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24FPS
Isn't the lyric 'Scarred Old Slaver'? That at least makes sense.
Well according to Keith and Jim Dickinson it was written at Muscle Shoals.Quote
Tumblin_Dice_07
I'm sure it's "scarred old slaver". Or at least that's the way Mick wrote it I'm sure. It was written in the Australian outback while Mick was filming Ned Kelly. Nothing to remind him of Duane Allman out there.
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sweetcharmedlifeWell according to Keith and Jim Dickinson it was written at Muscle Shoals.Quote
Tumblin_Dice_07
I'm sure it's "scarred old slaver". Or at least that's the way Mick wrote it I'm sure. It was written in the Australian outback while Mick was filming Ned Kelly. Nothing to remind him of Duane Allman out there.
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Glam Descendant
I'm surprised how many here haven't read Keith's book.
Anyway, the music was written in Australia; Mick apparently changed the lyrics up during each take in Muscle Shoals. Dickinson's account of the session is one of many good reasons to check out the book.
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SwayStones
In this version, I can hear Mick singing "SKYDOG SLAVER" ,am I right ?
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24FPS
Okay. So what the hell sense does 'Skydog Slaver' mean?
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24FPS
Okay. So what the hell sense does 'Skydog Slaver' mean?
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Elmo Lewis
Didn't I write this in the initial post?
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SwayStones
In this version, I can hear Mick singing "SKYDOG SLAVER" ,am I right ?
Well, I can't help myself (or my ears) but I hear it as "scarred old" slaver.
What do our native speaker experts of the English language make of it?
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24FPS
Okay. So what the hell sense does 'Skydog Slaver' mean?
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24FPS
Okay. So what the hell sense does 'Skydog Slaver' mean?
It's in Keith's book - Skydog was Duane Allman's nickname. Mick saw it at Mussle Shoals and liked the way it sounded. Per Jim Dickinson: Mick put the lyric in BS. Didn't I write this in the initial post?
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Turdontherun
At least one has to say it indeed sounds very much like "scarred old slaver" when Keith (?) quite slowly recites the first lines in @#$%& Blues over slo'-mo' (?) backstage-footage. Been a while since I last saw the movie, so I can't seem to remember the exact circumstances. Near the end, perhaps?
"Skydog slaver"...? A bit far-fetched, I'd say.
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Green Lady
Scarred old slaver makes sense in the context of the song (and Brown Sugar isn't one of those with semi-nonsense words like Casino Boogie). Maybe that's what was written originally, but the "Skydog" joke occurred to Mick in the studio and that's what he sang on that occasion?
Doesn't Dickinson claim that it was he who reminded Mick that he ought to be singing his original "hear him whip the women" when Mick had changed it to something a bit less unpleasant on one of the takes? Mick's still trying to avoid singing that line to this day. So maybe "Skydog" was a one-off alteration?