My MAJOR complaint with The Lounge? There's NEVER enough Curtis Mayfield. Let's FIX that.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

"His hope was a rope, and he should have known..."

"A terrible blow, but that's how it goes..."

"We can deal with rockets and trains, but reality...what does that mean?"

"Everybody's misused him, ripped him off and abused him...Another junkie plan, pushin' dope for the man..."

RIP, Curtis.

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Freddie's Dead, "sometime around 1973": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nwcpGZE6A

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. "People Get Ready" with Taylor Dayne, from from "Night Music with Jools Holland"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQqTxK7VhSk

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[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. "Gypsy Woman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_nWUJ7jzQ

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[ornotna]

3. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOrV7C7vuU

[ornotna]

4. Move On Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTY6Nbl12ek

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. The "Curtis" album re-defines "overlooked classic"...

...yes, it was popular. Just not popular enough.

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[Faygo Kid]

6. Yes, it was 1973. I sat at a bar in Amsterdam listening to the whole album.

On cutting-edge reel-to-reel, of course.

It was early October. Blew me away. When I got back to the States, I requested the album as a Christmas present. Mom bought it for me. Album's gone, but now I have a CD.

Brilliant stuff.