Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come!

[Glamrock]

Funny thing. As a big fan of early Rod Stewart, he's all over this tune. His tone, his phrasing. He owes a lot to Sam. Like, his career. No Sam Cooke, no Rod Stewart. Similar to Joe Cocjer/Ray Charles or David Lee Roth/Louis Prima. But that's the beauty if music. This generation influences the next and they run with it. Sorry for the diatribe, as a singer I'm fascinated by the audible influence of one Singer to another....

Anyway, the late, great Sam Cooke performing one if the vest songs ever recorded, in my less than humble opinion......

[Me.]

1. Love This

It is, IMHO the best version. I'm a big Al Green fan and yet I think Sam Cooke's version is the better version.

Play it a lot followed by Etta James, "I'd Rather Go Blind" and Nina Simone, 'I've Put A Spell On You"

[Glamrock]

2. OH MY GOD!

Etta James' I'd rather go blind knocks me right on my ass! Just sooooo good!

I do dig this version though. It's like 7/8's as good as far as I'm concerned....

[Me.]

5. Did You Know Creedence Clearwater Did A Cover Of

"I Put A Spell On You" ?

[Glamrock]

7. Of course!

I'm kinda insulted.....

[Me.]

9. ...

[Me.]

8. You're Right

But I think he often gets overlooked.

[Glamrock]

11. In the words of the great Elvis Presley....

TURRIBLE!

[Me.]

13. Fav EP Song?

Mine..dare I say it...Blue Christmas

[Glamrock]

19. Great minds baby!

That's my favorite Elvis tune hands down!

[Docreed2003]

17. I like Otis better...;-)

Just being a contrarian my friend, but I do love Otis' version better.

[Glamrock]

20. Your not wrong bradda!

Like I said, 7/8.......

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Oh I love Al Greene's version - I listen once or twice a year

And when anything big happens ... when Doug brown won Alabama, Obama won reelection

[Me.]

4. As I Said I Am A Big AG Fan

Spent an entire summer listening to nothing but him, but this one, just for me, I'll give the edge to Sam.

[MaryMagdaline]

6. 🤞💕

[Glamrock]

10. Sorry Mary

I gotta go with Me in this.

1) Sam
2) Otis
3) Al

Don't think for a minute I don't love Al! Big influence on me. (Unfortunately, I'm white so it's hard to hear. LOL. Lotta competition from Zeppelin etc. But it's there! When I played at BB Kings on Times Square I kept thinking, Al Green stood right here man! Your on a, stage where Al Green performed! But Otis' version is better! And it's my thread so....

[Me.]

12. You Would Mention BB KING

if there is one piece I've listened to most in my life...The THrill Is Gone

[MaryMagdaline]

14. Love all of them

Otis is from one of my home towns ... Macon
Love Sam Cook and I will support Sam in the general election since it is 2 to 1😊

[Glamrock]

15. My Girl!

[MaryMagdaline]

16. Kumbaya

[Glamrock]

18. For you darlin....

I remember listening to Randi Rhodes the day after Obama was elected. Was doing cable tv installation at the time. I pulled up to a job as the show started and she played bits of his speech with Sam's version in the background. I wept. Seriously, I wept thinking, "we're beyond this ugliness. This plague. This sickness that is racism. We as a country have moved past this bullshit." Naivety strike me down right?

Shit, just wiped away a tear thinking about it.

[MaryMagdaline]

21. aww thank you much!

[Me.]

22. + Big