Afternoon Aural: Joe Tex
Late soul singer Joe Tex takes the cake for questionable lyrics.
One of his biggest hits, "I Gotcha," sounds more like an ode to rape than a love song. And then there's this: "Ain't Gonna Bump No More [With No Big Fat Woman]," about a startling experience Tex allegedly had at his local disco.
Basically, he's telling big girls to find a man their own size. Yes, it's rude and entirely discriminatory, but the beat's hot and worth a listen, even if just for the track's camp value.
Get "I Gotcha" after the jump…
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Tex went way too early, only 49 in 1982. This past week soul lost another great: Norman Whitfield, who, from 1966 ( "Ain't Too Proud To Beg") through 1972 ( "Papa Was A Rolling Stone") was the Temptations' most reliable supplier of hits. Whitfield gave both Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye million-sellers, one year apart, with the same song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine.