I have no doubt my listening trajectory would have led me to the great Stax soul group the Mad Lads ultimately but I remain grateful to De La Soul for hastening the process in 1989 youtu.be/L8BP6AHGcfs - ThreadSky

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melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social • 82 days ago

I have no doubt my listening trajectory would have led me to the great Stax soul group the Mad Lads ultimately but I remain grateful to De La Soul for hastening the process in 1989

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dolorousted.bsky.social•82 days ago

That Stax-Volt singles collection from back in the day is what did it for me, in a lot of ways

winteron.bsky.social•82 days ago

Jeff, your soul-binge posts made me revisit this album (I’m sure you know it). I think Scott’s version of “Cry to Me” might be my favorite

melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social•82 days ago

Wild that you mention him: I only barely know him but last night I started a “Soul Covers of Van Morrison” playlist and stumbled on his amazing take on “He Ain’t Give You None”

winteron.bsky.social•82 days ago

I stumbled across that album years ago and immediately liked it. it’s the only thing I know by or about Freddie Scott!

you’re the second person today to mention Van Morrison and it makes me realize that is yet another(!!!) gap in my musical knowledge

winteron.bsky.social•82 days ago

but I wonder why Scott didn’t make it bigger. he’s got the voice

melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social•82 days ago

Oh you are right about this “Cry to Me”!!! Astounding

melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social•82 days ago

And oh shit! He’s the guy who did You Got What I Need—which would form the basis of Biz Markie’s big hit Just a Friend!

winteron.bsky.social•82 days ago

he really gets down into the muck! it’s like he said Solomon Burke wasn’t taking the song seriously

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