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Does anybody know

posted 19 years ago by precioustj
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Does anybody know how i can get the lyrics to the songs that were in the movie.I am especailly looking for the lyrics to lynette mckees giving up. I love that song and i cant find the lyrics anywhere. thanks for the help

[–] eward196563112 19 years ago

i went to yahoo.com and looked up "givin' up is so hard to do" and gladys knight and the pips popped up and it took me to smart lyrics and there it was!!

check it out!

[–] precioustj 19 years ago

Thank you i had to do some serious research to find this song. The gladys knight one just doesnt do Mckee justice. But good looking.

[–] mistresszhivago 19 years ago

Donny Hathaway sings the original, classic version. Jennifer Holliday also does a good version.

I haven't heard Gladys Knight do it, but it needs a performer who can do some serious blues tunes.

She's far too sultry to go straight up, back room, broke down blues.

Donny's version is my favorite, very haunting. They played Donny's version on "Girlfriends" in the bar
scene where Maya was "Giving Up" on Darnell when he was getting more serious with the "Heifer".

Lyrics:
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/donnyhathaway6550/givingup248218.html

Listen on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002IPG/qid=1137649929/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/103-1696454-0599047?n=5174

Also, Michael Buble just recorded "A Song for You" by Donny./givingup248218.html

[–] diamonds1980us 19 years ago

Does anyone know where i can find a recording of lynette magee singing the songs in the movie. I mean dont get me wrong i like Arthea Franklin but i like the way lynette sung the songs in this movie.

[–] eward196563112 19 years ago

here is an mp3 site where you can download and burn to cd. that's the only site i know about that has them available. "jump" and "givin' up" are the only two that are not listed. hope this helps:

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http://www.geocities.com/caramp3

[–] diamonds1980us 19 years ago

Thanx alot for this site.

[–] eward196563112 19 years ago

you're very welcomed.

[–] PurpleReign1961 19 years ago

Too bad they never released the Movie version of the songs. I liked Aretha, but the Sisters version of "Hooked on your love" was better.So was "Givin' him Something He can Feel"

[–] caramel38dds 18 years ago

Hey edward-thanks for that link....

[–] FuriousFreddy 18 years ago

Actually, Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded their version of "Giving Up" in 1964, about a decade before Donny Hathaway did. Their version is more rhythmic than Hathaway's later cover. I have no idea if the song (written by Van McCoy) is a Knight original, but theirs is the earliest version I know of.

[–] f111151 18 years ago

Check out anything you can find on Donny Hathaway as he recorded it in the early '70's.