S5E234 - Curtis Mayfield 'There's No Place Like America Today' with Alan Zweig

<p>Canadian documentary filmmaker <strong>Alan Zweig</strong> (<em>Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon, When Jews Were Funny</em>) brings us an album of understated, fluid funk with a subtle-but-potent message: <strong>'There's No Place Like America Today'</strong> by <strong>Curtis Mayfield</strong>. Released in 1975 on Mayfield's own Curtom Records, it's a stunning, sophisticated - and sadly overlooked - chronicle of austere times by a true master of his craft. Essential listening.</p> <p><em>*Opening dialogue from the 2000 documentary film 'Vinyl'<br /></em><strong>Songs featured in this episode:</strong> <em>Blame Canada</em> - Mary Kay Bergman; <em>Superfly</em> - Curtis Mayfield; <em>People Get Ready</em> - The Impressions; <em>Freedom of '76</em> - Ween; <em>Walk Like A Man</em> - The Four Seasons; <em>Rock and Roll</em> - The Velvet Underground; <em>The Young Mods' Forgotten Story</em> - The Impressions; <em>Billy Jack, When Seasons Change</em> - Curtis Mayfield; <em>No Time</em> - The Guess Who; <em>So In Love, Jesus</em> - Curtis Mayfield; <em>Jesus Is Coming Soon</em> - Blind Willie Johnson; <em>Blue Monday People, Hard Times, We Gotta Have Peace (live), Love To The People</em> - Curtis Mayfield; <em>Move On Up (live)</em> - The Jam</p>