Modern performers like Usher are electrifying, but I fear we are losing our sense of historical perspective. How would you rate the performance of these greats by today's standards?
2006-08-25 09:21:53 · 11 answers · asked by Elwood Blues 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Wilson Pickett:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLlrzy8haG0
2006-08-25 09:22:50 · update #1
Sam Cooke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7LcfDZHvY
2006-08-25 09:24:45 · update #2
James Brown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1HUbMCZKc
2006-08-25 09:27:23 · update #3
Otis Redding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4PDj3IkC04&search=otis%20redding
2006-08-25 09:31:57 · update #4
Ella Fitzgerald:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Oes_CEW4k
2006-08-25 09:35:38 · update #5
Sam & Dave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVYNzUNSg9s
2006-08-25 09:38:43 · update #6
Thanks for your great answers. Let's agree to never forget the incredible contribution of yesterday's giants to today's music.
2006-08-25 09:39:56 · update #7
No we havent forgotten. Thanks for the link that was real nice. I got my groove on at work!
But I like the new school too. Good is good. Usher, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Kanye, John Legend, Anthony Hamilton (Oooh if you havent heard his stuff - buy it. Just "Charlene" will move you). They are good. Try it.
But I'm with you that these legends still need to be remembered. I appreciate everytime they get a lifetime achievement award because during their heyday the Grammys usually didnt bounce their way.
2006-08-25 09:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by answers999 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Give me Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Otis Redding, James Brown, Etta James, and Billie Holiday anytime, anyday over the modern performers of today......
By today's standards they would rate poorly (not by me) b/c the women kept their clothes on and the men didn't exploit women in their performances.....On the other hand the old R&B is good enough for the new guys/gals to rip off their music in their mixes.
2006-08-25 16:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by peaceandlove™ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely, yes we've forgotten.
Folks like Otis, Sam & Dave and the inimitable James Brown rose to fame in an era where there seemed to be a greater latitude for personal style and a more direct outlet for real talent and ability.
Consider that there was less formulaic reliance upon "performance" per se, that the accepted boundaries of what could be "successful" were less rigid, that you saw greater diversity between artists than you do today.
Of course, the heyday of R&B was pre-Pro Tools, pre-pitch correction, pre-sampling. A great bass player like James Jamerson actually had to be able to PLAY, and a great singer had to be able to SING.
2006-08-25 16:26:58 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy W 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
B.B. King, Ray Charles, Otis Redding,Sam Cooke this could go on forever.
2006-08-25 16:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Myke BoDean 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Man I love the old school talent.
It was raw and unadulterated power from the soul.
Without them there would be no real basis for alot of todays music.
2006-08-25 16:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Biker 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When Michael Bolton does a version of "When a Man Loves a Woman" and pretends it's all his, there is something seriously messed up.
2006-08-25 16:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Chuck Berry, the King of Rock & Roll! Nobody like him before, nobody since.
2006-08-25 16:25:42 · answer #7 · answered by STONE 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure, I can dig it. I remember them all and still groove to the music ! Thanks for the question. These are the days that ya don't forget. They had the soul in their music and the music in their hearts!
2006-08-25 16:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by ₦âħí»€G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Al Green
is THE MAN !!!!
2006-08-25 16:25:50 · answer #9 · answered by Zippy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
was the jolly green giant one of them
rr
2006-08-25 16:27:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋