Comments on: TOK TOK TOK / “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/14/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Victor UVE Velasco http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/14/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1795 Victor UVE Velasco Fri, 19 May 2006 13:08:58 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/12/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1795 For the southern soul and hip hop heads, there is a couple of tracks to check: the Ghostface Killa "Motherless Child" cut (with a lot of credible lines there) and the source of the track, O.V. Wright version. I'm enjoying the Tok Tok Tok one. Thanks. For the southern soul and hip hop heads, there is a couple of tracks to check: the Ghostface Killa “Motherless Child” cut (with a lot of credible lines there) and the source of the track, O.V. Wright version.

I’m enjoying the Tok Tok Tok one. Thanks.

]]> By: tayari kwa salaam http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/14/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1543 tayari kwa salaam Thu, 18 May 2006 13:55:12 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/12/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1543 Aight. Can't help it. Gotta say it. How blessed I am to to have ears to hear! Thanks ever so much, Kalamu, fuh pullin alla these versions of such a passionate classic. Aight. Can’t help it. Gotta say it. How blessed I am to to have ears to hear! Thanks ever so much, Kalamu, fuh pullin alla these versions of such a passionate classic.

]]> By: Qawi Robinson http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/14/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1269 Qawi Robinson Mon, 15 May 2006 15:41:03 +0000 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2006/05/12/tok-tok-tok-%e2%80%9csometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child%e2%80%9d/#comment-1269 What can be said about Mahalia has already been said. Tok Tok is a decent enough performer, but this song makes her sound flat (or maybe I'm just spoiled by the richness of Mahalia's voice). The 'jazz' treatment (ala bass) is nice but almost makes the song sacrilege for "old music" heads. Sweet Honey In The Rock on the other hand...I wish you profiled them! At first, I wondered how 6-7 ladies can take a typical soloist work and do it. Of course with the fervor, feeling, and soul expected, they did it, with ad-libs to boot. Their version speaks of REDEMPTION with your mother and they did it WITHOUT instruments. What can be said about Mahalia has already been said. Tok Tok is a decent enough performer, but this song makes her sound flat (or maybe I’m just spoiled by the richness of Mahalia’s voice). The ‘jazz’ treatment (ala bass) is nice but almost makes the song sacrilege for “old music” heads.

Sweet Honey In The Rock on the other hand…I wish you profiled them! At first, I wondered how 6-7 ladies can take a typical soloist work and do it. Of course with the fervor, feeling, and soul expected, they did it, with ad-libs to boot. Their version speaks of REDEMPTION with your mother and they did it WITHOUT instruments.

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