Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye

By , March 17, 2016 11:45 am

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Listen/Download – Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye MP3

Greetings all.

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We lose out the week with yet another version of one of my all-time favorite songs, Clifton Davis’s ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’.

It has always seemed odd to me, that such an amazing song, a veritable soul standard, was penned by a guy who is best known as an actor.

Between the hit versions by the Jackson Five (the biggest hit, and in my opinion, the gold standard), Gloria Gaynor (and the eight other versions in my iTunes library), I never tire of the song.

The rendition I bring you today comes courtesy of the mighty Isaac Hayes.

Hayes, who never met a song that he couldn’t give the “epic” treatment to, covered ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ on his 1971 Black Moses album (coming in one of the greatest LP packages ever made).

Hayes was fresh off the mega-success of ‘Shaft’ and returned to the studio with a collection composed almost entirely of covers, by the likes of the Carpenters, Toussaint McCall, the Jackson Five, Curtis Mayfield, Kris Kristofferson and the Shirelles (among others).

Naturally, Ike takes the song at his patented slow and sexy pace, with some velvety vibes running underneath everything, and his own baritone on top.

Though it doesn’t stretch out to the 12 minute stratosphere of ‘Walk On By’, Hayes gives the song a respectful five-minute reading, and the all-male backing vocals are particularly interesting touch.

Whether you dig the song as much as I do, you really need to pick up as much Isaac Hayes as your record shelves will handle.

Dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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