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  • REVIEW - Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 27 16:11:29 2023
    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Bruce on Thu Apr 27 17:36:47 2023
    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    FOUR???

    MY FUCKING ASS!!!

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  • From Mark D.@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Apr 28 02:38:35 2023
    On Apr 27, 2023 at 7:36:47 PM CDT, "Bruce" <SavoyBG@aol.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    FOUR???

    MY FUCKING ASS!!!

    I guess your pal thinks that LR wasn't really r&b. :)

    --md

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Mark D. on Thu Apr 27 19:56:08 2023
    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 10:38:46 PM UTC-4, Mark D. wrote:
    On Apr 27, 2023 at 7:36:47 PM CDT, "Bruce" <Sav...@aol.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    FOUR???

    MY FUCKING ASS!!!
    I guess your pal thinks that LR wasn't really r&b. :)

    He's certainly not my pal. Read the review, he thinks that the only good thing about the record is that you can hear the "desperation in Richard's voice."

    A sample:

    So when looking back at the rise of Richard Penniman from nobody to somebody you’d be inclined to think this release shows there’s Ain’t Nothin’ Happenin’ to convince you that he was bound to become one of rock’s most revolutionary performers
    in a matter of years.

    But look again… or listen again… and focus not on the song and its lyrics, not on the tepid arrangement, not even on the voice itself – hard though it may be to ignore it.

    Instead listen to the desperation IN that voice, straining to be heard, to leave an impression on you, to make the most of an opportunity that Richard knows all too well might dry up and disappear at any moment and leave him cursing the fact that he was
    stuck with material that couldn’t provide him with a better launching pad than this.

    =========================================================================================

    I totally disagree with him. I think this is an AWESOME record, top 10 among ALL of Richard's records. Whether or not it should have been a hit in 1952 is a different debate.

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  • From Dean F.@21:1/5 to Bruce on Thu Apr 27 21:40:28 2023
    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    Seriously? I'd give it at least a 7.

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 28 05:16:12 2023
    On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:11:29 -0700 (PDT), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>
    wrote:

    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU

    Richard's number pretty well lived up to its title in the 1952 Singles
    Battle

    PRELIM
    10 Little Richard - Ain't Nothin' Happenin' - RCA 4772
    9 Amos Milburn - Flying Home - Aladdin 3125

    R1
    11 Brownie McGhee - So Much Trouble - Savoy 835
    10 Little Richard - Ain't Nothin' Happenin'- RCA 4772

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    Nonsense!!

    It's my favorite LR track of 1952 a high 8 for me

    ROGER FORD
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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to soulexpress@gmail.com on Fri Apr 28 10:13:32 2023
    On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F."
    <soulexpress@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31?PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    Seriously? I'd give it at least a 7.

    I agree.

    *this is not particularly important*,
    but on another matter, fwiw, I don't think Sampson was born in
    America; if he was, he has European parents; if not, he's eh unusual
    :-)

    name me one other white 3rd+ generation American who cares and writes
    about classic R&B music in the manner that Sampson does

    yes, there are countless 3rd+ generation white Americans who love the
    best of classic R&B music, but that's not the same thing as eagerly
    writing about it in the large scale enthusiastic way that Sampson does

    I'm open minded, with proof (for instance that Sampson is a 5th
    generation Democrat from South Park, Colorado) I will concede that I
    am wrong :-)

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to RWC on Fri Apr 28 07:31:13 2023
    On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 10:13:37 AM UTC-4, RWC wrote:
    On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), "Dean F."
    <soule...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 7:11:31?PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    Seriously? I'd give it at least a 7.
    I agree.

    *this is not particularly important*,
    but on another matter, fwiw, I don't think Sampson was born in
    America; if he was, he has European parents; if not, he's eh unusual

    He is American, and of course he's unusual, or like me, Unique. I think by now he's in his early 40s or so.

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  • From Mark D.@21:1/5 to Bruce on Fri Apr 28 14:59:26 2023
    On Apr 27, 2023 at 6:11:29 PM CDT, "Bruce" <SavoyBG@aol.com> wrote:

    Little Richard: "Ain't Nothin' Happenin'" - RCA 20-4772; JUNE 1952


    https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/little-richard-aint-nothin-happenin-rca-20-4772/


    YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLjDXTmYdU


    SPONTANEOUS LUNACY VERDICT: 4/10

    The link Bruce provided is for Premium members. Here's one that worked:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtD8A6YdFY

    --md

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