I Get Lifted
Orgōne
The Killion Floor, 2007
I don’t do top 10’s or 25’s each year but if I did, this album would surely be near the top of my 2007 list. I’ve listened to it probably twice and I’ve already rated 8 songs with three or more “stars” in iTunes. Orgōne are Los Angeles based and they apparently have some members in common with Breakestra. This is their debut album and and it’s on (the eerily consistent) Ubiquity Records which is no stranger to this blog.
Orgōne first get on my radar from their cover of The Beginning of the End’s “Funky Nassau” which came out Ubiquity’s Rewind! 4 compilation a few years back. I guess they decided to go with their previous formula for success and released this cover as their first single. They stretch George McCrae’s original 2:46 version to 7:26 and make use of all 5 extra minutes.
Fanny Franklin is on lead vocals on both songs and I would definitely like to hear more from here in the very near future. She wrote the lyrics and melody to “Said and Done” which is the song I’ve been playing the most so far.
This version of “I Get Lifted” is more epic then all of the other versions I know, including the George McCrae, KC & The Sunshine Band (my previous favorite) and Sweet Music versions. It’s too early to tell if it will stay my favorite but right now it’s winning because it seems to incorporate the best elements of each version.
If you like what you hear, I strongly encourage you to pick up the album; you can get it directly from Ubiquity or from Dusty Groove.
>> songs are available for two weeks (192 kbps) [10.3 MB]
>> songs are available for two weeks (320 kbps) [17.2 MB]
