The Soul Children - The Sweeter He Is Pts 1 & 2

[FiftyPlus62]

I was seven years old when this song was out. It has a new meaning now.

[straud7]

Bring back the thought of the old days waistline parties in the basement black lights strobe light shake um ups wine and juice :) Good Ole Days having a great time miss those days

[2Superdesigner]

WOW..........some friends and I used to sing this song back in the day on our block!!Thanks for this!!

[efarahd]

classic

[memeexclusive]

Love is a spiritual experience, which is why this song just took me to church.

[buttacudawey]

i wish people would stop blaming young people for stupid music hello its da record companies and management that is not looking for talent anymore but looks and not talent anymore and hollywood with their so called love but dont bother to report on beautiful love and who is it thats buying all these garbage?????????????..look in the mirror....thank god for my parents and their wicked collections of "real music" and their 47 yrs of loving married life without being skinny and full of botox.lol.

[amp1572]

So sad young people today don't feel like we did back in the today. We were looking for a future, not just for a right now. Even if it didn't last, we knew we had loved.

[taurus05121]

This is one of the best song of all times. It has so much meaning even during this day and age. It touch you deeply because we all have been there.

[northayden]

I agree, this is time when people were setting the EXample instead of setting THE sample.

[JACQUELINEJONESWILLI]

This was my sing back in the day.And I still like this sing!

[bigk92003]

DA BOMB!

[jazzmanchgo]

RIP J. Blackfoot -- "Just One Lifetime" won't be long enough for us to get over loving and missing you.

[SskKgG01]

This song is a tribute and reminds me of my big sister who fancied that someday she was going to be a top notched singer and she used to spin this 45 over and over again in our bedroom, I still see her standing in the mirror singing. Early in the morning it was the first thing I heard and the last thing at night..... Thanx girl. Love you madly. Baby Sis

[tinkerbell3900]

@SskKgG01

I can relate fully!!

[executres]

The sound of true soul.

[spowell2166]

LAWD HAVE MERCY.....RIP J. BLACKFOOT.............."ROT GUT SOUL MUSIC" CAN'T HELP BUT LOVE IT

[keimoni35]

OMG MAN THIS SONG IS JUS BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOODNESS SUCH BEAUTIFUL VOICES ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW! THIS WAT YOU CALL SOUL MUSIC

[MultiplicityMe2]

Real Soul Music!!

[ThaGrooveallegiance]

J. Blackfoot, a son of soul.. Rest In Peace.

[brothertee1017]

RIP J. Blackfoot.

[jasminecorvette]

It's with great saddness that I report that J Blackfoot passed away today in Memphis...RIP a true soul legend....

[tawheedization]

I DIDNT ASK FOR YOU TO GIVE ME A LOVE INSTEAD OD A LIKE OR DISLIKE SOME THINGS YOU SIMPLY LOVE AND THIS SONG IS ONE OF THEM YEAH!!!

[JimmieBWaycross]

Knoxville College (Tenn.) & those house parties. This was the one of the best.

[geematty1]

please do not get down on sampling. maybe just maybe the kids are not taught to play instruments by parents or at school. they still love music and heard the old school songs at home. so they make music with them. and besides, in most cases the original writers get most if not all of the royalties. i love this group but would not mind if i heard a sample using the track underneath.

[soufhouse1984]

This is a message that I have had a change to experience, Lord, i am glad I survive,

[Rahbinah]

mmmm-hmmm



[Rahbinah]

ooohhhhh yes it willlllllllll

[samarvem]

yes indeed,the memphis sound,soulsville u.s.a,stax records baby

[stillbilldj]

@ SevenDollarBill7..I hear you loud and clear, this is a message in Soul Music, there is a reason why it's called SOUL, it was made to soothe the SOUL, and Yes, I'll be a Witness, I've been playing music for over 40 years!

Respectfully;

D.J. Still Bill ( Chicago)

[yoboybigc77]

i'm from clarksdale ms man this music brings back real memories j blackfoot ann hines and the rest of the soul children real music.

[Goldenoldies4ever]

THIS IS THE SONG BABY!!



[cece35209]

sounds so damn gooooood!!!!!

[MsEtherial]

WOW!!!!!!

[RealGood22]

Wow! I hadn't heard this record since the 60's in Paterson NJ but I still sang it. I couldn't remember who made it and my bff had not heard it before. My mother used to play this so much I remembered the lyrics. I was around 7 or 8 years old. Thank you for posting this precious song. It brings back memories.

[KRxN11]

A masterpiece, one of many, penned, arranged by those giants Isaac Hayes & David Porter. Hayes also plays organ and piano on this one. This is one of the greatest songs of all time! This was created when people were setting the example, not sampling. Where, when and how did we lose our ability to create and start to simply appropriate or, worse, imitate!?!?krxn11

[IBumpg]

I knew this song word for word back then, believe me. This is an all time classic. Even the arrangement cries out to you. Have you ever sat and watched people enjoying this music. Absolutely everyone moves, listens, shake their heads as if in conversation with the singers/musicians. I do not remember another song, well maybe Isaac Hayes' I Stand Accused, which causes the entire crowd to fall silent and LISTEN!

[MrWillette57]

Thank you for bring it back , because long to hear these songs again, i was at lease 10, 11,and 12 when i heard these songs.I just happen to click to this website, i am happy i did.

[dmb2056]

This is when singers were SINGERS! Back then, they didn't have the studio technology that we have today. Therefore, back then (60's & 70's) if you couldn't sing, the technology wasn't there to make you sound good...like most of these perpetrators today, who THINK they can sing. I would name about 20 of them, but I might get sued. So I'll just keep it to myself.

[311cutebunny100]

love it

[softly46]

this is music right on time

[softly46]

this is music

[Spango103]

Continuation from last comment: It's at 1:06 when you can just'about hear her heart breaking... Now that's Talent!!!

[Spango103]

The way she brings her notes in sync with the emotion and agony of a broken heart it impales you at it just pulls you into the pain with her. though I was lil boy then (7or 8) I felt something and asked my moma'nem to play that again for me.Though that request was never filled,I still never forgot this song.

[314Diane]

Lawd have mercy!!!!! The Soul Children took me to church!! Now they can SANG!!!!!!!!

[vGb19571of6]

im in a TIME WARP and i dont ever want to leave this is when music was MUSIC!!!!!!!!!

[gmansoul]

not the greatest sound quality but a great song.

[diamonds6505]

this is the shit from chip

[diamonds6505]

this is the shit

[abdul8096]

women what would ma oprah say get rid of him the sweet the pain and his sad ass but guess what it is still fun to sing these songs women just had to have them and sometimes its really sad and nauseating but depending on your self steem i just be u tubing having a blast from the past cause no generation will ever ever and of couse never have the joy that we experienced not just the music the double dutch the mama may i not curse you out hot and bread and butter we were smart enuf to know better

[saydbenz]

@abdul8096 ..U said something! great!

[1952jukebox]

sitting on the back porch watching the guys drinking ripple 'n' jammin'

[0369DevilDog]

@1952jukebox LMAO! You are so right. Were they drinking Thunderbird too? I know I was back then. LOL

[calwaite]

@1952jukebox Oh man, just seeing the word RIPPLE in print makes me want to puke! I drank so much of it that they should have hired me to do commercials...we (high school seniors in '65) usually drank Red Mountain (a nasty Gallo product) 'cause it was 52 cents a quart, and then out came Ripple White -- a huge step up the taste ladder from Red Mountain. We were ecstatic..and THEN..out came Ripple Pagan Pink! If you've never drunk two bottles of Pagan Pink you haven't ever been truly miserable.

[1952jukebox]

@calwaite you are so rite. i forgot about the pagan pink once you got drunk on ripple you never go back i know i didn't.

[pinkbaby1953]

That was a JAM-- 1968-- music- u can understand every word--

The Sweeter He Is the longer the pain is going to last.---- YES the good ole days

[wellnesswithdeb]

Thank-you so much for uploading this gem from my childhood. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.

[abdul8096]

if the sweeter he is the longer the pain is so so sad that mean you could only be talking about tht one thing who needs it but i do love this song

[lyndafae]

i love this song. i can remember the person who i loved so much. i still feel the pain

[lyndafae]

i love this song. i can remember the person who i loved so much

[ajacqx]

I can still hear 'Herb The K' talking noise in the background as this played... on the late Saturday Night

[gratzii1]

Thank you.....talk about memories

[chucklord08]

u cant hear the vocals clearly

[mcanthonyr1]

our high school dances were so wonderful beautiful ladies, and afros great memries

[1224529]

Wow I remeber this one. The artists on Stax were raw and non polished like Motown artists for instance. I like when an artist isn't restricted in order to cross over.

[sarroatoga77]

dAMN! these singers got soul & lots of it too. takes me back to my childhood.

[ThankyouGODGreta]

Good Music,,,,, 

[simon4186]

The answers lie in this song and music here. It ain't called SOUL for nothing.

[ThankyouGODGreta]

SO SWEET

[TheAngelia70]

nice....

[winpoohbear]

beautiful song

[enluv2]

Dang I used to LOVE this song!!!! Heard it last week in a store and hung around just to finish hearing it, and now my husband played it on you tube!

Saved....thanks!

[Tobiasdasinger2010]

GREAT Harmony!!!!

[ambush305]

This was music was music,remember?And love was true love!Beautiful children were made during the course of these times!We as a family and a whole suffered but music like this kept strong and together,because it built our souls with reality,thats why it is called soul music!!! Those were the days and had i known they were gonna come to an end because, does anything last forever?I would had embraced them much harder...

[ambush305]

This was music was music,remember?And love was true love!Beautiful children were made during the course of these times!We as a family and a whole suffered but music like this kept strong and together,because it built our souls with reality,thats why it is called soul music!!!

[daddykong1]

sooo highhHGhhhGhhhh Yeeaaa

[TrueF8th]

Oh, do I remember this! It take me back to those days when music was music and not noise. They really got into it. The instrumentals were better back then, as well as the harmony of the singers.

[Reddnurse69]

Love this !!! My Mother used to blast this song when I was growing up ! This is music, true R & B !!!!

[norris49]

THIS WAS STAX HAD IT GOING WHAT THE HELL HAPPEN./

[n1neba111]

I have been listening to this song for 41 years

[ddoggnlv]

Truly a classic, took me back to when i was a kid, times were hard but good we stuck together as a race

[ddoggnlv]

Truly a classic...taking me back when life was hard but good and stuck together

[MzDestiny02]

when I first heard this song " the sweeter he is" back in 1973, I did not understand what it meant. Now that I have someone in my life I now know the true meaning of the lyrics.

[Mr1Leonard]

One of the greatest, ever!!!

[Speaklife]

Ahh sukie, sukie, now...ya'll better sang!!!

[Speaklife]

Ahh sukie, sukie, now...ya'll better sang!!!

[birchsplitter]

GOING BACK CLOSE 2 40 YEARS SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY

[LadeeMelody]

This IS the jam!! Great selection, thank you!!!!!

[mugabeone]

Had this song as a lullaby as a kid, loved it ever since, one all time favorite!

[SCgal56]

Thank you, thank you, boy what a classic, it makes me wish for those old days.

Classical soul is the BEST!!!!

[blkwlf00]

if you like this one by the soul children listen to the other one,tell me what happin baby,Jay Blackfoot is the lead singer and if some of you know the the song taxi this is who sung it

[blkwlf00]

if you like this one by the soul children listen to the other one,tell me what happin baby,Jay Blackfoot is the lead singer and if some of you know the the song taxi this is who song it

[RENEEMS]

ohhh man this song takes me way back...reminds me of my momma (rip)

[tlover1062]

THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU!!!!!!! TRUE AND RICH HARMONIES....DON'T MAKE IT LIKE THIS ANYMORE.....THIS IS WHERE I GO BACK TO FOR REAL MUSIC......

[NUTKINBIRD]

I use to play this song for my husband, I don't know if he was listening or not but I played it over and over and had my beer, turned up so the music use to go to my bones. I had a good stero, Some times the beer made the tears come down. This song touch my heart. Thank U. clavon06 u made my day thank u. Soul Children could really sing.

[Wufpak76]

Wow! Have not heard this one in a long, long time...

[lpackgrays7781]

Stax Baby! In my opinion, Stax was better than Motown. Motown had all the commerical bells and whistles, but Stax had the talent and sound.

[misspudding12]

my hometown peeps...Isaac Hayes and David Porter production

[dave02bj]

Love it 2010

[megaoldskool76]

My,my, my!! What a great song.How awesome are those voices....smh! Lovin' it. Brings back memories.Thanks a million!

[nine9baller]

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM!!!!!! SONGS BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES.....THEY SAY REAL MEN DON'T CRY............CANCEL THAT!!!!!! HUMAN BEINGS CRY!!!!!!!

[1hunny51]

@nine9baller And it takes a REAL man to admit it...someone is very blessed! Real men are hard to find....too many are just anatomically correct......

[sarahjeanluvsmusik]

I was ten years old when this came out now I'm 52 and it seems like yesterday I was in NC chillin' and even though I did'nt really understand the lyrics I felt the emotion then as much as I feel it now.

[SoulfulDesign]

Damnn!!! They singing!!

[Muziclvr07]

Love the Soul Children!!!

[poonickles123]

right on........ right on........

[BigFig1950]

out of sight-outstanding

[80srocknrnbbaby]

My mom was only 15 when this came out! I love this music era! I was 15 in the 80's and thought our music was the best but I am not so sure of that anymore. Now I know why my parents would swing dance all night and keeping saying that's my song! I can really feel this jam. Thanks for sharing such good music.

[nessieb4]

Soul Chilren are one of my favorite groups from earlier in the day!! Where are they today I wonder..does anyone know??

[GS455Stage1]

You can truly hear the Isaac Hayes & David Porter influence on this beautiful song. It is still beautiful to listen to today as it was in 1968. Much props to the group with J. Blackfoot (John Colbert). Long live real Soul Music!!!

Sport67

[alaskandream1]

I REMEMBER HIM 26 YEARS LATER. LITTLE DID I KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD APPLY. A BEAUTIFUL SON

[caldog2009]

This was 1 of the records that made you really think about your relationship . It made me think about the waistline parties and barnfire concerts with lava lamps and loving times.

[caldog2009]

This was 1 of the records that made you really think about your relationship . It made me think about the waistline parties and barnfire concerts with lava lamps and loving times.

[tam2075]

Clavon06, you the man!!! ;-)  Thanks a million.

[carolyrrh]

mmm humm don't make it like this anymore.boy. i'm blessed to have been around to love this and live this . yeah

[robsylspiller]

This is what I call singing. Listen to the beautiful harmonies and just the soul and emotion in the voices. I don't know what happened to them or where they are from, but these people are just plain great.

[TSharsworld2714]

This is from a time when folks were really singing!

[skinfreak11]

I COULDN'T REMEMBER THIS SONG BUT I REMEMBERED THE GROUP NAME. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!! I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS THE RADIO IN YEARS. WAKE UP, DJs!!!

[jahlove426]

Loving this, take me back to blue lights in the basement and jammin!

[fredbw47]

I used to put .50 in the juke box so i could play that song, so I could slow grind with the pretty girl. J Blackfoot and the gang used to pack the venues.

[alexalot23]

senior year at mckinley high school. this song made for one hell of a slow dance. these ladies sing their butts off. always loved this one.

[11192e1]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been looking for this song for the longest while now. Remember Daddy playing this one on the 'Gram'. Real soul, with real emotion.

[LadyofWar1980]

Why can't the love song that come out today be more like this? You can hear the pain and passion in their voices. I'm glad my momma and daddy raised me up on good music. It doesn't get any better than this.

[mrfrancis56]

Blue lights in the basement, if you ain't clockin 50ish never mind you won't get it...your lost

[quin5551]

i used to slow dance off of this song. brings back memories.

[zoolights]

" Talking about doing good " the Soul Children was one of the biggest groups on the Stax label along with Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers and Sam Moore, Booker T & the M G and the entire crew they were the best of the best at doing what they do.

[mychia1]

Sing, Soul Children... SING.... LOVE IT wow... memories

[Dokbodine]

you know that's right

[alexalot23]

@zoolights like the young folks say today. stax records was the bomb!

[GS455Stage1]

The great Isaac Hayes & David Porter were famous song writers and arrangers. Sir Isaac was indeed a true master of beautiful soul music that will last forever and a day.

Where has all the really good heart warming "Soul Music" gone? You gotta ask yourself that question when you listen to this song.

The Soul Children & Jay Blackfoot

"The Sweeter He Is" the longer the pain!

Sport67

[bigred4464]

If it wasn't for this kind of music I wouldn't be here.

[3kingkool]

Any one have the Soul Children singing "Dancing in the Street"?

[buzzard156]

This is SOUL at it's finest

[RXmusic4YOU]

..this was the first song that i looked up on youtube.....so many memories....

[dsb7904]

This is the type of song will make you fall in love.

[77daddymack77]

Have Mercy!!!! Definitely in the top 3 love songs of all time!!!!

[belovers4ever]

TOTAL CLASSIC...great post!!!!!

[MUZIKNFILMZ]

Remember this from childhood!!--Had forgotten who sung it. Thanks for posting.

[cyanders1]

I love this song. I have been trying to find the name for a couple of weeks now. A guy at work told me today. I miss this music. Today music really sucks and has NO SOUL.

[steveygee1]

its on dave godin's deep soul treasures vol 2, anyone who loves this type of music should really buy his series, its life changing/affirming!

[SevenDollarBill7]

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE WHERE YOU CAME FROM. SOUL MUSIC IS UNIVERSAL. IT EXPRESSES LOVE AND COMPASSION. THIS LOVE IS NOT THE SAME ANYMORE, IT'S LIKE IT'S BEEN LOST IN TIME. THEY SAY THAT WE NEED REMINDERS OF THE PAST TO KEEP US FROM REPEATING IT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC, SOUL MUSIC TAUGHT US HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER THROUGH SONG. WHERE HAS THIS GONE TO? WHEN OUR WORLD IS GROWING COLDER DAY BY DAY WE REALLY NEED THIS MUSIC TO TEACH US HOW TO LOVE AGAIN

CAN I GET A WITNESS?

[MrShaylor]

@SevenDollarBill7 I AM A WITNESS !!!

[wamiq135]

Oh yeah, now that's classical soul and those who don't know need to know. Listen to the words as they tell a story. Good find young blood, keep it up!

[kaleah2010]

@wamiq135 THATS TRUE IT REALLY MADE ME CRY

[n1neba111]

@wamiq135 I have been listening to this song for 41 years

[phillygirl53]

oh the good old days - when groups HAD to sing - couldn't disguise their voices ... love this song

[rubymcfadden]

THANK YOU "CLAVON06"

[clavon06]

you are very welcome

[antiann52]

Thanks for the post clavon06. These guys and gals made a song call "Doing the Thang That We Like" If you have it please, please, please post it

[Dokbodine]

@clavon06 great thanks alot

[jeanise10]

the harmony they had was subperb this was a really hot song when i was in school i still can listen to these songs. thanks

[pk06511]

i must agree when i was a kid i couldnt belive how good the harmony was the tracks was recorded on two sides so if you trun down one side of your speakers you will hear only the harmony

[51sherry51]

like taking a trip down memory lane

[1010503]

We had them perform at our homecoming 2 or 3 straight years in the 70's. No one ever got tired of having the same group coming those years. They were really good performers on stage. Thanks for the beautiful memories!!!

[pk06511]

WOW I WISH IVE COULD OF SEEN THAT

[henime67]

I listen to this song for almost 30 years, very good!