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kudzurunner
5832 posts
Jan 01, 2016
5:18 PM
I find myself called, like a moth to a flame, to the following video. Every time I return, this feels to me like the most joyous and energetic music in the world, bar none. Please give it time to play out.

But I'm willing to listen. If you've got something that can toss me to a place beyond this--energy, soul, balance--or equal to this, please post. If this thread dies a quick death, on the other hand, I'll know that I was right: it doesn't get any better than this.

Edited to add: It might help if you close your eyes and just listen.

And if that sounds like a challenge, it is.

Last Edited by kudzurunner on Jan 01, 2016 5:19 PM
tf10music
257 posts
Jan 01, 2016
5:56 PM
I know many of us aren't into hip hop around here, but this should be listened to. Such powerful and hopeful energy:



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Lmbrjak
284 posts
Jan 01, 2016
8:42 PM
What if a little bit of harmonica was thrown in?
al
128 posts
Jan 02, 2016
4:50 AM
Admittedly this isn't as funky as
----------your clip Adam, which I have tae say is mighty. I find the Gaelic lining out tradition really moving and soulful. Not a religious guy myself,but nae doubt about it the church really does have some beautiful music.
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Goldbrick
1241 posts
Jan 02, 2016
5:56 AM


I prefer a more mellow experience .



Last Edited by Goldbrick on Jan 02, 2016 6:01 AM
The Iceman
2792 posts
Jan 02, 2016
6:23 AM
That gospel stuff is the most powerful music on the planet, imo. Not only are the bands tight and rehearsed, but the energy level reaches out and makes one's feet move.

Imagine being a member of this band - rehearsing, getting it tight and then playing like this...and stompin' on the Devil's head!


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Last Edited by The Iceman on Jan 02, 2016 6:24 AM
Barley Nectar
1019 posts
Jan 02, 2016
7:59 AM
WAY COOL, no wonder, you ARE the Iceman!
tf10music
258 posts
Jan 02, 2016
3:45 PM
Very into the Dan Smith and the Gaelic Psalms. Good looks.

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mastercaster
187 posts
Jan 02, 2016
4:13 PM
"Neighbor let me have this dance" !! : )
indigo
203 posts
Jan 02, 2016
6:03 PM
I like the more old style gospel music,Adams one is a bit too funky for me.
I've got around 20 Cds of gospel music (not bad for an Atheist:)
That Gaelic singing was awesome,i'll be searching out some more of that.
6SN7
626 posts
Jan 03, 2016
6:45 AM
Great post AG. I lived in eastern NC back in the 80's. My only decent radio station was out of Ahoskie, NC, an AM station that had gospel 24 hors a day. Amazing stuff. I could listen to it all day and I did.

Mississippi Mass Choir


The late great Raymond Myles


The Greatest Gospel Singers


The Greatest Concert of all Time. You are welcome
PropMan
76 posts
Jan 03, 2016
7:58 AM
Here is a video I go to over and over again. Secular but firmly rooted in the church. Saw her play with Houston Person once wailing through two Leslies and Houston had to just step back in wonder over and over again.

nacoran
8859 posts
Jan 03, 2016
3:24 PM
Very different style church music, but it has it's own kind of great energy. It's shape note singing, and you'll also find it at a lot of old songs festivals. The four voice sections line up on the four sides of a square and the person leading the song stands in the middle- the normal choral rows you'd see at a concert may project to the audience better, but when the entire audience is participating this lets you hear the power of the other sections much better. Shape note is kind of musical notation where the heads of the notes are different shapes. Instead of using the letters the shapes represent Do Re Me etc. It's got a moveable Do, which basically just means that whoever is calling out the song picks the key just before you sing it (often by singing the high and low note and having the choir sections quickly check to see if they can hit them.)





edited to add clicky.

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Fil
89 posts
Jan 03, 2016
4:27 PM

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BronzeWailer
1842 posts
Jan 07, 2016
8:56 PM
On several occasions since moving to Oz, I have been lucky to visit one of the Pacific islands. We always make a point of dropping in to a church service if we can just to hear the singing.

We were having our last breakfast at a cafe in Suva the Sunday of our departure when some music started up nearby. Son and I went to investigate before our food arrived and found this joyous bunch in an open air church.

I am always blown away by how well the people sing, even in the remotest tiny village of a few hundred people in a jungle somewhere.




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Stevelegh
1045 posts
Jan 08, 2016
9:24 AM
Loved it! Toally awesome!
Mirco
360 posts
Jan 09, 2016
10:03 AM

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Goldbrick
1253 posts
Jan 09, 2016
12:06 PM
Somebody always wants to drop a turd in the punchbowl.
Get thee behind me, Bruce

wolfkristiansen
377 posts
Jan 14, 2016
10:43 PM
Sanctified Funk. Turn your computer speakers up.



Cheers,

wolf kristiansen
wolfkristiansen
378 posts
Jan 17, 2016
12:07 AM
More soul power in music. As always, turn the volume up as loud as you can!

Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
wolfkristiansen
379 posts
Jan 17, 2016
12:47 AM
More soul power in music!
This atheist... maybe agnostic? loves gospel as much as blues. Have a listen to this gospel soul:



Blues or gospel... the depth of feeling is unmatched by any other music.
Harmonica content? Like the beautiful voices heard here, a harmonica is just an instrument to convey your soul's voice. Use it and let your soul shine.
Musical Content? Turn the volume up and listen to the bass.

Cheers,
wolf kristiansen

Last Edited by wolfkristiansen on Jan 17, 2016 1:36 AM
Blind Melon
62 posts
Mar 08, 2016
1:13 PM
About 16 months ago, Darnisha Taylor visited our church in West Michigan. She had led a Gospel choir well over 10 years ago at a small local school, Hope College. She is now a Worship Pastor in California and was back in Michigan for a homecoming.

Here is a video of Darnisha covering a Sam and Dave tune from her DVD, but it is a good representation of Darnisha.

This was the best "church" music that I had ever experienced. Hands down.

Last Edited by Blind Melon on Mar 08, 2016 1:33 PM
MP
3350 posts
Mar 10, 2016
5:08 PM

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Goldbrick
1347 posts
Mar 10, 2016
5:19 PM



A fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning



mlefree
620 posts
Mar 11, 2016
1:12 PM
Methinks this is not Soul but Gospel music. Regardless of it name, it's great!

This always gets me excited:



And +1 for Sister Rosetta Tharpe!

Michelle

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Todd Parrott
1361 posts
Mar 12, 2016
9:11 PM
Most of the music in this thread is the kind of music I grew up on.

I like this jam too...

Diggsblues
1986 posts
Mar 15, 2016
9:44 AM
This is pretty Soul oriented.
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6SN7
643 posts
Mar 15, 2016
9:53 AM
I am always in awe of the Mighty Burner
If I could only translate his groove to the harp....
Diggs, you ever see him in Philly?

Goldbrick
1351 posts
Mar 15, 2016
9:55 AM
there is a hole in that Soul to Soul

Thats pure TSOP Disco dude

West Philly soul/blues right here

Diggsblues
1987 posts
Mar 15, 2016
10:39 AM
solomon Burke lives in West Philly.
Watch it puttin' down my brothers the Inguis

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Goldbrick
1352 posts
Mar 15, 2016
12:09 PM
Reverend Burke has been dead at least 5 years.

My mother was friendly with Georgie Woods back in the day and i got to hear Burke at one of the 'Hat events

MP
3353 posts
Mar 17, 2016
7:33 PM
I like Gospel- I was riveted to my seat in the gospel tent in N.O. just watching local churches perform. I just ate red beans and rice and simply could not leave to meet my friends. They went to see Stephen Stills or somebody. That evening there was a double bill- B.B. King, then Aretha Franklin. B.B. was in N.O. so he had to really put out- none of that Vegas stuff and they both had full orchestras. Well, that's another story... Anyway... .My fav is real deal soul music, like Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Little Milton Campbell, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Gaye, etc. etc.

PS. Yes, I know the finest soul singers came out of the church, and so the connection cannot be ignored. :-)
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Have good day. M.A.P.
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Last Edited by MP on Mar 17, 2016 7:38 PM
Goldbrick
1353 posts
Mar 17, 2016
9:15 PM
Joe Simon doin it to it




And dont forget Teddy



And the great Sam Cooke

dougharps
1201 posts
Apr 10, 2016
9:44 AM
I posted some earlier video clips of a live community radio session during which I had the privilege to be invited to add some harmonica. There is no regular video of this, but the gospel singer, Bryan Andrew Wilson, has made his radio rendition of Stand By Me (unplugged) available on I-Tunes as part of his EP, and has posted this YouTube of the song. It was great fun, and I thought that it would fit in this thread.



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nowmon
83 posts
Apr 10, 2016
1:16 PM
Yes ! Big Mamma Thornton with Muddy Waters,James Cotton,etc.Everything is gonna be alright !!! Blues in Church...I grew up in the 60`s singing do-wop on the corner and there was a black gospel singing Church where we learned harmony hanging out when they were callin` on the Holy Ghost ! nuff` said...
Diggsblues
2011 posts
Apr 11, 2016
11:07 AM
@6sn7 never saw the Might Burner. But I saw Jimmy Smith play organ.
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