Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco) | | Posted: Jul 19, 2009 - 07:44 | |
Thank you  |
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bugleboy624
(WV - Dreaming of the Ocean) | | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 12:08 | |
Had to turn this one up.  |
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drife
(Golden, CO) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 18:42 | |
Everything he touched was made brilliant.
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bb_bubbab
(Way high in the mountains in SE New Mexico) | | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 15:11 | |
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nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 01:06 | |
This song is a 10 for all the right reasons.
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copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 07:41 | |
Not creepy. Brilliant. He did the same thing in a much more overt and powerful way with "A Change is Gonna Come."
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universal_bee
(floriduh) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 07:38 | |
WonderLizard wrote:What's remarkable is that Cooke took this Jim Crow metaphor for bitter oppression and turned it into a pop song that white kids danced to on American Bandstand. Creepy when you think about it. Still, a 9+.
astute observation and agreed. |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 09:47 | |
What's remarkable is that Cooke took this Jim Crow metaphor for bitter oppression and turned it into a pop song that white kids danced to on American Bandstand. Creepy when you think about it. Still, a 9+.
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ptooey
| | Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 21:40 | |
You know what amazes me most about Sam Cooke? He made this sound easy. What a talent this dude had!
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Dior
(Sherbrooke, Quebec) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 11:07 | |
meydele wrote:
Probably it was Physicsgenius. Maybe, but most likely he felt there was too much of the 90% on RP and left, as I haven't read a post from him in a while. |
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Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 11:02 | |
HazzeSwede wrote:Great singer,sounds a little like Niel Young,don´t you think?  Wha??? |
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merkabah
(Toronto) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 10:59 | |
always good to hear Sam...whata voice!  |
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driver8
(Back on the Chain Gang) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 10:59 | |
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yogaboat
(outer space, obviously) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 10:59 | |
damn if I'd known this crowd would dig it I'd have uploaded Sam Cooke long ago.
kudos.
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rbigelo
(Spanish Town) | | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 16:43 | |
Truly, one of the greats of all time.  |
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HazzeSwede
(Stockholm) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 02:50 | |
Great singer,sounds a little like Niel Young,don´t you think? |
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capandjudy
(Huntington, WV) | | Posted: Aug 25, 2007 - 13:59 | |
victoryluna wrote:More from Sam Cooke!!!
I can't imagine anyone thinking that his music is less than great. |
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Saliby_Br
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 16:36 | |
That's good stuff, let's party  |
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victoryluna
(Cincinnati) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 16:34 | |
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ruralfree
(Nashville, TN) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 16:34 | |
Bill - you can't play enough Sam Cooke...more, more, more.
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jadewahoo
(...somewhere in the Canyons of Time) | | Posted: Jun 23, 2007 - 13:10 | |
A song of summer, in my mind. Sam Cooke, never another like him, before or after.
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heyjoe3577
(Seattle) | | Posted: Jun 23, 2007 - 13:08 | |
This song will always remind me of one of my favorite movies - Cadence
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corndog4000
(Sacramento, CA) | | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 10:18 | |
love this song..
wasn't exactly a chain gang, but this song and "i fought the law" playing in my head made tolerable the weekends of community service i served a few years ago
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dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin) | | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 10:16 | |
canadave wrote:I really enjoy this song, though I prefer the version done by the Nylons, mainly for nostalgic values. Has a great timeless feel to it.
What an astonishing statement! A classic? Well, yes, but the Nylons? Jeez! |
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Smoove_D
(Milwaukee) | | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 10:14 | |
I love it when Bill throws a classic like this into the mix. Sam Cooke and Wilson Pickett in the same morning = me happy.
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2007 - 20:34 | |
Sam Cooke  |
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DoctorHooey
(/etc) | | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 07:10 | |
10! And who else is at work listening to this? :)
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(former member)
(Shadow Valley Condos) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 14:25 | |
So I'm driving with my buddy in New Orleans, windows down, and it's a beautiful day.
To our right, on the side of the road, is a literal chain gang, working on some construction project.
Take two obnoxious kids, open windows, and that setting, and you can imagine what happened next.
"OOOOH!.....AHHHH!.....OOOOOOH!....AHHH!"
Then my buddy realized that they could see his license plate and we were gone...
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leahnichole
(Earth) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 14:24 | |
9- Outstanding!!  |
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sircharles
(Decatur, Georgia) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 14:22 | |
What a voice!! Only on RP will you find the Smiths followed by Sam Cooke. Brilliant!!!
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