Love Hard
Sometimes a bassline just hits the spot – right there in the gut – and carries the whole song. Continue reading “Bill Brewster – Love Hard”
Isaac Hayes / Bar-Kays – Do Your Thing
Undiscovered for decades, here is the full 33-minute version of Isaac Hayes’s psychedelic jam Do Your Thing. Continue reading “Isaac Hayes / Bar-Kays – Do Your Thing”
James Brown – The Payback
James Brown channels his anger into a revenge fantasy in the influential funk classic The Payback, much sampled by hip hop artists in later years. Continue reading “James Brown – The Payback”
The Delfonics – La-La (Means I Love You)
This is probably the soppiest song I like. It’s the antithesis of the soul music I like best – the gritty, sweaty, southern soul of Stax and Muscle Shoals. And yet… Continue reading “The Delfonics – La-La (Means I Love You)”