Friday, February 8, 2013

The BEST R&B ?

Most people forget that a large part of the New Wave era was made up of Soul Boys (and Girls) from the UK.
Wham, Culture Club, Eurythmics, Paul Young, Spandau Ballet, .... - all borrowed from the Motown sound and sold their versions back to the states as a new and improved product.

Someone asked, "Where are people as good as (Al Green) hiding now?".
Here is a starting point;
http://www.theroot.com/multimedia/british-soul-invasion
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4 comments:

  1. ValFebruary 8, 2013 at 11:18 PM

    Brits have always stolen music styles and sound from Black artists. And not just R&B. Led Zeppelin made a career out of stealing from Black blues artists.

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  2. TomFebruary 14, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    Good point. And I'd forgotten Spandex Ballet, I loved to hate them at he time but they had their moments!

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  3. TomFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    & thanks for the link, I'm working my way down the list.

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  4. ReggieMarch 2, 2013 at 9:17 PM

    This was damned good music.

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