11/22/2023 0 Comments We people who are darker than blue![]() ![]() Curtis, man, he called it way back in the sixties but he actually started the shout in the fifties. "Here" being wherever we landed, hell was our after-birth. We got ready with a consciousness soundtrack. Dancing in some El Paso hole in the wall to “We’re A Winner” and “Moving On Up,” with that raising the roof upward hand thrust motion we all did screaming in unison on the hook: “Moving on up”!Ĭurtis Mayfield. ![]() And of course I listened to all the Superfly stuff, but even earlier than that I listened to the Impressions. After the army, I listened all day sometimes, over and over, to Back To The World. The first record I ever won on the radio was “I’m So Proud.” I gave it to Terry’s sister, Vivian, who lived in the next block. CURTIS MAYFIELD / “We People Who Are Darker Than Blue” ![]()
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