art, SOUL N'allez jamais trop vite En aimant simplement Pour avoir de la réussite Soyez très très prudent L'amour alors viendra Se blottir dans vos bras
Prince circa Sign O'The Times/Lovesexy, bell hooks, sly stone,
PRINCE, sly and the family stone, bobby womack, donny hathaway, parliament/funkadelic, larry graham, miles davis, marvin gaye, teddy pendergrass, fiona apple, sheila e, miko weaver, al green, james brown, boosty collins, (physical love could not be real, its a sin the way we feel lol), betty davis, bessie smith, james jamerson, patti labelle, sign o the times, bonnie boyer, billy paul, sananda maitreya, cody chesnuTT, nina simone, mahalia jackson, tony!toni!tone!, feist, raphael saadiq
Cinema Paradiso
James Baldwin - Go Tell it on the Mountain
This brought me to tears.. Marvin Gaye performing "whats going on/Whats happenin brother" with the LEGENDARY James Jamerson on bass.... enjoy.. width="425" height="350" .."The interests in Simone's music by a generation of artists, largely born after her recording of "Mississippi Goddam" is just further evidence of the potency of her spirit. The title of Simone's autobiography, I Put a Spell on You paid tribute to her rendition of the Screaming Jay Hawkins composition. In Hawkin's hand the song was an uncomfortable (at least to Whites) acknowledgement of the "dark" powers of Black masculinity in a society where young White women, had been largely denied access to that masculinity. But in the hands of Simone, the song was transformed into a moment of high catharsis. Nina Simone put her own spell on us, one that serves those from the Delta to Dakar, and beyond, well into the future"... width="425" height="350" ..