OT Ain't No Sunshine When He's Gone: RIP Bill Withers

[Chris Craig]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lean-lovely-day-singer-bill-140145453.html

Bill Withers singer and writer of Ain't no Sunshine and Lean on me has passed away at 81 due to heart complications. RIP.

 

[Hoopguru]

R.I.P - one of my favorites!

 

[ABM]

Lean On Me is still one of my favorite songs.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Ahhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOO. This guy should have still been an A list singer.

RIP.

I love him.

 

[yankeesince59]

Damn...thanx Bill.

 

[ABM]

Ahhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOO. This guy should have still been an A list singer.

RIP.

I love him.

Loved Bill Withers. Use Me was one of those really cool songs that had an edge.

As an aside, I remember hearing George Benson's version of This Masquerade for the first time. I was immediately hooked on jazz/soul. Then, Winelight by Grover Washington Jr. hit the airwaves. Ohhh, man. To this day, I wish I knew how to play the saxophone, mainly because of that song. I'll have to be content with playing the piano, I suppose. Tooling around on the guitar some.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Loved Bill Withers. Use Me was one of those really cool songs that had an edge.

As an aside, I remember hearing George Benson's version of This Masquerade for the first time. I was immediately hooked on jazz/soul. Then, Winelight by Grover Washington Jr. hit the airwaves. Ohhh, man. To this day, I wish I knew how to play the saxophone, mainly because of that song. I'll have to be content with playing the piano, I suppose. Tooling around on the guitar some.

Use Me is one of my favorite songs, not just Bill songs.

 

[Shaboid]

Ain't No Sunshine is one of the few songs I can actually play and sing with in full.

He is probably one of the most sampled artists over the years too. Lived a long life. Rest in Peace.

 

[tlongII]

Shit! One of the all time greats in my opinion. Use Me is a classic.

 

[jlprk]

His songs were starkly different. Unlike most songs around 1970, the music didn't hide his loud voice. You'd listen to Top 40 radio...love songs, protest songs. Then suddenly, "Use Me," a conservative song. Then you'd hear hours of fast songs, then be surprised by his super-repetitive shit "Ain't No Sunshine" or the religious "Lean On Me." Every time his song would start, everyone would change the channel. I still do. He should have done a Chubby Checker takeoff by titling a song, "Twist That Dial." Saturday Night Live later parodied his boring repeating phrase "I know" in "Ain't No Sunshine."

 

[Hobbesarable]

Ahhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOO. This guy should have still been an A list singer.

RIP.

I love him.

He is one if my all time favorites.

Great song with a fantastic voice - Just the Two of Us

 

[tlongII]

His songs were starkly different. Unlike most songs around 1970, the music didn't hide his loud voice. You'd listen to Top 40 radio...love songs, protest songs. Then suddenly, "Use Me," a conservative song. Then you'd hear hours of fast songs, then be surprised by his super-repetitive shit "Ain't No Sunshine" or the religious "Lean On Me." Every time his song would start, everyone would change the channel. I still do. He should have done a Chubby Checker takeoff by titling a song, "Twist That Dial." Saturday Night Live later parodied his boring repeating phrase "I know" in "Ain't No Sunshine."

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[ABM]

His songs were starkly different. Unlike most songs around 1970, the music didn't hide his loud voice. You'd listen to Top 40 radio...love songs, protest songs. Then suddenly, "Use Me," a conservative song. Then you'd hear hours of fast songs, then be surprised by his super-repetitive shit "Ain't No Sunshine" or the religious "Lean On Me." Every time his song would start, everyone would change the channel. I still do. He should have done a Chubby Checker takeoff by titling a song, "Twist That Dial." Saturday Night Live later parodied his boring repeating phrase "I know" in "Ain't No Sunshine."

 

[jlprk]

I CANNOT bring myself to click it.

 

[yankeesince59]

I CANNOT bring myself to click it.

His songs were starkly different. Unlike most songs around 1970, the music didn't hide his loud voice. You'd listen to Top 40 radio...love songs, protest songs. Then suddenly, "Use Me," a conservative song. Then you'd hear hours of fast songs, then be surprised by his super-repetitive shit "Ain't No Sunshine" or the religious "Lean On Me." Every time his song would start, everyone would change the channel. I still do. He should have done a Chubby Checker takeoff by titling a song, "Twist That Dial." Saturday Night Live later parodied his boring repeating phrase "I know" in "Ain't No Sunshine."

...sigh.