I never did care for "Strokin'." I do like "Making Love(At the Dark End of the Street)." Have you ever heard it? It isn't a remake of "The Dark End of the Street"; it features only one verse of that classic cheating song, sung after a gleefully lascivious sermon about the mating habits of various life forms. There is nothing graphic about it, it's just hilariously earthy and true. His observation that even mosquitos like to make love is one of the funniest things that I've ever heard. The strange thing about this sermon/song is that you're laughing your head off until he starts his masterful, paranoid rendition of the verse from James Carr's classic. "They're gonna find us..." Then, all of the sudden, it just hits you in the gut. The bit of singing wouldn't hit so hard without the contrast with the clowning. It has to be experienced to be believed.
The sad thing about Clarence Carter is that he has been assigned the role of naughty clown while he is actually a singer with a great voice and the ability to convey emotion. Check out his renditions of "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "I can't see Myself."
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Date: 2009-04-12 12:10 am (UTC)The sad thing about Clarence Carter is that he has been assigned the role of naughty clown while he is actually a singer with a great voice and the ability to convey emotion. Check out his renditions of "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "I can't see Myself."