Sweet Soul Music

Lørdag var Kris Kristofferson´s ’If You Don't Like Hank Williams’ dagens namedroppingsang. Han havde ikke været karrig med at strø teksten til med countrystjerner. I dag en cadeau til soulmusikken. Mere bestemt, Arthur Conley´s debut og gennembrud fra 1967 'Sweet Soul Music'. Singlen er produceret af Otis Redding, der såmænd også bliver udmærket i et vers.

"Do you like good music
That sweet soul music
Just as long as it's swingin'
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Out here on the floor now
We're going to a go go
Ah dancin to the music
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on Sam and Dave now
Ah don't they look boss y'all
Singin' hold on I'm comin'
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on Wilson Pickett
That wicked picket Pickett
Singin Mustang Sally
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on Otis Redding now
Singing fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on James Brown now
He's the king of them all, yeah
He's the king of them all, yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah”

(c) Conley/Cooke/Redding

I modsætning til ’If You Dont Like Hank Williams’, har 'Sweet Soul Music' dog ingen chance for at blive spillet i torsdagens program på Mod Strømmen. Navnene indgår nemlig ikke i sangtitlen. Beklageligt nok.