Land_Shark
(Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 10:59 | |
What a fantastic song. Alwyas makes my day better when I hear it.
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willmcnaught
(Eugene Oregon) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 10:55 | |
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Bizzarefall
(SoCal) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2006 - 10:51 | |
BPenni wrote:I NEVER tire of this song. Never. Ever.
Ever ever ever Ever EVER.., |
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honeygirl
(burning a candle thru the sands of ta, ta, ta time) | | Posted: Oct 18, 2006 - 05:00 | |
Damn this guy could charm the... ... 
GOOD SONG!   |
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betterdaze
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BPenni
(Portales, New Mexico) | | Posted: Oct 15, 2006 - 11:46 | |
I NEVER tire of this song. Never. Ever.
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peyotecoyote
(London, Ontario) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 12:32 | |
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ruthless
(Midtown Memphis) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2006 - 12:31 | |
queenjill wrote:Red Hot Chili Peppers take note: Al Green managed to write the same song over and over again, but they're all fantastic! Figure out what he did, and try that.  They will need Willie Mitchell to do this!!! |
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themotion
(the great city of austin in the not so great state of texas) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2006 - 20:52 | |
Nice timing on the lyric "Love will make you wanna dance".
Me and Al started working it simultaneously.
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honeygirl
| | Posted: Sep 04, 2006 - 05:36 | |
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queenjill
(CA) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 12:32 | |
Red Hot Chili Peppers take note: Al Green managed to write the same song over and over again, but they're all fantastic! Figure out what he did, and try that. |
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 12:31 | |
30 years old and it's still a great tune.
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jedzep
(my back pages) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 12:30 | |
May the playing of the Rev. Al cleanse you for your excessive Jack Johnson ways...
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rapunzel210
(Florida Panhandle) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2006 - 15:53 | |
physicsgenius wrote:
It's a parody of 70s music, right? The boom shakalaka, electric organ wipes, horns, backup singers--it's like John Travolta remade Saturday Night Fever, only as a comedy this time.
cattgirl813 wrote:
The original release date for this song (according to Amazon) was April 1, 1975. The original release date for Saturday Night Fever (according to IMDB) was December 14, 1977 - more than two and a half years after Mr. Green's song. So technically, if any parody was taking place, it would be Saturday taking on Love & Happiness.
See? Even when it's a song you can hear anywhere (as several RP listeners have pointed out), you can learn something new about it. I'll let someone else point out the intrinsic differences between R&B and disco. I've wasted too much time putting you in your place as it is.
Seems to me if he's such a genius, he'd do a little bit of research before he put that big ol' foot in that big ol' mouth. You have to have Internet access to listen to RP, I'm guessing? Anyone can do the research that cattgirl813 did by just plugging into a search engine--you don't even have to be a genius. |
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cattgirl813
(On the beaten path) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 06:52 | |
physicsgenius wrote:It's a parody of 70s music, right? The boom shakalaka, electric organ wipes, horns, backup singers--it's like John Travolta remade Saturday Night Fever, only as a comedy this time.
The original release date for this song (according to Amazon) was April 1, 1975. The original release date for Saturday Night Fever (according to IMDB) was December 14, 1977 - more than two and a half years after Mr. Green's song. So technically, if any parody was taking place, it would be Saturday taking on Love & Happiness.
See? Even when it's a song you can hear anywhere (as several RP listeners have pointed out), you can learn something new about it. I'll let someone else point out the intrinsic differences between R&B and disco. I've wasted too much time putting you in your place as it is. |
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Steven_G
| | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 06:35 | |
redeyespy wrote:You need to go back to the drawing board. Exemplary grooving here. If the "herd" digs it, then for once the collective has fine taste. Would that be the Borg collective? Just teasing. I like this too! |
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seacompass
| | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 06:34 | |
Great tune, but you can hear this on any radio station. Paradise should be special ...
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redeyespy
(Sunny, FL) | | Posted: Jul 22, 2006 - 07:37 | |
AphidA wrote:I think the 8.2 rating on this song has a lot to do with the herd mentality. With a crappy disco sound like "Love and Happiness", it HAS to be good.
You need to go back to the drawing board. Exemplary grooving here. If the "herd" digs it, then for once the collective has fine taste. |
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ruthless
(Midtown Memphis) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 06:42 | |
physicsgenius wrote:It's a parody of 70s music, right? The boom shakalaka, electric organ wipes, horns, backup singers--it's like John Travolta remade Saturday Night Fever, only as a comedy this time.
This is not a parody. It IS 70's music; mightly fine too. |
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AphidA
(Alexandria, VA) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 06:37 | |
physicsgenius wrote:It's a parody of 70s music, right? The boom shakalaka, electric organ wipes, horns, backup singers--it's like John Travolta remade Saturday Night Fever, only as a comedy this time.
Saturday Night Fever wasn't a comedy?!?
I think the 8.2 rating on this song has a lot to do with the herd mentality. With a crappy disco sound like "Love and Happiness", it HAS to be good.
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Honeybee
(AUSTIN, TX) | | Posted: Jun 20, 2006 - 06:36 | |
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ndanger666
(Lost in the Ozone Again) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 11:06 | |
The Amazing Rhythm Aces have a kick-ass rendition of this song, by the way.
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physicsgenius
(90% of everything is crap) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 09:31 | |
It's a parody of 70s music, right? The boom shakalaka, electric organ wipes, horns, backup singers--it's like John Travolta remade Saturday Night Fever, only as a comedy this time.
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Dave_Mack
(Saratoga, CA) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 09:30 | |
I always dig Al Green, and the beginning of this tune is truly stellar.
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ThePoose
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willmcnaught
(Eugene Oregon) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 15:51 | |
We be funky and jammin!!  |
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honeygirl
(New England... USA) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 15:50 | |
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glassjawgrlxxx
(Boston) | | Posted: Apr 25, 2006 - 15:48 | |
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rgj13
(Back home in San Franciscoland.) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2006 - 09:49 | |
laprincessa wrote:
EVERY TIME I hear this song I think of you, Ryan. 
That is immensely flattering.
And makes me feel like sort of a lech.  |
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jadewahoo
(Sedona Az, Beautiful Earth) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2006 - 09:40 | |
catmaven wrote:Abhor the genre, the lack of melody, the whininess of the voices, the generally sleazy topics characteristic of R&B and soul.
However, having said all that, I must agree with the commentators who praised the work of the brass instruments. They are really on target!
I am trying not to turn this genre off every single time. I realize that I have to try to learn to tolerate it.
(Now you have followed up with my heroine Joan Osborne, and I am a whole lot happier!)
And just where do you think Joan Osborne came up with her sultry and soulful style? Hmmmm??? |
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