People Make The World Go Round

It's been a while since I've featured a guest writer, so I recently reached out to a couple of new kids on the block to see if they would be so kind as to introduce themselves to the funky soul children in the place to be.

The music community on the internet has been good to me...not only my readers, but many fellow bloggers have also extended themselves in one way or another since I started Souled On. I'm terrible at self-promotion, so I'm grateful to those who've contacted me personally or been good enough to spread the word in one form or another. In turn, I've tried to do some reaching out as well, especially to up-and-coming bloggers who have a style I can genuinely respect. Without question, E-Mile is one such dude.

What can I say, except that this guy astounds me? He asked me to check out his blog a short time ago, and my jaw literally hit the floor when I saw what an amazing and diverse selection of music he's sharing with his readers. You'll have to check this out thoroughly for yourselves at E-Mile Says The Songs Do Matter.

For his guest spot, he chose to share a generous number of versions of "People Make The World Go Round". Coincidentally, it just so happens to be one of my favorite songs of all time...hope you enjoy this half as much as I did.

Peace, Love, & Understanding...Scholar


Hi folks at Souled On. Today I'm proud to present my guest post here. A little while back Scholar contacted me to see if I was interested in making a guest appearance on his great blog. After having a little time to think about it,(a second or two) I agreed and so here it is!

I'm rather a newbie in the Blog-o-sphere. I started my own little blog in November 2007, shortly after my dearly beloved job went down the drain. After working for 14 years in a recordshop, it was hard for me to "just let go" and starting a blog seemed a decent way to "lick my wounds" and to continue sharing music. So feel free to visit me once in a while, if you agree that songs do the matter!

With all the feedback I received (I must thank Vincent The Soulchef, Scholar of course, Ish from Ile Oxumare, Rab Hines, Vesper from Pharaohs Dance & many others), I felt that I had to pick ONE song that could express the (musical) love from the sharing community that Blogworld is... (to me!). So I thought about it for a while and picked (for obvious reasons!) the song "People Make the World Go Round".

First time I heard it was (strangely enough) not the rather classic Stylistics version, but the one from the Innerzone Orchestra! Go figure that!

I found two slightly different lyrics, the song was written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed:


Trash men didn't get my trash today
Oh, why, because they want more pay
Buses on strike, wanna raise in fare
So they can help pollute the air
[CHORUS]
But that's what makes the world go round
The up and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground, young man
People make the world go round
Wall Street losin' on every share
They're blamin' it on longer hair
Big men smokin' in their easy chair
On a fat cigar without a care
[CHORUS]
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round

A slightly different rendering is the one done by Raven Symoné:

Trash cans sittin' cause it's trash day
Ohh, why because they want more pay
Buses on strike, gonna raise the fare
sooo they can help pollute the air
Ooh
[CHORUS]
But that's what makes the world go round
the ups and downs, a carousel
Changin' people's heads around
go underground railroad
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
Teachers on strike, no more school today
They want more money but the board won't pay
Everyone's talkin' 'bout ecology
The air is so polluted that it's hard to breathe

I also discovered a painting by Eduardo Sarabia entitled: People Make the World Go Round, (don't know if it's inspired by the song, but it sure has a point :-)

Following are a few links to watch the song:


Lalah Hathaway & Marcus Miller (@ North Sea Jazz)
The Voices
Kendra Glenn
Earnest Walker Jr. &
here you can watch the record from Hortense Ellis go round.

And, aaah, finally, here's the tracklisting for the songs:


1. Angela Bofill - People Make The World Go Round (4:33)
2. Cleveland Eaton- People Make The World Go Round (4:27)
3. Freddie Hubbard - People Make The World Go Round (5:50)
4. Hortense Ellis - People Make The World Go Round (3:17)
5. Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (5:13)
6. O'Donel Levy - People Make The World Go Round (4:41)
7. Marc Dorsey - People Make The World Go Round (5:06)
8. Marcus Miller - People Make The World Go Round (9:04)
9. Michael Jackson - People Make The World Go 'Round (3:16)
10. Milt Jackson - People Make The World Go Round (8:29)
11. Now Generation- People Make The World Go Round (3:18)
12. Paperclip People- People Make The World Go Round (3:18)
13. Ramon Morris- People Make The World Go Around (3:16)
14. Ramsey Lewis Trio- People Make The World Go Round (4:49)
15. Raven Symoné- People Make The World Go Round (1:51)
16. Ruddy Thomas- People Make The World Go Round (3:54)
17. Stylistics- People Make The World Go Round (6:27)

Hope you listen to and/or like these 17 versions. Maybe the song gets a bit weary after hearing it that many times, so you might consider dosing them :-)

{Download each track individually via savefile by clicking the artist's name, or get them all in one package here}


And for those who can't get enough, a little bonus is available from this LP! I found it hard to even recognize the song...Listen to Bobby's vibes here.

So, remember, it's people (and their love for music) that makes the world go round.

I'm out.

Peace!
E-mile

Word From E-Mile's Moms:

"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny."---Frank Zappa