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THE REVIEW
It can soothe the excruciating pain, alleviate the oppressive sense of melancholy. Just pick up a guitar to create magic, exorcise your troubles. I IV V chord. Simple, overused. So overused that it surpasses the "indigestion" level and comes back even more beautiful every time you play it.
The Blues.
How many ways to approach those 3 chords! And in those three chords there's everything. Ray Charles knows this very well. Those 3 chords need nothing else, they are self-sufficient. There's the will to live, the carefree spirit ("I'm Movin On"), there's the aforementioned exorcism of pain, the true essence of the blues ("Feelin' Sad", "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)", "Nobody Cares"). There's solidarity, solitude ("Some Day Baby", unsurprisingly played only by Ray). There's the ancient Mother Earth, there's contemporary urban society. In the blues, there is the whole human history. And one can say, taking a bit of a risk, that in this album, there's all of the blues. The real one, the deeply felt one. Where does it really need to be felt, then.
Yes, because Ray Charles is that smiling guy with glasses, the blind one, the one who plays the piano. Come on, you know... it's that guy... yes, the genius. The true Artist. An artist: because if you know how to say, if you know how to communicate like Ray Charles did (and still does, damn it!), you are a true artist. One of those who truly love their work, because it's primarily passion. And Ray loved his work and loved recording this album. How do I know? It's simple. Just listen. Really listen, actually feel it, but not the kind of feeling that in English is translated with "hear," but the one translated with "feel." Feel inside.
In fact, this album should have been called "The Genius Feels The Blues," because it's an album entirely focused on the soul. On the soul that the musicians put into it, that gushes out from every instrument, particularly from the soulful saxes that "go all out" (to put it in Conte's words). On the soul that Ray Charles has, which he offers to us, small insignificant human beings who, precisely because of our insignificance, are the favored recipients of the blues and this album.
There's little to say about "The Genius Sings The Blues". It's a soul-made album. Ray Charles takes us into his world, which is then ours: among the warm tones of his music, among the husky voices and gospel choirs, the omnipresent brass, and the bouncing piano. There's all the blues in this album, and that's that.
I ain't got nothing, nothing but the blues.
1. Early In The Mornin'
2. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
3. The Midnight Hour
4. The Right Time
5. Feelin' Sad
6. Ray's Blues
7. I'm Movin' On
8. I Believe To My Soul
9. Nobody Cares
10. Mr. Charles' Blues
11. Some Day Baby
12. I Wonder Who
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This review praises Ray Charles’ album The Genius Sings the Blues as a soulful and authentic expression of the blues. Highlighting the simplicity yet depth of the blues structure, it celebrates Charles’ passionate performance and the album’s rich instrumentation. The review invites listeners to deeply feel the music’s emotional core, deeming it a timeless, heartfelt masterpiece.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
07 I'm Movin' On (02:13)
I warned you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen
Now pay me no mind
So I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on
That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You were flyin' too high for my little sky
So I'm movin' on
Some day baby when you had you play
Your gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep on movin', keep rollin' on
I'm through with you too bad you're blue
â ~Cause I'm movin' on.
Mister engineer take the throttle in hand
And take me down to that southern land
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
You can ease my mind if you get me there on time
Move on
Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
â ~Cause I got a pretty woman in Tennessee
Keep movin' on, keep rollin' on
She's fine as can be and she's waitin' on me
Keep movin' on
I'm gonna move, I'm gonna move
I'm gonna move, I'm gonna move
Whoa move, whoa move
Whoa move, whoa gonna move on
Keep on movin' every day every night
And all the time baby
I'm gonna move on, I'm gonna move on
Yea, gonna move I'm gonna move on now
I'm gonna move on I'm gonna move
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
And now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
But I'm movin' on
Move on baby, move on
I said move on, I said move on,
I said move on, I said move on,
Well I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
I said move on, I said move on
I said move on, I said move on
Ray Charles
Ray Charles (1930–2004) was an American singer, pianist, composer, and bandleader who fused gospel with rhythm and blues to pioneer soul music, while effortlessly spanning jazz, blues, and country. Blind from childhood, he became known as “The Genius,” shaping 20th‑century popular music with hits like What’d I Say, Georgia on My Mind, Hit the Road Jack, and I Can’t Stop Loving You.04 Reviews
