Alright…I’m gonna write this..from a..stream of …….musical consciousness.
My beat..be.in..4/4 time..
Quarter note gets….65…..
Use this tune as your set…cause that is what I am talking in time toooo…ooooo
Oh yeah. Oh yeah
Im-a-talkin’ ’bout that…soooouulllll…..Muuuuussaaaaak…
Who better to put the soul on the track then D’Angelo? Yeah that’s right not that many. What am I rambling about? I am talking about that soulful, easy groovin’ baby making music, that black music. Yeah I know its been a while since I have written. My only defense is that I have been bogged down in the out of control, door swinging in the wind life style all of you my readers have come to love. I don’t even know where to start and I think that has been why I have not been able to get any constructive words on paper. At the moment I still don’t have words for all that has happened in my life over the previous few weeks. In the mean time while I compose myself and gather my thoughts and “mouth words” (two extra UCB points if you post in the comments where and what I am referencing in quotations.) you can enjoy this entry of Groovin’ High.
My new couch guy (yes that’s right after being vacant for over two months there is finally an intrepid soul up for the task of being completely Lisantified. How many words have I made up here on SurfingRuinedMyLife.net with my name somewhere in them? Talk about great moments in narcissism), Sean and I were discussing last night how the majority of America has no soul both musically and symbolically. America is slowly diluting human ingenuity, integrity and individuality. If the government had it their way they would start mass producing man like the Mustang and Costco, but that is a master piece blog for another day when I am at my most anarchistic.
What does this have to do with Music or D’Angelo? Everything. Americans on a whole have no appreciation for really good, creative and authentic music. All the people want to hear is generic bullshit that has been re-recorded, re-produced, re-mixed, re-masterd, re-cycled and spit out the back end so they can shake their ass on the dance floor to the same song all night long. Face it right now the majority of new music being made en mass no matter the genre is complete watered down, inaudible shit. That is why the DJ’s turn the base real high and load it up with sound effects to make you forget how bad the song your listening to really fucking sucks. Then people wonder why I cant bring myself to do anything with music anymore. What’s the fucking point?
I was first turned on to D’Angelo while playing with the Proximity Theatre Group this past summer by the music director and in my opinion one of the more brilliant cutting edge composers I have had to pleasure of working with, Ken Urbina. He had this pre and post show music mix that always opened with “Lady” another great one by this fat cat, D’Angelo. I used to jam out to it back stage on my soprano sax before each show. Since then I have picked up a myriad of tracks from him and still jam out on all three of my horns to them. If I was born black I totally could have been blowing back up for all these guys, but alas I am just a white boy trying too hard as usual.
“Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes” is just such a passion filled tune. That was the whole point of my ramblings earlier in this piece was how too many in this world around me lack passion. “Whatever” although the one word phrase that should most likely go down as the tag line for my generation is a terrible state of being. This is the kind music you get down with that special lady in your life to. Slow dancing round the living room after a hard day at work, bumping and grinding. Slowly caressing each other as clothing begins to be shed. I hope you have experienced the passionate love making I am describing at least once in your life.
When I had a girl friend there was nothing I loved more then sweeping her off her feet in a soulful dance unexpectedly out of nowhere. Its a bit easier for me since I always have music playing in my house and 1 out 3 songs on my ipod is a soulful, baby making kind of song. These days I just cross step and shuffle around my apartment by myself on occasion forcing poor Alfie to indulge in a dance on his hind legs with me. It is after all “The Summer of Alf“.
I want to for a moment refer to the video for this tune as well. Take a look just for a moment at the scene where this is all going down. Notice how classy this little juke joint is. I used to go to places like that to hear music just like this in NYC, NJ and Boston. Take a good look at the clothing everyone is wearing. Yeah that’s right they are all dressed fly as fuck. I don’t see any flannel in this crowd, do you? I love that the bassist is playing an upright. When ever I show up to see a group I never heard play and I see an upright bass I know I am in for a solid show. If I ever get shit going like I want this is the kind of place I want to open up. I probably wont stay in business too long if I do it in Santa Barbara.
Neo-soul needs to come back!!!! His Voodoo album is for the gold!
I like Voodoo, but for its Brown Sugar
UCB verde sauce.
Alfie and the ferrets.
oh man “Alfie and the Ferrets” that is why Kooky is the king folks.
i hate new music. all of it. alllllllllllllllll of it. The best thing I’ve done in the last few years was get a record player, and only play records. Most of them jazz, most of them recorded before 1970. I don’t know what happened. Dynamics are gone. People just need an avalanche of sound to hit them in the face all at once. It’s terrible.
Music like most things is about space. The space between the sounds and the notes… That’s what makes it.
fuck.
Im so jealous, I used to have a record player then it broke and I was too lazy to seek out another. So I hung all my favorite jazz albums on my wall for decoration.
You must not be looking hard enough. Do you think all the music that came out in the 50’s-70’s was good. No fucking way. Go through this, there will be something that you can enjoy. http://www.npr.org/2012/06/11/154785665/npr-musics-50-favorite-songs-of-2012-so-far
I will agree with you though that there is a preponderance of music that is absolute shit coming out these days
combining two of your favorite things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QWyY0T8VSA
yes…….
A bit out in left field but worth a shot: