There's gotta be soul.

Monday Music Mambo (a couple of days late) @ Blogdrive Insanity!

Name a few of your favorite soul singers/groups and a few of your favorite soul songs.

My Top Ten then....

1. Aretha Franklin. The Queen. Favorite tracks:

Chain of Fools
Respect
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Baby, I Love You
Think

2. Al Green. The Reverend. Favorite tracks:

Let's Stay Together
Tired of Being Alone
Call Me (Come Back Home)
Simply Beautiful (put this on, gentlemen, and the ladies will be YOURS)
Love and Happiness

3. Marvin Gaye. The Voice. Favorite tracks:

What's Going On
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Sexual Healing
Let's Get It On
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Too Busy Thinkin' 'Bout My Baby
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (with Tammi Terrell)

4. James Brown. Soul Brother #1. Favorite tracks:

Try Me
It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World
I Got You (I Feel Good)
The Payback
Please, Please, Please
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

5. Stevie Wonder. The Prodigy. Favorite tracks:

My Cherie Amour
Superstition
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
Living For The City
I Wish
As
Lately
Higher Ground


6. Etta James. The Survivor. Favorite tracks:

At Last
A Sunday Kind of Love
Tell Mama
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Fools Rush In
The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)

7. Dusty Springfield. British soul. Favorite tracks:

Son Of A Preacher Man
Wishin' And Hopin'
I Only Want To Be With You
The Look of Love
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (with the Pet Shop Boys)

Just get and listen to Dusty In Memphis . Thank me later.

8. Sam Cooke. The Preacher's Son. Favorite tracks:

Cupid
You Send Me
Another Saturday Night
(What A) Wonderful World
Only Sixteen
Bring It On Home To Me
A Change Is Gonna Come

9. Ray Charles. The Genius. Favorite tracks:

What'd I Say
I Got A Woman
Mess Around
You Don't Know Me
Georgia On My Mind
Busted
America The Beautiful

10. Otis Redding. Deep soul. Favorite tracks:

These Arms Of Mine
Try A Little Tenderness
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
I've Been Loving You Too Long


Yeah, I kick it old school.

Here there be dragons.

Writer's Block: The Wrath of Ohrwurm

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Ho crap... Copacabana!

OMG it's there now. IT'S THERE.

"Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

AT THE COPA. COPACABANA..."

And I just banned Mika's "Lollipop" from my head. Also? Last night CVS must have Rickrolled us four times during my shift, "Never Gonna Give You Up" stayed in my head till this morning. I've been known to get epic earworm.