Marvin Sapp

Edward James: Sunday Morning 102.3 baby

• Sam Ary +3
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Regina coded submission. Wasn't sold at the beginning, but man does it get going. Could foresee some strong Sammy appreciation for this.
• Claire +1 — At first one might think Sammy would be super into this sort of song as a bit. In fact, we’ve probably all seen him do some sort of effusive gospel/preacher bit before. So that initial read is not entirely wrong. But like an ogre, Sammy has layers, and there’s a deeper layer that is really sensitive and receptive to spiritual realities and that I think is really moved by this sort of music and lyrics. Really great read of the theme by whoever submitted this
• SamRobertsND +1 — I think this is Eddie, so I'll address him. This artist was a smart pick (Patrick, you did NOT have to go so hard on that, holy crap .... sing it, Brother Star!!! [Eddie gets this and that's all that matters]). It works as Gospel but also stands on its own as solid R&B. I was researching early 1900s fair music one time (part of inquiry into carousel design, obv) and was surprised by how much was popular hymns; white people eventually lost a taste for religious themes in every day music, but black people haven't, and they're the realest for it. Most importantly, however, this song made me think of listening to 102.3FM and going to the Linden Grill with Eddie. Consequently, it made me think of how much I deeply resonate with him on so many personality quirks/interests, how sorry I am not to have known him earlier in my time here, and how much I love and will miss him. When things get difficult, we can trust that we "will triumph over the Enemy, because God said yes you can." Gold!! 🏅
• fionmul 0 — Perhaps a secret Sami genre I didn’t know about, can’t wait to see what he thinks.
• judd.baker -1 — To paraphrase Joseph Harvey during the Claire round: if this is a part of Sammy’s musical landscape, it’s a part I’m unfamiliar with