I remember I loved Tired Of Being Alone and especially Lets Stay Together when I was 11/12 years old, I've always liked Al Green and those Hi productions, so I thought I'd listen to a greatest hits set tonight for a change, they still sound absolutely timeless, so my top 3 Al Green's are:

 

Sha la la (make me happy)

I'm still in love with you

Let's stay together

 

then there's How Can You Mend A Broken Heart...

 

I went to see him a few years ago but was a bit disappointed as he spent way too much time bantering with the audience rather than singing.  Great, great artist though.

Edited March 7, 201411 yr by Pete S

Just remembered the concert was at the New Century Hall, part of the Co-op Bank complex.

I don't think I saw Al Green on any other occasion, but it was a long time ago 

I was 12 when I first heard 'Tired Of Being Alone' on Top Of The Pops and it had a life-changing effect on me.

Nothing had ever sounded so dynamic, hip, cool, fresh, raw, passionate, intense, soulful, sexy, whatever...

I needed a week off school just to get my head together.

 

Sometimes I wonder... if you love me like you say you do

You see, baby, I, I, I, I been thinkin' about it, yeeeaahh

I've been, I've been wanting to get next to ya, baby

You see, sometimes I fold my arms, I say...

 

Edited March 10, 201411 yr by Paul

great five pound dancer....

 

https://youtu.be/RBI9XFMiA1s

 

apparently he didn't like lets stay together,thought he sounded like a girl...he almost turned willie Mitchell and hi down....he said no and their coach was leaving for a gig somewhere and he changed his mind ran up and tapped on the door as it was pulling away..the rest as they say...

 

Best of em all Spacehopper, Iv'e got 2 copies, pity it's only 1.45 min's, like you say, a £5 belter

"‹like an earlier poster it was Tired go Being Alone hitting the UK charts and Top of the Pops that turned my life's musical path in the direction of Soul, I was buying Motown and Reggae by then but this was something different and something I had to have more of....

 

i've strayed from that path from time to time but i'm back there now and i'll always be grateful to Reverend Al

 

i've been to a few of his concerts and remember being irritated by people whooping and cheering loudly mid song every time Al hit one of his extended notes, meaning you get never really got to hear him sing a song all the way through properly

 

i've always had the feeling that Southern Soul purists dismiss Al Green, probably because he was too popular and his 'eccentric' singing style

 

the end part of 'Let's Get Married' is probably my favourite Al Green

How Do You Mend Broken Heart, inspired by a broken heart from a fiesty Scottish woman allegedly, conceived by 3 honky** hippies from a British backwater, and unbelievably based

 

 

steady on, I think that's the lovely Chorlton  you're talking about, which benefits from being next to the beautiful green rolling hills of Stretford !

I think that his masterpiece is LET'S STAY TOGETHER without doubt.

And in it I adore SO YOU'RE LEAVING,underrated but so great!