{"id":1881,"date":"2011-09-15T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2015-02-07T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:10:01","slug":"patti-labelle-the-bluebelles-always-something-there-to-remind-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles – Always Something There To Remind Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Clockwise from the top) Sarah, Patti, Nona & Cindy
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Listen\/Download – Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles – Always Something There To Remind Me <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The end of the week is here, and I have dipped into the archive to pull out a supreme bit of soul singing for you all to savor.<\/p>\n

But first, I should remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> takes to the airwaves of the interwebs this (and every) Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. You can also pick it up as an MP3 right here at the blog over the weekend.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few years since the mighty voice of Patti LaBelle<\/strong> graced this page.<\/p>\n

LaBelle has always been an exceptionally powerful singer, but with the exception of some of the funky LaBelle (group) stuff, it is this writer\u2019s opinion that her superior instrument was never put to better use than the time she and the Bluebelles<\/strong> were recording for Atlantic (1965-1970).<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is an epic reading of the Bacharach\/David<\/strong> classic, \u2018There\u2019s Always Something There To Remind Me\u2019.
\nFamous in disparate versions, my personal fave was always the original recording by Lou Johnson<\/strong>, but as a fan of the UK Beat era, I always dug Sandie Shaw\u2019s<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n

I think once you\u2019ve heard the LaBelle version (recorded in 1966) all others will fade into the background.<\/p>\n

Produced by Bob Finiz<\/strong> and Richie Rome<\/strong> (two names that show up on a lot of Philly records) the cut is a study in dynamics, opening quietly and then literally exploding in the chorus, eventually downshifting (but not quite all the way) in the following verses.<\/p>\n

While I think it\u2019s safe to say that nobody (sane) is going to try to dance to this one (I really dig the rhythmic change-up at the \u2018Always be a part of me\u2019 section at the end of the chorus), it\u2019s fantastic to listen to.<\/p>\n

Finiz and Rome (the arrangement isn\u2019t credited) have built themselves their very own section of the Wall of Sound, except they managed to leave just enough space between the layers (Cake of Sound?) so that individual elements \u2013 lead vocal, backing voices, drums, strings, horns \u2013 all get to be heard properly.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that I\u2019ll be spinning some tunes during the annual Point Pleasant Lions Seafood 5K and 1 Mile FUN Run\/Walk on this Saturday, September 17th in Pt Pleasant Beach, NJ<\/strong>. The run benefits the JT Foundation for Autism Awareness<\/strong> <\/a>and runs right before the Seafood Fest (which starts at 10AM). I\u2019ll be spinning all of the funk soul and disco you\u2019d expect, so if you\u2019re in the area, come on down and run, sit and watch people run while listening to music, or get your groove on before hunting down some delicious seafood. It\u2019s a great cause and there\u2019ll be good music, good people and good food, so what else do you need to know?<\/p>\n

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Also, make sure that you check out the POAC link below (click on the logo). It’s a fantastic organization that provides services to our local autism community, with education and recreational events, and any contribution you could make would be greatly appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you want one of the new Funky16Corners stickers (free, of course) click here for info.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Clockwise from the top) Sarah, Patti, Nona & Cindy Listen\/Download – Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles – Always Something There To Remind Me Greetings all. The end of the week is here, and I have dipped into the archive to pull out a supreme bit of soul singing for you all to savor. But first, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,14,74,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-songs","category-funky16corners","category-philly-soul","category-soul","category-soul-45"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMKgo-ul","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5527,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/5527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}