Los 20 Mejores Discos De La Historia Del Soul Con Permiso Del ¨" 25Miles " Y Del " Soul Para Parir Un Monumento a La Fraterni- Porque No Hay Fallo

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Los 20 Mejores Discos De La Historia Del Soul Con Permiso Del ¨ Informe LLOOSS 2200 MMEEJJOORREESS DDIISSCCOOSS DDEE LLAA HHIISSTTOORRIIAA DDEELL SSOOUULL as listas son una forma estúpida de ordenar la belleza, algo que, por otra parte, es ya bastante estúpido de por sí. La tesitura de elegir los diez mejores discos de la his- Ltoria de una música tan inmensa y compleja como el soul es, puestos a imaginar, como pedir a un sacerdote que elija sus diez personajes favoritos de la Biblia o, si se quie- re, a un budista el mantra que más en trance consigue ponerle. ¿Por qué? Pues por la sencilla razón de que el soul absoluta. Es, más bien, el subjetivo pare- tos por esa diosa del soul de Chicago que no crea aficionados, sino más bien devo- cer, en un tiempo y un lugar determina- es Jo Armstead, quien además produce el tos, enfebrecidos practicantes de una reli- dos, de un grupo de aficionados al soul LP. Abre el disco " Jealous Kind of Fella ", gión que, como todas, tiene sus ritos, sus cuyo único credencial válido es un amor donde un torturado Garland llama por anatemas y sus dogmas de fe. Suele crear sin límites por una tan música compleja y teléfono a su chica y le confiesa todo el una dependencia emocional entre sus rica que nos reclama incluir, no sólo vein- amor que siente por ella y lo que sufre por creyentes que va más allá de lo racional y te, sino miles de discos para ser comple- los celos que le devoran. Este tema es el les lleva a pulir fortunas, descuidar rela- tamente justos. Pero no buscamos la justi- más conocido y de mayor éxito de Green, ciones humanas y a traspasar en ocasio- cia (no nos creemos con el poder de que más tarde grabaría para los sellos nes el fino hilo que separa la cordura de saber impartirla): nos basta con la pasión. Cotillion, Spring, Casino, RCA y Ocean la locura (a los ojos de los demás, por La selección que les traemos pueden no Front, manteniendo siempre unos alto supuesto) en la eterna búsqueda de ese compartirla pero nadie puede negar que índice de calidad en su producción, salvo tema o aquel álbum que, cuando lo escu- los veinte discos que aquí salen son, todos algún devaneo- por otro lado, muy chas, consigue ponerte los pelos de ellos, ejemplos maravillosos de una músi- común entre los artistas de soul- con la punta y dejarte sumido en un escalofrío ca por la que merece la pena perder la disco music. de felicidad que te sube por la espalda y cabeza. Esta lista es un tributo a todos los te dibuja una sonrisa involuntaria. Te hace artistas que nos la han regalado, a los En una línea similar a " Jealous " encon- saltar del sitio y moverte y, cuando termi- que están representados en ella y a los tramos otra magnífica canción: " All She na, te deja como después de una fuerte que no. Es la buena nueva que liberará Did ". El resto del LP es una invitación irre- carcajada, con una sensación de pérdida vuestros cuerpos y mentes. Puro food for sistible al baile con auténticos "rompepis- y de depresión que sólo un poco más de thought. tas" de poco más de dos minutos que se lo mismo puede calmar. El soul es como IKER SEISDEDOS suceden uno tras otro: " Ain´t That Good un gigantesco legado, como un Santo Enough ", " 40 Days And Nights ", " Angel Grial que ha ido pasando de mano en Baby " y, a mi modo de ver el mejor: " Girl mano entre algunos jóvenes, donosos y GARLAND GREEN "Jealous kind of I Love You ". Todos ellos son destacados negros (young, gifted and black) indivi- fella" (UNI, 1969) ejemplos del soul de Chicago (si bien duos desde hace más o menos cuarenta Green nació en Mississipi) y clásicos irre- años y que, generosamente, han compar- ductibles de la escena northern soul. tido con una legión de seguidores (cuyo ALEJANDRO SUBINAS comportamiento les deja a veces perple- jos) de todas las razas y de todo el mundo. EDWIN STARR: "War and peace" (MOTOWN, 1970) Por supuesto, éste que presentamos es un ejercicio tremendamente subjetivo (¿cómo exigir a un creyente objetividad?). La petición que se hizo a todas las perso- nas que tan amablemente han colabora- do en esta lista fue que eligieran los que, a su juicio, eran los diez mejores discos de la historia del soul. Hecho el recuento comprobamos que había grandes y cla- Este Lp de Garland Green es sin duda morosas ausencias: Sam Cooke, Otis alguna uno de los más consistentes del Redding, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, Sly soul de los 60, sin un solo tema de relle- (¿sigo?). La pregunta es: ¿Tiene legitimi- no y una calidad excepcional. Grabado dad una lista con esas carencias? para el sello Uni en 1969, contiene once Nosotros creemos que sí. Esta lista (nadie temas, nueve de ellos escritos o co-escri- creo que se lo plantee) no es una verdad 46 Los 20 mejores discos de la historia del Soul Con permiso del ¨" 25miles " y del " Soul para parir un monumento a la fraterni- Porque no hay fallo. De muy pocas cosas Maste r" este disco ha sido el elegido para dad, a la belleza y la sabiduría del ghet- se puede estar más seguro en esta vida. la lista aunque los otros dos sean también to. Algo más de cuarenta minutos que IKER SEISDEDOS joyas inconmensurables del catálogo incluyen clásicos de la talla de "Move On Motown y de la discografía del gran por- Up" (una de las canciones más bailadas GIL SCOTT-HERON: "Pieces of a tento vocal que es Edwin Starr. La produc- de la historia), "Miss Black America" o "We man" (FLYING DUTCHMAN, 1971) ción de este disco conecta perfectamente The People Who Are Darker Than Blue". con el sonido característico de esta época Ese falsete, esos arreglos de cuerda... that en el sello de Detroit: soul-funk desgarra- old black magic. dor en la onda de Temptations de Strong IKER SEISDEDOS & Whitfield. Un disco completísimo, sin un MARVIN GAYE: "What’s going on" solo tema desechable, que mantiene un (TAMLA, 1971) ritmo febril durante todos los cortes salvo en el " Runing Back And Forth ": un temazo lleno de melancolía y desgarradora fuer- za y que es una pieza intemporal que, audición tras audición, va ganando en prestigio. El resto del disco, salvo el clási- co de Ashford and Simpson " California Soul " es un puñado de rompepistas que ningún amante del baile puede resistir. Una recomendación: si te gusta el sonido Primero, la batería de Bernard Purdie, Motown, hazte con todo lo que veas de casi a la vez, el bajo de Ron Carter y, por Edwin Starr y tu amor por el sonido Detroit encima, punteando un urgente e irresisti- crecerá hasta hacerse inmortal. ble groove, la flauta de Hubert Laws. ADRIÁN MEDRANO Entonces, la voz de un joven airado poeta negro comienza a escupir frases sobre Debo confesar que ver este disco en una una revolución que, asegura, no será CURTIS MAYFIELD: "Curtis" (CUR- lista me produce la misma sensación de televisada. " The Revolution Will Not be TOM, 1970) déjà vu, peligrosa antesala de la pereza, Televised " es, aún ahora, como el mismo que cuando vuelvo a ver aparecer día en que se escribió, aparte de una joya "Ciudadano Kane " en lo más alto de una rare groove, un incendiario llamamiento lista cinematográfica. Se me hace, como a tomar las calles y protagonizar los cam- toda confirmación de algo evidente, inne- bios en lugar de ser espectadores de cesaria por demasiado redundante. A ellos. Con repetidas alusiones a Richard pesar de ello, a nadie, en su sano juicio, Nixon, es el tema que abre la abrumado- ni siquiera al más aplicado de los herejes, ra colección de canciones repletas de se le ocurriría no incluirlo. Y es que cuan- poesía, fuerza, jazz, funk y soul que es do hablamos de " What´s Going On " se "Pieces Of A Man ". En " Lady Day and John olvida la subjetividad y las valoraciones Coltrane ", Gil Scott Heron quiere decirnos personales porque es, de hecho, objetiva- que si la televisión mata las ideas, la mente uno de los discos más perfectos música puede curarlo casi todo. " Home Is que nadie haya escrito jamás. Nueve can- Where The Hatred is " es un medio tiempo ciones, un poco más de treinta y cinco que narra la tragedia cotidiana de un jun- El alfa y omega de un estilo musical. El minutos, que constituyen por sí solas un kie. " Save The Children " nos tranquiliza despertar de una nación que toma con- apartado especial en la música popular con un rayo de esperanza. Y así hasta un ciencia. La obra cumbre de un poeta y un de cualquier tipo. Desde " What' Going total de once canciones que son once his- músico excepcional. Todas esas cosas es On " que abre el disco hasta " Inner City torias sobre una comunidad que exige un "Curtis ": el debut en solitario de Curtis Blues ", que lo cierra, Marvin Gaye nos mañana mejor. Mayfield tras una exitosa carrera con The conduce por su universo de belleza y IKER SEISDEDOS Impresions, grupo clave del soul de los esperanza en un LP que es casi un himno sesenta. " Curtis " abre la década más com- universal a la voluntad de solucionar los O'JAYS: "Backtabbers" (PIR, 1972) pleja y rica de la "black music" de una problemas. " What's Going On " es un manera majestuosa. Para mí, además de álbum conceptual que escribió poco des- todo esto supuso el bautismo y el descu- pués de cumplir los treinta en una com- brimiento de una música que, cuando es pañía (Motown) en la que la libertad de la buena, sabe ser mucho mejor.
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