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Vic's Picks, Vol. 1: Sweet Soul For Gregg (and YOU!)
🕑 Added 2024-11-19 07:30:22 +0000 UTCI went back and forth about what the first entry of Vic’s Picks should be about. And then I went forth and back, and vice versa and made myself all stressed out for days causing my brain to give up. But I powered through for hours and hours thinking and now I’m back and have made a decision about what I should share with you all. How cool is that?? I did it. Don’t ever give up, folks.
Overthinking is a detriment to anyone’s happiness. It’s a form of fear. It’s planning for everything that could go wrong. It’s giving energy to the worst of our negative thoughts, which only amplifies them and gives them way more legitimacy than is ever necessary. Breathe, Vic. Breathe. It’s just a post on Patreon. Okay? Okay.
This week I’m giving you a compilation I made for the great Gregg Turkington. We were up in Portland for TimFest ‘24 and had some time to kill before a show. We went back and forth sharing 60s & 70s soul tunes. I felt real proud of myself because Gregg, a legitimate music buff, was somehow unfamiliar with most of the tunes I showed him. I told him I’d make him a mix of some of my favorites in this genre. It’s mostly what I would refer to as Sweet Soul; saccharine tracks featuring manly falsetto blended with gritty, yet pleasant grooves aplenty.
Many of the groups featured here are worth exploring individually. Highly recommend digging into the catalogs of The Intruders, The Dells, The Dramatics and the Delfonics and any other acts that sound good to you here. The Sylvers are so fun, too. As is past OHL guest Dionne Warwick(e), of course. My favorite track here, as well was for Gregg, is Maybe So Maybe No by New Holidays. You’ll be hooked first listen. Tons of hooks, lovely falsetto breakdowns, the curious innocence of the lyrics. I don’t know how this wasn’t a hit.
Much more to come as I continue the Vic’s Picks series. This is me kind of dipping my toes in. I’ll do my best to stop overthinking what I’m sharing with you all and heave myself off the diving board into a big ol’ belly flop of music and whatever else is going on in my head!
Let me know what you think of the mix and tell me your favorites in this youtube playlist. I would love to hear in the comments any other songs or artists you like from this genre, so as Mr. Yearwood a.k.a. Garth Brooks so famously said, “Let the conversation begin.”
EDIT: Here's the spotify version of this playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GslEMx7azLwG79e8RRcy8
Comments
broken windows
rip brenton wood. also, you’re gonna need me is my favorite song of all time
Ballz Aldrin
Really wish this was just a regular yt playlist, already pay like 15 a month for yt premium but it doesn't carry over to YouTube music? So dumb
Frunabulax
Vic, thank you X 3 for this incredible collection of sweet soul music, as well as your soulful thoughts to tee it all up. Throughout my life, I’ve been the king of overthinking (or at least a duke or earl), but at least in the last five or so years of my 65 years on this planet, I’ve gained some wisdom in recognizing and avoidance falling into the pit and feedback loop of obsessive overthinking.
colindpratt
thank you! 🫡
Jon Heider
Great mix. I'd recommend anyone into this genre to check out the Eccentric Soul series from Numero Group. Bunch of gems like this one: https://youtu.be/H8rumyup0Os?si=ojJxlEBo7kHmG65c
Blizzard Wuffy
Vic's music picks are always a high interest of mine
Scrud
Dang there's some real gems in here. Nice one Vic 🙏
Scrud
Let the conversation begin
Stephen Whitener
You're right about "Maybe So Maybe No"! Do you like Northern Soul?
Lindsey Taylor
My soul playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6AJyFbtrouhj7wWyXojgqC?si=f75RFWX5SBKyKcYo0pHx0w&pi=oomrvOCLQQ2sw
Lindsey Taylor
Aw don't feel that way, you knocked it outta the park with a soul playlist!
Noah D
Thanks Vic! This is amazing
Niall
Made an Apple Music playlist for anyone also using that platform https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/sweet-soul-for-gregg/pl.u-06oxxNxtXmVe3x
Tanuki
Very sweet Vic. Thanks for making and sharing. When I used to hear Foster Sylvers, I assumed it was a young MJ.
Matt Oxlade
Love this!
Kyle
Touching words from Vic the virgin Berger
Jkinnick
Vick did anybody send you the Mickey Rourke read my mind drop yet
cdurt
forget the playlist, i really needed to read this - thank you for the perspective for us overthinkers, Vic ❤️
lilula9
that garth drop 🫠 thanks for the share! i appreciate you opening up about the process. I always love hearing friends of friends becoming friends. Excited to dig in! I can't wait for more of your recommendations ✨
Tom
great stuff Vic, thanks for sharing this!
Christopher Laramee
Great selections all around. The Dells are one of the best to ever do it and their music should be used as therapy for any ill. Cheers Vic!
Will Ochs
Hope Gregg is ok. Two Bee-Gees drummers just died back-to-back.
Erik Buckham
Ahh just what I needed for a Tuesday. Thanks Vic!
Melissa
Vic!! Thank you for this, it's gonna be perfect to listen to while I'm roller skating. I've been doing a lot of work the past couple years to try to separate my self from my thoughts. This is one of my favorite quotes, from a book called Pure O OCD by Chad Lejeune (pure O OCD is when your compulsions are primarily mental rather than physical) "Your self is the you that has been there all your life, watching, listening, experiencing-the enduring context of all that you experience. Thoughts, on the other hand, are just another part of your experience. They're content." Thoughts are not reality! Ok bye
Bman
Vic, this rules! Do you think The Stylistics are singing from the vantage of a dad or a creep?
Mary-Anne McTrowe
Jesus Christ I read that as "the late Gregg Turkington"! Even worse, the video's blocked in Canada.
Max
#happy! #garth! #MrYearwood! #youreit
Josh Rachbach
Thanks Vic!! Had to do the right thing on put this up on Apple Music (don't worry - it's not a public link) https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/vics-picks-sweet-soul-for-gregg/pl.u-kv9l9ddTNavbj
jeff s
Nice one Vic! Lots of favorites and some I haven’t heard before. I’m a big soul music fan as well. Here are some favorites that might fit here: https://youtu.be/HoHfZ3N0TuI https://youtu.be/bXErGObCFa4 https://youtu.be/diXI5Z_VYEs https://youtu.be/t-TIwhUm79Y https://youtu.be/QHc7RWONz8E https://youtu.be/4UApDckEbE8 https://youtu.be/8R-cUweadtA https://youtu.be/qxQywIj4BkY
Tim Heidecker
great mix V! - t
Christian Aspen
Very cool. Love your music taste Vic!
Ballz Aldrin
Can't wait to give it a listen!
Jim D.
This is exactly what I na-na-na-needed.
St Cole
uk blocked :(
Monique
HEY VIC this has nothing to do with anything but I’ve been meaning to thank you for recommending Patrick Teahan because I found this book through him about generational trauma that’s the single most helpful thing I’ve ever found to help me with my horrible religious upbringing (What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo) and it’s given me the will to keep being alive which is kind of a big deal so thank you dude
Alan Guerra
Lovely, Vic!
Niall
Hey Vic, says Video Unavailable for me. Maybe a copyright issue over here in Europe, if it is still available for those over in the US.
Björn Lindgren
Thank you Vic, for such a paradisiac playlist!
FerntFernt
I really like that
colindpratt
beautifully written and compiled, Vic! i struggle with overthinking leading to inaction myself, so i appreciate your openness about that. Numero Group is my fav label, and i’ve been collecting most of what they put out for almost 20 years now. that Fathers Children release is a personal fav. i came across this song by The Four Dudes a while back, hope you enjoy it https://youtu.be/UEyezDZu9ps
patrickduffy
"... I like that." - G. Brooks
Sean Slavin
Ahh "Dreaming's out of Season" is one of my favs! Thank you for this Vic!
Di Drew
This is the best ❤️
Danny Laycock
Any chance of a manual text or alternative for the non-US? UK and video unavailable here. Appreciate all your great work Vic!
Hunter Morley
Atta boy vic
Audrey Gore
Dirt and Grime by Fathers Children is such a great song. Saved to listen tomorrow thanks Vic
Joss Humberstone
Awesome - nice one Vic! Perfect time of the year to listen to some sweet soul! Have you ever checked out these American Soul compilations from Cairo Records? Pretty good stuff: https://monorailmusic.com/label/cairo-records/
RangerTheDog
Thanks for sharing Vic, listening now
