Come and Take Me
Thus far charting better than the 2007 release System is soul music legend Seal’s emphatic cover album Soul, which has brushed the #1 spot on both the French and Belgian charts. Allmusic.com has rated the album at 4 stars, and The Toronto Star has given it 3 ½.
In the past week, Seal appeared on BBC Breakfast (Friday Dec. 5th) for a candid interview, and did a performance/chat on ITV’s Loose Women. Coming up, he’ll be performing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on the 8th.
The Soul album is proving to have done an unreal job in paying homage to the true hero’s of this type of music. By cutting an album featuring solely this kind of music, Seal is not only giving these artists the respect they deserve, but he is also promoting their music to listener’s who may not be aware of the roots of the genre.
The fourth song on the Soul album is none other than Al Green’s classic “Here I Am (Come and Take Me).” This is a true love soul song about dependence, emotion, sex and love with a woman.
This song was used as a single of Green’s 1970’s soul album Call Me. The album is largely viewed as Green’s “magnum opus” and is ranked the 70th greatest album in any genre by VH1, and slid into the #289 spot on Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums Of All Time”
“Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” peaked at the #10 spot on the charts and featured “Teenie” Hodges on guitar.
What is ironic about this song being selected as the fourth song on Seal’s album is the artists’ by which it is preceded. Sam Cooke and James Brown happened to have been two of Al Green’s greatest influences, and in his early stages he attempted to sing exactly like them, before being encouraged to find his own voice, which led to his success.
In a way, Al Green tributed his idols through his music, just as Seal happens to be doing with the entire Soul album.
SEAL BRAND NEW SOUL CLASSICS:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qXH13skpsNo&feature=channel_page
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