donderdag 18 februari 2010

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)

The only thing I could with this album, was post it. I have been listening to this non-stop for over a week now. Incredible album by the very sympathetic Curtis Mayfield, whose political message from the 70s is a lot more up-to-date than the hippie-talk of the late-60s. Curtis Mayfield was a typical black artist for black America in the early 70s and his live performances were often contributed by a lot of black propaganda talk and Nixon-critique.

The first song I love the most, "if there's a hell below, where all gonna go''. Very simple, but effective message. Move On Up is also so funky that it's hard to stay from dancing, even for a whity as I am. Check. This. Out.

we the people who are darker than blue
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