"sweet soul"
English translation: sub-genre of soul music
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| 4 | auténtico "soul" |
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| 2 +1 | a couple of references |
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| 3 | sweet is an adjective |
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peer agreement (net): +1| sweet soul music a couple of references Explanation: Hi, George. I searched the Wikipedia article on soul music, and I only found one reference to the term "sweet", in this paragraph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music Southern soul For more details on this topic, see Southern soul. Generally refers to a driving, energetic soul style combining R&B's energy with pulsating Southern gospel music sounds, as produced at Stax in Memphis. Stax self-consciously nurtured a distinctive sound, which included putting vocals further back in the mix than most contemporary R&B records, the use of vibrant horn parts in the place of background vocals, and a focus on the low end of the frequency spectrum. The vast majority of Stax releases were backed by house bands Booker T and the MGs (which included soul legends Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, and Al Jackson) and the Memphis Horns (the splinter horn section of the Mar-Keys), and the label counted Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, William Bell, and Eddie Floyd among its stars. People interested in learning more about Stax's history and music are advised to ******************check out Peter Guralnik's Sweet Soul Music******************* (which also serves as a very poetic primer on Soul in general) and basically anything by Rob Bowman (who seems to have talked with nearly every still-living person who was connected with Stax). =================== It appears to be the title of a book. I don't know if "sweet soul" is, indeed, a subgenre of soul music, but I also found another reference on the Web, which explains soul music a bit further (no luck on "sweet", though): http://experts.about.com/e/s/so/Soul_music.htm =================== Hope that helps!! |
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| sweet soul auténtico "soul" Explanation: "sweet soul" is not a sub-genre of soul, but you will find a lot of references to the phrase "sweet" soul on the internet because it is the word used most often to talk about good Soul. "Sweet" is often use to describe Soul music that is really authentic, roots, like James Brown. I suggested "auténtico Soul," because "sweet," in reference to sould means a lot of things: genuine, you can feel it, comes from the heart, authentic (sounds like original Soul music). Hope that helps! |
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| sweet soul sweet is an adjective Explanation: It's not a sub-genre of soul music. It's merely a poetic way of describing the sweet sounds of their soul music. It means "good", "nice", "pleasant to the ears"... in the vein of mellow, melodic... not hard-driving soul (like James Brown, for example). If their influence is American folk, it's mellow... so I assume their soulful sound would be "sweet" (dulcet tones). Examples of sub-genres of soul music are: soul gospel blue-eyed soul but as far as I know, "sweet soul" is not a genre per se. ************* sweet dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2006-05-24 18:48:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Well, there you go... this site describes "sweet soul" as a genre, from the late 60s, early 70s. However, the word "sweet" could still be an adjective in your context. You would need to reference some of the songs mentioned and see if they fit the context. http://www.audaud.com/audaud/OCT04/feature/feature.html Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/sweet |
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