The chorus goes "we've got a good thing going on", which is followed by an absolutely luscious bit of string-driven melody.
― Freedom, Thursday, 12 January 2012 21:06 (thirteen years ago)
hmmm...
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 January 2012 23:46 (thirteen years ago)
"Me and Mrs. Jones," perhaps? that one just goes "we got a thing going on," but it does have a good string bit just after
― chilli, Friday, 13 January 2012 01:12 (thirteen years ago)
Jacko did a song like this on the "Ben" album...
― henry s, Friday, 13 January 2012 20:10 (thirteen years ago)
You are right, chilli! Thank you.
― Freedom, Saturday, 14 January 2012 12:22 (thirteen years ago)
Well done.
― Fotheringeir (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2012 15:30 (thirteen years ago)
i love it when these things come together.
― jed_, Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:29 (thirteen years ago)
Was worried that this was gonna be needle in soul cliche haystack territory but I didn't want to send out a bad vibe and figured maybe somebody was on top of it
― Fotheringeir (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:35 (thirteen years ago)
Billboard #1 for three weeks in 1972
― Brad C., Saturday, 14 January 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)
Oh wait, I misread. I thought "Me and Mrs. Jones" was the obvious but wrong answer and the MJ album track was the right answer. [overthinking.jpeg]
― Fotheringeir (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2012 19:46 (thirteen years ago)
Love that song but in A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul Thom Bell is quoted as saying that Billy Paul "would sing so flat it sounded like you could land a 747 on it."
― Fotheringeir (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 January 2012 19:53 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, I don't know, it's a song I've heard two or three times over the past few years, without knowing anything about it. So not necessarily obvious to everyone. ;-)
― Freedom, Sunday, 15 January 2012 13:37 (thirteen years ago)
Think it was the delay between the correct answer and your acknowledgement that threw me off. That and the extra word "good" which is not in the main lyric but may be part of some vamping at the end.
― Mayne ... Or Astro-Mayne? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 14:30 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCmSSN8aZ3s
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 15 January 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0XGjcB3b94
― I Don't Believe You've Met M. Bébé (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:27 (thirteen years ago)