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Title: Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Immortal on June 13, 2003, 02:31:54 PM

I've only heard Superfly and Little Child Running wild so far. I'd like it if yall could post some of your favourites. Thanks

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Dr._Funkenstein on June 13, 2003, 05:49:12 PM

Some of his early solo stuff (taken from the albums "Curtis", "Roots" & "Superfly" which are arguably his best work)

- (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
- Freddie's Dead
- Get Down
- Give It Up
- Pusherman
- The Makings Of You
- Underground
- We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: On The Edge of Insanity on June 14, 2003, 02:44:43 AM

Just buy the Superfly soundtrack.

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Lord Funk on June 14, 2003, 04:22:35 AM

Soul Music
This Year
Never Stop Loving Me
Tripping Out

All classic summer chill-out tunes.

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: OpTiCaL on June 14, 2003, 07:03:37 AM

Get the best of curtis mayfield album bro..its a double cd...


...one of my best buys !


pZ

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Trauma-san on June 14, 2003, 08:07:23 AM

My favorite Curtis Mayfield stuff is his stuff with the Impressions.  Jerry Butler was a backup guy in the band, and later went on to be their lead singer, then left the group.  The impressions Launched Curtis Mayfield, then Jerry Butler's career.  Jerry Butler had as many hits as Curtis did, the Impressions are amazing.  My favorite songs from back then were

People Get Ready (Of course).  If you wanna know what Jerry Butler sounds like, he sings half the song, Curtis sings the high parts, Jerry sings the low parts.  Curtis: "People Get Ready" Jerry: "For the train To Jordan"  I Love when Curtis goes "Believe me now..."  Awesome song.

Another good song he did back then was "Gypsy Woman" man, that's some smokey stuff there, I love that stuff.  You can hear a lot of Jerry Butler in that one, too.

Also, "Keep on Pushin'" is good.  Almost ALL of the Impressions songs were good.

If you wanna hear some good Jerry Butler, listen to "Only the strong survive", "Make it easy on yourself", "What's the use in Breakin' up?" "Never gonna give you up", and of course, the greatest Impressions song of all time, "For Your Precious Love".

Now, THAT's music.  

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Young Dan Iza on June 14, 2003, 03:47:37 PM

give me your love is hard, they use it on the doggystyle intro

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Kaidy on June 16, 2003, 07:40:31 AM

Move On Up
Hard Times
Right On For The Darkness

and the entire Superfly album

Title: Re:Best of Curtis Mayfield
Post by: Don Seer on June 16, 2003, 07:59:03 AM

^^ i've only really got the Superfly album and maybe something else.. cant remember what else.

defo the Superlfy OST.. i got another CM album with that in a special.. something eyes? another movie i think... kinda wack tho

btw.. i got the movie superfly too... he's actually playing live in that bar they go to at one point :) ... OST sounds better if u've seen the movie recently :)