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[0011] it's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
So my period finally arrived, it only took two months, and so the first half of my week off was spent either in a blissed out painkiller fog or waiting for a fresh round of painkillers to kick in. Fugue to fugue. Watched a lot of Jean Harlow movies? I'm finally coming out of it now though, I have put on pants for the first time since Tuesday, and I'm gonna go see the new Halloween in a few hours! Onwards and upwards! I still have several free days with which to be a human!
Wikipedia Sez: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt. Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one track, Otis Blue was recorded in the span of 24 hours from July 9 to 10, 1965, at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. As with Redding's previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes, providing a rhythmic Southern soul accompaniment for the singer's exuberant and forceful performances.
Prior Familiarity: I know all of the songs like the back of my hand, though not necessarily these versions? I was always more of a Cooke stan growing up.
What I Did While Listening: Cleaned the bathroom. There was a lot of soulful white girl dancing involved.
Verdict: Such good shit. Seriously. And for the record, because this is another one of those albums that's had a bunch of re-releases with eight million different versions and bonus tracks and shit, I listened to the stereo versions of the original album from the second disc of the 2008 remaster, YEESH.
Favourite Song: I've Been Loving You Too Long. Fucking chills. Although Satisfaction is kind of a revelation if you've only ever heard the Stones version.
Wikipedia Sez: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding. It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt. Otis Blue is composed mainly of cover versions of contemporary R&B hits, covering themes from the blues and love ballads, among others. Three of the LP's eleven songs were written by Redding, and three others were written by fellow soul singer Sam Cooke, who had died several months before the album was made. Except for one track, Otis Blue was recorded in the span of 24 hours from July 9 to 10, 1965, at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. As with Redding's previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a horn section featuring members of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns, and pianist Isaac Hayes, providing a rhythmic Southern soul accompaniment for the singer's exuberant and forceful performances.
Prior Familiarity: I know all of the songs like the back of my hand, though not necessarily these versions? I was always more of a Cooke stan growing up.
What I Did While Listening: Cleaned the bathroom. There was a lot of soulful white girl dancing involved.
Verdict: Such good shit. Seriously. And for the record, because this is another one of those albums that's had a bunch of re-releases with eight million different versions and bonus tracks and shit, I listened to the stereo versions of the original album from the second disc of the 2008 remaster, YEESH.
Favourite Song: I've Been Loving You Too Long. Fucking chills. Although Satisfaction is kind of a revelation if you've only ever heard the Stones version.