Let's take off at a tangent from yesterday's post, and follow this song a little.
Considering their differences as vocal stylists, it may be surprising to learn that Otis Redding was a huge fan of Sam Cooke, but he was. Sam the smoothie, Otis the powerful force of nature--a dichotomy so pure it must be mistaken, and in fact it is. Here the composer of "Respect" brings his powerful voice to bear on this slow, sad (but far from hopeless) song, and nails it.
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