Be Thankful For What You've Got

The song is Epic and profoundly meaningful. The song was written by William DeVaughn (b. 1948) and recorded in 1972 and released in 1974, and was a solid hit.



Now dig the great Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) and his version.



Now dig the mighty Intruders and their take on the classic.

Now the worthy attempt of Winston Curtis (who doesn't have a wiki biography).

People Get Ready

It was the legendary masters of gospel and soul music - the Impressions - that taught this classic to the world in 1964. To those not privy, the Impressions was the group that the great Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) left (c. 1970) to pursue the solo career that we all know and love. I have rounded up a few covers to illustrate the weight that this song carried in the wake of its revelation. Dig the great Chambers Brothers (which already made it to this website http://withthemisnagdim.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-is-serious-classic.html) and the great Al Green (b. 1946) and his singers & players (date unclear). Then enter the white boys: Jeff Beck (b. 1944) and Rod Stewart (b. 1945) [I apologize for the silly video, its not mine], and an Irish band called U2 (1987) with a guy called Bono (b. 1960) singing and playing guitar (note his identification of Curtis Mayfield at the beginning). Then a son of Bob Marley (1945-1981), Ziggy (b. 1968) performs (1997) the classic on a trite American TV show.

Then I added this from the Master.

"White Ones, Baby!" Final Scene from "Super Fly" (1972)

This is a great scene from a worthy movie. This is the final scene and it is powerful. Note the defining of 'cool' by Priest (played by Ron O'Neal (b.1937)); his attitude, and the victory over the un-cool. But dig the script, the power in the poetry: "you, your wife, that big-legged daughter and even that faggot son", "White Ones, baby!", "Nothing..." Everyone must find their own piece that they must repeat. Me and my Brother dug this whole scene and would recite it back and forth to each other. The movie (you're not privy to the new shit, man) is "Super Fly" (1972) and it is a classic. The soundtrack is also among the most worthiest in the history of cinema. The legendary Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) was in a zone of epic proportions when he shared these songs with the world. If you are not familiar with them, then you must make a strong seder in them now. Dig this scene and see the whole movie and listen to the soundtrack. Peace.