tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post4762903331041225578..comments2023-12-20T13:18:01.227-05:00Comments on A Deeper Shade Of Soul: The Most Beautiful Love Song Ever?Ben Lazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135273501384239424noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-9031605649118113432008-03-28T03:14:00.000-04:002008-03-28T03:14:00.000-04:00the best version i have heard of this song was rel...the best version i have heard of this song was released easy 10 years ago now, by 2 australian rock icons Jimmy Barnes (cold chisil) and John Farnham (did a stint as the front man of the little river band)<BR/>i recommend having a listen, tell me what you think!<BR/><BR/>FYI, the guitar is Diesel, AKA Johnny Deisel (&the injectors) real name is Mark Lizotte... check out his acoustic stuff, especially "one more time" live<BR/><BR/>Ryan,<BR/>Melbourne, AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-52350235106364458292007-07-25T15:10:00.000-04:002007-07-25T15:10:00.000-04:00Talk about serendipity: Back in the early 90's, I ...Talk about serendipity: Back in the early 90's, I had ordered an album by Johnny Gill but was accidentally sent an album (same self-title) recorded 7 years earlier and it had a version of "When Something is Wrong With My Baby". I immediately fell in love with the song but never knew the history of it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the history lesson (including the Aretha bit). I would like to hear the versions included on this page but the links aren't working - any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-39434358403279217672007-06-21T13:26:00.000-04:002007-06-21T13:26:00.000-04:00The Private is right, and going back to where I ca...The Private is right, and going back to where I came in you could put together a top notch album just of soul singers doing songs written or previously recorded by Charlie: Set me free (Arthur Alexander), Who will the next fool be? (Bobby Bland), I take it on home (Bobby Womack), San Francisco is a lonely town (Joe Simon), Life's little ups and downs (Latimore) etc etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-44719882565035962202007-06-20T00:30:00.000-04:002007-06-20T00:30:00.000-04:00You're right, soul and country are just twins who ...You're right, soul and country are just twins who grew up with different parents. A lot of the great soul songs are basically funked-up country - all those Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham compositions, for a start. If Percy Sledge and James Carr and William Bell were white, they would have been country singers.<BR/><BR/>Some years ago there was an enjoyable album called "Rhythm Country and Blues" that paired country singers in duets with R&B singers. It's worth seeking out a copy.Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-28330920378461124562007-06-19T09:18:00.000-04:002007-06-19T09:18:00.000-04:00The story is that when Aretha was doing her versio...The story is that when Aretha was doing her version of Otis Redding's "Respect," she took the chords of "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," reversed them, and made it her bridge.Ben Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135273501384239424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-42742785986985912512007-06-19T08:14:00.000-04:002007-06-19T08:14:00.000-04:00I seem to recall reading (and I could be wrong abo...I seem to recall reading (and I could be wrong about this, because it's early in the morning here) that "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" uses the same chords as "Respect," only slowed down. Talk about two different sides of the same coin . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-14504079711290317222007-06-18T20:30:00.000-04:002007-06-18T20:30:00.000-04:00Yup, a hard one to argue against. Another highly ...Yup, a hard one to argue against. Another highly recommended cover of it (if you can find it - good luck) is the one done by John Hiatt & Robert Cray on the late, lamented "Night Music" TV show from the late '80s-early '90s, hosted by David Sanborn & Jools Holland. Hiatt & Cray are an unlikely but way-talented pair, which is probably why their rendition is so jaw-dropping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-39272644940820700952007-06-18T16:46:00.000-04:002007-06-18T16:46:00.000-04:00I've heard the Charlie Rich version and like it, a...I've heard the Charlie Rich version and like it, although for me it doesn't hold a candle to Sam and Dave. And I'm a big Charlie Rich fan - I don't have his Hi Records stuff, just the Sun stuff, which I love.<BR/><BR/>What the version does show is how similar country and soul music really is. Direct lyrics, simple song structure, but when done well...there ain't much better.Ben Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135273501384239424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32134713.post-20016136729361238062007-06-18T15:53:00.000-04:002007-06-18T15:53:00.000-04:00Charlie Rich's version is a bit more mellow but ju...Charlie Rich's version is a bit more mellow but just as good. He actually recorded it before Sam & Dave, during a brief stint on Hi! Records in the mid-60s. If people only know him from his Nashville Sound years they should try it out - on his day he had as much soul as anyone out thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com