A little Sunday morning on a Friday evening
I love oldtime black gospel; when I’m in the house alone, I’ll put on a couple of CDs and crank it loud and lose myself in the power and the glory. Gospel provided the foundation of soul music, jazz, blues, R&B and rock ‘n’ roll, but none of those genres ever outshines the original form.
Some of the best of the archival material was collected and made available by the Smithsonian, such as this piece. Those of you who know your Dylan will recognize it immediately.
But here’s a song more apropos of this rainy Friday, by the inimitable Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Didn’t it rain, didn’t it rain. If this don’t get your spirit and your feet moving, call the coroner cuz you dead.
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I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
October 30th, 2009
3:47 pm
The Spirit moves.
Normal
October 30th, 2009
3:52 pm
Headed out to Momma’s. Won’t we back until much later. My Momma’s name is Grace. Someone play a good “Amazing Grace” for me.
All Y’all, have a safe and Happy Halloween week end
Matilda
October 30th, 2009
3:52 pm
AMEN!
Mrs. Godzilla
October 30th, 2009
3:53 pm
Our Lady of Grace
Sunday Mass
1970
My brother played the stand up bass…..always made mom and pop cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWg3b15ITS8&feature=PlayList&p=EE30973A8920DE25&index=0&playnext=1
Made me proud.
Morning Star
October 30th, 2009
3:58 pm
You are so right Jay. If this doesn’t get your spirit and your feet moving, you are deader than a dadgum door nail. S’ Long………………
Morning Star
October 30th, 2009
3:59 pm
If you cannot decipher the word “dadgum” then you are NOT Appalachian American!
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:00 pm
Normal for tomorrow:
Ok Normal it’s a tear jerker, (classic “chick” flick). It was originally done in the 30’s, however the most classic rendition is with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. The greatest line of the film is “It’s the closest thing to heaven that we have in New York.” (when talking about the Empire State Building.
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:06 pm
I have one for ya. This one is an oldie but goodie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5PYqt-7ixE&feature=related
Brad Steel
October 30th, 2009
4:08 pm
This may the saddest point in the entire history of music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLQI8X2R6Y
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:15 pm
DDR–
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tAb5rYRXvs&feature=fvw
Psalm 137
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:15 pm
Here’s a new take on gospel music by Mr. Franklin. Some say “he goes too far”; but if you look at the history of gospel music, they once said the same thing about Thomas Dorsey….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AdYnFY_bZ0
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:18 pm
good pick josef!
Here’s one for you, new jack groove on gospel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRayKxgePQI&feature=fvw
Jay
October 30th, 2009
4:19 pm
Brad, you have a lot of nerve posting that here!
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:21 pm
Normal for you and your mama from Unmentionable…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkpYgvIBtU
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:22 pm
Brad that was so wrong on soooo many levels…….
Brad Steel
October 30th, 2009
4:23 pm
yes, i’ve been told that sometimes i can be ‘inappropriate’.
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:28 pm
DDR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0jQH9OdwQ
Another one for you…and thanks for yours!
Daedalus
October 30th, 2009
4:30 pm
Well, Brad’s link to a YouTube video of Ashcroft singing was hard to watch – but it could have been worse. He could have found a video of Alberto Gonzalez testifying about his memory lapses.
Brad Steel
October 30th, 2009
4:30 pm
is that a Gibson SG w/ soapbar pick-ups?
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:36 pm
For my fellow Hillbillies….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAHBuO7xIVs
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
October 30th, 2009
4:40 pm
Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes caps on damages.
We wouldn’t want to do that, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:40 pm
josef: hey loved the shout out you gave to Normal, great find. Has your better half ever contemplated what the world would’ve been like, (well the USA actually), if the indians would’ve just let the pilgrims starve that first winter in Plymouth?
Also the Staple Singers……you go boy!!! now I have to search and find some more “classics” so that I can impress you……
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:41 pm
And for my fellow Jews…from the greatest of the all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAHBuO7xIVs
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:48 pm
DDR–
It’s the Tsa-la-gi national anthem…they sang it as they bade farewell to their homes and set out on the Trail of Tears… Unmentionable and I have had many conversations along this line…his bottom line is, well, “but, then, I would not have met you…” He does point out that down this way we have Pocahontas for a role model, forget the sharing the turkey, share the blanket! He says the problem was that the black and white folks started coming to fast to “f” ‘em all!
Staple Singers! Love ‘em. When I was growing up they came every year to headline Mississippi Homecoming…
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:52 pm
BrAD–
Personally, and this is just my opinion, I thought it was tacky and tasteless. I can’t abide Ashcroft myself, but is it the man or his faith you find worthy of sarcasm?
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
4:53 pm
JAY–once again you surprise me! My hat’s off to you tonght!
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
4:57 pm
You might remember this one from The Wire; 5 Blind Boys from Alabama…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzIuUW9VUr0&feature=related
Angry Black Man
October 30th, 2009
4:59 pm
I can’t stand these pc’s at work. I’m always moving too fast. No youtube here so I can’t listen. Kudos, Jay, for putting that topic up. Can someone post the 5 Blind Boys from Alabama for me. I should be off by 7pm. I may be able to get a min of listening in when I get home.
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:00 pm
Probably my favorite from the King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf0vJiyeLIo&feature=PlayList&p=D544FC5705014232&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19
Angry Black Man
October 30th, 2009
5:01 pm
DDR
Great minds think alike!!! My family’s originally from near where they are from. I got to hear them quite often while I was living in Montgomery. Those men can put on a show!!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
October 30th, 2009
5:13 pm
US admiral concerned about China military buildup
You reckon that Obozo is concerned too, hahahahahaha, yeah, ok.
Brad Steel
October 30th, 2009
5:15 pm
nix:
“…but is it the man or his faith you find worthy of sarcasm?” those are the only two options you can think of? you can’t even add his sh&tty singing or the cringe-inducing mawkish delivery to the options?
please spend the weekend studying and maybe attempt some more rhetorical questions next week. they need some work.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 30th, 2009
5:17 pm
Well, that Ashcroft sure could sing pretty. Was this before or after they come into his hospitle room when he was kind of out of it and tried to get him to sign something?
I can do without the rest of the so-called music people put up. Have a good night everybody.
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:22 pm
DDR, ABM, and JAY
This is the only one I could find from the PBS special “Memphis Nashville Country Rhythm and Blues…
If it ever repeats, don’t miss it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO7TwPguE8
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
5:22 pm
Here’s my parody for tonight. Don’t know how many watched The Wire, but here’s a parody rom the show. Really Funny!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7gAt7XkBk&feature=related
DebbieDoRight
October 30th, 2009
5:24 pm
ABM – no prob!
josef: The Pointer Sisters! I’m impressed.
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:29 pm
Brad Steel–
Since I’m in a pretty good mood today, I’ll refrain from speaking my mind out of respect for the spiritual dimension of the thread.
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:30 pm
DDR–Oh, Honey, I’m a HUGE Pointer Sisters fan!
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:36 pm
DDR–
Another Tsalagi spiritual for you…that’s Rita Coolidge!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TChazq0npVQ
Angry Black Man
October 30th, 2009
5:42 pm
Gonna pull a Whiner on this, but I thought it was a good read.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/30/ron.paul.fed/index.html
“While I would like nothing more than to see the Federal Reserve abolished, it is not absolutely necessary to do so with direct legislation.”
I had to give him a standing AMEN on that!!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
October 30th, 2009
5:53 pm
Let’s try to stay on subject-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u4lDP_zIE0&feature=related
Kamchak
October 30th, 2009
5:58 pm
For the superstitious.
Taxpayer
October 30th, 2009
5:58 pm
I thought I’d share this one after I spotted one my relatives in the photo.
Nothing Is Free
October 30th, 2009
5:58 pm
To everyone’s Grandmother, especially mine, Scott that she was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY8J35OXVxg
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
5:59 pm
DDR–
Another of those roots of it all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcNyNC-Os54
wet wiccan
October 30th, 2009
6:11 pm
Well, at the risk of offending Jay or Josef, I was thinking more of a tune like this . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upB83GoimDM
Happy Halloween!
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
6:11 pm
TAXPAYER and NIF
Great choices!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Ate Up With Envy mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
October 30th, 2009
6:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byRXcyZn7YE&feature=related
josef nix
October 30th, 2009
6:20 pm
wet wiccan–
no offense meant, none taken! Went looking for but couldn’t find for ya
“…just moved in my new house today,,,” and that’s all I can remember….
But, a Happy Hallowe’en to you, too!
jconservative
October 30th, 2009
6:34 pm
Jay, for your black gospel library get the CD from the old PBS program “Say Amen, Somebody”. It is the mainly the story of Thomas Dorsey, who many consider the father of black gospel. (There is a Dorsey museum in Villa Rica, his hometown, you can check out).
The man was active in the business for over 70 years.