Does Al Green suck?
03-18-03 | 02:23 PM
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Does Al Green suck?
I just found this strange and amusing web-site: http://www.watermelonpunch.com/algreensucks/
it's weird. Whenever he's on Letterman he sings the whole song but I've never been to a live Al Green show so I can't speak.
it's weird. Whenever he's on Letterman he sings the whole song but I've never been to a live Al Green show so I can't speak.
POPPYCOCK!!! Al Green is like one of the best Soul singers of alltime, he's right up there with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind & Fire ect...
03-18-03 | 05:14 PM
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That's an interesting website. I'd be kind of miffed if I spent $60 for a ticket and had mostly a sing along with the audience. I hate concerts where the musician is begging the audience to sing or shout.
03-18-03 | 08:44 PM
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Al Green is fantastic. As far as I'm concerned, after the death of Otis Redding he was the embodiment of Memphis soul.
03-18-03 | 11:57 PM
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I've got some problems regardless of what I think of Al Green.
His records are fantastic, no doubt about it. I was wondering if anyone, hwoever, had had similar crummy experiences with his concerts like those on that site.
His records are fantastic, no doubt about it. I was wondering if anyone, hwoever, had had similar crummy experiences with his concerts like those on that site.
03-19-03 | 07:38 AM
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It doesn't matter how great someone's history or catalogue is if they come out and charge $60 bucks while playing a 45-minute sing-along concert. Al Green's music is amazing. I have a few of his recordings, but I'd be very miffed if his concerts are like what is posted on that site. Having said that, I don't think I'd waste that kind of money on ANY "old" star and think I'd be seeing the same thing from 30 years ago.
03-22-03 | 06:46 AM
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Al Green IS soul music !
But I can remember buying his "Live In Tokyo" album many years ago and not being too impressed for the very reasons listed above.
When I bought it, I had hoped that it would be on a level with Isaac Haye's "Live at the Sahara Tahoe" (another fave), but it was heavily peppered with his shouts of "Say Yeah !" and 'Sing with Me!" throughout and lacked any of the feel and groove of the studio albums.
But I can remember buying his "Live In Tokyo" album many years ago and not being too impressed for the very reasons listed above.
When I bought it, I had hoped that it would be on a level with Isaac Haye's "Live at the Sahara Tahoe" (another fave), but it was heavily peppered with his shouts of "Say Yeah !" and 'Sing with Me!" throughout and lacked any of the feel and groove of the studio albums.
