Docs from Yves, tagged "r&b" and "r&b"

"Making Sense Of It" - Omar

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:40:16 +0000

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"Little Boy" - Omar

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:35 +0000

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"Silver or Gold" - Yves

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:20:08 +0000

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Like many of my tracks, this also has some very different sounds and styles...

It has for example some smooth flute and string/violin sounds and instrumentation, on the other hand a a beat that is somewhere between drum & bass and r&b.

Recorded in June 2000

"Raw" - Yves

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:20:09 +0000

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Recorded in 1997

"Number One" - Yves

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:13:44 +0000

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After six years I finally found an outro... I created the last part (the half tempo) today, check it out... :)
(it start at around 1:55 min.)

I also added the voices this time (although I'm not so sure yet if I'm happy with them, especially the first?)

Ah, probably you noticed already, the "piano"-sound is a little unusual here... =)

Recorded in spring 2001

"Medley: Monologue, (They Long To Be) Close To You" - Bobby Womack

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:03:27 +0000

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"Optimistic" - The Sounds Of Blackness

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:06:40 +0000

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Great gospel/r&b-song from 1991 with beautiful lyrics...

The CD "Evolution of gospel" had only few real great songs like this one. Two others are "The Pressure" in the two versions, one very energetic, the other a great ballad...

"The Hills" - Steve Spacek

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:06 +0000

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"Do Your Thing" - Buddy Guy

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:10:45 +0000

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If the music make you move, cause you can really groove
Then groove on, groove on
If you feel like you wanna make love under the stars above
Love on, love on
If there's something you wanna say, and talkin is the only way
Rap on, oh, rap on
Cause whatever you do, oh, you've got to do your thing

If you feel like you wanna scream cause thats your way of lettin off
steam Scream on, scream on
If you feel like you wanna sing cause singing is your thing
Sing on, sing on
If you wanna make love all night and you feel its right
Right on, right on
Cause whatever you do, oh, you've got
to do your thing Do your thing...

written by Isaak Hayes

Taken from "Bring 'em in"
(a must-have for Blues-Fans!)

"Zoom" - The Commodores (with Lionel Richie)

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:58:40 +0000

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Oh I'd like to greet the sun each morning
And walk amongst the stars at night
I'd like to know the taste of honey in my life, in my life
Well I've shared so many pains
And I've played so many games
Ohh but everyone finds the right way
Somehow
Somewhere
Someday

(Chorus)
Oh Zoom
I'd like to fly far away from here
Where my mind can be fresh and clear
And I'll find the love that I long to see
People can be what they wanna be

Oh I wish the world were truly happy
Living as one
I wish the word they call freedom someday would come
Someday would come

(Chorus)
Oh Zoom
I'd like to fly far away from here
Where my mind can be fresh and clear
And I'd find the love that I long to see
Everybody can be what they wanna be Hey...

Zoom
I'd like to fly away
Zoom
I'd like to fly away
Zoom
I'd like to fly away
Zoom...

written by L. Richie & R. LaPread

"I Am Drifting" - Joseph Malik

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:06:32 +0000

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Taken from "Diverse" (CD-Tip!)

"Weariness (Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio)" - Meshell Ndegéocello

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:33:58 +0000

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This is a Bonus-Track from "Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape". About this CD the Rolling Stone once wrote: "This is the recording Prince is still trying to make

I like this track a lot, because of the very relaxed chorus (sung by Me'shell) and the bass-playing (Me'shell in the early 90s earned her reputation because of her bass-playing skills), plus the spoken word passages, that make this piece of music kinda special.

"Love Invincible" - Michael Franti

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:46:18 +0000

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lyrics:

When I fall down, I need a helping hand.
And when I lose my head, it's cause it's always buried in the sand.
When I get stuck on myself, feelin' sorry for myself.
Will you help me grab a hold and please don't patrionize my soul.
When I start to lose control, when I get irrational, when I start to get too high,
you see me come floating by, I say

Touch me in the morning sun, when I feel impossible.
Touch me in the morning sun, show me what is possible.
Touch me in the morning sun when I feel impossible, show me what is possible.
Teach me love invisible, Teach me love invinsible, Teach me love invincible,
Teach me love invincible.

When your down, you need a helping hand.
And when you lose your head, I'll help you wash away the sand.
And when you get stuck on yourself, feelin' sorry for yourself.
I will help you grab a hold and I won't patrionize your soul.
When you start to lose control, when you get irrational, when you start to get too high,
I see you come floating by, I say
Touch me in the morning sun, when I feel impossible.
Touch me in the morning sun, show me what is possible.
Touch me in the morning sun when I feel impossible,
show me what is possible.
Teach me love invincible, Teach me love invincible

When we're down, we need a helping hand.
And when we lose our heads, it's cause they're always buried in the sand.
But when we get stuck on our selves, feelin' sorry for our selves.
Will you help us grab a hold and please don't patrionize our souls.
When we start to lose control, when we get irrational, when we start to get too high,
You see us come floating by, I say,

Touch us with the morning sun, when we feel impossible.
Touch us with the morning sun, show us what is possible.
Touch us in the morning sun when we feel impossible, show us what is possible.
Teach us love invinsible, teach us love invisible

Teach us love invinsible, hold us love ivinsible, share us love invinsible,
be us love invinsible, help us love invisible, touch us love invinsible,
breathe us love invinsible, sing it love invisible

written by Michael Franti

Taken from "Songs from the front porch" (Great acoustic CD!)

"Feeling You" - Omar feat. Stevie Wonder

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:38:45 +0000

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Omar, one of my favorite soul/r&b-artists of the 90s, on his latest record "Sing (if you want it)" shows that he still has it (after I didn't expect that he could surprise me anymore). Now I even think it's his best record to this point! And that he was able to work with people like Stevie Wonder shows his worth in this kind of music.

lyrics:

Talking of summer days enjoying in so many ways
taking time to soak some rays I'm feeling you
when you've been couped up for a while
it's nice to get out sometime
in the park play ball spread out I'm feeling you

I'm feeling you, hope that you're feeling me too
just like I'm feeling you...

when the sunshine comes after rain
like it's trying to soothe the pain
you can make bad things go away
I'm feeling you any time my skies have a cloud
want something to make me proud
when my life is full of doubt, I'm feeling you...

I'm feeling you, hope that you're feeling me too
just like I'm feeling you...

written by Stevie Wonder & Omar Lye-Fook

"Sack Full Of Dreams" (Live) - Donny Hathaway

nobody@ipernity.com (Yves) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:55:47 +0000

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lyrics:

I got a dream for the world
peace in the rivers and everywhere
bridges of steel and love and cities that smile
gray empty faces walk by
and hands try to hide all the lonlieness
lighting a cigarette to blow time away

lost in the noise, lonely as a wind
people on sidewalks with no place to go
can they learn to understand
the world of love that I'm dreaming
the world of love

and I, I said I got a sack full of dreams
streets full of laughter and toy ballons
and people with hearts that care
who listen for love wanting the same
wanting to care wanting to share
all my dreams for the world
can they learn to
understand the world of love
that I'm dreaming
the world of love

wanting the same
wanting to care
wanting to share
all my dreams for the world
can they learn,can they learn
can they learn to understand
the world of love peace, peace, happiness
love and kindness
this is my sack full of dreams

written by G. McFarland

Donny Hathaway, my favorite male singer in soul-music. Ok, there are other great artists from that time that I also love a lot, like Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Bobby Womack... but Donny Hathaway's voice just was very unique, plus he was a great piano player and composer. Still, I must add that Stevie Wonder is my favorite male artist in soul-music with just my second-favorite voice... ;)

He's the father of Lalah Hathaway... you can listen to her amazing voice (that has the same timbre as her father) on the wonderful song "When did you leave Heaven"

If you like his voice, check out this more groovy track: "What's going on". It's a cover of Marvin Gaye's classic, but I love this interpretation at least just as much. And of course Donny has more other great tracks that became classics and that he's written himself.