Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972 Film)
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Free Music Notes for Superfly (1972 Film)
Free Music Review: A Great Album By A Great Artist
Hit: 5 Stars
After more than 30 years the music from Superfly still holds up, a tribute to the talent of the great Curtis Mayfield.Although the days of blaxploitation movies are long gone, you can relive those glory days with this album of soulful tunes.
While you may disagree with the premise of the movie itself, there's no denying that Curtis Mayfield composed one of the best musical scores ever for any movie.
Free Music Review: An achievement that has stood the test of time
Hit: 4 Stars
It's a testament to Curtis Mayfield's talent that an album about drug dealing and tragedy in the urban ghetto could appeal to a 11-year-old white kid in the Connecticut suburbs, but it did. And it is hard to believe that songs such as Freddy's Dead and Superfly once played all day on AM radio, but they did in the early 1970s, when the movie Superfly was released. The waa-waa guitars and Mayfield's falsetto voice and gritty subject matter portrayed in the lyrics are why this album stands the test of time. You DO NOT need to see the movie in order to enjoy the music - I listened to the music in the 70s but didn't see the movie - I guess I was too young then - until I rented the video about 10 years ago. The movie is disappointing. It's a cliche to say 'they don't make them like that anymore' but in the case of Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack to Superfly, and its appeal across racial and economic lines, that is certainly most true. Curtis Mayfield was crippled in a freak accident during a concert in the 1990s, and now, he is gone. One has to wonder why a man who gave so much in his music met such a tragic end.Free Music Review: Unbelievable
Hit: 5 Stars
I had heard a few Curtis Mayfield songs randomly all of my life, and I knew that I liked him. But one day, I saw a brief documentary about the movie Superfly and the soundtrack. It seemed like something I would like and so I gave it a shot. I must say, I was ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY. Unfortunately, I received my shipment & headed right to work, so I was trying to get things done that day while I was first listening to it. But as each new track came up, I keep needing to pause just to really listen. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This man was a genius. I have listened to this album over and over again and hear new nuances each time. His ability to blend the perfect music genre for the film with poignant and spot-on lyrics is incredible. I could picture everything in my mind just by listening to him. I am now a confirmed Curtis Mayfield devotee, and would recommend this to anyone interested in hearing great music and maybe learning a thing or two along the way. We lost a true musical gift when he passed away. This soundtrack is absolutely amazing.Free Music Review: The Original Jack City
Hit: 5 Stars
The Original Old Jack City soundtrack before there was a New Jack! They don't even make sndtrcks like this and SHAFT anymore. All African American film sndtrcks today are vocal and usually aren't related to events or help tell the story of the movie, just could be on any artists regular LP. The only two that has come close in the new era is probably New Jack City which resurrected the sndtrcks and Boyz in the Hood. Put Superfly in your CD or cassette player and drive around the hood and tell me you don't feel part of the story or better yet, create and imagine your own story from Curtis's music alone. That's powerful. Ride around listening to Little child runnin wild and tell me you see & feel the images around you come to life. You imagine you're in your own movie, not just Superfly but any one of several scenarios. I could write an entire different movie alone and put Curtis's sndtrck to it and it would be a hit. I've already imagined it. That's how ingenious and compelling this man's music is. And it's all original, no drum machines, synthesizers, computers, it's note for note his! It touches the very essence of who we are. It & Shaft are the two best pound for pound! Check my SHaft review!Free Music Review: Even his bad albums are money!
Hit: 5 Stars
Anythin' he touched in the 70's was great...even those bad diso albums....