Sam & Dave - When something is wrong with my baby

Stax Revue 1967

Looks like Dave needs to zip his pants in the beginning

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• soul

[bapyou]

See how they're taking this song slow and deliberate, letting its emotions play out? Young "artists" never equal this because they put nothing on the line when they perform today. They're all fluff, surface, ca$h, bling, and grabbing yo crotch.

In the words of the writer Henry Miller: "There was as much fucking going on back then as there is today, but back then it had a little more heart, you know?"

[mialma999]

WOW WHAT A PERFORMANCE!! Sheesh..Im exhausted just watching. They put everything into that one :) Heart, Mind, Body and Souuuuul!! :)

[vashna3799]

the perfect "anti -motown soul" song

[RYSO80]

forget simon and that other guy, these two still blow my mind!!! if you can show me anyone who put this much into a performance then i stand corrected, u just dont get this much effort these days, its all about some bullshit video and exploitation!!!! wear this, say this, do this, go there!!!! its a shame for the kids that they dont have anythin as good as this to learn from without serious research or education!!!!! RANT OVER!!!!

[KushAudio]

'oohhhh she's still my woman'... damn, that line gets me every time.

[HolyBison]

THE BEST!

[tomthefunky]

The MG's had to rent those Marshall amps in every country they went to in Europe on that tour. They were terrified those amps wouldn't perform as good as the Fender amps they were used to back home. Marshall amps were built for hard rock bands like The Who and Jimi Hendrix. They weren't built for soul musicians. Turns out Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper were more than satisfied with those amps. Great job, Jim Marshall. Steve Cropper thanks you!!

[KhemuLuxons]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 I agree both labels produced great music. Motown was just as true to its Black roots as Stax. The artist were as soulful as anybody at Stax. Most of them came from the south or had parents from south and had same gospel training. Motown did have a more polished sound as did Chicago soul & Philly soul. Upon leaving the south and going "up north", most wanted a little of that polish and big city sophistication and that was reflected in the music.

[monkeyedge1]

Very nice. Thanks.

[jlocorriere05]

Brilliant, they look shattered at the end of it. How many singers look so emotionally drained today?

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Berry Gordy created Motown in part with the explicit desire to sell records not only to black people and the R&B audience, but to everyone else, too... hence the slogan "The Sound of Young America"... Stax, on the other hand, was meant as a hard R&B label, and stayed true to its roots in the black community, and didn't pander to cross-over audiences as Motown did. Motown was silky smooth, Stax was tough, gritty and funky. Both produced some of the greatest soul music ever.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

This brings back me memories of seeing Sam and Dave live - what an amazing act they were! They about brought the house down. I wish they'd done more ballads, because the studio version of this tune is one of the best ballads ever done on the Stax label, and that's saying something! And to top it off, Sam Moore and David Prater didn't even much like one another off-stage!