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best faux reggae rock song of 1974
why you say that faux?
it ain't reggae. if that's reggae, then moon river is heavy metal...or something.
eau faux fox saik.
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best faux reggae rock song of 1974
why you say that faux?
it ain't reggae. if that's reggae, then moon river is heavy metal...or something.
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I don't know how this song came about: however, it's a rock song, but Mick sings it with a Jamaican accent, which leads me to suspect it started out as a reggae song like START ME UP.
Er, it IS reggae. Albeit with a overdriven guitar sound.
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I don't know how this song came about: however, it's a rock song, but Mick sings it with a Jamaican accent, which leads me to suspect it started out as a reggae song like START ME UP.
Er, it IS reggae. Albeit with a overdriven guitar sound.
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Yes. It's not 'pure' or traditional reggae, but it is reggae. Drums put the accent on the third, second rhythm guitar put accents on the off-beat, hence raggae. Main guitar could be anything, downright rock, or with the rhtyhm section as it is, more like ska, with accents on all beats of the bar.
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best faux reggae rock song of 1974
why you say that faux?
it ain't reggae. if that's reggae, then moon river is heavy metal...or something.
Uptempo stuff with a reggae type rhythm would more likely be called "ska," anyway. I read a comment that ska audiences will gladly hear a pure reggae song thrown in at a ska concert, "but a reggae crowd would run to the hills if—heaven forbid—a reggae band started playing ska." I wonder how a purist reggae audience would react if a reggae band started playing LUXURY as the Stones play it.
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best faux reggae rock song of 1974
why you say that faux?
it ain't reggae. if that's reggae, then moon river is heavy metal...or something.
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best faux reggae rock song of 1974
why you say that faux?
it ain't reggae. if that's reggae, then moon river is heavy metal...or something.
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and a-course ol' zimmy did it the day after srv died as a tribute to him....very touching....
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I love this song. It always interests me that it attracts such differing opinions among Stones fans. The drums are clunky, Mick is an outrage, but Keith grooves like a mofo. One of my favorite tracks of the 70's.
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One of the highlights of rather lame IT's ONLY ROCK'N'ROLL for me (with the title track and "Time Waits For No One"). And actually the only track in the album that sounds fresh, and not (more or less) forced and tired as teh others do (with two mentioned songs that suits to the feeling of the songs)
Yeah, it is their first try to use reggae templete (the rhythm), but like Mathijs noted, the "overdriven guitarsound" and seemingly too-heavy handed guitar work (and Charlie's back beat) over-all, hides rather well its original attempt. Rastamen surely would not be pleased... No problem, the result sounds original and actually rather unique piece of music. I can't imagine any other song by anyone being close to it.
Jagger's fresh and positive sounding vocals always make a smile to my face - even though don't know if the lyrical content is sarcastic or not - and the simple reggae-influenced melody is catchy as hell.
- Doxa
On album, you mean? I Got A Letter was written during the GHS-sessions. Can't find that version with Keith on vocals now, though:
Dandy - where does I Got A Letter come from - which album of outtakes. How many Goat's Head Soup outtakes are there?
The only version of I Got A Letter I had heard, prior to discovering this one, was from the GHS-sessions - with Keith on vocals. I don't have detailed knowledge about how many GHS-outtakes there are, unfortunately.
This version is supposed to be from the SG-sessions, but some sites claim it's from the Black And Blue-sessions. The use of phaser leads me to believe it's from Paris 77, though.
So Dandy, we meeting up for that beer next month? Did you get a ticket? I'm struggling with my consicence on whether to blow the budget for the month and get a ticket for £500-£600, however bad it is. It would simply be a sin to miss the gig.
Absolutely! I'll be there for the gig on the 25th, and I've heard the Pilot Inn in the Greenwich area is the place where a lot of IORRians are meeting up.
What gig????