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Songs with a Cool Groove
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Subject: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 12:33 PM Ever since I read High Fidelity I've been hooked on "Top Five" lists. I was thinking of the top five "Cool Groove" songs. Here's my list.
1. Low Rider, War.
2. Take Five, Dave Brubeck
3. Green Onions, Booker T. & The MG's
4. It Was Rainin', Johnny Winter
5. Million Miles, Bob Dylan Anyone have any other ones. I have to give honourable mention to Little Walters' Sad Hours. Steve
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:16 PM Well, Steve, I think I'd say that "Take Five" is the ultimate cool song of all time. For a long time, "Scotch and Soda" by the Kingston Trio was the song I'd sing when I wanted to feel "cool." Another one that comes to mind is Mark Knopfler's "Your Own Sweet Way," from the Notting Hillbillies album called Missing....and Presumed Having a Good Time, which is a certified, A#1, 100% cool album. And of course, anything recorded by Knopfler and Dire Straits has to be cool. Same with Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club. The Traveling Wilburys will give you a run for your money, too. And everything recorded by Diana Krall is totally cool - but also totally hot. But I'm cheating and drifting to artists instead of songs. So, I'll go back to another song and suggest "Industrial Disease," recorded by Dire Straits. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:22 PM Joe, I haven't heard The Notting Hilbillies stuff, listened to the link, sounds neat. I've heard a bit of Diana Krall, I know what you're saying. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,DancingMom Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:42 PM Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pride and Joy" (or most any of his stuff.) Sharon |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Wesley S Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:51 PM How about :
The One Note Samba by Jobiem That will have to do until I can think of some others. Like perhaps "Sissy Strut" by the Meters..... |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:53 PM I was thinking of a sort of dirty, funky, smokey bar in the wrong part of town cool. I just rememebered Coltrane's "A Love Supreme". I had thought of SRV's Tin Pan Alley. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:59 PM Wesley, I forgot about Moondance. One Love is a good one, although I would proabably have put Jammin' on before it. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jeri Date: 02 Jul 02 - 02:37 PM The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff Not sure of the title, but I just heard this in a store: Wild Night in the City - Van Morrison Rainy Night in Georgia - erm...who did it? Sorry, but I love that song. I had an obsession with freight hopping back when the song came out, and the song really inspires a mood. Fire - Rosemary Clooney (I think) and Bruce Springsteen. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jack the Sailor Date: 02 Jul 02 - 02:45 PM Smooth, Rob Thomas and Santana (I know we're all sick of it but what a groove!) Any Santana really Sultans of Swing (as already said nearly any Dire Straights really) No woman No Cry (or any Bob Marley) Take The A Train, Duke Ellington Jessica Allman Bros
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST Date: 02 Jul 02 - 02:49 PM Pretty much anything by JJ Cale |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 03:03 PM Guest, Thanks for that. Magnolia, Clyde, Goin' Down, Cocaine, Crazy Mama, They Call Me The Breeze, Mojo Workin'. They all qualify. What an under rated musician. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Wesley S Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:25 PM OOOhhhh Goodness I forgot Marvin Gaye !! How about - "Sexual Healing" or "Mercy Me - The Ecology" or about a dozen others. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Lonesome EJ Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:29 PM Lowell George was one of the funkiest white men around. For cool grooves, check out Skin it Back,Dixie Chicken, Fat Man in the Bathtub, The Fan, or almost anything from The Last Record Album. Of course, Little Feat had about the coolest rhythm section in rock, so Lowell had plenty of help. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Wesley S Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:33 PM Agreed on Little Feat - one of my favorite groups. Don't forget Cold, Cold, Cold. Back to Marvin Gaye - "Inner City Blues", "Lets Get It On" and "Trouble Man" come to mind also. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:37 PM Save yourself the energy and just go out and buy the Something Cool album by June Christy. Listen to the songs, Something Cool, Midnight Sun and some of the others, and you'll feel the coolness seeping down into your bones. Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Lonesome EJ Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:45 PM Ramsey Lewis' Sungoddess contained one of the smoothest grooves ever heard by man. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: C-flat Date: 02 Jul 02 - 06:05 PM Samba par ti......Santana Smooth......Another from Santana Superstition......Stevie Wonder Take 5......Dave Brubeck On the beach......Chris Rea Sultans of swing......Dire Straits |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 07:26 PM Superstition, another beauty. Lowell George and Little Feat, classics. Marvin Gaye was very cool. Some great suggestions folks. Keep 'em comin'. How about "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?" By Mick and Keef? |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Joe Offer Date: 02 Jul 02 - 09:27 PM June Christy's Something Cool is an interesting suggestion, Jerry. I learned about that album from Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary - he said it was one of his favorites. Folk music is OK, he said, but he really wasn't all that interested in folk music. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 02 Jul 02 - 09:55 PM Joe: I met Paul when he was Noel, back in Greenwich Village in the 60's when his main claim to fame was that he did a straight-on sound effect of someone flushing a toilet. He was an interesting guy... never knew him well, but for years I used to get a Christmas card from him. I have no idea how he got my address. For singers, there weren't many as cool as Miss Christy. Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: mack/misophist Date: 02 Jul 02 - 11:47 PM Some of this is stuff I don't know. Everything I recognize is right in there. The only thing missing, now is a good laugh. How about almost anything by the immortal D Frishberg? The sommelier recommends 'My Attorney Bernie' and 'Cant Take You Nowhere'. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: mack/misophist Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:18 AM Several people mentioned Take 5. How could we forget Blue Rondo ala Turk and Maori Hand Jive ??? |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: fat B****rd Date: 03 Jul 02 - 03:32 AM Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley Now's The Time - Charlie Parker Most Anything - Miles Davis " " - Billie Holliday The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 03 Jul 02 - 06:55 AM A lot of great tracks on here. I'd have to add Smokey, Part II, and second Mercy, Mercy by cannonball Adderly. Same for Sultans of Swing and a long list of stuff by Dire Straits. Black Coffee by Peggy Lee does it for me, too. It's interesting that no one mentions the man thought to be the ultimate of cool, Frank Sinatra. I wouldn't choose him either, probably because he became so self-congratulatory and a caraciture of h8imself in later years. Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,ritchie Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:22 AM I agree with loads of the above and my tuppence worth is for.... 'willin' by Little feat. 'these blues' by Charles Brown. 'that's the way it turned out for me' Ry Cooder/Terry Evans. 'ole man trouble' by Otis Redding and finally , for now at least. 'lucky old sun' by Ray Charles. Ritchie
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: C-flat Date: 03 Jul 02 - 09:05 AM Also .."The very thing that makes you rich, makes me poor" by Ry Cooder. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 03 Jul 02 - 10:37 AM A couple from The Staples Singers, I'll Take You There, Respect Yourself. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Lonesome EJ Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:15 PM James Gang's Funk #49, Clapton's strange but effective riff in Crossroads, Average White Band's Cut the Cake...how about Smoke on the Water? :>} Classic example of a song that had nothing but a good groove, but that was enough. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:20 PM LEJ, Good call on Funk #49. That also has one of my favourite (if not my favourite) electric opening riffs. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,Arjay Date: 03 Jul 02 - 10:34 PM I'll second (or third or fourth) these: One Love- Moondance- In The Mood- Smooth- emphasize these: And add these: |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Celtic Soul Date: 03 Jul 02 - 11:23 PM Call me a sap with no taste, but the entire first CD by Thomas Dolby (with the exception of the "Blinded by Science" thing) is quite a thing to drive to. "Europa" makes me want to drive 90 MPH. I also think that the Police Album, "Synchronicity" has a similar effect (at least on me). Quite the catharsis in my own life. That album appeared when I was an angst ridden young adult and let me vent a lot of steam by cranking the tunes and singing my lungs out. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 03 Jul 02 - 11:48 PM Take me To The River-Al Green I'll Take You There-The Staple Sisters Sussoodio-Phil Collins The Sweetest Thing-U2 Walk of Life-Dire Straights |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Mudlark Date: 04 Jul 02 - 01:11 AM Lots of great music listed here...personally concur with Java Jive, Something Cool, Hit the Road Jack among others, and also for a laugh (love D. Frish) how about I'm a Redneck, Randy newman
Mustang Sally, The Committments
Can't stop....
God Bless the Child that's Got his Own, B. Holliday I'll be back.... |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Jul 02 - 01:20 AM Sweetest feelin' - ?Jackie Wilson? See Emily play - Floyd Too much love can kill you - Queen So strong - Labi Sifre Heaven can wait - Meatloaf but not necessarily in that order. LTS
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 04 Jul 02 - 01:31 AM godd choices there liz, it's a good job i live above the shop and not in a house, I am now playing Meatloaf and its only 6.20 AM! You can't play Meatloaf quietly, its just not right! |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,Genie Date: 04 Jul 02 - 01:54 AM City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie's version, especially.
Genie |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Date: 04 Jul 02 - 02:52 AM Doesn't Leon Redbone qualify as "cool" in this thread? - Lazy River is my fave but there are dozens more to choose from. cheers, Terry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,Terry K Date: 04 Jul 02 - 02:56 AM looks like my cookie went too - I didn't even get a GUEST tag that time. Terry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: C-flat Date: 04 Jul 02 - 07:46 AM You've just reminded mw of another favourite groove, "Somewhere down the crazy river" Robbie Robertson |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Justa Picker Date: 04 Jul 02 - 08:39 AM "Put It Where You Want It" - The Crusaders "Ebony Jam" - Tower of Power "Who Knows" - Hendrix (Band of Gypsies album) "Love Sneakin' Up On You" - Bonnie Raitt "Sing A Song" - Earth Wind & Fire (and a zillion more I can't think of right now) |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 04 Jul 02 - 08:42 AM Just watched the movie Picnic last night. What could be cooler and more sensual than William Holden and Kim Novak dancing to Moonglow and the Theme From Picnic? Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,Codfish John Date: 04 Jul 02 - 09:02 AM Walking Blues can consume me for hours |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 04 Jul 02 - 12:00 PM JP, Another from Band of Gypsies, Them Changes. I love that album, I think that Jimi was really getting back to his roots with them. Who knows where they would have gone.
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: van lingle Date: 04 Jul 02 - 12:40 PM Double Trouble by Otis Rush Somebody Loan Me a Dime by Fenton Robinson Sweet Sixteen by BB King St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith Why Don't You Do Right by Lil Green ( Peggy Lee also with Benny Goodman) I'm So Lonely by the old Fleetwood Mac Fine and Mellow by Billie Holiday So What by Miles Davis Lush Life written by Billy Strayhorn ( I think the definitive version was done Johnny Hartman with John Coltrane. Coltrane's Impressions and Mr. PC |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Justa Picker Date: 04 Jul 02 - 01:11 PM "Birdland" - Weather Report |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: C-flat Date: 04 Jul 02 - 06:24 PM For 100mph flat out driving rhythm the Gypsy Kings are a blast! |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Jul 02 - 06:35 PM For 100 mph driving I prefer Wheatus or Queen.... something about singing 'crazy little thing called love', at 100mph with all the windows open.... Bohemian Rhapsody can only be done at traffic lights on red..... otherwise you get pulled over when you start to do the headbanging... something about 'due care and attention'....? LTS |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Genie Date: 04 Jul 02 - 10:56 PM Yeah, anything sung by Leon Redbone--especially if Hoagy Carmichael wrote it! How about "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy?" And did anyone mention Ellington's "Satin Doll." Or how about "Sing, Sing, Sing?" |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: Steve Latimer Date: 04 Jul 02 - 11:27 PM Genie, Sing, Sing, Sing is indeed a beauty. The Live Carnegie Hall version is one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard. Krupa laid the foundation of Rock & Roll that night. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a Cool Groove From: GUEST,Arge Date: 05 Jul 02 - 04:01 PM Black Water by The Doobie Brothers |
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