According
to many religions, the soul is the immortal, bodiless part of all
living creatures. No matter how much in doubt its existence is, Art is
the very place where any imagination becomes 'legal'.
1. Heart And Soul – Joy Division
(Ian Curtis-Peter Hook-Stephen Morris-Bernard Sumner)
We start connecting to our previous subject (The Heart) through a track from the dark Closer, released by the Joy Division in 1980, just 2 μήνες before their frontman, Ian Curtis, ended his life. In this recording the repeated bass riff and the metronomic rhythm predominate, while Curtis grabs the opportunity to do something he rarely did in recordings: play the guitar.
2. Soul Sacrifice – Santana
(Carlos Santana-Gregg Rolie-David Brown-Michael Shrieve-Michael Carabello-Jose ‘Chepito’ Areas)
Here we have a driving track with which the Santana stimulated the crowd at Woodstock, in August 1969. Afterward, they chose it to close their debut entitled their name, which was released a few weeks later. It comprises 6΄:34΄΄ of orchestral, improvising music with wonderful solo parts and a lot of energy.
3. Wicked Soul – Kubb
(Harry Collier-Ben Langmaid-Jeff Patterson)
This very successful single from Mother (2005), the debut by the British Kubb, is what remains to be remembered from them - an excellent hit anyway.
4. Soul For Hire – Elvis Costello
(Elvis Costello)
A choice from When I Was Cruel (2002), the 20th album by Costello. An enjoyable 'edgy' melody and an instrumentation using vibraphone, melodica and programmed percussion.
5. The Meaning Of Soul – Oasis
(Liam Gallagher)
Don’t Believe The Truth is the sixth studio album by the Oasis and was released in 2005. With the addition of Zak Starkey, Ringo's son, in drums and a more 'democratic' function, this band managed to improve itself in comparison to their 2 previous works. In this song, Liam incorporates influence from Nirvana as well as Velvet Underground and performs in his own familiar, stout manner.
6. Soul Survivor – The Rolling Stones
(Mick Jagger-Keith Richards)
The track that closes the double Exile On Main St. in 1972 in an anarchic song with choir vocals, blues and rock n roll guitars and the familiar sexy vocals by Jagger – absolutely representative of that time's Stones ...
7. Ooh! My Soul – Little Richard(Richard Penniman)
Here is a representative song by mister Richard Wayne Penniman, or Little Richard as he is artistically known. Driving rhythm, banging on the piano and the screams he invented.
8. Who Will Save Your Soul? – Jewel
(Jewel Kilcher)
This is the song that gave Jewel international fame when it started being aired on the radios, although her album Pieces Of You (1995) had initially passed unnoticed.
9. Body And Soul – Billie Holiday
(Edward Heyman-Robert Sour-Frank Eyton-Johnny Green)
This song was written in 1930 and quickly became very popular while in 1947 it was used as a theme in the film by Robert Rossen with the same title. It has been covered, among others, by Ella Fitzgerlad, Frank Sinatra and Coleman Hawkins.
10. A Little Bit Of Soul – Travis
(Dougie Payne)
A beautiful b-side of the single Flowers In The Window (2002), written by the bassist of the Scottish Travis, Dougie Payne – very melodical and rolling...
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