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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Today’s Artist
Sonny Boy Williamson II 1912-1965 (53)
Don't start me talkin',
I'll tell everything I know.
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) played harmonica with a sly, improvisational genius and a stage presence that kept audiences guessing. He recorded for Chess and became one of the most influential harp players in blues history. More on Sonny Boy Williamson II →
Who Did It Better
play Stubborn Kind of Fellow
I'm a stubborn kind of fellow
Got a will of my own
Marvin Gaye 1962
Marvin Gaye
The Temptations 1969
The Temptations

Stubborn Kind of Fellow 0:30 declares who he is without apology. He has a will of his own and is not changing for anyone. What you see is what you get. No pretense, no negotiation. He is telling her upfront.

There is honesty in stubbornness. He will not pretend to be someone else. If she wants him, she gets all of him including the hard parts. The refusal to bend is its own integrity.

Today’s Record
Back & Forth
Let me see you go back
Let me see you come forth
Album art
Aaliyah

R&B meets hip-hop swing. The song rides a minimalist bounce. The dance floor becomes a conversation. Bodies move in rhythmic call and response. Young love syncs with the music. Nothing complicated just pure movement. The pulse defines the moment. Space between sounds invites participation.

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Yesterday’s Track
Album art 1962
The Contours
Do You Love Me
Do you love me?
Now that I can dance
She broke his heart because he could not dance. Now he can really move. He came back to let her know. Watch him now. The question was never about dancing. It was about whether she ever loved him at all.
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Today’s Theme
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Soul in the Movies
Out of Sight 1998
Out of Sight Soderbergh's Out of Sight is the sexiest film ever made about a bank robber and a federal marshal. The Isley Brothers' 'It's Your Thing' plays as George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez flirt through bulletproof glass in the trunk of a car. Do what you wanna do. The song is about independence. The characters have none. It's your thing. The trunk knew better.
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

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We are a music discovery project.
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Today’s Artist
Sonny Boy Williamson II1912 – 1965
Don't start me talkin', I'll tell everything I know.
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) played harmonica with a sly, improvisational genius and a stage presence that kept audiences guessing. He recorded for Chess and became one of the most influential harp players in blues history.
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Who Did It Better
play Stubborn Kind of Fellow 1962
I'm a stubborn kind of fellow
Got a will of my own
Marvin Gaye The Temptations

Stubborn Kind of Fellow 0:30 declares who he is without apology. He has a will of his own and is not changing for anyone. What you see is what you get. No pretense, no negotiation. He is telling her upfront.

There is honesty in stubbornness. He will not pretend to be someone else. If she wants him, she gets all of him including the hard parts. The refusal to bend is its own integrity.

Today’s Record
Back & Forth 1994
Let me see you go back
Let me see you come forth
R&B meets hip-hop swing. The song rides a minimalist bounce. The dance floor becomes a conversation. Bodies move in rhythmic call and response. Young love syncs with the music. Nothing complicated just pure movement. The pulse defines the moment. Space between sounds invites participation.
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Today’s Theme
Lust or Love
Lust or Love -- quiet storm music's permanent identity crisis, laid out across ten tracks that refuse to answer the question. Luther says it's never too much but the arrangement says slow down. Teddy commands the lights off and calls it love, but a command is not a request. The Isleys spend five minutes telling you it's 'for the love of you' while the groove says something else entirely. Sade's smooth operator doesn't love anything except the chase. Barry White's baritone makes the argument that enough is never enough -- and that might be the point. This is the sound of the line between wanting and loving getting blurry, track after track.
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Soul in the Movies
Out of Sight 1998
Soderbergh's Out of Sight is the sexiest film ever made about a bank robber and a federal marshal. The Isley Brothers' 'It's Your Thing' plays as George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez flirt through bulletproof glass in the trunk of a car. Do what you wanna do. The song is about independence. The characters have none. It's your thing. The trunk knew better.
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The Sunday Drop
One song. One story. Every Sunday.

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Image Credits

1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).

Full attribution breakdown →

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