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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Good call! I saw them at Ronnie Scott's late in 1970 when I was still at school. Absolutely stunning musicianship. Although some people claimed that they were not radical enough, they did a great job in bringing west African music to Europe's attention.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Interesting video just came to my attention. David Bowie taking an MTV interviewer to task for not playing black artists.
View: https://youtu.be/XZGiVzIr8Qg
View: https://youtu.be/XZGiVzIr8Qg
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
This was always on the jukebox (remember them?) in my first term at university. I used to put it on interspersed with Armagideon Dub by the Clash.
winjim
Smash the cistern
winjim
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winjim
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Arguably more accomplisehed, but loses something compared to the original?
winjim
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winjim
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And in a week that seems to have seen a lot of confused white guys realising that songs have lyrics that might actually mean something, here's RATM.
View: https://youtu.be/fI677jYfKz0
View: https://youtu.be/fI677jYfKz0
some early American MOBO Negro spirituals
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9smSP1dq-A&list=RD9Z7d2OmR_XQ&index=4
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9smSP1dq-A&list=RD9Z7d2OmR_XQ&index=4
