Uploaded by funknroll on Jan 18, 2009
The Art of LOVE!
Love's the best thing there is. Here's 1000 years of international art to prove it. It's all hugs and kisses in this video, and who could possibly have problems with that?
As proof that love is a human family affair, here are sculptures from India, Tibet, France, and Tahiti; prints from China, Persia, and Japan; and paintings, film stills, and photos from France, Spain, India, Russia, Germany, and Mexico. Testifying to love's sacredness are artistic greats like Hiroshige, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Tamara de Lempicka, the Manasse Studio, Marguerite Gerard, Salvadore Dali, Egon Schiele, Gustave Courbert, Jean Cocteau, and Auguste Rodin.
BESSIE SMITH was "the empress of the Blues". In the music's infancy it was women like her who actually broke it through to the mainstream and propelled its popularity. Bessie and friends like Ma Rainey, Lucille Bogan, and Gladys Bently expressed their sensuality boldly and without barriers or apologies to prudes. She was the forerunner for women like Mae West, Bettie Page, Janis Joplin, Betty Davis, Millie Jackson, Grace Jones, Madonna, Lil' Kim, and Peaches.
See also:
BETTY DAVIS -"They Say I'm Different" (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTt1biOZX4
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"I wanna a piece of your good ole meat!" Was that legal to write or sing back then?
2 years ago 30
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Round steak? All day suckers? Transport me back in time I love to have an all day sucker. Any takers?
2 years ago 29
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Not just LIKE, but LOVE. Thanks, Shah, for introducing me to this video.
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Love it
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Go Bessie, those lyrics are something else. It was the 20's with lots of rebellion. They were actual pretty liberal back then, but it was underground in a speakeasy.
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I love Bessie Smith
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@pinkcat67 HELL YEAH (LOL)
5 months ago 2
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@funknroll Would Clarence Williams be related to actor Clarence Williams III? Father?
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For real, she had some guts to sing this back in the day! singin bout such sexual things was way too taboo in the 20's.
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lovely.
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To the milkman I heard Mary scream, said she wanted a lots of "cream." And to think, old-timers think my generation's music is too vulgar! LMAO.
R.I.P. Bessie Smith
8 months ago 7
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Sounds like Eddie Lang on the guitar as well! Great pairing!
MaceGill 2 years ago 3
You're right; it's Eddie Lang on guitar with Clarence Williams on piano.
funknroll 2 years ago 7