Curtis Mayfield è stato un cantante, chitarrista e compositore statunitense.
È stato un musicista afro-americano di soul, funk e rhythm & blues, noto specialmente per la colonna sonora del film Super Fly, principale film della cosiddetta blaxploitation. Wikipedia
“Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain.”
As quoted in The Sociology of Rock (1978) by Simon Frith
Contesto: Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do. If you're going to come away from a party singing the lyrics of a song, it is better that you sing of self-pride like 'We're a Winner' instead of 'Do the Boo-ga-loo!
Homeless, from Take It To The Streets (1990).
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Freddie's Dead.
Song lyrics, Super Fly (1972)
Do Do Wap is Strong in Here, from Short Eyes (1977).
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People Get Ready, performed by The Impressions, from People Get Ready (1965).
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Let's Do It Again, performed by Staple Singers, from Let's Do It Again (1975).
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(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, from Curtis (1970).
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He Will Break Your Heart, written with Jerry Butler and Calvin Carter, originally performed by Jerry Butler (1960).
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Back to Living Again, from New World Order (1996).
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Underground, from Roots (1971).
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Freddie's Dead.
Song lyrics, Super Fly (1972)
Something He Can Feel, performed by Aretha Franklin, from Sparkle (1976).
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