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The Staple Singers — I'll Take You There
Album: Bealtitude: Respect Yourself
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Released: 1972
Length: 4:19
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Oh . . . mmm
I know a place
Ain't nobody cryin'
Ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smilin' faces
Mmm, no no
Lyin' to the races

Help me, come on, come on
Somebody help me now ''(I'll take you there)''
Help me, ya'all ''(I'll take you there)''
Help me now ''(I'll take you there)''
Oh ''(I'll take you there)''
Oh oh mercy ''(I'll take you there)''
Oh, let me take you there ''(I'll take you there)''
Oh-oh! Let me take you there! ''(I'll take you there)''

Play your, play your piano now
All right
Ah . . . do it . . . do it
Come on now
Play on it, play on it
Daddy daddy now
Daddy daddy daddy

Ooh, Lord
All right now
Baby, easy now
Now, come on, little David
All right
Dum-dum-dum-dum
Sock it, sock it

Ah, oh, oh!
I know a place, ya'all ''(I'll take you there)''
Ain't nobody cryin' ''(I'll take you there)''
Ain't nobody worried ''(I'll take you there)''
No smilin' faces ''(I'll take you there)''
Uh-uh ''(Lyin' to the races)
(I'll take you there)''
Oh, no

Oh ''(I'll take you there)''
Oh oh oh ''(I'll take you there)''
Mercy now ''(I'll take you there)''
I'm callin' callin' callin' mercy ''(I'll take you there)''
Mercy mercy ''(I'll take you there)''
Let me ''(I'll take you there)''

Oh oh, I'll take you there
''(I'll take you there)''
Oh oh oh oh
Wanna take you there
''(I'll take you there)''
Just take me by the hand, let me
''(I'll take you there)''
Let me, let me, let me lead the way, oh
''(I'll take you there)''
Let me take you there
''(I'll take you there)''
Let me take you there!
''(I'll take you there)''
Ain't no smilin' faces
''(I'll take you there)''
Up in here, lyin' to the races
''(I'll take you there)''
You oughta, you gotta gotta come let me, let me
''(I'll take you there)''
Take you, take you, take you over there
''(I'll take you there)''

Ooh, oh, oh, all right
''(I'll take you there)''
Oh-oh! All right!
''(I'll take you there)''
Oh! Oh! ''(I'll take you there)''
Mmmm, uh, oh! Yeah!
''(I'll take you there)''
Whoa!
''(I'll take you there)''
Let me lead the way
''(I'll take you there)''
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I recently went out to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio to take the tour.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.  Go out of your way if you have to, but go see it.  Our guide was one of the current working engineers, who told this story (in summary):

Mavis Staples & co. came to record I'll Take You There, with the Swampers, including David Hood on bass.  Paul Simon was looking to record Kodachrome and called up asking for the same "black musicians" that had backed the Staples Singers on this track.  He was told they would be happy to record with him, but they were "mighty pale".

Also recommended, Muscle Shoals, a very good documentary about the recording studios there, how they evolved, etc.  Aretha Franklin and others are in it.

Posted 1 month ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
Was in college and was a Hippie when this song changed my obsession with only rock music.  Brings bank many good memories.
" I'll take you there,"  
Posted 5 months ago by Randy1cleo    [ Reply ]
Interesting that NWA lifted the synthesizer riff in Boyz N The Hood in 1987 when the Staple Singers track was just 15 years old.  And now Boyz N The Hood is 37 years old.
Posted 9 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
The composer of the song is Al Bell - a co-owner of the Stax  label.  He was inspired to write the song after the untimely death of his brother.  He said he was hoping for a better place in the future where powerful racist politicians did not lie to the people (“Lyin to the races”).  The song is a perfect match for The Staples with their long history of Civil Rights activism with Martin Luther King and many others.
Posted 9 months ago by B_Van    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

Bass player is David Hood from Muscle Shoals, Alabama...  Great bass line and deep in that pocket.


Thank You for the info!
Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Prius wrote:
Great funky bass line 



YES!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
A simple but powerful bass line!! I love playing this!
Posted 1 year ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
 Prius wrote:
Great funky bass line 


... needs samping
Posted 1 year ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Bass player is David Hood from Muscle Shoals, Alabama...  Great bass line and deep in that pocket.
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Love the photo of Don Cornelius in the Wiki summary.

#oneCoolDude
Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:


Is it?

https://www.theguardian.com/mu...


Heh. She's changing her story. Like Dylan never did anything like that, too.
Posted 1 year ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
7 -> big phat TEN
Posted 1 year ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 cdunson wrote:

Another song that makes a whole lot more sense to me now than it did it my acid-rock only youth, when it came out. Love it.




I Agree! Same here!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:


So did Bob Dylan. He asked her. She declined, thinking that Dr. King wouldn't approve.

This is true.


Is it?

https://www.theguardian.com/mu...
Posted 2 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 2 years ago by trevc    [ Reply ]
This is a song that has not lost its edge and will always resonate with anyone with some soul.
Posted 2 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
One of a very few songs that have the power to lift my spirits no matter the mood it found me in.
Posted 2 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
If you love the Staples Singers, I definitely recommend checking out Hulu's documentary, "Summer of Soul".  It's the doc that Questlove directed and it's a compilation of amazing concert footage that delivers a completely ripping Mavis Staples.  
Posted 2 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 JFL wrote:

I want to marry a woman who sounds like Mavis Staples.



So did Bob Dylan. He asked her. She declined, thinking that Dr. King wouldn't approve.

This is true.
Posted 3 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Prius wrote:
Great funky bass line 



Posted 3 years ago by kristajda    [ Reply ]
Another song that makes a whole lot more sense to me now than it did it my acid-rock only youth, when it came out. Love it.
Posted 3 years ago by cdunson    [ Reply ]
I want to marry a woman who sounds like Mavis Staples.
Posted 3 years ago by JFL    [ Reply ]
 Ok_Sobriquet wrote:

The bass, the horns, the vocals. This song is gospel pop perfection.





Couldn't have said it better.
:onthenose:
Posted 3 years ago by Kilgoretrout    [ Reply ]
Dancing at my standing desk! 
Posted 3 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
Excellent riff... But a little monotonous by the end. I like it, but it could stand to be one minute shorter.
Posted 3 years ago by MLavender    [ Reply ]
i wanna go! gnomesayin'
Posted 3 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
 DanFHiggins wrote:
Sometimes you just have to feel it
 
It's called "Soul." Amirite?
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
The bass, the horns, the vocals. This song is gospel pop perfection.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
Sometimes you just have to feel it
Posted 3 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 sgaustein wrote:
I tend to think that songs where 90% is a few notes repeated over and over are just lazy composing
 
Are you 12? There's more to music than the number of different notes in a song. Maybe take up mathematics and forget about music appreciation? Dude..
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 sgaustein wrote:
I tend to think that songs where 90% is a few notes repeated over and over are just lazy composing
 

I tend to think it's called a 'groove'
Posted 3 years ago by skuzzfud    [ Reply ]
 sgaustein wrote:
I tend to think that songs where 90% is a few notes repeated over and over are just lazy composing
 
wow......not even listening to the lyrics?  Damn you need some music appreciation courses!
Posted 3 years ago by pigtail    [ Reply ]
1972, and still feels alive and shakin'. Long life, Mavis Staples.
Posted 3 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 sgaustein wrote:
I tend to think that songs where 90% is a few notes repeated over and over are just lazy composing
 

Sorry to tell you but a comment like that suggests you have zero understanding of music
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Any song that can immediately make you jump and start dancing is a 10 
Posted 3 years ago by kquinn03    [ Reply ]
I tend to think that songs where 90% is a few notes repeated over and over are just lazy composing
Posted 4 years ago by sgaustein    [ Reply ]
can't sit still.  What a voice!
Posted 4 years ago by Clark_Novato    [ Reply ]
excellent way to start out my day. Thank you RP 
Posted 4 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
Masterpiece 
Posted 4 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Ain't no smilin' faces
Lyin' to the races.

Please take us there on Nov. 3, 2020.
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

After the song ends, there is a man's voice saying, "In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism." I did a Google search on this phrase and found out it was then Vice President Spiro T. Agnew from a speech made in San Diego in 1970. He was referring to the media. Curious that this would be at the end of this song. I wonder why the Staples felt it should be at the end of their record. Perhaps Agnew was one of the "smiling faces lying to the races". According to Wikipedia, Agnew was governor of Maryland in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. "...during the riots that followed...Agnew angered many African American leaders by lecturing them about their constituents in stating, 'I call upon you to publicly repudiate all black racists. This, so far, you have been unwilling to do' ".

This is from the Songfacts page, and assuming the vocal outro is part of the recording, this makes perfect sense, considering the "protest" songs the band started off with....create history lesson right there...LLRP!!
 
The "nattering nabobs of negativism" line was written by former NY Times columnist William Safire, who was Agnew's speechwriter at the time. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Please, take me!
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
What is "Lyin' to the races"?
 
 After the song ends, there is a man's voice saying, "In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism." I did a Google search on this phrase and found out it was then Vice President Spiro T. Agnew from a speech made in San Diego in 1970. He was referring to the media. Curious that this would be at the end of this song. I wonder why the Staples felt it should be at the end of their record. Perhaps Agnew was one of the "smiling faces lying to the races". According to Wikipedia, Agnew was governor of Maryland in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. "...during the riots that followed...Agnew angered many African American leaders by lecturing them about their constituents in stating, 'I call upon you to publicly repudiate all black racists. This, so far, you have been unwilling to do' ".

This is from the Songfacts page, and assuming the vocal outro is part of the recording, this makes perfect sense, considering the "protest" songs the band started off with....great history lesson right there...LLRP!! 
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Great funky bass line 
Posted 4 years ago by Prius    [ Reply ]
 hobiejoe wrote:
MrsHJ, Sprog2 and I visited Muscle Shoals on our way from Beez and Bighead's to visit Hairfarmer in Memphis in May. Not hard, as satnav takes you straight through MS going from Gadsden to Memphis, and well worth a visit, it drips musical history.

 
Both New Orleans and Muscle Shoals are on my "musical bucket list" from the South of the US.  And all the Blues/Jazz that became R&B/Soul/Funk is some sort of great American History lesson there....Long Live RP and FUNKY music!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
MrsHJ, Sprog2 and I visited Muscle Shoals on our way from Beez and Bighead's to visit Hairfarmer in Memphis in May. Not hard, as satnav takes you straight through MS going from Gadsden to Memphis, and well worth a visit, it drips musical history.

Posted 4 years ago by hobiejoe    [ Reply ]
Happy 80th birthday Mavis Staples!  Mercy.
Posted 5 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
From the opening bass line, Mavis and family takes you there.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
What is "Lyin' to the races"?
 
heh
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
What is "Lyin' to the races"?
Posted 6 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
The Staples, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, Spinners, O'Jays, etc.

There was a time when R&B and funk was something special.      

 
{#Yes}  seemed people had open minds, and vision, and compassion and hope, right? what'dya think, is it too late ...
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 LYS wrote:

Cross-post—ABSOLUTELY the best

 
Merci.
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Mercy. 

 
Cross-post—ABSOLUTELY the best
Posted 7 years ago by LYS    [ Reply ]
MERCY!
Posted 7 years ago by LYS    [ Reply ]
Mercy. 
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
No wonder Bob Dylan wanted to marry her.

And she turned him down because she thought Reverend King wouldn't approve.
Posted 7 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
'Respect Yourself' would be good to hear too!!{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by rmaple53    [ Reply ]
Staples A1 Supreme!  (man what a fabulous song : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Love this song! Great bass guitar, great vocals, pretty much great everything.
Posted 8 years ago by vhope1    [ Reply ]
No sexier song ever written, to these ears. Ultimate 10.
Posted 8 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 colt4x5 wrote:
 

Rest easy. Nothing kills any project of Mavis Staples. 
 

 
My thoughts exactly. I'm still tired of this from its utter and constant overexposure by CKLW back in the day.
Posted 8 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Didn't take this seriously when I first listened to it back in the 70s & 80s, but the greatness shines through more and more with the passing years. pxd
Posted 8 years ago by pxd    [ Reply ]
This is just about as good as it gets, folks. Great music.
Posted 8 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
This tune just smolders. Nice!
Posted 9 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
  This song will always remind me of this amazing day in DC.
It was the parting song that Mavis Staples sang. 
Posted 9 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
The Staples, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, Spinners, O'Jays, etc.

There was a time when R&B and funk was something special.      
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
You said you'd take me there.  Are we there yet?

{#Wink}
Posted 9 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
AM radio killed this song.

  

Rest easy. Nothing kills any project of Mavis Staples. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
First time I've heard this outside of a commercial setting!  Nice to hear the whole thing!
Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
Bill:

You must watch a lot of Austin City Limits, too.

This follows Bonnie Raitt tonight (and I am sure lots of other nights).

That ACL show with Bonnie and Mavis Staples just blew my mind.  I am glad I recorded it and can watch if over an over.
Posted 9 years ago by trailhead    [ Reply ]
If Mowtown jellied up with Rolling Stones...the soul of Mowtown with the repitition and looseness of Rolling Stones. There you have it. I like this better live...saw Mavis Staples do this in Chicago, when she double billed with Neko Case. It was really fun.
Posted 9 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
They took me!
They TOOK ME!

Mercy! 
Posted 9 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
 wallaby wrote:
The best loudspeakers and amplifiers "in the world", are designed, manufactured, and sold all over the world, from the company factory in a small hamlet in northern Ontario, Canada, (population 120).
 They are of exceptional value and may only be purchased on-line, (free shipping and 30 day try-out return).  All of this by people who truly know, love, and devote their lives to great sound.
Bose design speakers to sell, only.  Bass doubling and the Q factor at the lower frequencies is phenomenal...  wobble, wobble.  Truly "shithouse" , mate!

 
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Posted 9 years ago by wallaby    [ Reply ]
The best loudspeakers and amplifiers "in the world", are designed, manufactured, and sold all over the world, from the company factory in a small hamlet in northern Ontario, Canada, (population 120).
 They are of exceptional value and may only be purchased on-line, (free shipping and 30 day try-out return).  All of this by people who truly know, love, and devote their lives to great sound.
Bose design speakers to sell, only.  Bass doubling and the Q factor at the lower frequencies is phenomenal...  wobble, wobble.  Truly "shithouse" , mate!
Posted 9 years ago by wallaby    [ Reply ]
AM radio killed this song.
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

That's David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, one of my idols on bass. Man could cut a groove. However, I'm going to second LowPhreak's suggestion that you shitcan the Bose rig for something doesn't use engineering tricks to accentuate the bass and costs less to boot.

 
Father of Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers.
Posted 10 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
recognizable with just one note. classic
Posted 10 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
I saw Miss Mavis last year. This song, it's bouncing groove and it's sing along chorus just always brings the crowd to their feet.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
A perfectly produced pop tune- add a voice like Mavis' and it is oh so sweet! In the same league with "Lady Marmalade" Patti Labelle and Allen Touissaint.
Posted 10 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
I got nothing good to say about Bose or Boston Acoustics or JBL.   Americans can't build good loudspeakers :)

Great tune BTW :)
 
LowPhreak wrote:

HAha! Get a real stereo! Bose sucks.

 


Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I've heard this song a million times. I always thought (when I bothered to think about it at all), that it was a "come with me into a better future" type of song. Then Bill plays it right after "I Will Follow You into the Dark". Holy crap. Now I see that it's not about a better future, but about DEATH. The only better world they're singing about, is the one you reach by dying.
Posted 10 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Everyone in my church has false teeth
Posted 10 years ago by Priapus    [ Reply ]
We be dancing' in the kitchen!
Posted 10 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 maxmox wrote:
Listening to the insistent bass line through a compact Bose rig and at the best available download quality. PUMPIN'{#Dancingbanana_2}

 
That's David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, one of my idols on bass. Man could cut a groove. However, I'm going to second LowPhreak's suggestion that you shitcan the Bose rig for something doesn't use engineering tricks to accentuate the bass and costs less to boot.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Sweetheart, your voice always take me there .....
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 maxmox wrote:
Listening to the insistent bass line through a compact Bose rig and at the best available download quality. PUMPIN'{#Dancingbanana_2}

 
HAha! Get a real stereo! Bose sucks.
Posted 11 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 jedley wrote:

Please stop saying every damn song is "good for the ears", I beg you. The English language does have quite a rich vocabulary - check it out!

 

This damn song is soooo good for the external auditory meatus...  we be dancing...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
ONE OF THE BEST FROM THE BEST....{#Yell}  {#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Dance}{#Dancingbanana}{#Jump}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Sexiest song ever.  Godlike.
Posted 11 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Listening to the insistent bass line through a compact Bose rig and at the best available download quality. PUMPIN'{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
The Staple Singers do an awesome cover of Slippery People by Talking Heads.  Can't find a digital version, but if anyone does, it's worth an upload.
Posted 11 years ago by malvey254    [ Reply ]
Imagine that, I never gave this song much thought until I heard it here. It is is a fun little groovy number.
Posted 11 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
 brulie wrote:
I've not scoured the comments to see if anyone else has already pointed out the great stop-animation short that uses this song perfectly. It's called Ode to GI Joe, and I think I will forever imagine GI Joe dolls dancing to Mavis and company!! Check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOt3S0Uq4KA
 
The youtube version i found has no audio... but this one does.
https://misternizz.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/gregory-grants-ode-to-gi-joe-original/
great video 

Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
I've not scoured the comments to see if anyone else has already pointed out the great stop-animation short that uses this song perfectly. It's called Ode to GI Joe, and I think I will forever imagine GI Joe dolls dancing to Mavis and company!! Check it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOt3S0Uq4KA
Posted 11 years ago by brulie    [ Reply ]
Seems like there is a bit of Soul revival going on lately. I hope it keeps going. We miss Mr. Jamerson....
Posted 11 years ago by robotbass    [ Reply ]
Great mainstream Stax. Hot R&B.
Posted 11 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bill!  Think the Staple singers will help us get that Death Cab dweeb vocalist into the dark faster?  Hope springs eternal.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]

I'm sure there is a theme, but this set has been an emotional roller coaster ride. Wheeeee?


Posted 12 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Oh yes!
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
I thought, great, it's the Liquidator by Harry J's All stars from 1969, happy memories, then some women started shrieking over it and turned it into sucko barfo.{#Eek}
Posted 12 years ago by Jim_Highfield    [ Reply ]
Loves me some Mavis.
Posted 12 years ago by danoodles    [ Reply ]
please play lots lots more, my soul is in dire need (and I really do need to shake my ass)
Posted 12 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Real music from real people, too many good points to list. Always play this at parties!
Posted 12 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:
Nice to hear some music where they come in On The One after all those vaguely Icelandic,toy pianos and whining.  Music from real people, not art-school people.
 

Exactly I fully agree with youmisterbearbaby ... this is REAL SOUL.. not the modernistic crap that has stolen the soul label.
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear some music where they come in On The One after all those vaguely Icelandic,toy pianos and whining.  Music from real people, not art-school people.


Posted 12 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:


Yuppers

Great stuff 
 
Second that motion!!!
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Anyone needing a demo of how a bass player and a drummer should work together, this is as good as it gets.

 
 

Yuppers

Great stuff 
Posted 12 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Mercy!
Posted 12 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
and then an engine tech switched #2 on...  {#Surprised}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]

My will says to play this at my funeral.  As they lower me into the ground....Slowly.


Posted 13 years ago by jmassoglia    [ Reply ]
very nice............very
Posted 13 years ago by Tamster    [ Reply ]
Oh, man, this is just SO perfect for today!  It's 79 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, my chores are done, and I still have a little money in the bank.  Mavis's vocal is icing on the cake....  Yum times ten...{#Bounce}{#Sunny}{#Cheers}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Just what I needed this morning - a honking brass section and a thumping backbeat to get me going.
Posted 13 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 newwavegurly wrote:
A reminder of a particular person these days. Nice.
 
Full circle. Starting to come full circle.
 
Love this tune. 
Posted 13 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Listen to Pops (Roebuck) Staples play guitar on this - he was actually one of the outstanding blues guitarists of the mid-20th century — loved the Lord, though, so he would never say he was a blues-man.

His version of Dylan's "Masters of War" is a powerful and articulate anti-war song, and worth a listen — an anti-war Christian - that's what I'm talkin about. 
Posted 13 years ago by mvanderford60    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:

Look at that album cover.  They must have borrowed costumes from the set of Good Times....

 
The 70s were like that.  Compared to some of the fashions going 'round in those days, those threads are paragons of subtlety and restraint.

Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
They used to play this in the Pink Teacup in NYC (1972) this was a soul food shop in Greenwich village (open 24 hrs). Everybody wore pink to match the "decor" and the dishes. When this came on the juke EVERYBODY rocked. More pie please!

Posted 13 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
No, not this song AGAIN! {#Mad}
Posted 13 years ago by dalebryan    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:
Bob Dylan asked Mavis Staples to marry him, but she declined, thinking that MLK wouldn't have approved.

It's true. 
 
maybe she couldn't understand what he said.
Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
Just a few weeks ago we saw Mavis Staples in a small venue (Town Hall) here in Seattle. She sang this song. At 71 she still blew the doors off the place! Fantastic.
Posted 13 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]