Comments on: THE DELLS / “Stay In My Corner” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Big E http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-331 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:45:34 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-331 Another song that got a career resurgence is Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" which went to Number One in the mid to late 1980's which was featured in a movie of the same title from director Rob Reiner "Meathead" from "All In the Family" fame. Another song that got a career resurgence is Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” which went to Number One in the mid to late 1980’s which was featured in a movie of the same title from director Rob Reiner “Meathead” from “All In the Family” fame.

]]> by: Ms. Berry http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-335 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:15:57 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-335 yeah, this is my mama and dem's music. Every Sunday this was blaring out after the gospels went off the air. yeah, this is my mama and dem’s music. Every Sunday this was blaring out after the gospels went off the air.

]]> by: youngblood http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-336 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:53:55 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-336 it was like this: when you was at one -a- dem 'cold as hell outside/hot as hell inside" house parties, you had to stay inside the joint. no going outside to get some air. you had to scan the room and know who to dance with, who came to party. you had to dance some of them fast numbers just to keep it legit but most important of all - you had to be tight with dude who was playing the records. he would let you know when that six minute joint was up so that you could position yourself by the girl of your choice. you couldn't be too obvious, you had to sorta mark time (timing is everything) like you was heading to the punch bowl or something and when the needle dropped you gently took the wrist of the girl of your desires(as if to say, "hey, wanna dance?" and hoped and prayed that she didn't pull back too much. then you look for a spot in the middle of the dance floor or, preferrably a secluded corner. (good luck on that one) and the rest is up to you and, and...well, let's just say it's nice to be young, a'hem "gifted", and Black. by the way, i stand accused by black moses, issac hayes - eleven minutes of blissfull brush burn. check you shirttail, kid. it was like this: when you was at one -a- dem ‘cold as hell outside/hot as hell inside” house parties, you had to stay inside the joint. no going outside to get some air. you had to scan the room and know who to dance with, who came to party. you had to dance some of them fast numbers just to keep it legit but most important of all - you had to be tight with dude who was playing the records. he would let you know when that six minute joint was up so that you could position yourself by the girl of your choice. you couldn’t be too obvious, you had to sorta mark time (timing is everything) like you was heading to the punch bowl or something and when the needle dropped you gently took the wrist of the girl of your desires(as if to say, “hey, wanna dance?” and hoped and prayed that she didn’t pull back too much. then you look for a spot in the middle of the dance floor or, preferrably a secluded corner. (good luck on that one) and the rest is up to you and, and…well, let’s just say it’s nice to be young, a’hem “gifted”, and Black. by the way, i stand accused by black moses, issac hayes - eleven minutes of blissfull brush burn. check you shirttail, kid.

]]> by: michael http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-373 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:23:19 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-373 <p>I remember this well from1968 and occasionally since. But was it really six minutes 14 seconds long? How did they squeeze that on to one side of a 45? And did radio stations really play it all the way through? Maybe there was an edited-for-radio version</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font color="#ffffff" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; naw, this was when radio was radio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></font><br /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>back in the late sixties/early seventies&nbsp; they played the whole thing on the radio, six minutes and so many seconds. it wasn't like it is now. hell, they played long isaac hayes cuts, you know like ten, twelve, fifteen-minute cuts. yeah, it was that long, and yeah they played the whole thing.</p><p><b>&mdash;Kalamu</b>&nbsp;</p> I remember this well from1968 and occasionally since. But was it really six minutes 14 seconds long? How did they squeeze that on to one side of a 45? And did radio stations really play it all the way through? Maybe there was an edited-for-radio version

 

          naw, this was when radio was radio         

 

back in the late sixties/early seventies  they played the whole thing on the radio, six minutes and so many seconds. it wasn’t like it is now. hell, they played long isaac hayes cuts, you know like ten, twelve, fifteen-minute cuts. yeah, it was that long, and yeah they played the whole thing.

—Kalamu 

]]> by: michael http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-392 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:06:00 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-392 Sorry for being a bit pedantic but I've just found a three minute version. So I think some AM stations were playing that (it fades before the amazing sustained note) and some stations played the full-length album track. No contest when it comes to slow dancing. I was searching through 1968 before getting back to you. In a great year for music, there's another beautiful song I had quite forgotten and highly recommend: Fool For You by The Impressions. Sorry for being a bit pedantic but I’ve just found a three minute version. So I think some AM stations were playing that (it fades before the amazing sustained note) and some stations played the full-length album track. No contest when it comes to slow dancing.
I was searching through 1968 before getting back to you. In a great year for music, there’s another beautiful song I had quite forgotten and highly recommend: Fool For You by The Impressions.

]]> by: Gregory Townes http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-402 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:27:26 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-402 The main thing I remember about this song is the radio started playing it again during the fall of 1981. That was the time my wife and I finally got together (I kept chasing her until she caught me). I have always wondered if that sustained note was real or looped somehow. I can't imagine anyone with that much lung power!!! The main thing I remember about this song is the radio started playing it again during the fall of 1981. That was the time my wife and I finally got together (I kept chasing her until she caught me). I have always wondered if that sustained note was real or looped somehow. I can’t imagine anyone with that much lung power!!!

]]> by: sharon minter http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-2439 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:12:31 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2005/11/27/the-dells-%e2%80%9cstay-in-my-corner%e2%80%9d/#comment-2439 3mintues and 14 seconds long/pure history and undisputed love 3mintues and 14 seconds long/pure history and undisputed love

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