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Ray Charles
In Honor Of Black Music Month And One
Of The Pioneering Legends Of Black Music,
Today's Blog Is a Re-Post, Featuring
The Phenomenal Ray Charles, On The 6th Year
Anniversary Of His Passing. CLICK LINK
To View The Blog.
http://www.blackintime.info/1/post/2010/06/ray-charles-21.html
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Jecoliah, THANK YOU, for ALL your nice comments and I SO APPRECIATE you reading the posts.
From a lyrical standpoint, I can ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND your feelings about the song, "America." LOL
But from the standpoint of MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT, I think it's one of Charles' greatest performances.
Part of the beauty of Black Music is that WE can take a standard, like "America," and embellish it with so much SOUL, that it becomes OURS on a whole different level.
Marvin Gaye did the same thing with the "Star Spangled Banner," Aretha with "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Luther Vandross With "A House Is Not A Home," etc.
"Oh Yes" (smile)
"I" will repeat, we as a people don't, can't, find it close to impossiable to do 'standard'...
I guess it is the music that moves the soul maybe / WE GO WITH THE FLOW...lol (smile)
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I like Ray Charles, however, I had to go when he started singing "America"