Sylvester - Over and Over
This is hands down one of my favorite songs. I first heard this while watching a documentary about larry levan, paradise garage, and the underground disco culture of the late 70s. This song is just straight perfection.
The song was written and first recorded by Ashford & Simpson, but Sylvester turned it into a classic. Let’s see…
Funky Bass Line… Check
People Wildin’ Out in the Studio… Check
Sylvester singing his ass off… Check
Dope horn section… Check
Disco strings in the back… Check
Guitar solo… Check
This song really could be a template about the type of music that can be created with freedom in the studio. This is something you hardly see anymore in music today. Artists don’t really just go in the studio and enjoy themselves. Everything is about perfection trying to find perfect pitch, perfect timing, auto-tuning out any “mistakes,” everything. Songs aren’t as natural anymore because technology has allowed producers and engineers so many options. I would love to hear more songs with this type of freedom and fun. This is a perfect song to go out and celebrate the end of 2008. Enjoy
*RIP Sylvester, he passed about 20 years ago from AIDS.
