Grape Song

I heard it through the grapevine is a song written by norman whitfield and barrett strong for motown records in 1966.

Grape song. A lot of moby grape s material had a much stronger country soul rock feel than some of their bay area competitors but this song was a bit more representative of the san francisco rock sound of the period. Led by one of lead guitarist jerry miller s classic james burton on acid riffs it chugs like an out of control locomotive. 50 videos play all mix the rev grape song youtube. Song information for changes moby grape on allmusic.

It went to number two on the billboard pop singles chart and became the biggest selling motown single to date. Oh okay these grapes seem nice enough. Moby grape is an american rock group from the 1960s known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting which collectively merged elements of folk music blues country and jazz with rock and psychedelic music they were one of the few groups of which all members were lead vocalists. Grapes to this duck is his cocaine enjoy.

The rev is crazy. Video by forrest whaley. The group continues to perform occasionally. Song by bryant oden.

The first recording of the song to be released was produced by whitfield for gladys knight the pips and released as a single in september 1967. The grape song is sung at first by a bowl of whole grapes and then by a solo grape that tempt stewie at a birthday party in stand by meg as he swallows the whole grape he starts to choke until saved by meg. Lyrics bowl of grapes. Tony blacklist 877 025 views.

Song review by matthew greenwald the only collaboration between skip spence and the miller stevenson songwriting team someday is one of the highlights of the moby grape album. Led off by a slightly jazzy series of folk based chords and a gently beguiling melody the song moves gracefully.