#Staple Singers

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Spring 2001 Mixtape.

All City: “Move On You” (RMX)

Roots Of Orchis: “Building Peaks”

Einsturzende Neubauten: “Was Ist Ist”

Nobodys, The: “Fuck You Too”

Pharcyde: “Oh, Shit!”

Isaac Hayes: “Buns O’ Plenty”

Sonic Youth & Yamatsuka Eye: No

AxCx: “Morbid Flowers”

Devola: “Pigeon Fight”

Chicks On Speed: “Mind Your Own Business”

Starflyer 59: “Wherever You Go”

Fidel Villeneuve: “I Wish I Was Dead”

April March: “Chick Habit”

Mr. Oizo: “Flat Beat”

Boards Of Canada: “Petina”

Ahmad Jamal: “I Say A Simple Little Prayer”

Sea And Cake, The: “Afternoon Speaker”

Company Flow: “Linda Tripp”

Heat, The: “Play The Drums”

Alter Ego: “Nude Restaurant” (Exploding Plastic Strings RMX)

Staple Singers, The: “Let’s Do It Again”

DJ Scud: “Mash The Place Up”

Smiths, The: “Panic”

Tristeza: Dream Signals In Full Circles

Chris Connelly: “Destestimony III”

Jean-Jacques Perrey: “E.V.A.”

Isaac Hayes: “A Few More Kisses To Go”

April March & The Makers: “Sometimes, Sometimes”

Einsturnzende Neubauten: “Fiat Lux / Maifestspiele / Hirnlego”

Camera Obscura: “Theory Of Sex As An Art Form”

Download: Effector

Unsane: “Vandal-X”

Elastica: “Mad Dog”

Autechre: “Flutter”

Gil-Scott Heron: “We Almost Lost Detroit”

Yoshinura Sunahara: “The New World Break”

Dorothy Ashby: “The Windmills On Your Mind”

Cutthroats 9: “Dirty”

Marvin Gaye: “After The Dance”

Chicks On Speed: “Stop Records Advert”

Donny Hathaway: “Singing This Song To You”

David Axelrod: “The Warning”

Company Flow: “Funcrusher Plus”

Wu-Tang Clan: “Cutting Heads”

Isaac Hayes: “Hung Up On My Baby”

Vision Of Disorder: “Pretty Hate”

Einsturzende Neubauten: “Styropor”

Geoff Farina: “The Rights”

Devola: “Well-Oiled Machine”

Peaches: “Fuck The Pain Away”

Johnny Rebel: “We Is Non-Violent…”

Death Cab For Cutie: “Company Calls Epilogue” (ALT)

Slits, The: “Typical Girls”

Ida: “Shrug”

Pharoah Sanders: “The Creator Has A Master Plan”

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13.0.12.3.16

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sun sign: WISDOM| vulture[bee]/yellow[blue]/south

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Personality and Destiny:

Studious and analytic, they are great strategists who are tenacious in all they do. Respectful of others, prudent, and intelligent. They can be brave and visionaries, open to confrontation but impenetrable in essence. Good event coordinators. They say what is on their mind, but not their heart, making them appear cold and unaffectionate. People of great memory, they have a keen interest in their past and ancestors. Respect for tradition. Good sense of humor. They fall in and out of love, but always have love in their lives. Lucky in business. Usually forgiven their sins so that they may continue to prosper. - [www.mayan-calendar.com]

as today's symbol is wisdom, a cornerstone of that is RESPECT:

Aretha Franklin: RESPECT

Erasure: A Little Respect

Marvin Gaye: I'm Gonna Give You Respect

Destroy Boys: No Respect

Olivia Newton-John: Gaia

De La Soul: Respect

P!nk: Respect

Extreme: No Respect

Kim Wilde: A Little Respect

Cocteau Twins: Summer- Blink

Robyn: Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)

Pantera: Walk

Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu: Q.UE.E.N

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill: Speak to A Girl

Jackie Wilson: Respect

Ani DiFranco: Amendment

Wu-Tang Clan: Shaolin Worldwide

Gary Numan: Respect

Stephanie Mills: I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love

Reba McEntire: Respect

Beres Hammond: Respect

Dylan Chambers ft. Cory Wong: You Gotta Respect Yourself!

Rachel Levin: Without Due Respect

SIA: Fair Game

Lion Babe: Wonder Woman

Santana: Give and Take

Shania Twain: Done & Dusted

YES: Astral Traveller

Staple Singers: Respect Yourself

Adele: Strangers By Nature

Sting: Show Some Respect

Tina Turner: Show Some Respect

Sweet: Give the Lady Some Respect

B.B. King: Respect Yourself

Jack White: Respect Commander

The Clash: Rudie Can't Fail

Stevie Wonder: Respect

The Rolling Stones: Respectable

Pink Floyd: Have A Cigar

Robert Palmer: Respect Yourself

Waylon Jennings: Woman, Don't You Ever Laugh at Me

Björk: Stonemilker

The Kinks: A Well-Respected Man

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On their way back to Chicago after a series of shows in Mississippi in November 1964, the Staples Singers pulled into a Memphis gas station to fill up. Pops Staples was in the bathroom when the young attendant finished filling the tank. After Mavis Staples paid him, she asked the attendant to bring her a receipt. The attendant responded that if she wanted a receipt, she had to come inside to get it, adding an epithet that starts with an “n.” When Pops returned to the car, Mavis told him what had happened. Pops went into the station to get the receipt and told the attendant that he owed his daughter an apology. Instead of apologizing, the attendant insulted Pops as well. Pops was prematurely gray, which may have contributed to the attendant’s misjudgment of him, and of course the attendant could not have known that Pops had been a boxer as a young man. The end result was that Pops gave the attendant exactly what he had earned—a good thumping.

After the Staples drove away the attendant phoned the Memphis police, claiming he had been beaten and robbed by a carload of black people. He described the car, which the Memphis police soon found. They pulled the Staples family over, arrested them and took them to the Memphis police station. Mavis later said she has never been afraid in her life that she was that day as they were being taken into the station. In the car the police had found a box full of cash (the group’s earnings from their shows) which seemed to confirm the story that they were thieves. But as they were being arraigned, a janitor in the station recognized them. “These are the Staples Singers,” he told the cops. “They’re a famous gospel group.” Realizing what had happened, the cops got the group’s autographs, apologized, and let them go. Whether the attendant was charged with making a false report is unknown, but we can hope that he at least was given the shaming he deserved.

In 1968 the Staples Singers signed with Stax Records and crossed over into R&B and pop. In 1971 their single “I’ll Take You There” went to #1. Throughout the group’s existence they sold millions of records. Mavis Staples, at age 81, is still performing.

Roebuck “Pops” Staples died in Chicago at age 85 on December 19, 2000.

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Nickel Bin #34:

Madonna's Respect / Express Yourself

I'd say Madonna owes The Staples Singers a few billion of her royalties.

Consider Madame Ciccone's 89 ode to making-the-muscled-men-in-your-life-do-push-ups-while-you-cuddle-your-kitty empowerment anthem.

Come on, don't be shy: admit that you can sing along. Put your love to the test, people. Just like you, I was once 13 years old and sat before MTV feeling terrified, bored and totally fired up by Madonna's fierce strut and hazard cone brazier. Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey.

And now, baby, ready or not, since your teeth into a true Dollar Bin deep track. The Staples may not lap milk cat style here but they've got me down on my knees all the same.

Seriously: just like in the far more famous Madonna track we've got a percussive opening that soon gives way empowerment chants and a rock steady pulse. They want you to respect yourself rather than express yourself but the vibe and message sound a hell of a lot the same to me. Were I a copyright lawyer I'd offer the Staples my services.

Plus, when Mavis takes over the lead from Pops midway through and elevates the track to mammoth, shaking heights she makes Madonna comparatively sound like a tween working her way through a Slurpee.

Mavis Staples doesn't need an army of bare-chested men to do push-ups for her. She does her own.

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Who wrote this shit?

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A holiday tradition that all can get behind

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playlist for the eighteenth of april twenty twenty-four

Staple Singers — Slippery People

The Clash — Tommy Gun

Gorillaz — O Green World

The Rolling Stones — 2000 Man

Frank Black — I Gotta Move

Tegan & Sara — Alligator

Lou Reed — Vicious

Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Cold Light

David Bowie — Starman

Wire — From The Nursery

Roxy Music — Oh Yeah

Bob Dylan — Mary Ann

Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Born to Run

Paul Simon — Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War

The Rocky Horror Show Original Roxy Cast — Sweet Transvestite

The Veils — Total Depravity

Miley Cyrus — You

David Bowie — Fantastic Voyage

Bob Dylan — Meet Me in the Morning

Willie Nelson - Me and Paul

Leonard Cohen - Anthem

The Chills -I Love My Leather Jacket

Grateful Dead - Mexicali Blues

Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Pixies - What Goes Boom

The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes

Tori Amos - Ring My Bell

Hey guys, serious question... How would you feel if I quit tumblr, and started posting these exclusively on Medium. I am already posting them on Medium as well

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Staple Singers

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SONG OF THE WEEK “For What It’s Worth” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/for-what-its-worth-live-9-02...I’ve been a fan of Buffalo Springfield since I was a kid, seeing them do this song on TV (“Bluebird” was one of the first 45s I owned). So many of their songs are my favorites, for the song craft, the chemisty between band members, visionary production values, and so on. However, I was never motivated to cover any of their music till after I heard The Staple Singers do a funky-gospel remake of “For What It’s Worth,” and from there I put my own slide on it (my live recording reached #1 on iTunes). “FWIW” is classified as a quintessential protest song, addressing social turbulence in the 1960s (particularly the Vietnam War), echoing Biblical prophecy with Orwellian insight. However, that may be overstated. Stephen Stills recounts writing it in November 1966 as a reaction to unrest between law enforcement and young club-goers on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Wildly enough, it became Buffalo Springfield’s first hit single.

#stephenstills #buffalospringfield #johnnyjblair #StapleSingers #sunsetstrip #protestsong #slideguitar #12stringguitar #gospel #funk #soul #EriePA #singeratlarge #november #1966

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Listen to Mavis. The walk is long, but we can sing as we go...

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44. Let's Do It Again by The Staple Singers debuted Oct 75 and peaked at number one, scoring 1287 points.

The song was written and produced by Curtis Mayfield for Sidney Poitier's 1975 film he directed and co-starred with Bill Cosby.

It was the group's eighth and final top 40 hit.

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