Green or Gaye?

I must admit I have not heard much Gaye stuff.

the album is called Call Me. the song is "You Ought to Be With Me". it's a pretty great album overall.

i only recently heard Green's song "Belle" and it's so fucking beautiful. still haven't picked up the album, but the way he's confronting his secular/spiritual sides is just amazing.

i haven't heard In Our Lifetime. is it more of the synthy/drum machine stuff he used on Midnight?

Carnac gives Ed a glance, then opens the envelope and reads:

Carnac: "Two parties with no chance of governing ever.
Ed: Ho ho ho ho!

Which one of you's going to die?

really I always thought green's music more subtle. Though I only know gaye's hits so my comparison might be biased. Whatever, like others have stated, green wins because of his voice. Its seem more natural when he hits the high notes than gaye

Well yeah, but I don't many people who really KNOW the song compared to some other r&b classiks, it's more like the title has just become a cliche.

huh ?? i'd say everybody knows that song !! anyway, it's really great.

Okay, when I had to learn this song for my band earlier this year, I realized *I* (and pretty much all of the musicians near my age that I know) didn't know the song well enough to sing it.

a/ I listen to his stuff more often
b/ I had the opportunity to see him perform live twice, and I don't care who you are, if you remain unaffected by one of his performances, then you're just one of those people
c/ the beginning of Love and Happiness is truly one of the great moments in all of recorded music

(nothing vs. Marvin though. Heard both Inner City Blues and Ain't That Peculiar yesterday during my run...made me totally forget what I was doing)

You havent heard "Belle" or any of the '80s albums.

Both have magnificent voices, probably the two greatest singers in rock. Green was the more consistent record maker; just about every album between "Gets Next To You" and "Al Green is Love" is worthwhile, with "Call Me" being the considered masterpiece.

I'll vouch for "Livin' For You." It's got "Beware."

No, but it's great — definitely pushes the "Good Marvin/Bad Marvin" stuff to the fore, rendering it a massive influence on Prince, conceptually at least. Also, "Funk Me" has one of the most dynamic, invigorating middle-8's you'll ever hear.

If you like the synthy/drum machine stuff on Midnight, you should pick up the 2-disc version of it and some of the unfinished stuff they released after he died — "Savage In the Sack", etc.

So, Gaye — all the way. No offense to Green — he's a fine, lovin', soul man. But Gaye is a troubled, conflicted mess with an ear for texture and melody — I'll take the latter every time.

this is one of the the main things that makes me pick Gaye. it's not only that Green had only "one sound", but that the entirety of Hi records 70s work had that same sound. i know green had the best voice of the bunch, but you could put on any Syl Johnson, Ann Peeples, OV Wright, etc records, and they're all the same instrumentation and chord progressions. lovely ones, and ones that i'll never tire hearing, but largely the same

I'll take Green for vocal quality, too -- he soars into realms where Gaye would turn back. And if you don't hear the darkness, madness and desperation at the edges of what he's doing, give a listen at the very least to "(Sweet As Love) Strong As Death".

No one seems to have mentioned that they were two of the sexiest male pop stars of all time too.

Jarreau!!!!!

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― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:11 PM Bookmark

Seeing this in the middle of the thread is so o_O o_O o_O o_O to me. That's my middle name and what all my family calls me. I could suddenly hear my dad yelling at me.

Al Green. Al Green. Al Green. More great songs.

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