Gabor Szabo - Stormy

[gypsytrypz]

killer smooth intoxicating intro....and just lovely all the way thru

[nicholifavs]

save room

[pmunkyandpals11]

I love this AND John Legend's version.

[fitless]

"Save Room" is the first single from John Legend's second album, Once Again. It is a joyful, cool love song that samples Gábor Szabó's version of the Classics IV hit "Stormy". As John recalls, "Kanye West brought the sample. I didn't even know the original. I just knew it was a nice organ sound and wanted to write to it. I just started mumbling along to it, finding my place in the melody and it worked for me." Source: wikipedia.

Who stole what?!The author's duly credited, the case's closed.

[NicolasYates]

Let's not forget. Madlib covered this joint on his Blue Note album too.

[matthias18gr]

Legend,,,get your own music man ... grow up

[pmunkyandpals11]

@matthias18gr Its called a "sample". Google it.

[matthias18gr]

@pmunkyandpals11 i wanted to say that he should write his own songs , is my exression "get your own music" wrong ?

[pmunkyandpals11]

@matthias18gr No. I see your point now

[vincentiuscedu]

Damn I had no idea Legend's track was sampled from Szabo, sounds bomb

[artistarj]

People usually sample grooves and harmonies, but Legend seems to have sampled the harmony AND melody.

[MarcusChavers]

Marcus Chavers

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[Kramnosnits]

thanks.... but, what's a kanye ? Also.....it's sounds like there's a pillow over the speaker.....Rainy Day Mushroom Dream ?

[Chiktail]

I discovered this via John Legend - Save Room, nice !

[kevster3000]

@Chiktail me too ;)

[svendiamond]

@Chiktail oh shit!

[Superchacho83]

where can i find this!!??

plis

[nemo19740817]

Perfect!!!!

[sexonthebeach003]

Since when is it a crime to sample music?

[Gunnz108]

Now im bout to go listen to some John Legend bcuz this my shit lol

[bendi9999]

Gabor Szabo is hungarian name

[myrtill711]

was he hungarian? gabor and the szabo name is tipical hungarian name.

[rtoriq]

Sample history:

Reuben Wilson - Stormy (1969)

Gabor Szabo - Stormy (1969) His own remake

Madlib - Stormy (2003) Remake of original

John Legend - Save Room (2007) Remake of Gabor's version

Great sample. All great joints.

Esp Madlib's ;)

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and reflect.

[nakohead415]

@rtoriq don't forget Santana covered (not sampled) this song as well. This was around '80?

[rtoriq]

oh yeah i think someone else mentioned, along with Classics IV (sp?), both fantastic versions i never heard of. How about that cover history? :)

You know it's a nice song if people love to do it and each version sounds good

[casual36]

Abstract Rude " Hi Mom" Produced by Kero One

[vaneps]

Ur totally right about the John Legend Sample!!

[KrazeWorld]

if this is elevator music then you ride some sweet elevators!!!!!!

[dianniscool]

no this is what i call elevator music , thatd theyd play in quirky movies in the 70s or about the 70s.. i like this very much

[ericFJ]

Carlos claims Szabo to be one of his three major influences re: style, so, it just might be the other way around...

[navazguitar]

I saw Gabor a year before his death. It was a small jazz club in Vancouver called Oil Can Harry's. His musical instincts, technique, etc. are the best.. He's up there with Lenny Breau.

[GhostBarbieDog]

Madlib's version of this beat is one of my favorite songs.

[souljahswoop]

Madlib's version is a remix of Reuben Wilson's cover of Stormy.

[GhostBarbieDog]

Yeah, but it's still Stormy.

Can't find the Reuben Wilson cover on here, though.

And did someone seriously give me a thumbs down for that? What the hell xd

[jessedadaboy]

this was a great version but i enjoy classics IV .. but this szabo guy gets ad props...

[nakohead415]

I prefer the Santana cover version with Greg Walker doing the vocals of this great (original) song by the Classics IV.

[mosinnagant94]

Wow john legend completely stole this beat

[rea1ist]

Actually the producers copied the beat, not Legend.

[avery7001]

songn ice ,but kno words sounds like instrumentaj

[LionRock08]

Thanks Xekbixsi very much for this post. First heard Szabo's work about 20 years ago and spent the 90's trying to track it down on vinyl. Much appreciated.

[dothedewupurs]

have you heard the version of 'Stormy' from Live with Charles Lloyd? It's amazing

[musklianis]

Very Tight Upload.

[thebigern2006]

Let's just all agree that sample clearance or not, whoever wrote that John Legend song has no imagination at all

[PAPILLION71]

Some people are overreacting here, let's not forget that this song is also a cover itself. I love Gabor Szabo, and don't listen to John Legends music at all, and i say that.

[tiana1017]

John may have sampled Gabor but everyone needs to get off his back because Gabor song sounds like stormy and spooky by the classics so not sure if gabor copied the classics or vice versa,

[roukasrocker]

John Legend just wrote words to the song-- info from wikipedia. He just wanted to be know as a song writer for thixs song but not a pianist.

[roukasrocker]

wow this sounds soo sexy XD I love it

[bakismaki]

People relax. The sample was cleared. Whoever needed to be paid was paid. John was upfront from the beginning about the sample.

[bakismaki]

People relax. The sample was cleared. Whoever needed to be paid was paid.  John's been upfront about the sample from the beginning.

[eli2lewy]

Yes,And John Legend should be thrown out of

whereever he rears his chity-head appears.

Nuff Said!

[WreckInTurn4]

hell yes.

[micr0cosm]

You said it!