As controlled as their self-titled debut was loose, War's sophomore effort, All Day Music, appearing a little over six months later in November 1971, was packed with subtly understated grooves. A hit with the fans, the LP peaked in the Top Ten, ultimately spending a massive 39 weeks on the charts. Side one is a gorgeous slab of mellow grooves and jazzed funk highlighted by both the title track and "Get Down," while "That's What Love Can Do" is an outstanding, textured, sleepy love affair revolving around the band's superior vocal harmonies and a tenor sax solo. The light, spare rhythm is like a warm treacle binding. With just three songs picking up the second half, War steps up the pace across the Latin-influenced jam "Nappy Head," the funky, bass-laden "Slipping Into the Darkness," and the all-out electric blues jam that rips through the prototype "Baby Brother." The latter was recorded live on June 30, 1971, at California's Hollywood Bowl and would, in revised and seriously edited form, be reborn as the monster "Me and Baby Brother" on War's Deliver the Word opus. Not nearly as fiery (with the exception of "Baby Brother," of course) as either their live performances or later albums, All Day Music is still one of this band's best-ever efforts. At times mellow enough to border on horizontal, the songs are filled with such texture and such rich intent that even in the band's quietest breath there is a funky resonance that fulfills Lee Oskar's vision fully.
This track has always been a favorite of mine, even if it's a six minute tune. This Ghetto Man does things for his people, making the best of things. Now that's one cool cat!
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In spired, as it were, by a pair of posts, I've been thinking alot about our New President. He faces some incredibly difficult challenges abroad & at home. He's gonna piss off a lot of people on both sides of every aisle. The extreme left is already yowling. The extreme right is gnashing it's teeth. Those of us in the center are holding our breath.....waiting...hoping.....things will get...
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With the resignation today of the most brilliant political stratagists of our generation, there are some on the left who are no doubt popping champagne and whoopping it up. They've been after his scalp for years out of fear they'll have to face his stratagies again in the future. But Rove & Co are too smart to be brought down by bogus investigations of non-crimes and purely political manuevers....
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...ever go through a book so fast when you first read it that later, you find yourself re-reading it and finding shite you'd gleaned over or outright forgot you'd read? I'm re-reading Vivien Goldman's "*The Book of Exodus…the Making and Meaning of Bob Marley's Album of the Century*":http://mog.com/CrashPryor/blog_post/43160 and am reminded of a thought I'd had years ago, back in my tiny apartme.
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This track has always been a favorite of mine, even if it's a six minute tune. This Ghetto Man does things for his people, making the best of things. Now that's one cool cat!
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One of the many benefits of growing up in the 70's in Southern Cali, was that I got acquainted with some really good music from an early age. My appreciation of music today is colored with the sounds of my childhood and this cut was one of the many that sends me back to an earlier day.
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...I found this and saw myself, back in '79, sittin' in my room, gettin' ready for friday night.
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| 1 All Day Music |
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| 2 Get Down |
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| 3 That's What Love Will Do |
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| 4 There Must Be a Reason |
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| 5 Nappy Head [Theme from Ghetto Man] |
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| 6 Slippin' into Darkness |
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| 7 Baby Brother |
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