Soul Insurance (Part 8 A Playlist)

Part 8 of Soul Insurance. Music is our policy...

The previous folktales under the banner of Soul Insurance could be read as the liner notes for this soundtrack of comfort food. My bags are all packed and I have my pandemic bubble playlist. Listen without prejudice. (spotify version)

Soul Insurance, a playlist

• Soul Insurance by Angie Stone
  Angie sings for the real soul cat and sounds the cautionary note about those who bring out the Xerox.

  It's too many ya'll ridin' in the same boat
  It's getting too heavy and the boat can't float
  Here's a little something to make you think
  You goin' down under if the mother sinks

  She's got our back but will call out those faking the funk. This mellow groove is my pick me up, my great day in the morning, my wellspring of soul inspiration. It bounces along lazily, the harmonies are impeccable and the intent is fierce. I plan to be a believer everytime I hear it and, even if I seem to have taken its theme into a surreal folktale, it continues to make me happy. Nothing hits your heart like soul music.
• Searchin' for my Soul by Amel Larrieux
  Rendered live, this is a crowd pleaser because she always reinvents this song with an outstanding scat coda, it'a an opportunity to let her voice fly, my favourite bravebird lets loose.
• Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid by Charlie Hunter
  The claims adjuster delivers the news without commentary. Just the facts, humanity. When I lived in the Bay Area, Charlie Hunter's Home for the Holidays concert was the highlight of the season. I always tried to catch as many shows as I could for soul insurance. The tour in support of that aptly named album, Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid, was phenomenal, the horn section led by Curtis Fowlkes added to the customary jazz-funk guitar virtuosity. You're a good man, Charlie Hunter.
• Lessons in Love by Level 42
  By the time the horns come in around the chorus I am already happy. Feel good sing-along soul music.
• Contribution by Mica Paris and Rakim
  Initially this was going to be Should've Known Better, her confection with Omar but it's hard to argue with Rakim Allah, there is no competition. Like his duet with Jody Watley this collaboration is the perfect meeting of hip hop lyricism and conscious soul. Voices in their prime. One world united. All shades invited.

• Something Just Ain't Right by Keith Sweat
  Change starts with acknowledging reality. Make it Last Forever is a miraculous collaboration between Keith Sweat and Teddy Riley, it succeeds in every way. If neither had done nothing else in their careers, they could have dropped the mic with no regret.
• New World by Prince
  Resist nostalgia, love for one another, sang his royalty in this electro-funk synth ode.
• Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be) by Prince Lincoln
  In London in the 80's this song always warmed the heart at a house party.
• Cherish the Day by Sade
  Asase Yaa's intervention, we all need the sounds of this band. Bullet proof soul
• Sorry Ain't Enough by SAULT
  My new goto anthem of the pandemic years. Premiums are due.
• Soul Insurance by The Market Ace
  The album title suggests itself, doesn't it? Surreally Real
• Nothing Hits Your Heart Like Soul Music by Mica Paris
  Truer words have never been sang, nor with such warmth
• Soul Insurance by Angie Stone

A reprise. In the end, all we need is Angie Stone's warm voice and soulful groove to fortify the soul. I guarantee it

See also: The Second Wave and A Covidious Playlist

Soul Insurance (Index)

A covidious folktale

1. Ananse and the Chief's Scribe
2. Enter the Claims Adjuster
3. An Audience with the Linguist
4. Pity the Mink
5. Short Sale
6. Excessive Liabilities
7. Premiums Due
8. Soul Insurance, a playlist
9. Indemnity Provisions
10. Full Circle
11. Enforcement Actions
12. The Die is Cast

This soul food is part of a series: In a covidious time.

Next: Indemnity Provisions

File under: humour, satire, culture, observation, folktale, music, Ghana, Africa, storytelling, whimsy, myth, coronavirus, pandemic, Social Living, Things Fall Apart, Observers are worried, Buyer's Remorse, covidious, toli

Writing log: Part 8 March 28, 2021