I need to finish this video project I don't want to be working on so that I can do more research for this play and maybe actually write a few pages on what "soul" is and SZA's fresh, contemporary take on soul.
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That's also why, say, "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" is only soulful insofar as Aretha applies soul vocal techniques to it. But it can be sung as pure pop. Ain't No Way cannot.
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Aretha in her adlibs turns Oh Me Oh My into a variation on "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You": finding an explanation or a container for how huge her desire for this man is. That is where the song becomes "soulful." That's the soul she found in the song---but she added it.
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This is also why "Do Right Woman - Do Right Man" can be a soulful song even when sung by a white person with none of the vocal trappings of soul. This is also why, say, "Don't Let Me Down" or "She's So Heavy" are deeply soulful songs. Wordsworth's poetry is soulful.
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