Minnie Riperton - Memory Band

just beautiful...
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[iluvmyboba]

This is my favorite song in the world. It reminds me of a saturday morning where the beautiful sun is shining in your face to wake you up. It is also the weirdest song I've ever heard. Though when you hear what Minnie is suggesting you really want to do it. I really wanted to "slip under the crack beneath my door and step over the line where sky meets shore". I love finding beauty in the most innocent of things.

[incrediblecHiller]

hehe, true that!

[sportscarman5]

if there is any hip hop listeners, i think KMD sampled this in peach fuzz

[incrediblecHiller]

you sure? i don't hear it in there...

[Dynamo001]

This song has an awesome Brazilian smooth jazz sound. I just can't believe how many critics in the music industry think of Minnie as a one-hit wonder with "Loving You". This amazing woman's body of work and voice is as diverse, if not more so, and eclectic as any of the greatest legends.

The most outstanding fact of it all is that Minnie was still very young when she was doing most of these songs. Singers today of comparable age lack her class, elegance and sophistication.

[ImaniHekima]

Massive respect also to Charles Stepney - an absolute genius.

[ImaniHekima]

Definitely anyone who enjoys this will find in Rotary Connections work a wealth of music cut from the same cloth.

[TheNeophyte99]

Bonita Applebum?....

[gmjigga]

Black Eyed Peas sampled this before they sold out; true story.

[S0ULSURVIVOR187]

damn! pete rock used this for "The Life I Live". i love you minnie

[ASHTARLLIC]

Man,he was so brilliant as minnie was divine!!!the arrangements melted my brain!!!i cant describe the feeling!!!

[nicky1703]

behind this music and its orchestration, their is one man: Charles Stepney. He wrote the music and arranged it. He worked with many other great artists, though his name has been forgotten. If you like this music, try to listen to the "ROTARY CONNECTION" music, which has the same spirit. For example, listen to "this town", written by Stevie Wonder and arranged by Stepney. Pure marvel.

[btinsley1]

in 2005, i found this cd at Walgreen's for $3.20. so good i bought several & gave them as presents to a few people who'd appreciate it...i was not shocked at all when those very same people had never heard it (over 50 years old) & thought it was tremendously under-appreciated.

you wont be sorry if you can acquire it, trust me

[ronnymob]

minnie and charles stetney dangerous combnation wonderful music thanks for posting

[jonathan pelaez]

lovely voice,