Song of the Week: Reasons
Minnie Riperton
Reasons
Earlier in the year I was at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards, queuing at the bar, when this song come on. It seemed vaguely familar, but over the bar noise I couldn’t figure out what it was. Bits of the tune managed to stick in my head, annoyingly unidentified until this very week when Gilles played it again on Worldwide (albeit an unneccessary re-edit by Theo Parrish) and I realised immediately who it was. Minnie Riperton. Of course! I went and dug it out from my CD collection and haven’t stopped playing it since.
‘Reasons’, Minnie Riperton (from Perfect Angel, 1974 or Les Fleurs: The Minnie Riperton Anthology, EMI, 2001)
For more great early 70s soul this week, check out Ann Peebles round at Roman Empress’
Tags: Song of the week
August 20th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I heard this album twice in one week a couple of years ago at a mates and my brothers - then grabbed it for a fiver at that CD shop that used to be in Liverpool St Stn - every track is a cracker, funnily enough I’ve been spinning ‘Take A Little Trip’ lately
August 20th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I really must get some more by Minnie Riperton. I was put off for many years by Lovin’ You - the shrill high notes still erk me. I was won round though by the absolutely superb ‘Les Fleur’ and ‘I am the Black Hole of the Sun’ both of which I could listen to on repeat for hours, well quite a long time. ‘Take a Little Trip’ is very good too.
I miss that shop in Liverpool St. station. It’s much better than that the lame excuse for a shop, Zavvi, across the road.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Les Fleurs is a fantastic song - anybody who doesn’t feel happy after listening to that track should check their pulse to make sure they’re not dead. Actually, 4Hero’s version of it is pretty damn good too…
August 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Never heard the 4Hero version Dylan. I’ll look out for that one, thanks for the tip.