re: Soul throwdown: Sam Cooke vs James Brown vs Otis Redding

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 7/2/17 at 7:09 am to GeorgeTheGreek

Cigarettes and coffee

Posted by lsu2006

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Posted on 7/2/17 at 9:11 am to weagle99

I consider James Brown funk

Don't really put him in the same category as Sam and Otis.

This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 9:13 am

Posted by LSU alum wannabe

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Posted on 7/2/17 at 9:31 am to Kafka

quote:
I've always found Redding somewhat overrated

Sweet Baby Jesus.!!!

1a. Otis

1b. Sam Cooke

2. JB

Posted by oVo

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Posted on 7/2/17 at 1:39 pm to weagle99

Cooke
Brown
Redding

This post was edited on 7/2/17 at 1:41 pm

Posted by OldTigahFot

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Posted on 7/2/17 at 3:10 pm to lsu2006

quote:
I consider James Brown funk

Don't really put him in the same category as Sam and Otis.

If this ain't soul, it doesn't exist :

This Is A Man's World - James Brown

Posted by DannyB

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Posted on 7/4/17 at 1:40 am to weagle99

Where would you guys rank Percy Sledge?

Posted by Mark_1234

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Posted on 1/28/18 at 5:57 pm to ThePTExperience1969

Litte Richard is one of the most underrated artist in my opinion

Posted by BigOrangeBri

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Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:34 pm to weagle99

i really don't put Brown in the same category as the other two.

I can't pick between Cooke and Redding

Posted by BigOrangeBri

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Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:41 pm to Kafka

quote:
Cooke certainly had the cleaner vocals, but Redding had so much more emotion behind his voice
So you want emotion from Sam Cooke?

Folk that wanna hear a more raw, emotional Cooke should listen to this....

Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963

Posted by CaptainPanic

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Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:59 pm to weagle99

Cooke>Brown>Redding

Posted by Shoulderchoke

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Posted on 1/28/18 at 10:56 pm to CaptainPanic

1. Otis
2. Cooke
3. Brown

The pure raw emotion in every Otis Redding song epitomizes what Soul music is supposed to be IMO

Posted by jsdub525

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 11:25 am to Shoulderchoke

Sam Cooke man... the Harlem Square album is my favorite live album ever. Especially the version with the neon sign cover from 80’s. It is gritty and raw as HELL. The new version of this album which is on Spotify tunes out all the crowd noise and the sax...

I feel if most people had heard this album, the Soul Stirrers stuff, and some of his other albums like Night Beat, this wouldn’t be much of a question...

Posted by parrotdr

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 11:42 am to jsdub525

quote:
Cooke certainly had the cleaner vocals, but Redding had so much more raw emotion behind his voice.

Otis in my opinion too--I always thought that for someone so young it was crazy how much raw emotion was in those vocals.
Died at 26--horrible loss.

Try a Little Tenderness--Live 1967

Posted by hogcard1964

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:57 pm to weagle99

1) Sam Cooke

The other two...meh

Speaking of Otis Redding, check this out.

Warning! Pretty horrific and graphic. This is not for the faint of heart.

LINK /

Posted by MorbidTheClown

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 3:34 pm to weagle99

Otis

Posted by PhilipMarlowe

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:02 pm to weagle99

redding
cooke
brown

my rankings are based purely on who i like to listen to the most, not for what i think they mean to music as a whole.

This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 5:31 pm

Posted by KiwiHead

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Posted on 1/29/18 at 4:51 pm to JescoWhite

quote:
I can see it, but I think he is too often just "Dock of the Bay" Redding, and not enough "Try a Little Tenderness" or "I've Been Loving You Too Long" Redding.

For me, "I've Been Loving You Too Long" might be the greatest soul/R&B song ever made. There is so much force of passion in that song that it just destroys you.

Sam Cooke is no slouch and neither is The Godfather, but Otis just can convey the feeling so much stronger than the other two