Candi Staton Young Hearts Run Free - 1976

the cruelty of this one is the arrangement. it is a dance record about being trapped, and the strings keep lifting while the lyric keeps explaining why she cannot leave. people have played it at parties for fifty years without hearing it.

hiding absolute devastation in the lyrics right beneath a euphoric and danceable groove

This one is in my top 25

@sephius1999 I learned this year that she was once married to Clarence Carter

@sephius1999 Candi Staton is very versatile love her R&B and Gospel music

Love Candi! 🎶🎤🕺🏾💃🏾

They’ll never be hung up like you and me

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I listen to this on a weekly basis.

Messaging

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Great song and interpretation. The greatest baritone sax riff ever.