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elaines brother chimes in in praise of freddie scott and to tell biz markie he’s a punterinthespiritofthis
in the spirit of my lovely sisters call for the art that floats our individual boats(and the reason for this floating); i present this revelation i have had with real soul music over the last 5 years…. the 1st example is the original master piece of soul you(got what i need) by the original ‘gentle giant of soul’ freddie scott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTw5qQy8woI
the 2nd example is the one most 25-35ers know …”Just a friend” by early hip hop pioneer Biz Markie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEPFZa4ZQo&feature=related
after a long time only knowing the vastly inferior remake/sample jacking… i discovered freddie scott … after the beauty and truth of the original song became more and more real to me, i started to feel a sort of shame and rudeness that i only knew the biz markie song, which was seeming more and more like some punter rambling over top of the original masterpiece….then i realized i would never have been led to the priginal without biz markie’s obvious admiration for it…. so i don’t know if this applies but it is my 2 cents
