This Love is Real

lovelites

The Lovelites were a young female group out of Chicago featuring Patti Hamilton on lead. They gained notoriety in the late 60s for their song about teen pregnancy called “How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad (that I’ve Been Bad).” Here in Chicago, though, they are best known for “My Conscience”…a record penned by Patti. “Conscience” is cleverly written from the point of view of a young lady’s personified conscience who is trying to tell her “all about her man”. In call-and-response style, the young lady responds with “please go away”, and the push & pull ensues…

Not to be confused with “This Loves For Real” (another, completely different Chicago record performed by the Hands of Time [and later, the Impressions]), “This Love is Real” by The Lovelites is a Chicago-bred Ladies’ Choice. NOTE: It’s also a West Coast Low-Rider classic. Check the chunky-ass reverb on the bass. Trippy.

ayanacontreras

April 1, 2009

Chicago Soul, Local Chicago Soul, Lovelites, lowrider soul, Patti Hamilton

6 responses to “This Love is Real”

vinary

April 1, 2009 at 7:23 pm

Great song. And cool blog!

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Monk

April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am

Great blog, I’ll spread the word.

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Katie

April 20, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Hi nice song 🙂 I can see a lot of effort has been put in to this.

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_joey_

April 21, 2009 at 2:36 pm

This blog’s where its happenning. Keep up the good work.

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mrred

April 22, 2009 at 2:52 am

Love this blog I’ll be back when I have more time.

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