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November 17, 2007
Singing Saturday: The Sequel
This week's Singing Saturday comes all the way from the year 1938! The Slacktivist, Fred Clark, spotted a video of Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing "Up Above My Head" and felt the need to pass it on.
After I watched it, I was convinced, too. This is some amazing stuff.
Fred notes the guitar solo -- Sister Rosetta rocked hard, and she rocked hard waaaaaaaaay ahead of her time. Just awesome.
When I saw the video, I was immediately reminded of one of the iTunes free weekly downloads from a month or so ago: The Noisettes' song "Sister Rosetta (Catch the Spirit)." I think it's a lot of fun, even if it is full of very British slang. (You can read the lyrics here.)
Enjoy. And thank you, Sister Rosetta, for helping us all to catch the spirit on this swinging Singing Saturday. (I just wish that the choir behind her would have come in on one of the verses! Think about how incredible that would have been!)
Posted by reparent at November 17, 2007 6:05 PM