musicology #484
29 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in America, Boogie, Funk, Soul, themusicologist Tags: 1981, 80's boogie mp3, 80's soul mp3, D-Train mp3, Disco, Hubert Eaves III, James "D Train" Williams, Mtume, themusicologist, You're The One For Me mp3
SoulBoy#3
(D-Train – You’re The One For Me)
for the next 3 days, (starting today), themusicologist is going AWOL so the SoulBoy posts are going to be short but, at least as far as the music is concerned, sweet. Truth is I am starting a foundation course today and I’ll be busy with it until Sunday night so with that in mind…
Today’s cut is a classic piece of Soul from the early 1980′s. BIG on the Jazz Funk scene that rocked London’s underground towards the end of the 70′s, (in reaction to the commercialisation of Disco), and lasted right up until the mid 80′s, (before Rare Groove took up the batton)
One of my favourite cuts from the period, D-Train consisted of James “D Train” Williams on lead vocals and Hubert Eaves III, (former member of funk and soul outfit Mtume), as instrumentalist. This was the version that moved the crowd mainly due to the introduction..
“With the love I have inside of me we can turn this world around,
we can live through all eternity and we’ll never touch the ground,
We’ll take a chance to ride apoun a star to a place that’s far away,
The light of love will shine on us forever and a day….”
Soul Weekender Crew…all yours..
musicology #427
14 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
by themusicologist in Boogie, Social Commentary, themusicologist, UKPressure Tags: 4 From 8 mp3, Children Of The Ghetto mp3, Chris Amoo, Dave Smith, Eddie Amoo, jazz funk mp3, Kenny Davis, Mary J Blige, Ray Lake, soul and boogie mp3, The Real Thing mp3, themusicologist, UK Boogie, you to me are everything
noExcuses #4
(Children Of The Ghetto – Real Thing)
two slices ‘on the spin’ !!
progress.
is this a sign that themusicologist is back in the saddle?
who knows what tomorrow might bring? not me..what I do know though is that a ‘better’ tomorrow starts with one’s actions of today.
Back to the musicology which courtesy of England’s own 80′s Soul and Boogie collective known as the ‘Real Thing’ who many may have heard of in relation to their hit “You To Me Are Everything”. This piece, (more recently covered by Mary J Blige), is borrowed from their album 4 From 8 and goes out to all the children who know how it feels to live/have lived it. Stand strong, keep your heads held high, don’t allow the shit to get permanently stuck on your ‘shoes’ or let other people try to tell YOU who YOU are and remember that:
“Deep inside the ghetto there’s a unity,
That cancels out the sorrow and the misery”
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