The dusties
September 11, 2014 11:04 PM Subscribe
Name-that-song filter, hard mode (?)... vintage soul heartbreak.
Taxi driver tonight was playing a song that was pretty much one of the greatest things I've ever heard, and I'm dying to know what it was. It was vintage soul, from the 60s or 70s I'm guessing. Deep heartbreak soul, with a deep, low male singer's voice. A broken-hearted string section all over the thing. I imagine it's the sort of thing that Jackie Brown listens to. The singer is extremely sad over a recent breakup. At one point, there's a spoken interlude where he explains that his friend was trying to comfort him, and told him that he just needs to put this woman out of his mind. But he resists and says that he needs to feel these emotions, that people need to feel deeply and strongly about stuff, especially about pain and loneliness. That's the climax of the song, him saying "when sometimes you feel so LONELY" (i'm paraphrasing and remembering badly, no doubt. It feels like I aurally hallucinated the entire thing.)
The taxi driver sang along with the "lonely" part and I asked him what the song was. He laughed and said "This is the dusties." I thought that was the artist name, but I think maybe he just meant that this was old classic soul. Anyway, more information would be appreciated. There are probably dozens of songs that qualify for this description, unfortunately, but I'm willing to listen to youtube guesses and figure it out...
tl;dr: soul song, 60s or 70s, lots of sad strings, low male voice, spoken interlude where he speaks directly to the listener, all caps LONELY.
Taxi driver tonight was playing a song that was pretty much one of the greatest things I've ever heard, and I'm dying to know what it was. It was vintage soul, from the 60s or 70s I'm guessing. Deep heartbreak soul, with a deep, low male singer's voice. A broken-hearted string section all over the thing. I imagine it's the sort of thing that Jackie Brown listens to. The singer is extremely sad over a recent breakup. At one point, there's a spoken interlude where he explains that his friend was trying to comfort him, and told him that he just needs to put this woman out of his mind. But he resists and says that he needs to feel these emotions, that people need to feel deeply and strongly about stuff, especially about pain and loneliness. That's the climax of the song, him saying "when sometimes you feel so LONELY" (i'm paraphrasing and remembering badly, no doubt. It feels like I aurally hallucinated the entire thing.)
The taxi driver sang along with the "lonely" part and I asked him what the song was. He laughed and said "This is the dusties." I thought that was the artist name, but I think maybe he just meant that this was old classic soul. Anyway, more information would be appreciated. There are probably dozens of songs that qualify for this description, unfortunately, but I'm willing to listen to youtube guesses and figure it out...
tl;dr: soul song, 60s or 70s, lots of sad strings, low male voice, spoken interlude where he speaks directly to the listener, all caps LONELY.
Could he have been listening to The Dusties Party from WHPK?, 9-midnite Thursdays?
At work so can't pull up playlist.
posted by readery at 7:24 AM on September 12, 2014
At work so can't pull up playlist.
posted by readery at 7:24 AM on September 12, 2014
This is a tough one. Bobby Womack often "talks" in his songs but this doesn't ring a bell.
Aside from the spoken interlude, your description (deep voice, strings, hypnotic) makes me think of "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes.
posted by ndg at 7:37 AM on September 12, 2014
Aside from the spoken interlude, your description (deep voice, strings, hypnotic) makes me think of "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes.
posted by ndg at 7:37 AM on September 12, 2014
Best answer: Lenny Williams, "Cause I Love You."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbzkwLWK-Ps
I was listening to this, this very morning.
Edited to add link to original recording.
posted by Riverine at 9:00 AM on September 12, 2014 [3 favorites]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbzkwLWK-Ps
I was listening to this, this very morning.
Edited to add link to original recording.
posted by Riverine at 9:00 AM on September 12, 2014 [3 favorites]
Response by poster: YES! THAT'S IT RIVERINE. THANK YOU.
Jeeeez this song is so good.
posted by naju at 9:18 AM on September 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
Jeeeez this song is so good.
posted by naju at 9:18 AM on September 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
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