― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 9 February 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 9 February 2006 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I shall be talking about AEIY on my blog in a few days time. I like it - in fact I think I prefer it to a lot of later P-Funk stuff, but I can see why it's not Martin's cup of tea.
― Jeff W (zebedee), Thursday, 9 February 2006 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 February 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 9 February 2006 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Friday, 10 February 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 February 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Ain't That a Bitch
I got this only a few weeks back. To explain, I remember John Peel playing a lot of JGW (if I may abbreviate) on his show and I always remember liking it, in spite of the fact that at that time I wouldn't have known what funk was if I'd tripped over it on the way to school in the morning. So I was delighted to eventually find a cheap JGW album but... a bit underwhelmed when I actually listened to it, boo! Not that it's bad, it just seems a lot less wild and wacky than I remembered - but, as this was his sort of breakthrough funk-era album, maybe the later ones are a bit more freaky?
This album is quite smooth and sedate and, the more you listen to it, the more and more like a blues album it sounds. Because there's not a band on it as such, it doesn't have a great feel - I think it's bass playing I find a bit pedestrian and Johnny's vocals don't have much of a range. The title track is a CLASSIC however - brilliant lyrics (Johnny knows computer programming and Japanese but still can't get a decent job). And, amazingly, Paul Dunmall played on this album!
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 February 2006 11:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, I do realise that there won't have been many people losing sleep and lamenting this thread's disappearance...
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
omg this is def. one of the greatest things ever. totally blew me away the first time I heard it - beautiful the way it builds up and drops down and back up again, such a groove.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Thursday, 16 February 2006 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 21:09 (eighteen years ago) link
I have Pleasure's first two albums Dust Yourself Off/Accept No Substitutes on a 2fer. Some good stuff on these too.
― Jeff W (zebedee), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Friday, 17 February 2006 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adidadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adidadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Didn't you recognise the bit Primal Scream nicked for Losing More Than I'll Ever Have/Loaded?
Oh wait i bet you only know Loaded. Well its obviously on that anyway and a lot of people mistakenly think that was a Wetherall bit. But it's on the original.
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 18 February 2006 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 18 February 2006 12:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 18 February 2006 13:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 February 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 19 February 2006 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link