{"id":6597,"date":"2011-09-17T09:48:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T09:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2011-09-17T13:43:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T13:43:16","slug":"the-mood-swings-of-sam-cooke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-09\/the-mood-swings-of-sam-cooke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mood Swings of Sam Cooke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Sam Cook, <\/strong>one minute you’d be twisting the night away, the next you’d be in a sad mood, and the next you’d be having a party.\u00a0 We’re not sure, but these mood swings might have contributed to the too-too-early demise of Cooke, <\/strong>one of the seminal singers of R&B or any genre.<\/p>\n

We were trolling through some of our old vinyl the other day, listening for healing, when we got mood-lashed by Sam yet again.\u00a0 In the end, though, all we could recall (after snapping back from the pinballing) were the blissfully upbeat and propelling sounds of his\u00a0 song,\u00a0 Having a Party<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Check out the studio and live versions of the song below.\u00a0 In particular check out the build that builds on the studio version starting at 1:41<\/strong>.\u00a0 What follows for a scant 5o seconds<\/strong> is enough to heal all.<\/p>\n

Here’s the studio version<\/strong>.<\/p>\n