Another raid in the fantastic world of soul music, an additional possibility to cheer up these difficult days.
01 Gladys Knight & The Pips -The End of Our Road 02 Howard Tate - Glad I Know Better 03 Solomon Burke - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) 04 Brenda Holloway - Think it over (before you break my heart) 05 Charlie Rich - Love Is After Me 06 James Carr - Dixie Belle 07 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - New Year's Resolution 08 Carolyn Franklin - Don't Wake Up In The Morning Micheal 09 Ike & Tina Turner - Fool in love 10 Johnny Adams - Proud woman 11 Nina Simone - Some Say 12 Ray Charles -Leave My Woman Alone 13 O.V.Wright - Nobody But You 14 Solomon Burke - These Arms Of Mine 15 Otis Redding - Chain Gang 16 Vivian Reed - I Wanna Be Free 17 Bettye Lavette - My Train is Comin' In 18 Doris Duke - I Can't Do Without You 19 Tyrone Davis - Slip Away 20 Aretha Franklin - Ain't nobody 21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through the Grapevine 22 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis 23 Fontella Bass - You'll Never Know 24 James & Bobby Purify - Shake A Tail Feather 25 Carolyn Franklin - You Really Didn't Mean I 26 Solomon Burke - In The Ghetto 27 James Carr - I'm Going for Myself 28 Marie Queenie Lyons -You Used Me 29 Otis Redding - Nothing Can Change This Love 30 Al Wilson - I'm Out To Get You 31 Ray Charles -Hallelujah I Love Her So 32 Syl Johnson - One-Way Ticket 33 James Carr - These Ain't Raindrops 34 Shirley Ellis - Soul Time 35 William Bell - Tribute to a king 36 Arthur Alexander - I Want To Marry You 37 Solomon Burke - Got To Get You Off My Mind 38 Johnny Adams -I Won't Cry 39 Gladys Knight & The Pips -It Should Have Been Me 40 Irma Thomas - Break-A-Way 41 Erma Franklin - By The Time I Get To Phoenix 42 Otis Redding - Respect 43 Solomon Burke - Tonight's The Night 44 Nina Simone - Feeling Good
In these difficult times, when everything seems uncertain, when everything that was known changes and it is not known if it will return as before, it is easy to give in to despair. Every step you take, as well as every attitude you decide to take, is a choice. You can cry and despair, complain and get angry or you can take the opportunity to review some things in your life, question certainties, try to understand which life you want to return to after the storm has passed. House arrest can be an opportunity to rediscover the beauty of your relationships, to get closer, if you have moved away, to rediscover the actual value of what you might have taken for granted.
I think the best soundtrack for these troubled days is offered by Soul music. A music that speaks of victories and defeats, joys and sorrows, perdition and redemption. The only music that has been able to tell what love really is. Not that sweet and eternal thing of pop songs, but that intense and deep feeling that one day ends up giving way to new discoveries and new joys.
The perfect metaphor for these days.
Like everything else, this tribulation will also end. As you try to spend some time with your loved one, listen to this mixtape together and choose to think well and remember that the Osama Bin Laden's Band has pulled down two buildings in the city center, but it is the American state that, with the "Patriot's Act "has deprived its citizens of several civil rights.
01 Vivian Reed - The Shape Of Things To Come 02 Betty Wright - Circle Of Heartbreak 03 O.V.Wright - A Nickel And A Nail 04 Bobby Blue Bland - Yield Not To Temptation 05 James Carr - Pouring Water on a Drowning Man 06 Sam Cooke - (Ain't That) Good News 07 Big Ella - The Queen 08 Erma Franklin - Change My Thoughts From You 09 Laura Lee - Dirty man 10 Maxine Brown - Secret Of Livin' 11 Brenda Holloway - all i do is think about you 12 Arthur Alexander - Stay By Me 13 Cheryl Johnson - It's Not Too Late 14 Barbara Trent - Heartbreak Hotel 15 Etta James - Tell Mama 16 Ike & Tina Turner - I Idolize You 17 Garnet Mimms - Cry Baby 18 Solomon Burke - Won't You Give Him 19 Freddie Scott - Let It Be Me 20 Bobby Hebb - Sunny 21 Esther Phillips - A Taste Of Honey 22 Irma Thomas - Time Is On My Side 23 Johnnie Taylor - You Can't Get Away From It 24 Marie Queenie Lyons - I Want My Freedom 25 Martha & the Vandellas - Nowhere to run 26 Sam & Dave - You don t know like i know 27 Johnnie Taylor - Just The One (I've Been Looking For) 28 Betty Wright - I Can't Stop My Heart 29 Inez & Charlie Foxx - baby take it all 30 Aretha Franklin - Think 31 Bettye Lavette - Piece Of My Heart 32 Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness 33 Ray Charles -Hard Times 34 Howard Tate - Get It While You Can 35 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz 36 Freddie Scott - Open Up The Door To Your Heart 37 James Carr -The Dark End of the Street 38 Little Johnny Taylor - Somebody's Got to Pay 39 O.V.Wright - I Can't Take It 40 Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools 41 Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts 42 Joe Tex – Show Me 43 Fontella Bass - Rescue Me 44 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - Pure Love And Pleasure 45 Laura Lee - It's mighty hard 46 Ike and Tina Turner -Stormy Weather 47 Ray Charles -I Believe To My Soul 48 Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) 49 Jeanne & The Darlings - Hang Me Now 50 Wilson Pickett - Mustang sally 51 Vivian Reed - Walk On My Side 52 O.V.Wright - Poor Boy 53 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Tarrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 54 Johnnie Taylor - Take Care of Your Homework 55 Erma Franklin - You've Been Cancelled 56 Smokey Robinson & the miracles - Going To A Go-Go 57 Solomon Burke -Proud Mary 58 Sam Cooke - I'll Come Running Back To You 59 Irma Thomas - Hittin' On Nothin' 60 Ollie & The Nightingales - I Got A Sure Thing 61 Laura Lee - it's how you make it good 62 Irma Thomas - While The City Sleeps63 Arthur Alexander - Where have you been 64 William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water 65 Sam Cooke - Cupid 66 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood 67 Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful 68 Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody 69 Rufus Thomas - Walkin' The Dog 70 Esther Phillips - If You Love Me, Really Love Me
A selection of my favorite songs by this effervescent Japanese group much loved in the 90s & 00s 01 intro 02 The World Is Spinning at 45 RPM 03 Happy Sad 04 It's A Beautiful Day 05 Sophisticated Catchy 06 Such a Beautiful Girl Like You 07 Groovy is My Name 08 Magic Carpet Ride 09 A room with a view 10 Collision And Improvisation 11 Go Go Dancer 12 A New Song 13 Mon Amour Tokyo 14 I 15 Rain Song 16 La Depression 17 Weekend 18 Fortune Cookie 19 Ma Vie, L'ete De Vie 20 Serial Stories 21 Baby Love Child 22 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 23 Sleeper 24 I Hear a Symphony 25 Peace Music 26 Marble Index
