Bill Withers – Use me
Lyrics: ‘My friends feel it’s their appointed duty They keep trying to tell me All you want to do is use me But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff I want to spread the news That if it feels this good getting used You just keep on using me Until you use me up Until you use me up My brother sit me right down and he talked to me He told me that I ought not to let you just walk on me And I’m sure he meant well Yeah, but when our talk was through I said, brother, if you only knew You’d wish that you were in my shoes You just keep on using me Until you use me up Until you use me up Sometimes, it’s true You really do abuse me You get me in a crowd of high-class people And then you act real rude to me But, oh baby, baby, baby, baby When you love me, I can’t get enough I want to spread the news That if it feels this good getting used Girl, you just keep on using me Until you use me up Until you use me up Talkin’ ’bout you usin’ people It all depends on what you do It ain’t too bad the way you’re usin’ me Cause I sure am usin’ you to do the things you do’ To do the things you do
James Gadson Shuffles from his Funk/R&B Drumming Tape
Bill Withers
If this is your first time hearing this track, then bless your virgin ears. All of us are in for a treat. This Bill Withers track is on my desert island top five lists. Many of us know Bill Withers is the singer-songwriter who composed “ain’t no sunshine.” Those in the know know that bill withers is so much more than Ain’t no sunshine and grandma’s hands. Listening to this track will prompt you to play it back at least five times, even if you’re on your way out to work or a scheduled appointment. This track is so damn funky that one must give it the respect it deserves. Bill Withers’s “Use me” is Durham Cool’s Sunday music track for the week. I think you will agree this is a great way to funk up your Sunday brunch and start your week. James Gadson is the center of this incomparable groove. See Gadson’s garage. Look at his sly smile throughout. You know he is aligned with heart and soul.
Use me for the next party in your home, apartment, car or boat
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I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit. | ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs
In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapper’s name was will.i.am and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas. The rest is history — or is it? Hill found herself at a crossroads in 2000 and decided to quit the group and find her own voice, only to look on as The Black Eyed Peas reached global stardom with earworms like “I Gotta Feeling.” Having missed out on what every performer dreams of, does Hill regret her decision? “Almost Famous” is a special Op-Docs series of short films directed by Ben Proudfoot featuring people who nearly made history — only to fall short. These are tales of overcoming disappointment at its most epic, from an astronaut who never flew to a superstar who never was. See more from the “Almost Famous” series: https://nyti.ms/2EuGTsK Credits Director: Ben Proudfoot Featuring: Kim Hill, Cassius Hill Producers: Gabriel Berk Godoi, Abby Lynn Kang Davis Co-Producer: Jeremy Lambert Cinematography: Brandon Somerhalder Additional Cinematography: Tom Mason Editor: David Faddis Composer: Nicholas Jacobson-Larson Assistant Editor: Lisset Mendoza First Assistant Camera: Jana McLain Colorist: Stephen Derluguian Re-Recording Mixer: Sean Higgins Archival Coordinator: Sarah Stewart Associate Producer: Caley Fox Shannon Post-Production Supervisor: Dillon Brown Post-Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Brooke Supervising Editor: Federico Conforti Sound Effects Editor: TJ Jacques Additional Orchestration: Roger Julià Satorra Scoring Mixer: Brad Haehnel