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Unchain my heart 'cause you don't care about me
You've got me sewed up like a pillow case
but you let my love go to waste so
Unchain my heart, oh please, please set me free
Unchain my heart, baby let me go
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't love me no more
Ev'ry time I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me that you're not at home so
Unchain my heart, oh please, please set me free
I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
But I know darn well, that I don't stand a chance so
Unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
when you don't care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart, oh please, please set me free
I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
But I know darn well, that I don't stand a chance so
Unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why lead me through a life of misery
when you don't care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart, please, please set me free
(please set me free)
Oh won't you set me free
(please set me free)
Woah, set me free
(please set me free)
Woowow, set me free little darlin
(please set me free)
Oh won't you set me free
it was about 40 years ago, out on a first date and I took the girl to a club (long since closed) in Franklin Square on Long Island, NY, figuring we'd drink, dance, etc. when we got to the club, Mr Charles was playing that night and I ALMOST turned around to go to another club but figured what the hell and paid the admission fee and entered a world I had never experienced. Ray was mesmerizing, entertaining and a great showman. One of those rare circumstances / events that broadened my appreciation of great music.
they also just had a great segment on this past Sunday's CBS morning show which included a photo-shoot of Ray and the interaction between the photographer and Ray during the shoot.
Cool Story. Thank You for sharing it.
So happy I saw him in concert. So happy it was front row.
You lucky duck! I wish I was there, sitting next to you!
it was about 40 years ago, out on a first date and I took the girl to a club (long since closed) in Franklin Square on Long Island, NY, figuring we'd drink, dance, etc. when we got to the club, Mr Charles was playing that night and I ALMOST turned around to go to another club but figured what the hell and paid the admission fee and entered a world I had never experienced. Ray was mesmerizing, entertaining and a great showman. One of those rare circumstances / events that broadened my appreciation of great music.
they also just had a great segment on this past Sunday's CBS morning show which included a photo-shoot of Ray and the interaction between the photographer and Ray during the shoot.
Dang, why in the world would this disturb you?
You better believe his estate made a big chunk of change, and good for them. Ray Charles was a great musician but also a great businessman and not ashamed of being so.
There is a silly myth that making money from art/music cheapens it. IMHO, it is a hangover from aristocratic dominated cultures where working for ones bread was considered crass and low class. Good thing, living in the USA, most of us think hard work and entrepreneurship are virtues.
Keep in mind that if Ray Charles wasn't a great businessman you probably would never have heard of him. Same is true for just about any other important artist/musician you can think of.
unclelonghair wrote:
This made me think. A few years ago I was at a small festival with my wife. It was just dark and we were stepping out for the night ahead. Walking through a wooded glade we stumbled across a couple of guys starting to play Bass and a Saxophone and doing vocals off to one side. They had just started and there was a handful of audience in front of them and they stopped us in our tracks. They were just phenomenal. They did three numbers and by the end there was a huge crowd right there in the groove.
They stopped on three to huge applause and walked away.
It set us up for the night.
So. Would I pay to see Mr Charles. Well, yes of course. Would I choose to pay over the free show that was equally as good? Perhaps. . . Its a moot point. What is important is to grasp life wherever it appears and make yourself available to it.
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Awesome music Bill!
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This song is good for the ears...
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You can bet he did. Brother Ray didn't work cheap.
ahh, who's that guy that sings only covers, ummm, ooh I forget, James Belushi did a parody of him right next to him on Saturday Night Live —— anyway he did a great cover of this - in slower motion. Brilliant!
Oh, just got it, Joe Cocker!!!!!!!
Actually, it was the late John Belushi who did both Charles and Cocker parodies on SNL. RIP.
So simple, and yet you had to be a genius like Mr. Charles to come up with that. 9
ahh, who's that guy that sings only covers, ummm, ooh I forget, James Belushi did a parody of him right next to him on Saturday Night Live —— anyway he did a great cover of this - in slower motion. Brilliant!
Oh, just got it, Joe Cocker!!!!!!!
I think I'm going to have to start listening to Lionel Richie before someone makes a movie about HIM!
Lol. I think you're pretty safe in giving Lionel a wide berth. Pass. Seriously.
So simple, and yet you had to be a genius like Mr. Charles to come up with that. 9
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Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good ==> Ray Charles - UnChain My Heart
Unforgetable! Mr. Ray Charles Robinson
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Ray Charles is the man but I'm not sure the music does anything at all to express misery and pain. If anything it sounds exhuberant, especially with those backing vocals.
Sometimes "exhuberant" is great! EXCELLENT TUNE!!