Allow me to introduce myself.
Since this is my first post I think it would be a good idea to just make clear what I intend to do with this blog. I want to make the central theme of it music because it is a very important part of my life. I don’t plan on choosing a clear cut specific type of music or format. I just want to be general in my approach. I relate music to my life in a big way, and often I find I can relate specific moments of my life to a song or songs.
I don’t necessarily want to review songs or albums, but I’m probably going to be giving my opinion so it might end up turning into that sometimes. I don’t want to think about it too much right now, I’m finding the more I think about it the harder it is to keep typing, so I’m just going to type and see what happens.
I don’t want to try and push my opinions on to anyone reading and I am in no way expecting to try tell people what music to listen to, but if you’re reading this I mention a song or songs that you haven’t heard, I would just like to make a friendly suggestion that you give them a listen.
I’d like to take some time to talk about a particular album, the reason I’m picking this album is because I actually borrowed the name of the album for the title of this blog. So in case you haven’t already guessed the name of the album is “One Night Stand,” or “One Night Stand! Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club.” This album is probably my favorite album or at least one of my favorites. It actually has a few contenders for the spot of my favorite; it is, however, my favorite live album.
It’s kind of hard to get across all of the things that make this album so great without just having someone listen to it. If I was going to rate this album, I feel weird giving it any thing less then a perfect rating. Sam Cooke’s vocals on this album are perfect. It’s the best he’s ever sounded. His showmanship is outstanding. There’s parts in-between the songs where he’s just making stuff up to introduce the next song he’s going to sing, and just kind sings it, and then he’ll just laugh at something he said and then just keep right on singing.
Sam Cooke sings nine songs on this album, but when you listen to it, it just feels like one. I think Sam Cooke was/is the best singer ever, but more then that I think he was the best performer. The very first time I listened to this album I thought that the back round vocals were really odd. Some times they were loud and sometimes they seem distant, disorganized and hard to hear. After a few listens however I realized that it wasn't back round singers it was actually the crowd singing along. Each time I listen to this record I find it so amazing how the audience just becomes part of the show. The audience belonged to Sam. At one part on the album Sam says, “Everybody’s with me tonight,” and he was right. On that Saturday night in 1963, every single person in the Harlem Square Club was with Sam, and there’s no where else in the world they would have rather been.
Sam Cooke sings nine songs on this album, but when you listen to it, it just feels like one. I think Sam Cooke was/is the best singer ever, but more then that I think he was the best performer. The very first time I listened to this album I thought that the back round vocals were really odd. Some times they were loud and sometimes they seem distant, disorganized and hard to hear. After a few listens however I realized that it wasn't back round singers it was actually the crowd singing along. Each time I listen to this record I find it so amazing how the audience just becomes part of the show. The audience belonged to Sam. At one part on the album Sam says, “Everybody’s with me tonight,” and he was right. On that Saturday night in 1963, every single person in the Harlem Square Club was with Sam, and there’s no where else in the world they would have rather been.
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