| Various Artists / Joe South Tribute, the |
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| Album: | Joe South Tribute, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 04/2005 | |
| Label: | Jackpine Social Club | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-06-05 | Pull Date: | 2005-08-07 |
| Week Ending: | 24 Jul | 17 Jul | 10 Jul | 19 Jun | 12 Jun |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 09, 2008: | Deep Fried and Sanctified Games People Play | 4. | Jul 16, 2005: | Morning Glory Walk a Mile in My Shoes | |
| 2. | Nov 11, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow Games People Play | 5. | Jul 07, 2005: | SubbingForBaptism Don't It Make You Want to Go | |
| 3. | Jul 17, 2005: | Sunny Side Up Untie Me | 6. | Jun 15, 2005: | Rising with the Rhythms, Hopping into the Hump Day Games People Play |
| Album Review |
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| Guest DJ Account Reviewed 2005-05-30 | ||
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Joe South is a country artist from the sixties/seventies. He wrote a bunch of music for some really big artists (like Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Simon and Garfunkel.) He hit it big for himself with “Games People Play.” This is a great tribute album with some really strong vocals and captures the Motown/country/pop style of the sixties nicely. Recommend tracks: 4, 6, 9, 11 Track One: Nice, high powered, high energy song. Good guitar, vocals. Steady bass and drums. Very traditional 1960’s. Track Two: Clear, smooth voice. Slow, Motown-y. Nice mix between back-up vocals and lead. Track Three: More group band feel. A little bit of the Beatles (early, like ’63) and a little bit of the Beach Boys and the Temptations. Anyways, it’s nice, universal familiar sounding but also really good. Also slow love song. A little bit of psych sixties seeping through but not a lot. *Track Four: Starts off high powered. A little bit of Belle and Sebastian and Rod Stewart. Apparently Lynn Anderson covered this song. But it’s so classic, this is a really good version. Track Five: Very country. Slow moving again. Simple melody line. The chorus is super minimalist, spoken word. It’s different from the rest of the album. *Track Six: Oh, Otis Clay is so good. The deep, blues/Motown voice works so well for this song. Track Seven: Very Squeeze at the beginning. Mix of country, Elvis-pop. Makes you want to dance or sing along. Little bit of mariachi /big band feel. Track Eight: Big country voice. Nice high-energy mix of country and blues. Acoustic guitar brings down energy a bit, but in a good way, takes a bit away from the big country feel. *Track Nine: Nice mix of acoustic and harmonica. The lyrics and style are different from the rest. Not quite as smooth, “effortless” seeming as the rest of the songs. But combines a bunch of different genres really nicely. Track Ten: Slower, more relaxed. Kind of electric country, talking about rednecks… Anyways, it captures the country drawl, slowness. *Track Eleven: This song is high energy. Nice seventies electronics in the back. It makes you immediately look up. Very poppy, in fact, a little like a very early Freeze-pop. Track Twelve: Very Motown. Traditional lyrics. Great back-up lyrics. The melody line repeats itself. It has a little Elvis Costello twist. Julia 05/30 | ||
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