The makings of you - new syleena, curtis, gladys, angie, aretha, lauren, joe, monica

[MIKEW-UK]

marv posted Gladys and the Pips' version of The Makings Of You on the Gladys thread. Written by Curtis, here are some versions - great song and wonderful orchestration which has been sampled. Personal favourites are either Gladys or Curtis - nice to see Syleena has only just recorded this as a personal tribute to Gladys.[[ I refuse to post Kanye West and Jay-Z - Curtis would abhor such crass vulgarity and the desecration of his love song - demonstrates all too well what went wrong.)

SYLEENA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6zNgtpcItw

CURTIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMFcXrzijek

CURTIS LIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OEm2zCSPvI

GLADYS and PIPS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9sSrGfi1LM

ANGIE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUWWje4NMk0

ARETHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9zfIpzXTb0

LAUREN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeErfwlIgPg

JOE [[ SAMPLED STRINGS AND GLADYS VOCAL)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrMuBVITIhU

MONICA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMwSiOapktE

DIONNE FARRIS - LIVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qGzz8Rt9k

RICHIE HAVENS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfbmvGnZcms

SAM SINGLETON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzVMvMSS2bU

RON ISLEY - ISLEY BROTHERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTpBttBE7Y

INSTRUMENTAL - SAMPLES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL6_zN4wy00

[splanky]

One of my all time favorite Curtis Mayfield compositions. Beautiful melody. I have the versions by Aretha, Angie Stone,
Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight and of course Curtis himself but this is the first I've heard of Syl Johnson not so little anymore
baby girl [[mercy!) and she did a nice job with it too. I completely agree with you on Jay Z and Kanye West, what they
did to Otis Redding's Try A Little Tenderness was a crime and I still don't get why they are so heralded. O well, to each
it's reach...

[daddyacey]

I second splanky's post. I have all of those versions too ,but Curtis and Glady's versions are perfection. The song itself is a masterpiece of lyrics and the arrangement is awesome. To really appriciate the beauty of the backing track of Curtis original , you have to check out track 15 on RHINOs expanded reissue of the album "CURTIS". It's take #32 ,the full orchestra was there being recorded. That's the real deal right there ,they don't do that anymore now and that's why the music of that era is so unique. This track alone is beautiful and haunting.